12.02.2006

11.07.2006

Post-Industrial Landscape


my first digital collage...
i was working from some photos of the union machine works, an abandoned warehouse near downtown oakland that i was considering for my thesis site...

10.06.2006

MAKEMAKEMAKE


But don't forget to take a break...

9.29.2006

Claw Bowls




Fused and Slumped Bullseye Glass, made at The Crucible, Summer 2006

9.23.2006

DayNight


Another

Telopolis




Some paintings of telephone poles I did for my thesis prep class. My thesis is not about teleophone poles.

Techmological

8.13.2006

Berkland


Posted again for the sake of comparison with its new brother, Ouroboros.

Ouroboros West, acrylic and guache on 48" x 48" canvas, 2006

8.06.2006

Just to Clarify...

For all the notes and descriptions I've wrote to make sense, you have to read the blog from the bottom up. That's the way it posts and so far I haven't figured out how to make it do the opposite.

7.29.2006

Take the Leap

Yves Klein, "Leap Into the Void"

Man Ray

Vladmir Tatlin, "Monument to the Third International"

Hell Is...


This mess has got to end real soon.
Impeach!!!

Birdmonster

As Above, So Below

Burning...

Woman In Front of the Sun

Tikal

Maps...

I Know This Place

Rotterdammit

Dan's Version of Infrastructure

Back to Collages...

Here we go.

7.28.2006

some artists that inspire me...

Miro, Constellations series, The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers," 1941

Basquiat, "Riding with Death"

Thiebaud, "Urban Freeways"

Diebenkorn, "Ocean Park"

Ernst, "The Entire City"

just to give you an idea of where I'm coming from...
some WWII euro surrealism, so california cityscapes and some new york whatever was going on in the 80s.

Glasses

Barcelona, 2003. Probably the most singly inspired point in my life as far as my arts goes. The watercolor Barca is from then,as well as some more great works on paper that I will post up at some point.Through Syracuse, I did this study abroad at the Fundacio Centre de Vidre. An amazing glass school, one of the best in Spain.

The two types of pieces that make up the set result from happy accidents. It is not glass blowing. They were cut by hand for the triangular things and using a drill press for the circles. Then tack fused together. Real simple compared to a lot of the stuff people do.

The forms are both natural and urban...the idea of blurring the line appeals to me. I get a lot out of arranging them, especially because the photos can be quite beautiful in their own right.

Even though I consider myself a painter, I often feel like this is my best work. That's why I'm taking another similar studio at the Crucible in West Oakland this summer. I will let you know how it goes.

7.27.2006

Who's House?, 2005

Corb's House...Villa Savoye

This is why I paint from photos...

Simon's World, 2001

Close, 2004

11:59.12.31.99

Barca, 2003

God's Footprint, 2002

Blasts from the Past

Some greatest hits from the college years coming up...

First in Flight

Stampede

Blurbostan

Now for some paintings...

These three are based on photos I took out of moving vehicles...I'm a total sucker for the blurry streaks of light that you get when you take digital photos at night without a flash. All three are acrylic & guache on 24" x 36" canvas. I made these in the spring and summer of 2005.

Post-Industrial Landscape II