Monday, June 29, 2009

ART FOR SALE! DIRECT FROM ARTIST!



Grow Love
Mixed Media Sculpt
$150 (Plus $20 Shipping)



Pre-Amble
18 X 24 Oil on Canvas
$250 (Frame included / Plus $20 Shipping & Handling)



By-Gone
10 X 14 Photograph
$65 (Free Shipping)



Front Porch Pickin'
14 X 10 Photograph
$60 (Free Shipping)



Hostile Take-over
8 X 10 Photograph
$75 (Free Shipping)



Accretion
10 X 14 Phtograph
$75 (Free Shipping)



Our Spot
10 X 14 Photograph
$50 (Free Shipping)



Nurture
10 X 14 Photograph
$75 (Free Shipping)

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Revolving Life
10 X 14 Acrylic on canvas
Price reduced $SOLD(Free Shipping)



Electri-City
18 X 24 Mixed & Alternative Media
$SOLD



Center
18 X 20 Oil on Canvas
$SOLD (Plus $20 S & H)

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Some stuff





So, these are a few items I have been working on and one that I did almost a year ago. I am out od wall space to keep all of this around the house. But it is nice to take a look at where I have been and where I seem to be going. Happy Viewing!

Friday, June 12, 2009

Profiles as Public Art?

So, I have been thinking about this all morning. So, as to finally get it out of my head, I will simply pose it as a public question. As an artist and especially as a Gallery member, I am under pressure to constantly create. If I am not churning out art work, then I am not fullfilling my obligations. This is alot of pressure. At work, I am completely consumed by the tasks of the day. Recently, I have been asked to create a twitter account for the office. This promted me to create one for myself as well. (Mostly because I am not sure how to attract followers and this was my attempt at having at least one follower for the office.) Now, I have a myspace, a blog and now a twitter account. The only account that I have not created a personalized progfile appearance for is the twitter account. It is time consuming and chosen images can say something about a person without words. So I am extremely choosy when it comes to profile layout and appearance. But why pressure myself to crank out artwork when I am already creating public art in the way of profiles? (By the way....who are all these people that have the time to kepp up with 10 different profiles on 10 different networking sites? OMG! I haven't even logged in to Myspace in a week!) In the end, I need a break. My profiles are to be my artwork this week. I will fine tune the appearance and paint myself as a renessaince woman. I can do anything I want....my profile says so!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Rushing with Oils

I have decided to challenge myself. I know that I can re-create a photograph down to the last detail. But why create something that already exists? I can draw pretty well. And I have an idea of the type of things I want to paint. The problem has always been getting them from my mind onto the page. I always find myself greatly disappointed with the result. It doesn't turn out at all like I envisioned. So I paint over it after getting really aggravated. So, I decided to teach myself to draw with my paintbrush rather than creating a pencil sketch and trying to "stay in the lines". After all, sketching and painting are two completely different mediums. So why try to make one adhere to the other? The subject I've chosen is something that has always captured my amazement. Super-cell thunderstorms. I want to teach myself by the end of June, how to paint ominous clouds that look realistic. I want to make a cloud so scary looking, the viewer can almost feel the straight line winds. Maybe even imagine a funnel dropping at any moment. That's my way of coping with a personal situation that has been the source of great anxiety. I will put the storm and my focus on the canvas. Maybe I can in some Freudian way, gain some strength from this method. I have huge decisions to make. The art will reflect my life for now. All storms pass eventually. I will seed my own clouds.