E. A. Hayes Studio

Due to an excess of inspiration from the Muses, or perhaps from not enough, Modern art has so thoroughly bought into its own myth that it no longer has much to do with the artistic activity of the Ancients at all.

The Concept of ‘Art’ is Thoroughly Modern When discussing art, architecture, and really any beautiful thing made by man, the frame of the conversation is always tainted by a thoroughly modern lens. How people today conceptualize ‘art’, especially ‘fine art’ is altogether different than when people thought of art in the past. The mos...

We refurbished this simple altar set for Livingston County Catholic Charities for their new facility's day chapel complete with a matching ambo and seating.

The challenge in the project really was making something noble and fitting for the chapel using the very dated material we were given. But with our experience with refinishing products as well as appliques and brass gilding finishes, by collaborating with the facility's secular interior designer, we were able to make something suitable for the design of their building.

As a training exercise, one of our new apprentices, Olivia, painted this Jesus bust independently. She is settling into her own on the application of hair textures, something we have been looking quite positively upon. How do you think she is doing?