Sunsets

Sunsets make me happy, every evening a different one, something to view, something to ponder, something to watch in amazement.
I still do get the most amazing sunsets at my shop, the sun sets over the pines and the cars all around blaze in colors changing every few minutes.

Mr FlufferNutter

Blowing bubbles, biking backwards, babbling blasphemy, I scratch his head, playfully he bats at my hand, beep, beep, beep goes the timer. Bop, bop, bop, says the singer, slyly, slowly the sun sets across the lake, water flows, flows, down the spillway, spilling fast, spilling slow, spilling foamily, the crane waits patiently for a fish.
The beans sprout, the peonies pop out in an explosion of color and force!
While the fig, oh, the poor fig tree slowly comes back to life after a hard, hard winter's night, so cold it was. Warm and sunny now!

What? What!

Still, though, I dream of Alabama, the beautiful. Thank you, thank you.

Dogs, Dogs, Dogs

Silly Puppy

https://www.etsy.com/listing/180948925/silly-puppy


The Salty Dog

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/124964189/the-salty-dog-original-metal-art

Wire hair Terrier

https://www.etsy.com/listing/173924665/wire-hair-dog

But I do make cats, and flamingos, and owls, and robots, and moose!
So, come back for more, maybe, just maybe next time I share a story.

Clarence, the Alligator

Clarence was just a regular, ordinary, normal, happy, and very well adjusted alligator who lived a peaceful life in a boggy swamp, in a southern humid state with a few other not so nice alligators. But Clarence was a friendly alligator, he thought that the people he saw were nice, not to eat but more to observe from a distance and ponder. What did these strange land based creatures do? Why did they walk on two legs? What were they doing with the bright flashing lights and the thing in front of their face?
Actually, Clarence just enjoyed watching the people and fish, he really liked fish, they were yummy!

And now just a little robot dog.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/177847561/sparky-the-dog

Cows

Cows in the rain, a cow in the rain, looking at me as I speed by dry in my little blue car...What is it thinking? What am I thinking...

Have a day! Happy 2014!

What to say? Thank You!

The day of thanks. I am thankful every day, from the people at the bank that are always cheery and friendly, to the mechanics I know near my shop/studio. I am thankful for many things and do try to impress upon people my gratitude for their kindness, consideration, time, and effort.

 And now some art.

 I have a facebook fan page for my artwork, like it, like it, like it!
https://www.facebook.com/themetalartdude

Smashed and Fun

Bruised, bleeding, burned, smelling like electricity, metal, sweat, paint, grease, and dirt. Welcome to my world, my work. Hazards of the job? Yep. It's my life, and I'm happy. My job is dirty, hot, I melt metal, swirling it together into little circles joining two pieces of steel. I don't go to some nice office or studio, just a  garage, but it is a great space for what I do. I'm noisy, messy, dirty, and sometimes foul mouthed. Hey, smash your finger and tell me how you react?  I make things, cute things, robot things, whimsical things, whatever I want to make things. Mostly though, I have fun. Do you get to be messy at work? Stomp through an old junkyard looking for parts? Pick through oily, greasy scrap metal? Cover your hands in paint for days? Meet interesting people and hear their stories? I do.

 The robot legs and head are from the Atlanta Mini-Makers Faire at Georgia Tech. I had a good day, sold a few pieces. Funny thing I don't think most of those students had a clue that I was one of them, would they've looked at me differently? Treated me better?

Yes, a bunny, a rabbit. A drawing on the chalkboard by my daughter inspired me to make the rabbit.