My latest artwork: hahahahahaha
http://graphjam.com
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If you haven't seen the funny that is graphjam.com I recommend giving them a look. After wasting way too much time there I couldn't get this stoopid song out of my head, so I did an exercise in purging via creating in CS2. I won't use my CS3 anymore. Well, what else are computers good for if not wasting a ton of time doing something we'd never do without a computer?
Wednesday
6-25-2008
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6-19-2008
Oil Pencil and ink on paper - 4x4 inchesBack to a little sketch. I love doing little sketch type pieces it gives me a freedom I crave. I'm trying to just do something different here. In reading many artist's blogs I find that they have one "thing" they seem obsessed with and paint over and over. I always think it's wonderfull to be that free and driven, so completely in love with the beauty of an ordinary object. It's the heart symbol for me. I recently found Pierre Marcel 's heart series. They are fabulous! I felt a bit deflated at first, he's so brilliant. But, my hearts are my own, I love them. :)
Labels: 4x4, food, oil pencil
Tuesday
6-10-2008
Labels: 8x10, food, Wallis Museum Board
Monday
6-9-2008
Wallis board SUCKS! I can only get one layer of colour down and everything on top of that smears or digs off what's underneath. Ampersand is STILL the clear leader for pastelboards. I might try actual sandpaper to get some mega tooth, but I boycott Home Depot because they force everyone to go through self checkout and when I paid with cash they didn't give me my pennies back. No biggie really except that they're a muti-BILLION dollar company and screwing customers out of their small change. That just really upset me, it's the principal of the thing, ya know? So I boycott Home Depot (& Sears).
Anyway, I've worked on this for days and the croissant looks much better here, I'm surprised actually. I guess I'm too used to seeing it 3 inches from my face. I didn't want the stripes perfectly spaced, but it doesn't look good like this. & Seeing it now, it reminds me of Friday's restaurant. So that may have just put me off of finishing it. I don't know about those stripes. I like the colour choices though. That Munsell dude helped me out.
Labels: 8x10, food, Wallis Museum Board
Sunday
pears in progress
Pears- work in progress8x8 inches - acrylic on canvasboard
I really liked this stock photograph and wanted to paint it, as I worked on it I realized why I liked it so much: the pears are this pinkish neutral nothing thing, while everything else is wildly detailed, coloured and textured. Well, although this is visually appealing it's a bitch to paint! I'm not sure if I'll finish it. But this is what I've been working on for a looooong time. I first tried to duplicate the colours by taking it into photoshop and using an eyedropper to get the colour. Boy was that way off! So I learned to trust what I see more. Although I have tons of art education and a BFA, I have so many hangups about painting. Sure, it's all mental, but we're always our own worst critics, eh?
Friday
5-30-2008
Labels: 8x10, Ampersand Pastelbord, food, green
Tuesday
5-6-2008
Lemon - oil pencil, 3x5 index cardNow I'm digging the lime scene and thought I'd do it in lemon too. teehee. I kept hearing Bono singing "Lemon" in falsetto while painting this. That bit amuses me to no end and I frequently squeak "Lemon" and then start saying crazy things like "lemon curry?" or "semprini" for a few hours, at least until I ruin it all with a chorus of "spam".
Sunday
5-4-2008
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Tuesday
4-29-2008
So, after all the inner turmoil over subject matter, I decided to get back to just creating, and not caring about what or if it's a sellable career making piece. I guess I was anxious to have a future, and thinking I could even HAVE one is a really big thing for me. There was a time when it didn't look like I'd have much of a life outside of hospitals and Drs. and laying in bed whimpering. I'm so gratefull that the majority of all that is behind me now & I'm focusing forward into living again. I guess this Spring I'm blooming too? Awwwwww. puke. lol.
Anyway alot of these little pieces were inspired by Nicole Wong who does cute little drawerings. It reminded me that when I started making my Hearts in the 90's it was just to please myself. Thy were fun 4x4 inch things that were called whimsical by a friend. So I'm trying to get back to just doing something creative for fun, for joy, for art's sake. If anybody likes them or not tough titties.
Monday
4-28-2008
Labels: 8x10, Ampersand Pastelbord, food, green
















