Man Ray
Vladmir Tatlin, "Monument to the Third International"
7.29.2006
Take the Leap
Yves Klein, "Leap Into the Void"
Man Ray
Vladmir Tatlin, "Monument to the Third International"
Man Ray
Vladmir Tatlin, "Monument to the Third International"
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.
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.
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
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.
7.26.2006
reduce reuse recycle
ok...so these next ones are sort of fancy...a little bigger than the others at 14" x 17". I recycled some random leftovers from past projects that I were laying around my parent's house, including some great contact sheets from my photography days at AFH...still looking for a title for them...oh, i think i got it just now...
different strokes
So those were some real architectonic collages...that was what I was into when I first started this little project...plug-it-in in particular came about along as a response to a professor's request to define infrastructure...
then I started in on a group with a little more angst and political content...I'm not as thrilled with the results but it was fun to come with a little bit of a backstory in my head as I was piecing the images together...
then I started in on a group with a little more angst and political content...I'm not as thrilled with the results but it was fun to come with a little bit of a backstory in my head as I was piecing the images together...
pictures first...words later
the following are a series of collages I have been working on since I moved into my new place in March...
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