by Μόףףý ● ķ ~
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July 26, 2006

Creative Concrete? (artwork)

April 06, 2007 12:45 PM EDT (Updated: April 06, 2007 12:46 PM EDT)
views: 91 | comments: 58

I posted these pictures as images back when I first joined Gather so if you’ve seen them before, sorry. A friend requested that I repost them so I decided to do so in an article so they are easier to locate than clicking through pages and pages of images.

 

I’ve always enjoyed painting and drawing on surfaces rougher than then the stand drawing papers and illustration boards.

 

These are some paintings I did on concrete stepping stones and bricks. I paint the surface first with watered down acrylic outdoor house paint. I water it down so that it seeps down into the concrete better. The artwork is done in artist’s acrylics and then sprayed with abofileId:3096224744079628;size:full;ut 10 coats of clear coat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wave.

 

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Sun and moon. 

 

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 Blue Fishes.

 

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 The Fish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Suns, moons and a wrenn.

 

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 Sun on a brick.
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Comments: 58

Bridget ♥ Apr 6, 2007, 12:47pm EDT
You are very talented. Those are very beautiful! Do you sell them? If not, you should!
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 12:50pm EDT
Thank you Bridget. I've sold a few but given most away as gifts. Unless I sold them locally I'd be looking at some serious shipping charges being that they're made of concrete!
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Apr 6, 2007, 12:54pm EDT
I love these. I agree, you would have a big market since people love to decorate their gardens and decks. Very nice and unique. Thanks.
Bridget ♥ Apr 6, 2007, 12:55pm EDT
You should sell them at flea markets and stuff like that! They are beautiful! And I'm sure people LOVE getting them as gifts!
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 12:58pm EDT
Thanks Nana and Bridget. Maybe some day I will.
Linda DeMerle Apr 6, 2007, 1:04pm EDT
Outstanding work! I'm envious of the results. Good for you.
Lisa Gensheimer Apr 6, 2007, 1:05pm EDT
Moggy--These are wonderful. I didn't know you had such talents. They would look so beautiful in a garden path or herb garden.
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 1:06pm EDT
Thank you LL, now we're even! I'm envious of your water colors, that is one medium I have never been able to master.
LEЯA © Politcally Incorrect M. Apr 6, 2007, 1:06pm EDT
They're just beautiful!
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 1:07pm EDT
Thank you Lisa, some are! One is a table top, a couple of bricks turned into door stops and/or bookends. They have found themselves in all sorts of places!

Thanks Lera, I'm sure you're sick of seeing them by now!
wonderful work, you have more talent in your little toe than I have throughout my entire body for 5 lifetimes.
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 1:23pm EDT
Thank you stephanie, maybe that's why I have such big feet? LOL

Thanks Phyllis, you do, you just have to try and keep at it!
Bill's Spirit Apr 6, 2007, 1:31pm EDT
Wow, Moggy, these are so cool.

I bet you have some very happy friends.

Thanks for showing me these. I'd been looking for an inexpensive and odd medium to paint on, in order to craft unusual, semi-functional items that I might sell at a local knick-knack store. I think you just showed me the light.

Peace and Happy Painting.
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 1:35pm EDT
Very Cool Bill, if you do, please take pictures to share, okay? I'd love to see them. I think you will really enjoy working with this medium!
Mariana T. Apr 6, 2007, 3:15pm EDT
Moggy - these are really neat - have you ever worked on lighter material like driftwood? You're really a good artist - love these and I bet you have a great yard. Salud.
Susan *. Apr 6, 2007, 3:24pm EDT
these are great Moggy! Have you ever done anything with a pirate theme!?! Barnacle Boo would LOVE his own stepping stone! LOL Let me know if you have any ideas on how I could do a pirate one for him....your talent is amazing!
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 3:29pm EDT
Mariana, no, I've never worked on wood of any sort. I would like to work on old barn wood but haven't been able to locate any yet.

Thanks so much Susan. Who is Barnacle Boo?
Fred Hose Apr 6, 2007, 3:33pm EDT
Moggy I'm totally stunned. Those paintings are so beautifully done and so absolutely joyful that I had to look at them many times.
I think that it is so community sprited of you to do this.
If you should see this comment...kindly tell me what clear coat is. Is it a varnish and is it durable? I mean for pedestrian traffic.
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 3:42pm EDT
Thank you so much Fred. Clear coat is like a light varnish, it comes in a can. I don't recommend putting these where they would get a lot of pedestrian trafffic, they're best used for decorative purposes. I painted the square one with the sun and moon on it about 10 years ago. I have it sitting up on my porch, it has been outside all of these years and about every 2 years I hose it off an put another couple of coats of the clear coat on it to keep it safe from weathering. I susposed if you used a thicker more durable type of clear coating they'd be o.k. for more traffic but I wouldn't know exactly what type to use.
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 3:43pm EDT
I should clarify, the clear coat comes in a SPRAY can.
☃ Aunt Shanny Apr 6, 2007, 3:44pm EDT
Damn, now I wish I would've kept all the concrete the landscapers just took out of our yard ;)
Dan R. Apr 6, 2007, 3:46pm EDT
Damn those are very nice!
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 3:49pm EDT
That would have worked Shannon! But hey, stepping stones are usually under 3 bucks a piece brand spanking new!

Thank you Dan!
Terry S. Apr 6, 2007, 3:57pm EDT
Moggy my friend. Talent? Wow cutey you got that and then some. So here is the deal I live not to far from your "RIGHT HERE" So I will be over soon to pick up the round one with the blue fishies... Ok?
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 4:04pm EDT
Ooops Terry, you'll have to fight my sister for that one! she's got it out by her Koi pond...she's bigger and meaner and stronger than me too, so good luck!

Thanks for the compliment!
David Salyer Apr 6, 2007, 4:07pm EDT
These are fantastic!
Miz Lynn aka/BooBoo Apr 6, 2007, 5:02pm EDT
I seen these before...AND everytime I do, I am jealous.....haha! Moggy you are soooooooo talented. Love'em..
Donna R. Apr 6, 2007, 6:00pm EDT
Blue fish and the fish are my favorites. They are all great. Everyone is right, people buy these like crazy down here in Florida. You have so much talent!

The clear coat is wonderful stuff. I used to do some woodburning, and I'd always seal it. The clear coat would bring out the colors too. I'm glad you posted these again.
Karolyn Q. Apr 6, 2007, 6:25pm EDT
Beautiful! You are very talented.
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 6, 2007, 9:17pm EDT
Thank you David, Lynn, Donna and Karolyn!

Yes Donna, and you can get the clear coat for a buck a can at Walmart, then you don't feel bad for using it liberaly, at least I don't - it is good stuff!
Laura H. Apr 7, 2007, 10:08am EDT
These are so gorgeous, all of them!
Debbie H. Apr 7, 2007, 10:25am EDT
Moggy~ So glad you re posted these...LOVE THEM!!! You could always use a flat rate shipping with the post office, and should seriously consider selling them!!! You are so talented!!! My favorite is your moon and sun *winking at you* !!!
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 7, 2007, 3:59pm EDT
Thank you Laura.

Yep Debbie, I reposted them just for you! That one is my favorite as well ;-)
Trine Meyer Vogsland Apr 7, 2007, 7:49pm EDT
I love people who create something special by using original materials. Thank y9ou so much for sharing therse with us
Debbie G. Apr 8, 2007, 12:44am EDT
Stunning work! You are so talented!
*Melissa F *. Apr 8, 2007, 1:55am EDT
They're great Moggy!
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 8, 2007, 9:30am EDT
Thanks Trine, I enjoy your work as well!

Thank you Debbie G. and Melissa.

Happy Easter!
Debbie H. Apr 8, 2007, 9:48am EDT
Happy Easter Moggy!!!
Got another chance to re visit this article!!! Love all of these actually!!! It's like being in a penny candy store with a dollar bill!!! I wouldn't know what to choose;)
Lori Cee Apr 8, 2007, 12:25pm EDT
really nice, moggy! so if i send you a brick....
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 9, 2007, 8:29am EDT
Thanks again Debbie. LOL lori.
Serina Matteson Apr 9, 2007, 9:29am EDT
Damn girl you are very talented. I wish I had a talent like this. I would have a whole sidewalk paved and painted. This is tremendous and beautiful work. I'm jealous dangit. I agree, if you do not sell these you really should.
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 9, 2007, 10:01am EDT
Hi Serina! So nice to see you! LOL, a whole sidewalk huh? But I have to be able to lift the pieces and put them on my drafting table to paint them!
Mariana T. Apr 9, 2007, 4:18pm EDT
Mariana, no, I've never worked on wood of any sort. I would like to work on old barn wood but haven't been able to locate any yet.
The materials available are endless and you may have to weather your own wood using pickling paints or paint on tar roofing paper like a friend of mine does - your colors against black would be awesome and lighter weight...Salud.
You are amazing, Moggy!
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 10, 2007, 11:34am EDT
Mariana, that is just too much work for me! Plus, I am not that patient, but thanks for the idea.

Thanks Sue. :)
Kerry (A tree, not a lemon) .. Apr 10, 2007, 9:35pm EDT
Wow Moggy, those are fabulous!
I love "The Fish", he is so cute!
Is he for sale? I want him, I want him, I want him now!
yaya
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 11, 2007, 8:08am EDT
LOL Kerry, sorry though, he's not for sale at the present time. Thanks for the compliement.
Wow these are awesome Moggy
Randy- Being true to myself Apr 11, 2007, 6:08pm EDT
All very beautiful Moggy
Debbie H. Apr 12, 2007, 7:26am EDT
See...everybody loves your work!!! :)
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 12, 2007, 9:09am EDT
Thanks Shelley and Randy.

Well Debbie, maybe not EVERYBODY, but thanks.
Edward Nudelman Apr 12, 2007, 10:32am EDT
Moggy these are truly brilliant. I love your free Japanesque style. I wrote a book several years back on an American illustrator, Jessie Willcox Smith, who also borrowed from Japanese woodblock prints in her decorative art. Really superb, Moggy!
Debbie H. Apr 12, 2007, 11:32am EDT
LOL!!! I get it!!! Well I think they are simply beautiful and that's all that counts;)
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 12, 2007, 12:46pm EDT
Thank you Edward, I'd love to see your book, what is the title? Is Edward Nudelman your real name if I try to look it up? I love Japanese art, I lived in Japan for over 3 years and my x-husband is Japanese. My mom and dad lived there for over 10. I really got into the old Japanese art back in highschool and college and still have a love for it to this day! Woodblock prints rock! I'd love to see your book.

Thanks Debbie, that is really all that matters! ;-)
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 12, 2007, 1:36pm EDT
Hey Edward, I never knew you were famous! I found your book

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0882897861/ref=sib_dp_pt/104-2389728-1009542#reader-link
jessie voigts Apr 17, 2007, 6:02pm EDT
flat rate boxes. i am so ready to buy one! :)
Μόףףý ● ķ ~ Apr 18, 2007, 8:02am EDT
:) Thanks Jessie. Maybe I'll look into it, but first I have to paint some new ones!

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