Even More New Art from the Boys at Schaefer House

More outstanding work from our high school boys in the William Donald Schaefer House (a halfway house-style detention center; MD Dept. of Juvenile Services).

Roy continues to blow us away with his painstaking attention to detail and perseverance. Here is the heart in stages 1, 2, and 3 that he made for his daughter.

Geometric piece by Girardo

2-D planet of organized chaos by Cason

Peace by Roy

Hearts and tributes by Tre Quan

MD by Girardo

Happy birthday, Tabitha Womack (Mom), by Rico

 Follow our Shining Youth Shining Walls :: AVAM Facebook page for ongoing updates + photos of our new permanent panels, and work from the boys. Previous post of boys' work here.

Copper Lion Revisited | Paper 24

("You are the best human I know. Thanks for making me want to be the best human I can be.")

Certainly that must be worth much.
Acrylic and mixed media on wood, 9"x5 1/2".

Shameful to think that if my wallet had gone missing, so may have this little piece of paper. So I made it part of this piece. Shameful to know that it's doubtful I can use it as my resume.

New from the Boys at Schaefer House

Over at the Visionary Museum studio, we have a large new crop of finished mosaics and "planets" from our high school boys in the William Donald Schaefer House (a halfway house-style detention center; MD Dept. of Juvenile Services).

'Rome, by Jerome

 Angel between darkness and light, and cross by Roy.

 Citrus + Fig by Anthony

 MM by Girardo Munoz

 Another from Jerome (tribal)

 Image of home by Tre Quan

 Grouting process for Sabian's 2-D planet, permanent fixture on the AVAM building.

 "Shining Youth, Shining Walls" project title, getting made into a new sign for our studio. Schaefer House collaborative work.

 Follow our Shining Youth Shining Walls :: AVAM Facebook page for ongoing updates + photos of our new permanent panels, and work from the boys.

Tiny Fruits

Marker, watercolor, and ink on paper.

Origination: If I have a moment to put marker to paper, it's usually fruit that comes out. Just for fun. The simplest stupid indulgence.

Copper Lion

Acrylic, metallics, ink, plastics on wood. 9" x 5 1/2"

Personified: to live as though we expect the lion to live, unaffected by much, could be a great gift. 

Mosaics for the American Visionary Art Museum

Cutting glass, mirrors, fingers, etc. 

I've been working for the Visionary Museum in Baltimore, and artist Mari Gardner for several months building the rest of the mirror and mosaic panels that cover the outside of the AVAM building. 

Progress charts and layout diagrams. Install to begin August (or September) 2014. This faces Covington Street, Key Highway, and Federal Hill Park.

Grouted, polished and completed panels. There are just under 200, 30"x60" Durock cement panels, made beautiful.

Laid out for grouting and stacked for slow-drying.

Process plans.

We also get to work with some of the boys in the Schaefer House of Baltimore (Juvenile Services) ages 14 to 17. We teach them the mosaicing processes, they get to make their own pieces, and they add to our final panels with circles and 3-D pop-out spheres. They do amazing and wild work, see below!

Extra addition: old school overhead projector lenses, sprayed and coated with super-glam car paint.

New Pieces

I have a tiny show hanging at The Metropolitan, 169 West St. in Annapolis, until the end of February alongside of Laura Gallagher. All pieces below are new! 

Falling Apart Looks Really Good

20"x24"

Acrylic on canvas

The Real Kind

18"x14"

Acrylic on canvas

All of It

30"x42"

Acrylic on wood

details

 

Swatch tags

Stephanie & Laura

New Index

I was curious to see if I would work better (+faster) with a hands-on version of "every piece of artwork I've ever made" in tiny piece of paper form. It helps and I love it. It's like an odd little game every time I comb the images selecting which work samples to send off. 

Just for the sake of place holders I used things that were unfinished (pear below) but only one shot per mural. New categories coming soon on scbaker.com.