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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Carl &amp; Jody Wright</title><link>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/</link><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/YBFj" /><description>at WSG Gallery</description><language>en</language><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Carl &amp;amp; Jody Wright at WSG Gallery)</managingEditor><lastBuildDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:00:13 PST</lastBuildDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">76</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><feedburner:info uri="blogspot/ybfj" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><media:copyright>copyright 2009 Carl Wright</media:copyright><media:keywords>Carl,Wright,Jody,Wright,WSG,Gallery,artist,as,business,person,stone,sculpture,painter</media:keywords><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email><itunes:name>Carl Wright</itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author>Carl Wright</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:keywords>Carl,Wright,Jody,Wright,WSG,Gallery,artist,as,business,person,stone,sculpture,painter</itunes:keywords><itunes:subtitle>Carl &amp; Jody Wright at WSG Gallery</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Carl writes about being an artist, being in business as an artist, how to work with an artist, and othe related topics</itunes:summary><item><title>"50 Secrets..." Now an e-book</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/_GB4o8kexgQ/50-secrets-now-e-book.html</link><category>50 Secrets Humans Should Know</category><category>e-book</category><category>shelter dogs</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:22:17 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-8603503736553624286</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1mKpQ9_tNI/TvJp31aQ4HI/AAAAAAAAAao/brvhJo5GkyA/s1600/50%2Bsecrets.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 196px; height: 250px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688725687273316466" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1mKpQ9_tNI/TvJp31aQ4HI/AAAAAAAAAao/brvhJo5GkyA/s320/50%2Bsecrets.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Jody, my wonderful multi-talented wife &amp;amp; partner, has just released her book - 50 Secrets Humans Should Know -  on "Nook" for the Barnes &amp;amp; Noble reader.  If you need that last minute gift ...... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/50-secrets-humans-should-know-jody-wright/1107496530?ean=2940013888425" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/50-secrets-humans-should-know-jody-wright/1107496530?ean=2940013888425&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;You don’t have to have a Nook to read these books and there’s a free app anyone can download to read them off your computer: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook-for-pc/379002322/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook-for-pc/379002322/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;This e-version is in a larger format than the original printed book that sold 38,000 copies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;copyright 2011 Carl Wright&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-8603503736553624286?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/_GB4o8kexgQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-21T15:22:17.993-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X1mKpQ9_tNI/TvJp31aQ4HI/AAAAAAAAAao/brvhJo5GkyA/s72-c/50%2Bsecrets.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2011/12/50-secrets-now-e-book.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Ambit Video</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/rF1g0HvYDpk/ambit-video.html</link><category>suzereignity</category><category>Ambit</category><category>Carl Wright sculpture video</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:54:35 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-3219818475399128302</guid><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JvOPFKgpgt4/TuEHxuqmk2I/AAAAAAAAAaY/F4GZ1EKQyJE/s1600/Ambit%2BFront%2B100626_0297.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 101px; height: 175px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683832755639980898" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JvOPFKgpgt4/TuEHxuqmk2I/AAAAAAAAAaY/F4GZ1EKQyJE/s320/Ambit%2BFront%2B100626_0297.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is the video for the sculpture Ambit.&lt;br /&gt;This video is to make it easier to visualize what the sculpture looks&lt;br /&gt;like in the round.  &lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Ambit-Sculpture-Video.htm"&gt;http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Ambit-Sculpture-Video.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-3219818475399128302?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/rF1g0HvYDpk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-08T10:54:35.055-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JvOPFKgpgt4/TuEHxuqmk2I/AAAAAAAAAaY/F4GZ1EKQyJE/s72-c/Ambit%2BFront%2B100626_0297.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2011/12/ambit-video.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Eihei going to Permanent Home</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/9vSmCCtuQvc/eihei-going-to-permanent-home.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:07:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-6308958839111612645</guid><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--tffBHEntXA/Ts2WY9fUbHI/AAAAAAAAAaM/mQLImrD8gVo/s1600/Eihei%2Bblue%2Bsky%2B250hi%2B%2B72%2Bdpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678360060751015026" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--tffBHEntXA/Ts2WY9fUbHI/AAAAAAAAAaM/mQLImrD8gVo/s320/Eihei%2Bblue%2Bsky%2B250hi%2B%2B72%2Bdpi.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;City of Mount Dora Art in Public&lt;br /&gt;Places Program&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MOUNT DORA – The City of Mount Dora Public Arts Commission at&lt;br /&gt;their regularly scheduled meeting on September 27, 2011, selected another&lt;br /&gt;spectacular art piece to be placed in the upcoming Community Building Sculpture&lt;br /&gt;Garden. Artist Carl Wright created a beautiful abstract lime stone sculpture&lt;br /&gt;entitled "Eihei" (Translation: Guardian or Sentinel).&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Wright's studio is located in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Additional information&lt;br /&gt;on the artist and his work can be found at www.wsggallery.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shawn McNalis,&lt;br /&gt;Chair of the Commission, stated “After reviewing the submissions, the&lt;br /&gt;Commission liked the ethereal feel of Wright’s stone carving and felt that it’s&lt;br /&gt;rounded shape would provide a nice compliment to Doug Hays’ more angular metal&lt;br /&gt;sculpture named “Council”. Our intention for this sculpture garden is to&lt;br /&gt;represent a variety of artistic styles. We appreciate the McLin Foundation for&lt;br /&gt;making the purchase of this sculpture possible at a time when there is not much&lt;br /&gt;money for the arts”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new sculpture&lt;br /&gt;was made possible by a recent grant contribution from the CHARLES B. AND MARY&lt;br /&gt;M. MCLIN FOUNDATION. The McLin Foundation’s generosity will help forward the&lt;br /&gt;mission to make Mount Dora a City that celebrates the arts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City's Public&lt;br /&gt;Arts Commission members acknowledge the approved artists that have registered.&lt;br /&gt;The City of Mount Dora is currently soliciting professional artists for the&lt;br /&gt;purpose of creating a database of qualified artists that will be utilized in&lt;br /&gt;the commissioning of public art by the Public Arts Commission. Mr. Wright was&lt;br /&gt;selected as a registered artist during the recent Call for Artist process. The&lt;br /&gt;database will also be a resource for private developers in selecting capable&lt;br /&gt;artists to create public art for private developments to meet the requirements&lt;br /&gt;of Public Art in Mount Dora. For more information and an application on how to&lt;br /&gt;become a registered artist with the City of Mount Dora, please visit &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cityofmountdora.com/"&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;http://www.cityofmountdora.com/&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;  and link to "Boards and&lt;br /&gt;Committee" (Public Arts Commission).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For&lt;br /&gt;more information regarding the Art in Public Places Program please call Mark&lt;br /&gt;Reggentin, Planning and Development Director, 352-735-7112&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-6308958839111612645?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/9vSmCCtuQvc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-23T17:07:00.620-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--tffBHEntXA/Ts2WY9fUbHI/AAAAAAAAAaM/mQLImrD8gVo/s72-c/Eihei%2Bblue%2Bsky%2B250hi%2B%2B72%2Bdpi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2011/11/eihei-going-to-permanent-home.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Carl Sculpting Journey</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/iUxt0-NwBXg/carl-sculpting-journey.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:27:47 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-1199888887574956781</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OHm9hWiQ7kI/TnDV7DYd61I/AAAAAAAAAZo/nKfKlr-uI0Q/s1600/Obie%2BSculpting.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 216px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OHm9hWiQ7kI/TnDV7DYd61I/AAAAAAAAAZo/nKfKlr-uI0Q/s320/Obie%2BSculpting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652252742846901074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;A news article on Carl sculpting.  Notice the cute dog, Oberon, on the floor watching the photographer.  &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7nHxwS/www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/565388/The--Journey--begins-here.html%3Fnav%3D5006"&gt;http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7nHxwS/www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/565388/The--Journey--begins-here.html%3Fnav%3D5006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;copyright 2011 Carl Wright&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-1199888887574956781?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/iUxt0-NwBXg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-14T09:27:47.106-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OHm9hWiQ7kI/TnDV7DYd61I/AAAAAAAAAZo/nKfKlr-uI0Q/s72-c/Obie%2BSculpting.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2011/09/carl-sculpting-journey.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Sculpture Videos</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/VWDTmA9Z7zM/sculpture-videos.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:17:35 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-1308424456109222448</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NWxUqmd2zNY/TnDTfVH84VI/AAAAAAAAAZg/RDhau1FWUvQ/s1600/Ambit%2BFront%2B100626_0297.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 101px; height: 175px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NWxUqmd2zNY/TnDTfVH84VI/AAAAAAAAAZg/RDhau1FWUvQ/s320/Ambit%2BFront%2B100626_0297.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652250067549872466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Been working on making videos of my sculptures so that everyone could see them in the round.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somehow, static photos are not conveying the feeling of the sculpture.  Here is the page that shows the available sculpture that also has videos attached.  http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Available-Sculpture-WSG-Gallery.htm &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;copyright 2011 by Carl Wright &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-1308424456109222448?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/VWDTmA9Z7zM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-14T09:17:35.523-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NWxUqmd2zNY/TnDTfVH84VI/AAAAAAAAAZg/RDhau1FWUvQ/s72-c/Ambit%2BFront%2B100626_0297.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2011/09/sculpture-videos.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>New Sculpture</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/PZsJXCi5uro/new-sculpture.html</link><category>Journey</category><category>new sculpture</category><category>path</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:09:34 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-4649333594722567284</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3LFRSmVLdM/TnDRqIdLHJI/AAAAAAAAAZY/SZTEb5C5MbA/s1600/Jopurney%2B0727.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 115px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3LFRSmVLdM/TnDRqIdLHJI/AAAAAAAAAZY/SZTEb5C5MbA/s320/Jopurney%2B0727.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652248054104530066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just completed a new sculpture, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Journey&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.  It measures 24"w x 18" deep x 36" tall.  Weighs in at approx 550 lbs.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Journey&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is part of the Exuberant Series of Sculptures.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Journey&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is  how life is not a straight line  but rather an involved process that is easy to understand when you stand outside of it but hard to fathom when you are living the situation. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Journe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;y rises, turns &amp; twists back on itself on a voyage of discovery.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More picture of Journey here:   http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Journey-Sculpture.htm &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-4649333594722567284?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/PZsJXCi5uro" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-14T09:09:34.612-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3LFRSmVLdM/TnDRqIdLHJI/AAAAAAAAAZY/SZTEb5C5MbA/s72-c/Jopurney%2B0727.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-sculpture.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Eihei in Rockville &amp; other Places</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/atUC7TadvmE/eihei-in-rockville-other-places.html</link><category>MD.</category><category>FL</category><category>Sculpture Garden</category><category>Rockville</category><category>Mount Dora</category><category>Eihei installed</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:58:58 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-5268671910349175833</guid><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ih0bMOCFlKw/TnDN-gFkxhI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/bwICPDx8Od8/s1600/110614_3050.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 133px; height: 200px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652244005998872082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ih0bMOCFlKw/TnDN-gFkxhI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/bwICPDx8Od8/s320/110614_3050.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Great goings on happening at WSG Gallery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First off the sculpture Eihei was installed in the Rockville Town Square in Rockville, MD at the end of May. http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Eihei-in-Rockville.htm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I pick up Eihei in October, he will be cleaned up &amp;amp; taken to Mount Dora, FL to his new permanent home.  Eihei will be in the Mount Dora Sculpture Garden.  It is the 2nd sculpture that they have commissioned for that space.  So exciting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-5268671910349175833?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/atUC7TadvmE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-09-14T08:58:58.984-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ih0bMOCFlKw/TnDN-gFkxhI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/bwICPDx8Od8/s72-c/110614_3050.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2011/09/eihei-in-rockville-other-places.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Motion Installed in Portsmouth, VA</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/Ui6l_cred1Y/motion-installed-in-portsmouth-va.html</link><category>Abstract stone sculpture</category><category>Motion</category><category>Installed Stone Sculpture</category><category>Portsmouth</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:15:56 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-8776004458407479639</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lXsYjxSdts/TVhJ0pRYOEI/AAAAAAAAAWc/JkftOiqFHGQ/s1600/Motion%2Bat%2BCourthouse%2BGalleries%2BSide%2B%2B72dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573285707651758146" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lXsYjxSdts/TVhJ0pRYOEI/AAAAAAAAAWc/JkftOiqFHGQ/s320/Motion%2Bat%2BCourthouse%2BGalleries%2BSide%2B%2B72dpi.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Just got back on Thursday from installing the sculpture &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Motion&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at the &lt;em&gt;Courthouse Galleries&lt;/em&gt; in Portsmouth, VA. Motion is part of the 6th annual Courthouse Galleries Exterior Sculpture Series that runs from March 4 – October 9th, 2011. http://www.courthousegalleries.com/exhibits.html There will be approximately 10 more sculptures that will be installed at 3 different locations around Portsmouth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The install was wonderfully smooth. The birthing process (installation) was facilitated by Ken the great forklift operator, from the city of Portsmouth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got the opportunity to stay in a 100 year old home, see a bit of Portsmouth, and also experience parking Portsmouth-style. Downtown Portsmouth, since it is an older city, has parking problems that are solved in an interesting way. Many of the main streets are wide so the city has allocated the middle of the street to park vehicles two abreast. Makes one pay a lot more attention to driving instead of gawking at the sites &amp;amp; architecture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, this spring when you are thinking of going to Busch Gardens or Williamsburg for a weekend; drive another 35 miles down I-64E to Portsmouth for the sculpture exhibit. You can have a great lunch while seeing sculpture. Now that is a great prelude to either Busch Gardens or Williamsburg.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2011 Carl Wright&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-8776004458407479639?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/Ui6l_cred1Y" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-02-13T13:15:56.684-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lXsYjxSdts/TVhJ0pRYOEI/AAAAAAAAAWc/JkftOiqFHGQ/s72-c/Motion%2Bat%2BCourthouse%2BGalleries%2BSide%2B%2B72dpi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2011/02/motion-installed-in-portsmouth-va.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Northshore Sculpture Park</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/eSyuc7YHP7U/northshore-sculpture-park.html</link><category>Skokie</category><category>Northshore Sculpture Park</category><category>Aria</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:49:53 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-8507404234719706529</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I am back from installing the sculpture &lt;strong&gt;Aria&lt;/strong&gt; in the Northshore Sculpture Park, in Skokie, IL. I truly believe that a lot of Public Art Programs could learn from the dedicated professionals and the city of Skokie on how to run an organization. It was a pleasure to be involved in an install with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe Folise, of both NSP and the city of Skokie, coordinated the effort and helped make for a seamless, non-stressful install. The installation crew of two were superb. The crew joked &amp;amp; had a good time but made the huge front end-loader, which picked up &lt;strong&gt;Aria&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;amp; her pedestal, work like a fine precision machine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The board members who came out to meet the hapless sculptor, me, were gracious &amp;amp; helpful. The install was complete &amp;amp; beautiful after an hour - just as it should be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;In addition, the follow though of the board members after I left Skokie was amazying. They did a simple thing but did it well. They promised to do some detail work &amp;amp; then did it in a timely, highly professional manner. Am virtually speechless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oliver Twist said it best (not about painless sculpture installs, but food; still applies) - "More Please".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sculpture &lt;strong&gt;Aria&lt;/strong&gt; is located or McCormick Blvd. between Touhy &amp;amp; Howard Avenues. The park is open 24/7 to bikers, joggers, people pushing strollers and lunch-time munchers. The park is approximately 35' wide and 2 miles long. There are 66 sculptures in the park. The next town down from Skokie thought that the Sculpture Park was such a good idea, they extended it into their town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have the opportunity to go to Chicago, ditch your appointment in Chicago and visit the Sculpture Park. The appointment was for an ephemeral problem of only slight importance. The sculpture park is tangible &amp;amp; real. A year after going to Chicago, you won't be able to recall why you went to Chicago; you will remember the Northshore Sculpture Park.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;copyright 2010 Carl Wright &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-8507404234719706529?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/eSyuc7YHP7U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Northshore-Sculpture-Park.htmhttp://" length="0" /><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-09-28T17:49:53.398-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>I am back from installing the sculpture Aria in the Northshore Sculpture Park, in Skokie, IL. I truly believe that a lot of Public Art Programs could learn from the dedicated professionals and the city of Skokie on how to run an organization. It was a ple</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Carl Wright</itunes:author><itunes:summary>I am back from installing the sculpture Aria in the Northshore Sculpture Park, in Skokie, IL. I truly believe that a lot of Public Art Programs could learn from the dedicated professionals and the city of Skokie on how to run an organization. It was a pleasure to be involved in an install with them. Joe Folise, of both NSP and the city of Skokie, coordinated the effort and helped make for a seamless, non-stressful install. The installation crew of two were superb. The crew joked &amp;amp; had a good time but made the huge front end-loader, which picked up Aria &amp;amp; her pedestal, work like a fine precision machine. The board members who came out to meet the hapless sculptor, me, were gracious &amp;amp; helpful. The install was complete &amp;amp; beautiful after an hour - just as it should be. In addition, the follow though of the board members after I left Skokie was amazying. They did a simple thing but did it well. They promised to do some detail work &amp;amp; then did it in a timely, highly professional manner. Am virtually speechless. Oliver Twist said it best (not about painless sculpture installs, but food; still applies) - "More Please". The sculpture Aria is located or McCormick Blvd. between Touhy &amp;amp; Howard Avenues. The park is open 24/7 to bikers, joggers, people pushing strollers and lunch-time munchers. The park is approximately 35' wide and 2 miles long. There are 66 sculptures in the park. The next town down from Skokie thought that the Sculpture Park was such a good idea, they extended it into their town. If you have the opportunity to go to Chicago, ditch your appointment in Chicago and visit the Sculpture Park. The appointment was for an ephemeral problem of only slight importance. The sculpture park is tangible &amp;amp; real. A year after going to Chicago, you won't be able to recall why you went to Chicago; you will remember the Northshore Sculpture Park. copyright 2010 Carl Wright </itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Carl,Wright,Jody,Wright,WSG,Gallery,artist,as,business,person,stone,sculpture,painter</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2010/09/northshore-sculpture-park.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Show at the Washington DC Design Center</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/QFhT8dmOcUE/show-at-washington-dc-design-center.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:52:16 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-3229335751697435039</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TI7HI1_EZWI/AAAAAAAAAWA/qnCYwkxuoWM/s1600/Oonami+4+72+dpi+175+hi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 94px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 175px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516565548319925602" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TI7HI1_EZWI/AAAAAAAAAWA/qnCYwkxuoWM/s200/Oonami+4+72+dpi+175+hi.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Carl will be showing 3 sculptures at the Washington DC Design Center from September 11, September 17, 2010. the Design Center is located at 400 D Street, NW, Washington DC. The show will feature among other artworks three sculptures by Carl. They are: Shizukesa, Oonami, &amp;amp; Crescendo. The name of the show is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Transistions-Exhibition.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;"Transistions".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Carl also has a sculpture Ambit in Baltimore at the Here, There, Anywhere Show. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Here_There_Anywhere.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;More info at&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Later this month, Carl will install a sculpture at th Northshore Sculpture Park in Skokie, IL. Stay tuned for details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2010 Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-3229335751697435039?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/QFhT8dmOcUE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-09-13T17:52:16.359-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TI7HI1_EZWI/AAAAAAAAAWA/qnCYwkxuoWM/s72-c/Oonami+4+72+dpi+175+hi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2010/09/show-at-washington-dc-design-center.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Using an Art Consultant</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/2S83CTx351c/using-art-consultant.html</link><category>art consultant</category><category>Lisa Powell</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:15:34 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-5345603515236269034</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TGOe79ghakI/AAAAAAAAAVw/uB6JHIfef-E/s1600/Eihei+blue+sky+250hi++72+dpi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504417922537318978" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TGOe79ghakI/AAAAAAAAAVw/uB6JHIfef-E/s200/Eihei+blue+sky+250hi++72+dpi.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Just read an interesting blog by Lisa Powell about using an art consultant. An art consultant can help you or your business get over the final hurdles of finishing out your home or office space. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;An analogy would be that you can completely remodel your home yourself with no outside help. It could take months and there would be numerous mistakes made as you learn along the way. Or you could use a professional contractor to guide you on the right order of installing things and to give you suggestions on how to do something cheaper and better. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;An art consultant can help you achieve clarity on acquiring the art that you can live with for a long time and at an affordable price. That is a professional.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.artrentandlease.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.artrentandlease.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2010 Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-5345603515236269034?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/2S83CTx351c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-08-12T00:15:34.507-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TGOe79ghakI/AAAAAAAAAVw/uB6JHIfef-E/s72-c/Eihei+blue+sky+250hi++72+dpi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2010/08/using-art-consultant.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Ambit Sculpture on way to Baltimore</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/DYaeuUUrJGk/ambit-sculpture-on-way-to-baltimore.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:35:50 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-1284132723190282136</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TCilIcy47NI/AAAAAAAAAVo/D_MkIsgOwC8/s1600/Ambit+front+side+100626_0292.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 101px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 175px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487817710538124498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TCilIcy47NI/AAAAAAAAAVo/D_MkIsgOwC8/s200/Ambit+front+side+100626_0292.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The sculpture Ambit is going to Baltimore Wednesday for the show "Here, There, Anywhere". the show runs July 15th - October 31, 2010. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;To see&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Ambit-Sculpture.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;more pictures of Ambit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;To see &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Ambit-Sculpture-Video.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;20 second video of Ambit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2010 Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-1284132723190282136?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/DYaeuUUrJGk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-28T06:35:50.034-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TCilIcy47NI/AAAAAAAAAVo/D_MkIsgOwC8/s72-c/Ambit+front+side+100626_0292.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2010/06/ambit-sculpture-on-way-to-baltimore.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/kXnqTpngSSg/just-finished-new-sculpture-ambit-just.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:07:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-2633517194503029031</guid><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;Just finished a new sculpture, Ambit, just in time to get it to Baltimores Public Art Exhibition - Here, There, Anywhere. You can see links to &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Ambit-Sculpture.htm"&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;Ambits information page &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;or &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Ambit-Sculpture-Video.htm"&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;Ambits video page &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="arial"&gt;- brand new!!!!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;copyright 2010 Carl Wright&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-2633517194503029031?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/kXnqTpngSSg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-11-23T17:07:00.623-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2010/06/just-finished-new-sculpture-ambit-just.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Leaing &amp; Renting Artwork [Sculpture &amp; Painting]</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/0X6yhBRUytA/leaing-renting-artwork-sculpture.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:22:32 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-8687866743922979326</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TBTbd-3ONFI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/VzOt5zk-amw/s1600/Ed+Chasen+Gallery.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482247954554041426" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TBTbd-3ONFI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/VzOt5zk-amw/s200/Ed+Chasen+Gallery.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Just uploaded a new page to our website about Leasing &amp;amp; Rental of Sculpture &amp;amp; Painting. It is a FAQ about leasing &amp;amp; rental that people are afraid to ask, but would like to know before commiting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Leasing &amp;amp; renting is easy and allows you to try out new artwork that you might not be able to do normally.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Call Carl at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:carl@wsggallery.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;carl@wsggallery.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; or 304-263-2391 and he will be glad to answer your questions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2010 Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-8687866743922979326?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/0X6yhBRUytA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-06-13T06:22:32.459-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/TBTbd-3ONFI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/VzOt5zk-amw/s72-c/Ed+Chasen+Gallery.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2010/06/leaing-renting-artwork-sculpture.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Nice Question</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/3l7v3EQQwUk/nice-question.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 03:18:12 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-2323817653525407716</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Was working in the studio yesterday on a new sculpture that has to go to Baltimore.  A 6-year old girl came up and asked if I was a sculptor.  I said yes.  Then she asked : &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are You Famous?".&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Love being asked questions that are honest, unvarnished and exactly what is on their mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;copyright 2010  Carl Wright&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-2323817653525407716?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/3l7v3EQQwUk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-24T03:18:12.110-07:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2010/05/nice-question.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Leasing/Renting Sculpture</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/siDU-EksnhY/leasingrenting-sculpture.html</link><category>leasing sculpture</category><category>leasing artwork</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 09:01:34 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-3579454087640883089</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/S_AToQk2gVI/AAAAAAAAAUs/a4DSURiksUY/s1600/Embrace+001++72dpi++250hi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 153px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471895129620382034" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/S_AToQk2gVI/AAAAAAAAAUs/a4DSURiksUY/s200/Embrace+001++72dpi++250hi.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;In these challenging times, art can still provide the necessary impetusto your home or office through leasing &amp;amp; renting.  Leasing &amp;amp; renting can be a cost-effective method of obtaining artwork: to woo a new &amp;amp; important client, to reinforce the business culture, underlining your commitment to the business you are in [renting a sculpture that is about music for a recording studio], be a conversation starter with a new client, or show a broad interest in culture as it applies to you and your business.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Leasing artwork is for a set amount of time, depending on the artwork 1 - 2 years.  Leasing is a wonderful way to conserve money while beautifying your surroundings.  The artwork is tax-deductable like the lease on your copier or the leased computers.  Leasing gives you the opportunity to see several different artworks over the lease term, if you like, and not be saddled with one that either you or your business wil outgrow.  At the end of the lease there is a small buyout and the artowrk is yours.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Renting is a viable option for a short term need.   Many short term needs such as: a photoshoot [weddings, business anniversary parties,  etc.] and  to "set-the-stage" for an important client ar ehard to plan for &amp;amp; find the right items to meake the right impression.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;If you have this need, email Carl at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:carl@wsggallery.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;carl@wsggallery.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;copyright 2010  Carl Wright&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-3579454087640883089?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/siDU-EksnhY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2010-05-16T09:01:34.023-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/S_AToQk2gVI/AAAAAAAAAUs/a4DSURiksUY/s72-c/Embrace+001++72dpi++250hi.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2010/05/leasingrenting-sculpture.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Last Days for Giving &amp; Carving Fundraiser</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/WyOvt2AkvyU/just-2-days-left-for-giving-carving.html</link><category>Colorectal Cancer Coalition</category><category>Berkeley County Humane Society</category><category>Giving and Carving Fundraiser</category><category>Briggs Animal Adoption Center</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:49:39 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-1427717686130634620</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SztZM94WctI/AAAAAAAAAUE/UDgB00fSXq8/s1600-h/adoptb.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 117px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 94px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421024655774741202" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SztZM94WctI/AAAAAAAAAUE/UDgB00fSXq8/s200/adoptb.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Just 2 days left for the Giving and Carving Fundraiser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. This is a sculpture fundraiser for several non-profit organizations that are very worthwhile. There are eleven sculptures in stock at my studio, the link to them is at Giving &amp;amp; Carving Sculpture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purchase one of these sculptures, with Visa, MC, or check, and 25% of the price will be donated to either: one of the three non-profits listed below or you can specify a charity that you would like the 25% to go to. Naturally the donations would be made in your name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You do not have to be a current client, Facebook or LinkedIn member to participate. This fundraiser ends Dec. 31, 2009. Shipping is free within 75 mile radius of Martinsburg, WV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the sculpture pictures, at http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Caring-and-Giving-Sculpture.htm , do not convey well enough and you need to see the sculpture in person - call or email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A mutually advantageous appointment to view the sculptures in person is easily done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Briggs Animal Adoption Center - http://www.baacs.org/ Briggs is an amazing place that houses unfortunate dogs and cats that are temporarily unwanted. It is a wonderful light–filled , no-kill shelter that keeps dogs and cats safe, fed &amp;amp; secure until a proper home is found.&lt;br /&gt;Briggs has many wonderful dogs and cats that need a home. Helping them with their mission makes our world a better place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berkeley County Humane Society - http://berkeley.wvhumane.com/ . Like with Briggs I believe in the BCHS mission to find homes for dogs who are denied the warmth and wonderfulness of living with humans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/ . My father died of Colorectal cancer 18 years ago. It was an ugly way to go. I would like to support the great work that they are doing so no one else has to go through this.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2009 Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-1427717686130634620?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/WyOvt2AkvyU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-30T05:49:39.600-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SztZM94WctI/AAAAAAAAAUE/UDgB00fSXq8/s72-c/adoptb.gif" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2009/12/just-2-days-left-for-giving-carving.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Give the gift of Art</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/RPfAshKQM_g/give-gift-of-art.html</link><category>art as a gift.</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:27:52 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-4652244114212021868</guid><description>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Tracy Clark of Clark art Consulting has written an article of giving the gift of art. It takes you through the process of what to look for and where to find it. The link is: http://clarkeartconsulting.com/blog/art-collecting/give-the-gift-of-art/#more-763 . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Have a Merry Christmas and and a Great New Year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2009 by Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-4652244114212021868?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/RPfAshKQM_g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-23T04:27:52.156-08:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2009/12/give-gift-of-art.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>10 Days Left</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/tnlpivtdEPo/10-days-left.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:11:43 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-8285330051676526209</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Sy_WPzOtnMI/AAAAAAAAAT8/dU2yhOmRZ5c/s1600-h/Colorectal+rev.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 59px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417784443688295618" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Sy_WPzOtnMI/AAAAAAAAAT8/dU2yhOmRZ5c/s200/Colorectal+rev.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Sy_WF3S7GRI/AAAAAAAAAT0/Yj5KWgJIDLY/s1600-h/adoptb.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 117px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 94px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417784272981006610" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Sy_WF3S7GRI/AAAAAAAAAT0/Yj5KWgJIDLY/s200/adoptb.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Just 10 days left for the Giving &amp;amp; Carving Fundraiser. This is a sculpture fundraiser for several non-profit organizations that are very worthwhile. There are eleven sculptures in stock at my studio, the link to them is at Giving &amp;amp; Carving Sculpture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purchase one of these sculptures, with Visa, MC, or check, and 25% of the price will be donated to either: one of the three non-profits listed below or you can specify a charity that you would like the 25% to go to. Naturally the donations would be made in your name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You do not have to be a current client, Facebook or LinkedIn member to participate. This fundraiser ends Dec. 31, 2009. Shipping is free within 75 mile radius of Martinsburg, WV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the sculpture pictures, at &lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Caring-and-Giving-Sculpture.htm"&gt;http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Caring-and-Giving-Sculpture.htm&lt;/a&gt; , do not convey well enough and you need to see the sculpture in person - call or email.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A mutually advantageous appointment to view the sculptures in person is easily done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Briggs Animal Adoption Center - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baacs.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.baacs.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Briggs is an amazing place that houses unfortunate dogs and cats that are temporarily unwanted. It is a wonderful light–filled , no-kill shelter that keeps dogs and cats safe, fed &amp;amp; secure until a proper home is found.&lt;br /&gt;Briggs has many wonderful dogs and cats that need a home. Helping them with their mission makes our world a better place&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berkeley County Humane Society - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://berkeley.wvhumane.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://berkeley.wvhumane.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; . Like with Briggs I believe in the BCHS mission to find homes for dogs who are denied the warmth and wonderfulness of living with humans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; . My father died of Colorectal cancer 18 years ago. It was an ugly way to go. I would like to support the great work that they are doing so no one else has to go through this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-8285330051676526209?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/tnlpivtdEPo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-21T12:11:43.977-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Sy_WPzOtnMI/AAAAAAAAAT8/dU2yhOmRZ5c/s72-c/Colorectal+rev.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2009/12/10-days-left.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Sculpture Fundraiser</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/k2H8jze-M_Q/sculpture-fundraiser.html</link><category>Colorectal Cancer Coalition</category><category>Sculpture Fundraiser</category><category>Berkeley County Humane Society</category><category>Giving and Carving Fundraiser</category><category>Briggs Animal Adoption Center</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:59:05 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-9021181660161867047</guid><description>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Swc3oBlUgKI/AAAAAAAAATk/jEkYBa4xQJY/s1600/oberon+96dpi+200+tall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 146px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406351038440833186" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Swc3oBlUgKI/AAAAAAAAATk/jEkYBa4xQJY/s200/oberon+96dpi+200+tall.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Pictured at left is Oberon the scupture dog. He was a resident at the Berkeley County Humane Society - one of the NPO's funds are being raised for - before coming to live with us&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;R&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;ecently, I have been thinking about combining two things: my Dad &amp;amp; how I miss him and also how lucky I am to be self-employed at something I enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;My Dad died 18 years ago from Colorectal Cancer. It was an ugly sight to see. I would not wish that cancer or the opportunity to live with it on anyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also have been thinking how fortunate I am to sculpt items that people want, and sculpt for a living. My wife, Jody, and my dogs, Ryan and Oberon, are constant sources of love and support. Ryan &amp;amp; Oberon came to us from shelters. How to support these non-profit organizations that have contributed to my ability to live and work?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have picked three non-profits that are doing good work day in and day out that I believe in. They are: the Colorectal Cancer Coalition, Briggs Animal Adoption Center and the Berkeley County Humane Society. For these reasons I am hosting a sculpture fundraiser, the Giving &amp;amp; Carving Fundraiser, for them that runs from now til December 31, 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The details are here at: http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Giving-and-Caring.htm . The sculptures for the fundraiser are here: http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Caring-and-Giving-Sculpture.htm .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buying a sculpture will help these non-profits meet their goals of helping end cancer and being an ally in the human to animal matchmaker business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Purchase a sculpture if you can to support a great cause(s). Pass on this information to friends and neighbors that might be interested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Swc5u8mZhKI/AAAAAAAAATs/dhATPX9HYIs/s1600/new+crescendo+003++72dpi+200tall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 135px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406353356385518754" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Swc5u8mZhKI/AAAAAAAAATs/dhATPX9HYIs/s200/new+crescendo+003++72dpi+200tall.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also take a look at our latest newsletter at: http://www.wsggallery.com/wsgnewsletter.htm for more news on Carl, Jody and some of their friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for your help. Have a great day and a wonderful weekend.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Swc5u8mZhKI/AAAAAAAAATs/dhATPX9HYIs/s1600/new+crescendo+003++72dpi+200tall.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;Crescendo one of the sculptures in the Giving &amp;amp; Carving Fundraiser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Swc5u8mZhKI/AAAAAAAAATs/dhATPX9HYIs/s1600/new+crescendo+003++72dpi+200tall.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;copyright 2009 Carl Wright&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-9021181660161867047?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/k2H8jze-M_Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-11-20T16:59:05.160-08:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Swc3oBlUgKI/AAAAAAAAATk/jEkYBa4xQJY/s72-c/oberon+96dpi+200+tall.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2009/11/sculpture-fundraiser.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Why buy Sculpture?</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/D78llKaX7BM/why-buy-sculpture.html</link><category>Reasons to buy Sculpture</category><category>Why Buy Sculpture</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:02:28 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-3570916644558139823</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/StYSFMMiKVI/AAAAAAAAATc/9MRTj5NgBFc/s1600-h/Ed+Chasen+Gallery.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392517484205189458" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/StYSFMMiKVI/AAAAAAAAATc/9MRTj5NgBFc/s200/Ed+Chasen+Gallery.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;That is a reasonable question – Why Buy Sculpture. Sculpture is a demanding lover and housemate. It demands to have its own plinth or pedestal to be seated on. With “sculpture in the round”, it demands to be placed so that all the visitors can see how beautiful it is, on all sides. It also demands a space of its own – not sharing wall space with those…those..paintings… For all that, sculpture does hold a wonderful place in the heart of a home or business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sculpture can bring a missing element to the interior or exterior of your home or business. Sometimes this missing element is physical: like a central point of interest to a room or garden, or maybe a tangible symbol of one or more of your values or special causes. Sculpture can also bring a room into a sharper focus by introducing tranquility, thoughtfulness, a general feeling of apprehension, etc. A lot of the time both a physical element and a sharper focus or feeling can both be accommodated by a sculpture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sculpture versus Painting:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sculpture is just like a painting but better in several respects. With a painting, there is just one viewing point – the frontal one. With sculpture there are multiple viewing points and all sides have to be tied together visually to give the sculpture a feeling of completeness. Even as a child, I wanted to see behind paintings to see if the artwork was continued n the back. I was sorely disappointed to find out that painting was only for the front, frames for the edges, and the back left blank.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As with all artwork if you live with the sculpture or painting for a while, there will always be some new item or detail that will pop out at you. Difference will be that with a painting, the detail will be on the front. With sculpture that delightful detail could be on the back, on the sides, or slyly sitting on the top of your sculpture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sculpture has an advantage over painting. When you bring in a sculpture to your home or office, you don’t have to necessarily rearrange all of your artwork to accommodate it. When you buy a painting, many times all the artwork has to come down and the new painting had to find its home by displacing other paintings. Sculpture does not demand that. Since sculpture is its own island (on a pedestal or on the floor, it takes up floor space not wall space. This involves at the very most moving the sculpture around the room to find the penultimate placement. Contrast that to taking down every painting and reshuffling their order and placement in the room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sculpture &amp;amp; You&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sculpture as a symbol, can stand for the multi-dimensional person that either you want to be or are – just like sculpture is multi-dimensional. Painting has color and design to its credit. Sculpture has color, design and true depth or dimension. It brings a new dimension to the art-viewing experience and also your enjoyment of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are two final reasons for “Why Buy Sculpture”. Your reaction to the sculpture and also the artist. Sometimes just like in love, there is that steamroller that flattens you when you walk into a space with sculpture. It is a bad case of love at first sight. This is not a bad thing. It shows that the artist is communicating to you on a deep level – ergo the visceral reaction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes, you really want to buy a piece of the artist and the sculpture is the only tangible/feasible way to do it. The artist talked to you and you hit it off, made a new friend and wanted a symbol of that new friendship. This is not a bad thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot of the time, “love at first site” and the artist relationship overlap and create an irresistible desire for the art. This makes for a very long-lasting intense satisfying artwork relationship. This is a wonderful place to be at.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So no matter what the reason, go look at and buy some art. It will be a long-lasting relationship that brings you much joy. Art refreshes the soul, is a delight to the eye, and shows clients, visitors and friends some of what you value. If you are not sure about what would be right, get an interior designer friend or artist friend to go with you. It can be a real treat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2009 Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-3570916644558139823?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/D78llKaX7BM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-14T11:02:28.192-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/StYSFMMiKVI/AAAAAAAAATc/9MRTj5NgBFc/s72-c/Ed+Chasen+Gallery.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-buy-sculpture.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Sculpture Seminar in the Spring in Richmond</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/zHFVuTfYy4k/sculpture-seminar-in-spring-in-richmond.html</link><category>talking about sculpture</category><category>Virginia</category><category>sculpture seminar</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:09:17 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-7431165320437488230</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Ss4qRQP2CFI/AAAAAAAAATU/W267ItS0wYk/s1600-h/Takou+003++72+dpi+for+website.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 90px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 138px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390292279916628050" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Ss4qRQP2CFI/AAAAAAAAATU/W267ItS0wYk/s200/Takou+003++72+dpi+for+website.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Ssssh. It's a secret. The possibility of giving a sculpture seminar in Virginia in the Spring has been proposed to Carl. Interesting. Details when available.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Takou sculpture&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2009 Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-7431165320437488230?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/zHFVuTfYy4k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-08T11:09:17.345-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Ss4qRQP2CFI/AAAAAAAAATU/W267ItS0wYk/s72-c/Takou+003++72+dpi+for+website.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2009/10/sculpture-seminar-in-spring-in-richmond.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Silent Art Auction</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/iuDopYQOWsA/silent-art-auction.html</link><category>silent auction</category><category>furniture auction</category><category>fundraiser</category><category>Delaplaine Visual Arts Center</category><category>Sculpture auction</category><category>Frederick</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:42:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-4634850795747153049</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SsjrrubNr0I/AAAAAAAAATM/2nI4RBdbVdI/s1600-h/Counterpoint+72+dpi++175+tall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 114px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 175px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388816090577874754" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SsjrrubNr0I/AAAAAAAAATM/2nI4RBdbVdI/s200/Counterpoint+72+dpi++175+tall.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Carl and his friend, Lee Badger of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," href="http://www.anvilworks.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.Anvilworks.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; , have submitted artwork to the &lt;strong&gt;Rive Gauche: A La Mod&lt;/strong&gt; silent auction/fundraiser at the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center in Frederick, MD. You can see the artwork at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Delaplaine-Silent-Auction.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Delaplaine-Silent-Auction.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; The silent auction ends on October 24th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SsjqqDeQAJI/AAAAAAAAAS8/_DsNDRoVUmY/s1600-h/Knotted+Flash+Slide(1-1).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388814962356387986" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SsjqqDeQAJI/AAAAAAAAAS8/_DsNDRoVUmY/s200/Knotted+Flash+Slide(1-1).jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;How to enter a bid:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Come in to the Delaplaine Visual Arts center and get your unique bid number. Write your bid number and bid amount on the sheet that accompanies the particular piece.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Or,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;You can bid over the phone, too ~ and the staff will add your bid to the sheet for you. You may get out-bid so check the activity on your sculpture/furniture throughout the month! Bidding stops when the auction ends during the Rive Gauche Gala on October 24. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;For more details contact the Delaplaine at: Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center ● 40 S. Carroll St. ● Frederick, MD301-698-0656 ● info@delaplaine.org ● &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," href="http://www.delaplaine.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.delaplaine.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this)," href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=127333476303&amp;amp;ref=mf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=127333476303&amp;amp;ref=mf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;copyright 2009 Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SsjrGww-1LI/AAAAAAAAATE/bxlRAKSlMAQ/s1600-h/Kourin+2+72+dpi++175+high.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SsjrGww-1LI/AAAAAAAAATE/bxlRAKSlMAQ/s1600-h/Kourin+2+72+dpi++175+high.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-4634850795747153049?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/iuDopYQOWsA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-10-04T11:42:06.783-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SsjrrubNr0I/AAAAAAAAATM/2nI4RBdbVdI/s72-c/Counterpoint+72+dpi++175+tall.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2009/10/silent-art-auction.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Help making an artwork sale</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/PD6E-wEsvfY/help-making-artwork-sale.html</link><category>installing artwork</category><category>buying artwork</category><category>Placing artwork</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:38:50 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-3619253251593088390</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/So6vydxrpFI/AAAAAAAAARw/X7MkLuyOKg8/s1600-h/Takou+at+Somerhill.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372424687020909650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/So6vydxrpFI/AAAAAAAAARw/X7MkLuyOKg8/s200/Takou+at+Somerhill.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Do you like a sculpture but can’t for the life of you figure out what to put it on? Could it go on the Chippendale table – on the arts &amp;amp; crafts side table? Are you thinking about buying an artwork but are leery of installing it yourself? Will you mar the sculpture or hurt yourself? Need some help on where to place an artwork?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of these require a simple solution: ask the seller of the artwork. A lot of the time, gallery personnel will install the artwork at no charge or a nominal charge when you buy the artwork from them. Same with artists. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Photo: Takou Sculpture at Somerhill Gallery&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Particularly with sculpture, ask the sculptor if they could make or suggest a pedestal for the sculpture. This will give you a pedestal in keeping with the sculpture instead of an unattractive plywood box painted white or black. For an article on pedestal design: &lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Web-Page-Articles/Pedestal-Design.htm"&gt;http://www.wsggallery.com/Web-Page-Articles/Pedestal-Design.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One time for an install, I drove 450 miles round trip to install a sculpture properly in the customers’ house (I did get an install fee for that). The gallery was going to hire a local moving company to move in the sculpture. I proposed that I would come down and install the sculpture, pedestal for the sculpture and also give a couple of ideas where the sculpture would look best. Upon arrival, the wonderful client gave me several options. Looking at the layout of the room and how all the furnishings interacted – it was a snap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So if you like the artwork or sculpture but are unsure of how to install it – you might be surprised how much help you could get installing it for free or a nominal fee. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;copyright 2009 Carl Wright&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-3619253251593088390?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/PD6E-wEsvfY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-21T07:38:50.891-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/So6vydxrpFI/AAAAAAAAARw/X7MkLuyOKg8/s72-c/Takou+at+Somerhill.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2009/08/help-making-artwork-sale.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Update on Sculpture News</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~3/mDjrHRfe-50/just-got-back-from-picking-up-sculpture.html</link><category>zen of sculpting</category><category>Outdoor Sculpture</category><category>art articles</category><category>Available Sculpture</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Carl Wright)</author><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:18:32 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3940009521107638342.post-4257088662919415361</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SnyyXjvqp5I/AAAAAAAAARQ/NHMK__kzJIU/s1600-h/Wright_C_003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367360973720692626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 122px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SnyyXjvqp5I/AAAAAAAAARQ/NHMK__kzJIU/s200/Wright_C_003.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Snyxuo2j4BI/AAAAAAAAARI/WkOexRGgikw/s1600-h/Eihei-002+300dpi+900pixels.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367360270717149202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Snyxuo2j4BI/AAAAAAAAARI/WkOexRGgikw/s200/Eihei-002+300dpi+900pixels.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Just got back from picking up sculpture in Algonquin. I drove through Ohio, Indiana, and part of Illinois on US Route 30. What a beautiful drive. If you are looking for a nice quiet spot to stay for the night I would suggest Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Nice people, nice community. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Eihei &amp;amp; Motion - above&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Kind of like living in Martinsburg; you are 60 miles from anything fun to do, live in a semi-rural community, people are reserved but friendly. Big difference is that Martinsburg has 25K+ people. Upper Sandusky has 6,533.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a quick update on sculpture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Eihei &amp;amp; Motion are back from Algonquin, IL if you are interested in them. The link to them is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Eihei: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Eihei-Sculpture.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Eihei-Sculpture.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Motioin: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Motion-Sculpture.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Motion-Sculpture.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. A new sculpture named Counterpoint is complete. The link to it is at: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Counterpoint-Sculpture.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Counterpoint-Sculpture.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The links to the sculptures listed above also have some extra information on the sculpture. This includes: the individual back story for the sculpture, how that sculpture relates to others, and what series the sculpture belongs to and what the sculpture series is about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. If you are interested in sculpture, or an approach to visiting galleries and artist studios, or an approach to hanging art on the walls of a home below are some articles to make them feel more at home. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Carl_L._Wright"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Carl_L._Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Available sculpture at my studio: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Available-Sculpture-WSG-Gallery.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.wsggallery.com/Sculpture-Pages/Available-Sculpture-WSG-Gallery.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;5. Finally, if you are curious, here is a 45 second video on the beginning of a sculpture (it is from one of my Facebook Pages): &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carl-Wright-at-WSG-Gallery/60300538120#/video/?id=60300538120"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carl-Wright-at-WSG-Gallery/60300538120#/video/?id=60300538120&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Gives you the feel of the zen of stone sculpting. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367362878077527842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 93px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/Sny0GaBt5yI/AAAAAAAAARg/NbiRkk3aSrA/s200/Counterpoint+72+dpi++2tall.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Counterpoint - above&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Copyright 2009 Carl Wright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3940009521107638342-4257088662919415361?l=wsggallery.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/YBFj/~4/mDjrHRfe-50" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-08-07T16:18:32.932-07:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ox4mKhHYxVc/SnyyXjvqp5I/AAAAAAAAARQ/NHMK__kzJIU/s72-c/Wright_C_003.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://wsggallery.blogspot.com/2009/08/just-got-back-from-picking-up-sculpture.html</feedburner:origLink></item><copyright>copyright 2009 Carl Wright</copyright><media:credit role="author">Carl Wright</media:credit><media:rating>nonadult</media:rating><media:description type="plain">Carl &amp; Jody Wright at WSG Gallery</media:description></channel></rss>

