As almost always happens, a parent influences a child's creative process . . . . . . My mother, Mary Tuttle Haydn, passed on in 1982, before her 62nd Birth Anniversary. Her love of Nature, her wonder at the myriad ways in which life finds expression on our Earth (and beyond) inspires me. Here she was in 1923 :
My sculptures are made, for the most part, with natural elements. Although they are from the Earth, they must be exhibited indoors, away from sunlight or other sources of ultra violet rays, the norm for works of fine art :
Wing and A Prayer
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AmphibiAvion & Wing And A Prayer as Jonny found them in the woods.
AmphibiAvion
Wing and A Prayer : wing-end view
AmphibiAvion in Little Rock, AR at the Historic Arkansas Museum
AmphibiAvion - Left Front View
Pyrafied is named after its pyramid shape, made from petrified wood Jonny bought while, ". . . standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona . . . ."
Made It 'Cause We Really Tried
Birth of Bubba
Pyrafied's base is made from consciously harvested, double layered African Padauk wood.
Sealife Sentinel
Wasn't I Somethin' ?
Clarity
King Spheraf The Red
The Gnome King
"The Gnome King" was a Post Oak tree trunk remnant. "He" fell to Earth in December 2023. Jonny gathered his broken pieces and began creating "The Gnome King Collection" in the summer of 2024. Here is its first sculpture :
The Eye of The Gnome King
ZumaSphere
Nature Disarms Stealth
Jonny Haydn with - King Spheraf the Red
Born in New York City in 1949
Living and creating in the Ozarks since 2005
Thank GOODness for Life.
