"Shogun"

"Shogun" This small tabletop sculpture is made from welded steel/industrial salvage. A simple design with an obvious Japanese influence. An understated and simply elegant piece.

"Cuckoo's Nest" $600

Welded steel/Industrial salvage 16.5" X 8.5" X 1.5" This solid little sculpture is fabricated from industrial salvage. Torch cut and welded.

"Maximilian's Flow"

This latest tabletop sculpture measures 16" X 17" x 2". It is currently available for purchase at Gallery on First, Sanford, Florida. Shipping available. $600.00 US kabbott765@gmail.com This piece is currently on view at Reach Art Center, Rome, NY.

"Lunch with Yaya"

My last painting of 2016. "Lunch with Yaya" Acrylic on canvas. 48" X 48"

"Free Will"

"Free Will"  Acrylic on canvas w/ canvas on canvas and paint skin.   This is a small scale painting at 16" X 20" currently on view and available at Gallery on First, 211 E. First St., Sanford, Florida.   





You can choose a ready guide 
In some celestial voice 
If you choose not to decide 
You still have made a choice 

You can choose from phantom fears 
And kindness that can kill 
I will choose a path that's clear 
I will choose free will 


Rush, 1980

"Orion" SOLD

Welded steel tabletop sculpture.  1/4" and 1/8" mild plate steel with clear coat.  21" X 10" X 7"

Small Scale Work SOLD/SOLD/SOLD

I am continuing to make small scale works as I get ready for the coming holiday season. I have several gallery shows scheduled in December and all have requested small scale items. Here are a few more recently finished.

Recent Work

Here are some of the new small works that I have been doing this week. Finger Lakes Gallery in Canandaigua, NY has asked for about a half dozen and I am gearing u; for the season here at Gallery on First in Sanford. These works are welded steel and stand about 10 inches on average.

A Man For All Seasons

No, not Sir Thomas More, but a good friend and a man who constantly challenges himself and never stops learning, exploring and reaching for more in life. Dr. Charles Laman, or Chuck as his friends call him. Chuck's accomplishments are many, from marathon runner, mountain climber (he has climbed four of the highest peaks in the world) and canoe racer to name just a few. An artist an art collector,at age 60 Dr. Charles Laman sold his thriving dental practice in keeping a promise to himself, to focus on things more important in life than making a living. It was time to spend the the rest of his life living, really living and creating. To become the artist he had always wanted to be. In my humble opinion he had already done more than most could ever dream of in a lifetime. Chuck is one of those "Energizer Bunny" types we all know. He starts his days early and finds interesting things to do. Not one to sit in front of a TV. He is an avid reader and accomplished in a variety of mediums from photography, ceramic pottery, both hand built and wheel thrown, watercolor and scupture. He is one of those people that never stops creating and sees beauty in everything, especially nature. Nature is something he has in abundance on his 32 acre off grid camp near the Adirondack Park blue line. The two pieces pictured above are just two of several sculptures along the road into the cabin and small works are found randomly throughout the property with many more works in progress at every turn. This man is for all seasons and continues to challenge and inspire those fortunate enough to know him.

Untitled Tabletop sculpture - SOLD

This recent piece didn't hang around the gallery long. Less than a week I think. Deb thinks it's a tree, maybe on the serengeti or somewhere in Africa. Others see a bird. The funny thing is I had neither in mind as a created this one. I do seem to see some Erte influence. Must have been subconscious. In any case the collector who purchased this piece really likes it and I am happy it has a good home.

Untitled - KVA #2, 2014

This piece is mixed media on birch panel. It is one of an ongoing series of circle paintings. Very Midcentury in style. The painting measures 24" X 24" and is currently on display at Gallery on First, 211 E. First St., Sanford, Florida. $900.00

FULLY AWAKE

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"A Long Way From Antigonish II" SOLD

This piece was done as a commission to be a companion piece for 'A Long Way From Antigonish". CFE Credit Union acquired the first painting as part of a large purchase of paintings for their home office in Lake Mary, Florida. Like the first painting this is encaustic on rag board. The first one was done in 2008 and won several awards in regional group shows in New York. The painting measures 21.5" X 21.5".

"Got Art"

Our annual group show at Gallery on First opens Friday, October 25 with a reception from 6:00 - 9:00pm and runs through November 17 in the Rozzie Marks Gallery. Music by the Angels of Mercy and lots of food and beverages. The exhibition is a representative sampling of recent work by the twelve resident artists at Gallery on First in Sanford, Florida. Pictured above is our part of the show. The large painting "Canyon Impressions" is Deb's and the rest of the work by yours truly. The public is invited, so if you are in the Central Florida area please drop in and check out the show.

"Return To Black Mountain" SOLD

This painting was originally executed in 2007. It is acrylic on paper and has a real mid century quality to it. The piece received several awards in juried shows and garnered a lot of interest. On several occasions I thought it was sold, but for whatever reason it hung around. That is until yesterday. It was one of seven paintings purchased by CFE Credit Union for their home office in Lake Mary, Fl. . They also commissioned Deb and I to do a number of other paintings for them. This was a large purchase and will be 16 paintings in total. Very grateful and honored that they appreciate the work.

"Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday" SOLD

"Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday". Encaustic on birch panel, 16" X 24". Available at Gallery on First, Sanford, Florida. This is one of several recent encaustic paintings and sculptures that will debut at the "Got Art" show at Gallery on First, 211 E. First St., Sanford, Fl. . Opening reception October 25, 6- 9pm and is in conjunction with the Sanford "Art Walk" which is held the fourth Friday of each month. "Got Art" is a group exhibition of recent works by the twelve resident artists of Gallery on First.

Back in Florida

Deb and I arrived back in Sanford last week after another summer at our cabin in the woods. We left Florida around the middle of June and headed to South Carolina where we

always stop and spend a couple days visiting family. Deb's sister has a beautiful home in the Blue Ridge Mts. on the North Carolina, South Carolina border. We enjoy visiting and have become quite familiar with the area over the last several years. The landscape is stunning and there is a lot of good art in the area. Asheville, NC has become a favorite place to gallery hop or take in the River Arts District when we are lucky enough to be in town during one of their "Studio Strolls". After a few days we were back on the highway, making our way to the Tug Hill region of New York. Tug Hill is a plateau that slowly rises from the eastern shore of Lake Ontario to the Adirondack Mountains. We have a six acre piece of land with a pond and a cabin that I built from recycled materials. When we lived in New York, it was a weekend getaway. Now it serves as our summer place. In addition to the cabin, we have two sheds and plans to build a barn that will serve as a studio building. We had a lot of rain when we first arrived. think it rained 15 out of the first 16 days we were there. This made it tough to get much done as we have to work outside. I ended up picking up some work helping a friend cut down and rebuild a bunch of church pews. By mid July we had a nice stretch of sunny, warm and dry days. I began work on a 90 foot, dry stacked, stone retaining wall. THe wall had been originally "layed up" by the home owners in the mid 1960's and had seen better days. I had to take the wall down section by section and put it back up. No small task. About half way into the first day I wondered if I had tackled to big a project and felt a bit over whelmed, but I kept plugging away and after about six weeks it was finished. I did manage to do some welding and added another sculpture to my growing sculpture garden. It is a real "hippie in the woods" existence, but we love it and have plans for additions to the cabin and expansion of our gardens. We enjoy giving people who visit tours of the grounds. By the middle of September the days were getting shorter and temperatures a lot cooler. It was time to "roll up the tent" as they say and point the pickup truck south. Gave our son and grand baby hugs and kisses and we were off. A few days in the Carolina's. Took in the Sculpture Invitational in Highlands, NC. Really enjoyed that. Then on to Sanford and back at it. Deb and I are busy getting new work together for our "Got Art" show at Gallery on First. Happy to be back in Florida.

Seeking commissions for summer 2013

As Deb and I prepare to head to New York for a couple of months I am hoping to line up a few projects to sustain us for the summer. We will be painting, sculpting and making hypertufa parts and garden art. I have a few small projects lined up and will be helping KII out at his carving studio. An ideal project would be a large scale steel, stone or concrete installation. Interested parties may contact me directly via e-mail at kabbott765@gmail.com

New Propaganda from the studio

This is the image from my new postcard that some of you may be seeing soon.

"Victor/Victor"

This piece melds both a very industrial and gritty look with organic forms and seems to feel a little "Steampunk" to me without gears. This is one of three pieces entered in the Orlando Museum of Art's 1st Thursday event for May, 2013. "The Boiler Plate Ball": Steampunk Steps Out. The piece stands 31" tall and is my latest welded steel table top sculpture. $600.00