{"id":6059,"date":"2013-08-01T07:18:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T11:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2015-12-26T23:02:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T04:02:37","slug":"whittling-away-your-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2013\/08\/whittling-away-your-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Whittling Away Your Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have some time on your hands? David Esterly&#8217;s exceptional Wood Sculpture Carving will make you wish that you could whittle away your summer with such artistry. He is a master woodcarver. With the likes of what one can do in pliable paint, he pulls and twists and carves the wood into unimaginable shapes that are hard to believe that they are actually such a hard solid substance as wood. Look at these examples and read more about his fascinating life and career via <a title=\"Harvard Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/harvardmagazine.com\/2013\/07\/the-art-of-subtraction#article-images\" target=\"_blank\">The Havard Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6060\" alt=\"David Esterly_Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly1.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6061\" alt=\"David Esterly_Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly-2.jpg\" width=\"355\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly-2.jpg 355w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly-2-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This one above reminds me of <a title=\"Previous post on Arcimboldo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2011\/03\/a-little-fruit-with-those-veggies-please\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arcimboldo<\/a>&#8216;s famous fruit portrait paintings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6062\" alt=\"David Esterly_Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly-3.jpg\" width=\"285\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly-3.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/esterly-3-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can pick up his book to read more <a title=\"David Esterly Lookbook\" href=\"http:\/\/davidesterly.com\/book1.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"David Esterly Lookbook\" href=\"http:\/\/davidesterly.com\/book1.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter 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