Keith’s newest sculpture, “Night Vision”, pyrography on cow vertebrae, is on its way to St. Augustine, Florida for their 8th Annual Nature and Wildlife Exhibit. So happy to be included with so many talented wildlife artists!
Meet Night Vision
This is the second in a series of bone that were tattooed with pyrography, an ancient burning technique. The material is from a bovine vertebrae, all one piece. I see it as a symbolic mask. Hopefully it will have the same hypnotic effect on the audience.
Meet Thor
Standing grand
Hammer in hand
To shield our sin
and terror within
throwing bolts of thunder
leaving all to wonder
what is right
and what is might.
Will humanity win?
Visual Art Open Finalist
Three of my sculptures, Pretty White Bird, Sedna, Goddess of the Sea, and Neptune and Salacia have been chosen as finalists for the 2017 Visual Art Open in Chester, England! The event will be held at the Chester Racecourse, at the Chester Art Fair in November. So It’s off to the races we go!
Dark Knight, Now visible in Rockland, Maine
The Black Hole and Aysmmetrik Gallery’s Spring Exhibition runs through the end of May. Be sure to stop by and see Dark Knight, our traveling sculpture. This is his third show in six months. He has also been featured in three magazines! Come see for yourself his magical presence.
King Neptune and Salacia
King Neptune and Salacia are the royal couple of the sea. Equipped with his famous trident, Neptune is controlling and fierce, determined to win the hand of a reluctant Salacia. By contrast, Salacia is carefree as the calm sea she represents and resists surrendering the good life of a sea nymph to assume the role of Neptune’s queen. The chase ends in marriage and the couple reign together over the sea. Battling stormy seas or celebrating calm waters, theirs is the timeless battle over control and surrender.
While making this piece, I envisioned a king holding up a trident exerting his primal power. By his side stands a queen, whose beauty shimmers like sun on water. Surrounded by tides that shape a salty bay, I watch the mighty currents created by reversing tides, and I consider the force that created them. Tides represent the opportunity for self-renewal and also signify good timing. I am just discovering how to go with this flow. Without the magic of Neptune’s trident, I must rely on common sense, intuition, and patience. Sometimes I’m better off waiting for the opportunities brought in with the tide, and that wisdom is applied to both making art and living life.
Odin, Defender of Resources at “Picture Social Justice and Human Rights” Exhibit
Odin is off to Brookline for another adventure. This time it’s at the Boston School of Psychoanalysis!
Meet Loki, The Shape Shifter
Loki is a famous prankster in Norse mythology. He is a master manipulator and his shape shifting gets him out of trouble time and again. He is tolerated by Odin mostly because he is endearing. He maintains a pleasant nature, even while stabbing you in the back. He puts himself first, always, but when he is on a mission to save his own skin, he may just accidentally become useful.
Loki presented himself while I was carving into this horse’s sacrum. I carved in the lines, but somehow the piece was screaming for something more prominent. I chose to enhance the grooves by using a burning tool, a process known as pyrography. The end result was clownish and mythical. Looking at the sculpture, I imagine Loki shape shifting into a raven. He appears to hold a smaller package in his clutch; perhaps it’s another gift for Odin.
Twins Selected for 2017 Open International Online
The “Twins” and many other fabulous works are exhibited in this show presented by The Society of Canadian Artists.
Enter here to see the show: http://shop.societyofcanadianartists.com/exhibitions/2017-open-international-online-3/
Light Space & Time Presents: Keith Plummer
Check out my first solo show!
Light Space & Time online gallery presents their solo artist chosen from 57 applicants. I am honored to have been selected. Please see the wonderful write up and presentation by John Math of Light Space &Time online gallery.
https://www.lightspacetime.com/keith-plummer-solo-art-exhibition/
Keith Plummer 