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Jeff Gottfried Studio

Jeff Gottfried, award-winning sculptor, captures the spirit of the American West. Jeff also shares his expertise through group sculpting classes.

His works adorn public spaces, from banks to churches, hospitals, and The Alamo Research library.

01/01/2025

Happy New YEAR!! 2025!!

12/29/2024

NIGHT WATCH

25” tall

This is a different kind of night watch than this cowboy has ever done before! He holds his son who has finally fallen asleep in one arm and a teddy bear in the other.

12/27/2024

👷‍♂️2024 brought growth and one step closer to hosting sculpting classes with a view of the horses!

Thank you all for being on this journey with me and supporting me!!

Looking forward to hopefully a grand opening in 2025!

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12/25/2024

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

12/10/2024

FREEDOM TRAIN

The overall installation consists of several components and materials. First, on the top left hand corner of the wall is a 4 ft x 1.5 ft bronze word plaque that will show lines from the poem, "Freedom Train," by Langston Hughes.

Flat against the wall, running in a curving manner from the lower left corner to the top right corner is a flat, aluminum, silhouetted train track and train. The track is a timeline and above the track are 3 stainless steel silhouettes with wall space in between. From left to right they are of a slave building the track, a porter carrying luggage, and a businessman holding a train ticket. The silhouettes are intended to attract immediate attention by communicating the dramatic yet simple message of African Americans' progression from slave to porter to businessman. A progression of attitude is also expressed in the body language of each, the slave's head and body facing downward, the porter more upright but still hunched over, and the businessman with head and shoulders held high. They are 6 inches out from the wall, held by steel bracing and lights are installed behind each for backlighting.

Continue reading on my website! https://www.jeffgottfried.art/commissionasculpture #/freedom-train/

11/29/2024

BATTLE OF WILLS

11" x 5.5" x 8.5"

This sculpture has a spiral design that extends into the dust cloud at the base, tension in the opposing angles, yet rhythm in the repeating angles. The horse is angry, nostrils flaring. The cowboy is fanning his hat as if he is in control, but his leg positions show otherwise.

11/28/2024

Thank you for following along and supporting!

11/25/2024

👁️Sculpting the human eye!

Would you be interested in learning to sculpt the human eye?

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11/23/2024

THE GOOD BOOK AND A GOOD FRIEND

14" x 9" x 10"

It is peaceful in the mornings and a cowboy is starting the day off right by drinking coffee and reading from the Good Book (Bible). He is sharing the moment with his good friend, his border collie. His rope and hat lay on the floor next to the chair.

Jeff prefers to sculpt real people with real personalities. From the cowboy's face to his crooked thumb holding the coffee (the real cowboy who posed was proud of his crooked thumb!) this sculpture shows someone real doing something that real people do all over the west.

The model, a retired cowboy preacher, even read aloud from his old, worn Bible while he posed. The sculpting sessions, which went on for about a month and a half, turned into Bible studies, which Jeff and others who began attending thoroughly enjoyed.

11/22/2024

Happy Friday!

Comment below your favorite type of art to create or own!

11/16/2024

Two Sculptures & Two finishes!

Quannah Parker is wood fired at extremely high temperatures, above cone 10, so you see the wood ash turns a greenish color, the salt gives it a glossy glaze, and the oranges are from flames licking the flashing slip that was painted onto it prior to firing.

The horse (titled "Compadre") is raw, unglazed bisque fired to accentuate the shapes without distraction of a glaze. It was sculpted out of a low fire terra cotta (orangish) clay with extra grog to strengthen it and give extra texture.

11/07/2024

WISHFUL THINKING

19" x 14" x 10"

This sculpture shows a woman sitting in a chair, knitting, but being distracted by something through the window. Her gesture and expression is peaceful, though her knitting alludes to the hardships women settlers had to endure.

What is it that she is distracted by? Is her husband coming up over the hill? Is she day dreaming? Is she thinking of home back east? That is for you to decide.

This design gave Jeff a chance to manipulate negative space (the space around the sculpture) by encourages the viewer to look through the window to see the woman’s face. Also, the way the window frame and curtain seem suspended in midair, held up by the woman’s hand, adds to the sculpture’s interest.

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Cleburne, TX

Telephone

+18172960370

Website

https://www.jeffgottfried.art/

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