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Dennis Logsdon has been a scratchboard artist for almost 50 years. Although he is primarily a wildlife artist, he also enjoys doing character studies. Considered a master of the scratchboard medium, Logsdon is one of only a few artists working in scratchboard and clayboard for the international wildlife market. "I love the textures, details and feel of the engraving process," he explains. "It fits my needs in sharing the love of animals and nature I grew up with. It is a constant challenge to expand the range of the medium and still maintain the discipline." |
| Logsdon's work has been displayed at many venues including the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in South Carolina, the Easton Waterfowl festival in Easton, Maryland, the Vermont Institute of Natural Science Wildlife Art Show, Nature Works in Tulsa,, Oklahoma, the Florida Wildlife Expo in Orlando, and the Wildlife and Western Heritage Show in Houston, Texas. Among the many awards his work has won are Best of Show for Scratchboard at the National Wildlife Show in Kansas City, Missouri and Best of Show for Original Artwork at the Wildlife Art Show in New Bern, North Carolina. Logsdon won the purchase award at Art of the Animal Kingdom at the Bennington Center for the Arts in Vermont in 1999. His piece was part of the US touring exhibit for the Center in 2000. |
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Commissions are accepted for animals, pets or professional. Lectures on clayboard engraving for your Art Association or group can be arranged.
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When I was going to sit down and send out a Christmas greeting this year I was going to send out an extended version of the Church bells that I sent last year ( that was very popular by the way ), but I received in the mail a card and photos from my Uncle Jim of the day we spent going to Zion National Park in Utah this past summer and a new idea was opened up. My first message is a loving thank you to my Aunt Ethyl and Uncle Jim and their families for welcoming me into their families. My mother and father separated when I was very young, and I was distant from the family for many years but they have renewed that connection with me which has touched my spirit in many ways. Due to the Navy, I was a western bred and raised young man of outdoor and nature feelings suddenly moved to the techno revolution of the 60s and married a wonderful good hearted women in the east. A part of me was put in the closet of life. Except for my attending my father's death many years ago I had little connection with my father's family until my Aunt Ethyl and her family came to Boston and visited mine. This was followed by my visiting them in Utah a couple of years ago. This past August I spent a day with my Uncle Jim visiting Zion National Park in Utah, and he was the perfect host, for he was a Ranger there for many years. It was a great day. On our way back we decided to visit a location that is part of the park but on the backside and not visited very often (so we were told), for its access tho' easy is far from the main access to the park. It was a dry, clear western blue sky day and we were not prepared for the fantastic view we were about to see. Even my Uncle who was a Ranger there was not aware this view was available even tho' he had been in locals that we were viewing.  |
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We clicked away , I with my update Digital Camera and he with his older type film camera. We could see for miles and miles, and I wondered why this was not a more familiar natural view. I am including a couple of views from that day here. One of me for some of you have not seen me in years and I am more use to taking the pictures than being in them so for those of you who have been wondering what I look like now days , wa la. . . |
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The other
picture is of Jim and me taken by one of those nice couples who
were on hand so we took pictures of each other. I always thought
that it was the Clarke nose that was important in the family
but alias, look at that hairline. The first picture is of one
of the Canyons and just a sample of the view available, if you
would like more, let me know. |
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my Christmas message this year is you are the legacy of your
family, and your family is the legacy of you. If it is one thing
I feel I have learned is that it is my family and not my work
that is my legacy for life. It is my family and my work that
will carry on my purpose in life. Can you go home again? You
bet! God Bless and have a great Christmas, Dennis |
 Step 1: Original Drawing |
 Step 2: Ink Drawing on Board |
 Step 3: Ink Drawing & Background Color |
 Step 4: Board Ink Sprayed, Scratching Started |
 Step 5: Scratching Complete |
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