Category Archives: Art

LOGON: I am excited by this construction, have just added the detail connection between the parts.  For months I just looked at it on a shelf, deciding the exact placement, adding the burnt collar and spot and just leaving it … Continue reading →

In August my drawings on graphite began to pile up. I began to scan and play them against each other with transparency and color. To begin with, the lines were just about extent and depth.  Between the beginnings and ends … Continue reading →

It’s not easy to describe how many decisions have to be made before I feel like I’ve done anything good with the beautiful wood I find.  The wave action on the surface and the total transformation of the structure of the wood … Continue reading →

My approach to sculpture is inevitably connected to my pottery and claywork of the 70′s.  What I always admire in clay is the close relationship between the local terrain (under the ground is always some kind of clay) and the … Continue reading →

I’m reminded of some conversations I’ve had with people in the framing industry. The conversation goes “I don’t like abstract art.” says the guy (a sort of carpenter, specializing in art presentation furniture) He is making 200 frames for the … Continue reading →

It has been recently observed that there are no completely objective ways to judge the exactitude of art. Much of Science, too, is an art that begins with observation colored by certain personal factors that are not as objective as … Continue reading →

This is a pyrographic drawing with colored dyes done in the style I have been developing for many years I refer sometimes as “taichi” drawings as the movements of the line are based on my visceral sense of push/pull as … Continue reading →

Always intend to show what I am thinking about. This is one of a series that can be seen on my website; http://lpkaster.com/encaustic.html The circles are drawn with a soft graphite over the brushwork, a contrapuntally different way of making … Continue reading →