Works by Year

  '05 '00 '95 '90 '86  
 
 
Year
Title Category Medium
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2007

Coach Merrill Gainer commission Installed Patrick Henry HS (Roanoke, VA) September 2007

2007

Nightcat commission Completed
2007


High Ground
Vinton War Monument
commission In process
2007 Jacob Wrestling fantasy Plastiline coated foam, Sculpey (original); Bonded Bronze (copies 8.5" high)
2007 Ernest with Great Head fantasy Plastiline coated foam, Sculpey (original); Bonded Bronze (copies: 7" deep x 8" high)
2007 Wheel of Karma and the Structure of Faith figurative Plastiline coated block blocks with armature wire and props, 29" (w) x 28" (d) x 19" (h)
2006 Hauling Venus Home figurative Plastiline coated foam, Sculpey (original); Bonded Bronze (copies),
7" (long) x 3.5" h)
2006
Addison Caldwell
commission: Virginia Tech bronze, plastilene at right
2006 Power Walk figurative bronze on stone, 9.5"(w) x 16"(d) x 22.5"(h)
2006 Dan portrait bonded bronze
8"(w) x 10"(d) x 16"(h)
2006 Her Private World figurative bronze on stone,
9.5"(w) x 17"(d) x 9.5"(h

2006
Blended Family figurative baked sculpey, painted
4"h
$35 plus shipping

2006
Mimi
and Isaac
commission
portraits
bronze, lifesize
NFS

2006
The Weight of History figurative baked scupley, painted
7" x 4" x 4"h
$50 plus shipping
2005
Isaac, Slave of Thomas Jefferson portrait Painted clay model, 23"H x 24"W
2005
Jefferson in Retirement portrait Painted clay model, 20"H
2005
Mysterious Invitation figurative painted clay 17.5" high -
true bronze $9,500

2005
Nannie B. Hairston commission
portrait
bronze, lifesize
commission, NFS
2005
Runner at Rest figurative painted clay 17" high
2004
Lucky Boy portrait Bonded bronze, ~11"H

2004
Moody figurative baked scupley, painted
5"h
$25 plus shipping
2004

Pops Memorial

Process

comission: Phil Nestel, New York, NY bronze 12"H
2004
St Francis carving maple: donation to art in the forest
2003
Bedroom Ballet I figurative: plastilene
2003
Bedroom Ballet II figurative: painted clay model
bronze $9,500
2003
Naked Power figurative: clay study plastilene
2003
Oh Mamma! figurative: figure study wax 17" long
2002

Fallen Officer Memorial

Process

comission: City of Roanoke VA cast bronze
2002
Spirit of God commission: for Blacksburg Presbyterian Church laser cut steel, coated
2001
Even Trolls Have Cellphones fantasy: painted resin
2000
Curmudgeon fantasy: painted plaster on a copper wire
2000
Fairy Poet fantasy: painted plaster on a copper wire
2000
Frig Freaks minatures: molded resin
2000

Queen of the Seas

Process

process: multi-media
2000
Redemption fantasy painted plastilene
1999
Bilbo Baggins fantasy Baked Sculpey 6"h
1999
Dangerous Waters fantasy painted plaster
1999
Max commission: for VA Tech cast stone
1999
Root Circle fantasy painted plaster & stained glass
1999
Rumpelstiltskin fantasy painted resin
1998
Ancestor Tree carving: donation to art in the forest ash tree
1998
Celeste fantasy painted plaster
1998
C.S. Lewis portrait: Wheaton College over-lifesize bronze bust
1998
Dreaming Fairie fantasy painted resin
1998
Two Aspire carving Maple
1997
Storyteller figurative bronze
1997
Contemplating the Demise of Frogs fantasy bronze
1996
Captain Charles Schaefer portrait: Donation bronze
1996
Frederick Douglas portrait water-based clay
1996
Pascal portrait bronze
1996
Professor portrait painted clay
1996
Rapture commission: private collector lifesize bronze figure
1996
Calling the Powers figurative bronze
1995
Adirondack Hunter portrait painted water-based clay
1995
Carmen portrait  
1995
Haley portrait plaster
1995
Persephone portrait painted plaster
1994
Burning Bush miniatures painted super sculpey
1994
First Steps portrait bronze
1994
He who lives in trees fantasy: donation painted super sculpey & dogwood
Earlier Work
1993
Help fantasy, assemblage Super Sculpey, Fiber & Turtle Shell
1992
Untitled Wood Mobile carving - comission for Simone Poirier-Burnes maple
1991
Airborne fantasy Super Sculpey & volcanic rock
1990
Cripples assemblage Super sculpey, old oil can
1990
Speak to the Earth carving Painted Oak, Walnut and Locust Pegs
1990
Spiney Mantis assemblage Dogwood, Walnut
1990
Untitled fantasy Super Sculpey
1989
Dreaming Hands carving oak
1989
Hand Club carving dogwood?
1989
Harry and his Imp miniatures painted resin
1989
It Could be Alive assemblage  
1989
Merlin fantasy painted resin
1989
Sentries carving oak, locust
1989
Snafu miniature Super Sculpey
1989
Toothache miniature painted resin
1989
Wood Imp Lil Tough Guy fantasy Super Sculpey & dogwood
1988
Cyberpunk miniature Super Sculpey
1988
Nut Case Carving Super Sculpey & driftwood
1988
Wrestling the Monster Carving Super Sculpey & volcanic rock
1987
Homesick Gargoyle miniatures Super Sculpey
1986
Forest Genie assemblage Super Sculpey & wood
1986
Writers Block carving lilac, black walnut
 
'05 '00 '95 '90 '86  


lawrence@bechtelsculpture.com
540-250-1471
BLACKSBURG, VA, USA


Specializing in commissioned sculpture using bronze and other metals, wood, stone, clay and plaster.
Subjects of interest: figuratives and human form, portraits and busts, nature, fantasy, minatures, abstractions, dreams and aberrations.
Contact me for estimates, reproductions and scaled models.

 
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