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Complete Colour Control 3   Power point presentation about color theory  in 44 slides, ten terms toward understanding color.

Just loaded several “new pieces” to gallery website,  davidnittmann.com

I am getting ready for Loveland show Aug 13-14,

Sculpture in the Park, Benson Gardens

I will be attending Totally Turning March 25-27, 2011 in Saratoga, NY as a vendor and demonstrator for Airbrush-On-Wood. There will be a Special Exhibition of my work in the Exhibit Hall. Totally Turning runs in conjunction with the Northeast Woodworkers Association annual woodworking show.

Many ask about Condition-Air and Extend-Air products :
Condition-Air is a clear green liquid that contains emollients, humectants and specialized wetting agents. The adjustable design of this product is to reduce the drying time in colder climates or in dry low humidity climatic conditions it reduces drag & fish-eye and to achieve very fine line detail on various surfaces where every stroke and every line counts. You control how you paint but the conditions of your surroundings vary day to day, Condition-air allows you to compensate for climatic changes. A very small amount goes a long way. Use a couple of drops in a mixing cup supplied in the kit as you mix your colors or just a drop in the airbrush cup (stir).

Extend-Air is the acrylic base for the colors. It gives you additional pure acrylic. The light creamy consistency goes on white and dries clear as a base coat or is used when you want to extend the color you have mixed to give you a very slow build up of color when fine control is needed.

Airbrush-On-Wood February 5, 2011
20 club members attended a 5 hour session donated by EOG recipient David Nittmann on the subject of airbrush and color theory. Much of the discussion centered around the importance of the artist to use the knowledge of color to create art work with “intention to influence” the viewer. David entertained all questions and comments from an enthusiastic audience. Cindy Drozda recorded the entire session on video and a copy will be donated to the RMWT library. David thanks all who participated, and the RMWT for supporting advancement in the art of woodturning.

“Ceci n’est pas Une Palette”
20 x 24 x 28 h

Standing on a raw redwood slab base, the vessel was turned from a burl, a gall pushed out from the trunk of the tree that was taken from a large old bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) growing on the farm of Bob and Susie Baker in Bureau County, Illinois. Cutting the burl off this tree did no damage, the tree is still flourishing. The bur oak roots that form the figure in the vessel were taken from a young sapling as part of a necessary thinning in a large tree plantation on the same farm.

The bur oak is the dominant tree of prairie Illinois. This species often reaches an age of 400 to 600 years, a height of 80 feet and a trunk 2 to 3 feet in diameter. They are becoming increasingly rare, because many of these old venerable trees are today being harvested and turned into pallets, to carry the products of our industrial world. After these pallets are used, they are burned or thrown away.

This piece symbolizes the heart-rending cry of the bur oak community whose members are too often seen by humans as merely standing reserve for anthropocentric desires. The title is reference to Magritte’s painting meant to highlight ironically the many levels of meaning the piece suggests, that of course the piece itself is not a pallet, that bur oak trees are more than just pallets, that the human world should acknowledge and validate these trees as ends in themselves, as beautiful and rightful inhabitants of the prairie ecosystem. It is a piece of pain and tragedy but also of the hope that someone will hear the cry of the bur oak.

Artist: David Nittmann, Boulder Colorado January 2011
Inspiration: Bob Baker, Larch Hill Farm, Kewanee, Illinois

Please visit davidnittmann.com to see my latest sculpture Ceci n’est pas Une Pallette

Cindy & I ran the Estes Park Sombrero Trail 4.5 mile race on Sat 9.18. You can see our results online at Sombrero Trail Run. I tried to break the hour barrier but missed it by a minute but still finished 5 in my age group. Cindy did very well and beat me by more than 11 minutes.

We had a great time at the Rocky Mountain Woodturning Symposium. I did 2 rotations on Airbrush and one hands-on session with 8 participants cutting wood. I especially enjoyed the AB session on “Understanding Color” and had a great deal of audience participation.