ART THAT'S A CUT ABOVE SCULPTOR CARVES OUT OWN NICHE.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LAKE LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - Artist Ron Reherd describes himself as a collector of fine art, and his Lake Los Angeles house is a showcase for much of it. A sword leans against a living room wall covered with Southwestern artwork and Indian artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. . A pet scorpion hides under a rock in its container next to the patio door. ``I think we all have hidden talents that we're not sure of, or not aware of, and through our later years in life we start learning what we're capable of,'' explained Reherd. ``And the only way to really find out is to attempt the path and see if you can complete it.'' An artist who paints and sculpts, Reherd has added a few of his own items to the decor. He also makes furniture, including a dresser shaped like a bird house and a hand-carved bench and chair set. A native Texan Native Texan is a cultural identity concerning people born inside the borders of Texas. [1] [2] The state also has a "Native Texan License Plate." [3] "The Native Texans" are a bluegrass band from San Antonio. , he has called Lake Los Angeles his home for eight years. After living in five California cities over the previous eight years, Reherd said he considered the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley the cleanest and most peaceful place he has lived. An electrician who does home repairs and maintenance, Reherd said he got his first lessons in sketchings as a boy from his mother. ``As you get older, you learn to adapt and make changes and do things for the better or to possibly benefit your future. In that aspect alone, it has made me a better artist,'' said Reherd, ``by being open and wanting to explore and see other arts, even though a lot of them were nothing I would make or try to duplicate. ``It was just having the ability and seeing other arts and trying to figure out how artists come up with their ideas.'' Much of his art is inlaid in·laid v. Past tense and past participle of inlay. adj. 1. Set into a surface in a decorative pattern: a mahogany dresser with an inlaid teak design. 2. with precious and semiprecious stones. Many of them are American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. beads of lapis lap·is n. 1. Lapis lazuli. 2. A medium to dark blue. [Short for lapis lazuli.] , turquoise, coral and onyx. A statuette carved from a walrus tusk is decorated with more than $3,200 worth of diamonds, amethysts, sapphires, an emerald, ruby and jade. All his artwork incorporates the stylings of the Navajo and Apache Indians Apache Indians once fierce fighting tribe of American West. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 123] See : Savagery . ``That's really my true love: the original native American Indian art which is done so well; it's so detailed and colorful,'' said Reherd. ``So a lot of my art copies that style. ... I just admire their way of art.'' Reherd's art technique involves visualizing the finished object before he starts to work. This technique proved successful for a life-size bald eagle bald eagle Species of sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) that occurs inland along rivers and large lakes. Strikingly handsome, it is the only eagle native solely to North America, and it has been the U.S. national bird since 1782. The adult, about 40 in. he carved from a pine tree trunk using chain saws. The bird has its wings outstretched out·stretch tr.v. out·stretched, out·stretch·ing, out·stretch·es To stretch out; extend. outstretched Adjective to its full six-foot wingspan. He said he would eventually paint it in the colors of the bald eagle, using a technique called scratch coloring; add a rainbow trout rainbow trout Species (Oncorhynchus mykiss) of fish in the salmon family (Salmonidae) noted for spectacular leaps and hard fighting when hooked. It has been introduced from western North America to many other countries. to its talons; and carve the base to resemble the world. ``That tree was about three feet in diameter, and I had to stand that up and look at it before I ever got started to make sure that it's going to be balanced right when it's standing and that I have enough room to get the tail on the end and the head on the front,'' said Reherd. ``You visualize something, you start art and you intend to do it a certain way, and then for some reason you want to leave it alone for while. And fortunately for me that has benefited my art, because I was able to come back at that later time and reapproach it with a different idea, a better idea and then when I finally completed it ... it really came out good. Inspiration for a chair made from white birch branches, with the bark left on, came after he had been hired to cut down a tree. ``When I got it all on the ground and saw all those pieces, my mind just started clicking and started putting this together as a chair. I thought, wow, as white birch tree bark, it's a beautiful tree; as a chair, it would be great,'' said Reherd. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Artist Ron Reherd, above, shows the intricate detail in a peace pipe he carved; at left, his hand gently positions a peace chief. (3 -- 4) Reherd's bald eagle, above, was carved from a pine tree, and a delicately jeweled and beaded chair, left, was made from birch branches. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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