Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 12: The Art of Ray Villafane
Posted By Randy on October 12, 2011
Dark Sentiments 2010 included a profile of the work of incredibly gifted sculptor Ray Villafane. Famous for his artistry in pumpkin carving which I focused on last year, he began sculpting professionally in the field of toys and statues based on comic book heroes, and since 2008 has been working his magic at sand sculpture.
By appearances, a lot of Ray Villafane’s inspiration comes from some very dark sentiments indeed. What follows is a selection of shots chosen from among those Mr. Villafane has posted, and that I think suitable to this year’s lineup. For more on Ray and his work, click on the links in the paragraph above and peruse is excellent website. You can also go and give the Villafane Studios Facebook page some love.
Some of Ray Villafane's work gets onto swag available directly from the artist.
Sand sculpture "Dante's Inferno". I have no words for this.
This in production shot will give you a concept of scale.
And here the Devil is, most certainly, in the details.
Some more devilishly inspired swag.
A faceless marauder - not yet carved but ready to do some of its own.
An occasional "tree person" creeps into the mix. This looks like Tolkein's Ent, Treebeard, back when he was just a sapling, and a bit more hasty.
Yet another tree person. After the faces are carved, the exposed wood is died to match the remaining bark.
Yet one more sand sculpture of a very tortured soul.
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