tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108682962011-11-30T15:29:31.833-05:00<b>The art (and such) of Xander Paisley (that would be me)</b>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1112448515732085672005-04-02T08:28:00.000-05:002005-04-02T08:38:05.606-05:00...but the nature of love, as I understand it, is to spare no effort to put things back together. And so, the pieces have been picked up, dogged determination, creative problem solving, and a whole lot of penetrating epoxy resin applied and...<br /><br />I present to his new owner the Dragon of Myth. I hope she likes it.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/tygers%20dragon%20006.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/tygers%20dragon%20006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-111244851573208567?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1112408575998847542005-04-01T21:22:00.000-05:002005-04-01T21:33:43.456-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/shattered%20009.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/shattered%20009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Sometimes, despite our best intentions, things that seem to be shaping up to something very special just . . . break apart. Perhaps too little attention paid at a critical moment, perhaps a miscalculation as to how one action or other will play out... and elements once part of a happy whole are disconnected. This may seem sad, but it needn't be. Such is the nature of life...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-111240857599884754?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108570328849428852005-02-16T11:12:00.000-05:002005-02-16T11:13:05.670-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/dragon%202.1.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/dragon%202.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />this was my first attempt at a high relief sculpture... <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110857032884942885?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108570097905347962005-02-16T11:08:00.000-05:002005-02-16T11:19:01.190-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/water%20lily%20in%20bloom%20003.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/water%20lily%20in%20bloom%20003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />an artwork, of sorts... a back yard pond/fountain/waterfall that I created, with a water lily in bloom. This is a breeding ground for countless happy tadpoles, and seems to be rated at least 3 stars in the warbler migration guide as a place to bathe & frolic... <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110857009790534796?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108537151453985532005-02-16T01:59:00.000-05:002005-02-16T13:28:06.773-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/elizabeth.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/elizabeth.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />high relief <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853715145398553?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108537015187961452005-02-16T01:56:00.000-05:002005-02-16T10:51:27.423-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/secret%20grotto%20001.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/secret%20grotto%20001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />High relief sculpture - will be incorporated into a fountain so that a waterfall will be cascading over her from the rocks above. Given the nature of the stone I work with, it looks best when either wet or glazed/sealed. <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853701518796145?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108536633094244342005-02-16T01:50:00.000-05:002005-02-16T13:30:53.556-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/tall%20tao%20002.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/tall%20tao%20002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />a tall yin-yang fountain, with evolution/variation in the copper arch design.<a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853663309424434?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108536452387931672005-02-16T01:47:00.000-05:002005-02-16T13:32:22.906-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/triskellion%204-2.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/triskellion%204-2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />a more recent rendition... <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853645238793167?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108536291617554042005-02-16T01:44:00.000-05:002005-02-16T13:33:48.430-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/yin%20yang%20by%20pond.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/yin%20yang%20by%20pond.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />a yin-yang relief that was later incorporated into a fountain, not pictured... <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853629161755404?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108536047839662312005-02-16T01:40:00.000-05:002005-02-16T13:36:25.553-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/gargoyle%20and%20fountains%20009.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/gargoyle%20and%20fountains%20009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />the triquetra is a Celtic/wiccan symbol representing the three aspects of the Goddess - mother, maiden, & crone. The triskellion is another symbol representing the same trinity...<a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853604783966231?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108535918212489352005-02-16T01:38:00.000-05:002005-02-16T01:38:38.213-05:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/eins_front.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/eins_front.jpg'></a><br />Eins - different view&nbsp;<a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853591821248935?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108535804918176942005-02-16T01:36:00.000-05:002005-02-16T11:12:41.920-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/eins_left.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/eins_left.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Eins</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>- my first gargoyle, carved from a single boulder. As with most of my works, I carved him from a relatively soft stone, sold as "featherock" in your local Home Depot. Mmmm, Home Depot... <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853580491817694?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108535605181350702005-02-16T01:33:00.000-05:002005-02-16T13:38:38.056-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/loveabove2.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/loveabove2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /> <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853560518135070?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108535527019475962005-02-16T01:32:00.000-05:002005-02-16T13:40:16.480-05:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/1024/triskelle_topdown_md.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/228/1520/400/triskelle_topdown_md.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />early triskelle fountain <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" alt="Posted by Hello" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853552701947596?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10868296.post-1108534481252766252005-02-16T01:11:00.000-05:002005-02-16T01:14:41.253-05:00How about - right here? Welcome to my little online art gallery of sorts. Just remember - you break it, you bought it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10868296-110853448125276625?l=elementalmagicks.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Xanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823159831609973897noreply@blogger.com0