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Monday, June 14, 2010

Art from life at the Cowboy Hall of Fame

One of the joys in life is covering the Prix de West at the national Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum for the magazine, Persimmon Hill.

This year's assignment included Saturday's sculpture demonstration by Canadian Richard Loffler, who prefers to sculpt from life. Thanks to the Comanche Nation, two eagles were brought for him to consider, and he chose the beautiful Ornate Hawk Eagle from Peru's Amazon forests.

I've got loads of notes for the story, but I brought my camera, and what a treat! More stories and photos of this event soon.

Shiva and Troy
Sculptor Richard Loffler gets up close
Working from scratch to a work of art
Eagle Eye.
 Art is amazing.
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13 comments:

  1. AsidneyJune 14, 2010 at 10:10 AM

    How cool!! I have never been to the museum, but I should check it out! This rain and thunder is crazy!!! Your email=confirmed!!

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  2. @okieprofJune 14, 2010 at 11:21 AM

    You must go...it makes you feel goo!

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  3. #perksofshiplifeJune 14, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    My father has a season pass to the cowboy museum. He loves anything cowboy. My parents 1st date was him doing six shooter toss'em tricks....surprise they're still married 27 years later.

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  4. @okieprofJune 14, 2010 at 12:41 PM

    Yep, and it's not just cowboy...its west. Cool story!

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  5. Yogi♪♪♪June 14, 2010 at 12:53 PM

    I love that museum. It saved my life. 10 years ago I had a really crappy job in an office nearby. My wife bought me a membership and I would go over and wander around once or twice a week and it would really lift my spirits. I never got tired of it.

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  6. @okieprofJune 14, 2010 at 1:06 PM

    Yogi...museums do that...save lives! This year's Prix de West boggles my mind

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  7. Aimee DanielsJune 14, 2010 at 3:28 PM

    This is amazing! Sculpting boggles my mind! I can draw and paint, but sculpting is a REAL art. So much talent.

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  8. tworthenJune 15, 2010 at 8:31 AM

    I will have to check out the museum!

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  9. Jessica WolloscheckJune 15, 2010 at 9:49 AM

    Wow sculpting a live animal sounds difficult! It looks super awesome!

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  10. CarrieJune 15, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    Your blog is too cool. I like that you have the Oklahoma musical song. Go Texas!

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  11. #perksofshiplifeJune 15, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    I was looking at my coffee cup at work today, and I thought you'd like it. I got it from a tech theatre conference I went to in August, it has a picture of a gobo (used in lighting instruemtns to add texture and shapes to a light) of coffee beans.

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  12. maiaJune 15, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    I really like your photographs... pics are so more much fun to follow.

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  13. Jessica WolloscheckJune 16, 2010 at 11:08 AM

    Dear Dr. Clark,

    I can't wait to read more blogs!!
    Haha.

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