Here is a quick sample of a new series of work I'm calling "HAZmatters". I want to focus on the weird world of caution, hazards and industrial safety that in the big picture, will kill us anyway.
These safety warning signs when combined in a random order create an inordinate amount of horrible sounding plights.
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It was my first, First Friday studio show in the amazing Art District on Santa Fe in the big city of Denver, Colorado. With short notice and a ton to finish, I made it in good form.
There was an endless stream of people with an endless amount of love, more than 150 of them. Here are some photos for the night.
Entry to show. 'beautiful on the inside' and ' 257"
Crowd shot
Just a few people....
Taking a closer look
Kendall Smith doing exactly what I hope "Result" would do.
Three on dosplay
Early into the show
Details, details...
Toddy looking deeply into "exploded/detail". I am very happy how people engaged the work.
Doing my best to involve the art lovers in my stories
looking at Beautiful on the inside
The famous Ricardo Baca...
...thanks for coming
Denver. May 1st. Santa Fe Art District. First Friday!
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This is my last sculpture before my first art show in Denver. I am excited to bring my work to the big city. I am taking a curated selection of my current work which I hope will be a good example of my style. I am calling this show "Mechanical Love Stories".
If you happen to be in the Denver area, please stop by and say hello.
Form is important. These are an ever continuing project that I really enjoy doing. Borrowing for classic portrait photo styles I have tried to bring personality and life to each one of these working tools. Some of these images will be used in future projects, I think they're pretty sweet on their own.
Portrait 1
The posturing in each one of these reads like subtle body language.
Portrait 2
Above image has a bit of "tart" to it
Portriat 3
This speaks single parent family
Portriat 4
Imagine a proud, life long worker, proudly displaying the fruit of his labor.
I I will be doing large format limited prints of these in the near future.
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Some tools, no, most tools have a soul. These 5 awl's have a history or a memory longer than my time here. When I look at the wear, the patina, the imperfections of the tips of the steel, they were all made by the work and effort of the worker that engaged them.
This is a visual representation of the extension of one's hand.
Study #1
Photo by Glenn H Smith
Study #2
Photo by Glenn H Smith