Go Play in Mud!

Photo: ArtistDrywallbyBernieMitchell

Former Albertan for 23 years, Bernie Mitchell has been creating beautiful 3-D drywall reliefs since the early 1990s using drywall joint compound, or "mud."  As a contract drywall finisher, he began experimenting with raised panels on wall surfaces where natural light played upon his everlasting designs.  He began using materials such as wheat and barley stalks in wet joint compound, and carved large pictorials in leather.

Photo: ArtistDrywallbyBernieMitchell

Mitchell prefers to use birds as his main subject matter -- blue heron, osprey and loons -- but also enjoys sculpting horses, wolves and dogs. Of course, the horses caught our eye. Mitchell now lives across the continent on Pigeon Lake in Ontario.  Click on the video below to get the behind-the-scenes look at how his sculptures come to life. 

See more of Bernie Mitchell's work on his website, click HERE.