tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81775046962928314762024-03-19T04:03:16.960-07:00SketchbookWorks in Progress.mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-73775197663319575382011-04-25T11:13:00.001-07:002011-04-25T11:19:30.832-07:00Domestic Science<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3r5V3GBJxtFE2QdceDK4jbQIJobST5JrR-i2-UsYH25meewpwsywllMcAm17ECIWv0LCrAM0X_4XWQza42_hWIALyymVmM4MrN2hjCtmCRwh1Q3N-SWUGbrRnkAEMa5b4HE95cbmpY6o/s1600/IMG_4953.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3r5V3GBJxtFE2QdceDK4jbQIJobST5JrR-i2-UsYH25meewpwsywllMcAm17ECIWv0LCrAM0X_4XWQza42_hWIALyymVmM4MrN2hjCtmCRwh1Q3N-SWUGbrRnkAEMa5b4HE95cbmpY6o/s400/IMG_4953.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599587330008863954" /></a><br /><br /><br />Collotype and Encaustic Collage on Paper<br /><br />10/10mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-6896639557976576202010-11-13T15:58:00.001-08:002010-11-13T16:07:02.703-08:00Bringing Adam Back<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8w1W38Ysi_RIT0IB2K82c5rqQ5rJ6v68upBm1gVzjCgmmJg1deaKzcgqYbtWbPWBEd5MftzTQhdtAqwxE0tXrwVp8F968Ep_5L3zKN9h1-7qNSg9WRPcOQDzd1wiYQ6bH5oyGzNycc5g/s1600/IMG_4388.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8w1W38Ysi_RIT0IB2K82c5rqQ5rJ6v68upBm1gVzjCgmmJg1deaKzcgqYbtWbPWBEd5MftzTQhdtAqwxE0tXrwVp8F968Ep_5L3zKN9h1-7qNSg9WRPcOQDzd1wiYQ6bH5oyGzNycc5g/s400/IMG_4388.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539188332406279778" /></a><br /><br />In my Eve series I have brought Adam back into it, and decided to discuss unfair male stereotypes, or at least the ones that I feel produce the least desirable men. So I'm doing these live size woodcuts, though it is on MDF board instead of real wood, so its much easier to carve, they look like wood cuts.Also while its closer to linoleum, it does not soften with heat, its still pretty physically grueling for me to carve out these stupid things, my whole body hurts after a day of working on them entirely. Yes them, because there is an eve one as well...they are both in the poses of the Durer alter piece. Should turn out pretty sweet. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfE0Hm0RzNpg7Y2rxPK_e662-YOnwwyCkzPG8jnmaoovK0-FZ8WNXriTRmw3-kRqQLVsSfCyJkU9Xre61yewU4BQbTcRnnouo8zgc4oOGPrHrUi4ydiUaEL3AVrVJZRL8DVGqFq0r4Fls/s1600/adamalmostdone.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfE0Hm0RzNpg7Y2rxPK_e662-YOnwwyCkzPG8jnmaoovK0-FZ8WNXriTRmw3-kRqQLVsSfCyJkU9Xre61yewU4BQbTcRnnouo8zgc4oOGPrHrUi4ydiUaEL3AVrVJZRL8DVGqFq0r4Fls/s400/adamalmostdone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539189530794333458" /></a>mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-50870527495417804282010-10-09T16:07:00.000-07:002010-10-09T16:37:13.278-07:00Hot WaxEncaustic is the oldest painting medium, and is quite possibly my favorite thing in the world. Mixed media is my passion, and it is a fantastic way to do it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9Wzknpb12m_b1CVThyphenhyphendg-ygEPU98hW0lKbv8JyTb9LwyW-0cab7KwKtcLIy7V-or2uXUEPdEgdwiJIJlR0GxIUv4uCsOGCcd9NtDqpAgP7YJRBn6COHsIzz8QgdilOzBR7hcA-DUJnQ/s1600/Youdecide.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9Wzknpb12m_b1CVThyphenhyphendg-ygEPU98hW0lKbv8JyTb9LwyW-0cab7KwKtcLIy7V-or2uXUEPdEgdwiJIJlR0GxIUv4uCsOGCcd9NtDqpAgP7YJRBn6COHsIzz8QgdilOzBR7hcA-DUJnQ/s400/Youdecide.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526191102229304402" /></a><br /><br />You Decide, Wax, Feathers and collage on paper.<br /><br /><br />I hated the print that was under this piece. Hated it. And now, I really dig it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEMSaK6-HDcXrRiYibuCLyGaHDrGgW135R1VZB81-zG9WG4LnUvzg0jipIpRDzKTDveNONT7MgIqx81VxbfjWC3Iq10SsAr-Ea82Gz7j81MghYiOlxyb9d8ZKpElOyNLa3B90M4vezJo/s1600/Nomoreshame.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEMSaK6-HDcXrRiYibuCLyGaHDrGgW135R1VZB81-zG9WG4LnUvzg0jipIpRDzKTDveNONT7MgIqx81VxbfjWC3Iq10SsAr-Ea82Gz7j81MghYiOlxyb9d8ZKpElOyNLa3B90M4vezJo/s400/Nomoreshame.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526191724463929602" /></a><br /><br />No More Shame, Collatype relief, wax, and collage on paper.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xASApz7eTl1iIyN7GSjes2EDAsdHr3YLHQg7QExVG8hwTtuiW3lJxEbGhd3hO3ucjLSEdzTN6QZelNqQV2QrZLFlN7FoAS8-Kb9mTsbDkMBf8feAcJR46-4giHRRrj89STz2P3SrOp4/s1600/img003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xASApz7eTl1iIyN7GSjes2EDAsdHr3YLHQg7QExVG8hwTtuiW3lJxEbGhd3hO3ucjLSEdzTN6QZelNqQV2QrZLFlN7FoAS8-Kb9mTsbDkMBf8feAcJR46-4giHRRrj89STz2P3SrOp4/s400/img003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526192394970416450" /></a><br /><br />Pysche and the Puritans, collage and wax on paper<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2DukDjqFEifv2S0Ad_NREyd583uobp2LuMzxgwDzLv6R1zO6iu9NNW2D10wDqAmecsCj9lBsWLiyBop5I5JFFdttH-tNcJ-p8HYmKkNYLEeRxFDzxmG4L57UmNm8T4Q3Rv_qT99x3Zg/s1600/img006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2DukDjqFEifv2S0Ad_NREyd583uobp2LuMzxgwDzLv6R1zO6iu9NNW2D10wDqAmecsCj9lBsWLiyBop5I5JFFdttH-tNcJ-p8HYmKkNYLEeRxFDzxmG4L57UmNm8T4Q3Rv_qT99x3Zg/s400/img006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526192694406566994" /></a><br /><br /><br />Something Borrowed, Something Broken, Something patterned, and something...., Collage and Wax on Papermechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-86697328227348432082010-09-24T14:09:00.001-07:002010-09-24T14:40:58.256-07:00Current Sketchbook:part 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBYxO4ddkctQoz8wpq-A5ylwc8H0W1kNZDTwYNW8LXObZEaMY1zE_-iWIvbsMsd0zaI1mX6NheSEE1iUqcyoFMXo3gk8JB0F2-uDnAdoE5qLTnAyxfaVTa0yJVkFqD_leMir04DlZW-0/s1600/Sketchbookcover041.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBYxO4ddkctQoz8wpq-A5ylwc8H0W1kNZDTwYNW8LXObZEaMY1zE_-iWIvbsMsd0zaI1mX6NheSEE1iUqcyoFMXo3gk8JB0F2-uDnAdoE5qLTnAyxfaVTa0yJVkFqD_leMir04DlZW-0/s400/Sketchbookcover041.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520590569574807618" /></a><br /><br /><br />I realized I've never actually posted something from my sketchbook, so I thought I would seeing how this blog is of the same namesake.<br /><br />So here goes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoUsnkjqFdgg7yvGBrVNd8NJhZ2VzYaAuLoTX7Fw0aKSN6mfwOwCeGUpNDiX3uZKETXp23Ok6BFa2kvnxCkpWZBj9VH1IjqxFI0NrkTX_h-zNDlcTm-zhGCin8ob2pmM2Eu1CKwUiAvQ/s1600/Sketchbookpg1042.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCoUsnkjqFdgg7yvGBrVNd8NJhZ2VzYaAuLoTX7Fw0aKSN6mfwOwCeGUpNDiX3uZKETXp23Ok6BFa2kvnxCkpWZBj9VH1IjqxFI0NrkTX_h-zNDlcTm-zhGCin8ob2pmM2Eu1CKwUiAvQ/s400/Sketchbookpg1042.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520593049682897362" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7CHdmTVNRqTkE54PWuuIQVNNPup_bEmUBTXE7Kw4VsKpJX7dVm2FlDKMkoWNl9eEqVy6kI1oGFpKZSHJiCGPG1gYu0JeepcV1CjB7agvZpZyQDiNE5z_TqKjTdOb-8xteIGJvzwXCj0/s1600/Sketchbookpg5043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY7CHdmTVNRqTkE54PWuuIQVNNPup_bEmUBTXE7Kw4VsKpJX7dVm2FlDKMkoWNl9eEqVy6kI1oGFpKZSHJiCGPG1gYu0JeepcV1CjB7agvZpZyQDiNE5z_TqKjTdOb-8xteIGJvzwXCj0/s400/Sketchbookpg5043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520593472863980498" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvOUzuxhTG8di5mctnXc5-JtmaSjqS5mLhbleBNU9sRU_NDgv1RjkWhx16RxU9AtuuX_09MAJemV81A87zu1E0V3aimTdmRVEy_I_JeAyjiNYCeWuvKhbdx1J07uxfFNcNSFq0leEYaY/s1600/Sketchbookpg8044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvOUzuxhTG8di5mctnXc5-JtmaSjqS5mLhbleBNU9sRU_NDgv1RjkWhx16RxU9AtuuX_09MAJemV81A87zu1E0V3aimTdmRVEy_I_JeAyjiNYCeWuvKhbdx1J07uxfFNcNSFq0leEYaY/s400/Sketchbookpg8044.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520596003605379058" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMLzoVhIaNtW89XGvQbRpcxSeYJKf2o-wXCV8u1fqU0VQysATpM9LCl4e6D6qwxWFA_tdC53W9cTdO5tvK2PU_0HiIAkj8l_2i-6C04CwzV9Eb1SS_q4WXxot-LUAeJgCZC-3Gc7yvZA/s1600/Sketchbookpg9045.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMLzoVhIaNtW89XGvQbRpcxSeYJKf2o-wXCV8u1fqU0VQysATpM9LCl4e6D6qwxWFA_tdC53W9cTdO5tvK2PU_0HiIAkj8l_2i-6C04CwzV9Eb1SS_q4WXxot-LUAeJgCZC-3Gc7yvZA/s400/Sketchbookpg9045.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520597628843410130" /></a>mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-5966659960418436822010-08-14T07:57:00.001-07:002010-08-14T07:57:30.779-07:00Eve's Journal...so far<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRExWxbTCp6ZnmHLoCnVlRqCNROp2Pv0-2L7V2VN1XITksu97CAbhlON27HCTqo6VhX0bqbVDckTYYPskBY_46ENlwNCkiH8mUXq8lWR3KN3zUXm7ifeMXey3OhLkowdOs0N1h5Bsf5-w/s1600/evepg2.1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRExWxbTCp6ZnmHLoCnVlRqCNROp2Pv0-2L7V2VN1XITksu97CAbhlON27HCTqo6VhX0bqbVDckTYYPskBY_46ENlwNCkiH8mUXq8lWR3KN3zUXm7ifeMXey3OhLkowdOs0N1h5Bsf5-w/s400/evepg2.1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501613947360079634" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxwTaTWEhcRb5ob1YJXZ6U4fUBWCg8xU2B3Bf0iEYKp2LfKXniqBJFN_UbiBBMoiGsZg7G-sRk8GXmrVMaYXOimiA_lRRbF3gnH9xtnXiOSOISxV3GuZ4Nb-0gdfo-gJknCtD0qy1vzw/s1600/evepg7.2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxwTaTWEhcRb5ob1YJXZ6U4fUBWCg8xU2B3Bf0iEYKp2LfKXniqBJFN_UbiBBMoiGsZg7G-sRk8GXmrVMaYXOimiA_lRRbF3gnH9xtnXiOSOISxV3GuZ4Nb-0gdfo-gJknCtD0qy1vzw/s400/evepg7.2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501613269236529762" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9q1MfDvczpDARoWe9ZetrNBUV53TPB476_qTeerv4rsXFBzVAaHuMaEQP3-1lxlmqzDV4M8u1RTzumskH_7qzeQEZDS3ugqKOa6CuUalPjySiO6-sBGvitNJFzviV4uqOhAwn15X3Pc/s1600/evepg5.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRlzuOlAvrNu0YOBVAY3UzCdfZTvxEAPgJVDiTs_-marV_lj26R5iiE81g_0VWfkgzjO7Fd7qhilOxC1HM8L1MMtaAjjA7Xm24zUHbI-RQPU4218_crd7oDcj2hNwjm7861GHBUxkqGw/s400/burstinapeel2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501611507211642002" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Zwr9ce-KdnJeuz_vLj3RmNpHK8UiM30xJyJh1inIjz52zLqhPuU5eFkDs5gRhAEdqESCjg-whdrBf8wloP1n4Io9hKYugQ5KpbQftecvJvzDUTK_bJ86OhVgmh_g6qHEXNWeOQt50fE/s1600/Burstingapeel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Zwr9ce-KdnJeuz_vLj3RmNpHK8UiM30xJyJh1inIjz52zLqhPuU5eFkDs5gRhAEdqESCjg-whdrBf8wloP1n4Io9hKYugQ5KpbQftecvJvzDUTK_bJ86OhVgmh_g6qHEXNWeOQt50fE/s400/Burstingapeel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501602473496995586" /></a><br /><br />Eve's Journal pg 10 of artist book, watercolormechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-82309095084298422992010-08-14T07:55:00.001-07:002010-08-14T07:55:36.781-07:00Some Prints<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLy5HiMjYCoILT7c8oDyplvCMhjQtCtDlj4Zlz8BeSFzgIChA_xuJjcepyqXH16ZMmlqc7nPIjRALCIRyCPgVowBrqxE8unN4gOFZhSWptKMSpU4_8BvQ9wkGMwfUoSkmV469sl67Uud8/s1600/IMG_2561.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLy5HiMjYCoILT7c8oDyplvCMhjQtCtDlj4Zlz8BeSFzgIChA_xuJjcepyqXH16ZMmlqc7nPIjRALCIRyCPgVowBrqxE8unN4gOFZhSWptKMSpU4_8BvQ9wkGMwfUoSkmV469sl67Uud8/s400/IMG_2561.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501381033663535602" /></a><br /><br />"Smile" - Plexiglass drypoint, and monotype on watercolor paper 19.5"x 27" 5/2010<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwlIsgHaXIMrPg0nUS1Wq4S5qb13CX8IK_t8pdZBQsnd3TxKY7z0HdDS_ygiUNDnt06fSinJbn1iT7zlXFB9y7IaoWMr4xuzTsz5vsdpQMQaCQlG0d4PsSSNq5_9_JeuBxGpwzD1HJoQ/s1600/IMG_2556.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 235px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwlIsgHaXIMrPg0nUS1Wq4S5qb13CX8IK_t8pdZBQsnd3TxKY7z0HdDS_ygiUNDnt06fSinJbn1iT7zlXFB9y7IaoWMr4xuzTsz5vsdpQMQaCQlG0d4PsSSNq5_9_JeuBxGpwzD1HJoQ/s400/IMG_2556.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501379344998325586" /></a><br /><br />"Smile: Puritan Headdress" - Plexiglass drypoint and polyplate litho 13.5" x 22" 4/2010<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Nl1lgZCiIFP3xGpxRFVHUPF5PuKF4yDGT5-TLp-vI_65RfQlw3-oGdEHNnaPWgZT1rVjE7wKaW8W_CbGEpRNMKPY0ppXSDVkDKYvEji-H129_T0munsbh5nC8as1bG9qmNHzVWl4OwQ/s1600/IMG_2548.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 227px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Nl1lgZCiIFP3xGpxRFVHUPF5PuKF4yDGT5-TLp-vI_65RfQlw3-oGdEHNnaPWgZT1rVjE7wKaW8W_CbGEpRNMKPY0ppXSDVkDKYvEji-H129_T0munsbh5nC8as1bG9qmNHzVWl4OwQ/s400/IMG_2548.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501383507684397858" /></a><br /><br />"Presenting Eve" - Plexiglass drypoint and collagraph on arches watercolor paper <br />12"x 22" 4/2010mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-28267366107523129782010-08-14T07:51:00.001-07:002010-08-14T07:53:55.356-07:00You Decide<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybzXnON5Np39Hwx8FNFAMvFClNTaxmErRUkPQYBCNEGdREdCEBtQhfsslW7aIgn9SWXsMC1bw7P4M8L9JHQhR1tVU33Zmt19UTidQRg7j7RyIraO-BEED7WxtwK-7SQQvWlRykbmuj8o/s1600/IMG_2558.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybzXnON5Np39Hwx8FNFAMvFClNTaxmErRUkPQYBCNEGdREdCEBtQhfsslW7aIgn9SWXsMC1bw7P4M8L9JHQhR1tVU33Zmt19UTidQRg7j7RyIraO-BEED7WxtwK-7SQQvWlRykbmuj8o/s400/IMG_2558.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501365443482717618" /></a><br /><br />"You Decide"- Poly Plate Lithograph 15"x 22" 10/2009<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVAFo36430J48tNxeCee7rayFHjbPIbfsgOaIok1HsBhABBSXlGRo7BaLEbsXcm3hXDYGTK0XgJ1r2HTPGsws4MZwF7w4wrJY_jMVzGjSsoBDZI2oX4qS4bSxKE7kHfhe-TZfv5lYXmA/s1600/Inthebeginning.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVAFo36430J48tNxeCee7rayFHjbPIbfsgOaIok1HsBhABBSXlGRo7BaLEbsXcm3hXDYGTK0XgJ1r2HTPGsws4MZwF7w4wrJY_jMVzGjSsoBDZI2oX4qS4bSxKE7kHfhe-TZfv5lYXmA/s400/Inthebeginning.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501597844814002482" /></a><br /><br />"You Decide: Version 2" Poly Plate Litho, collage, inkwash 15"x 22"<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkxK3LbvGMlSEtHI_ec6fMe-YfCCGA1figRZcXKrU5P7QN0n5mke5kmujz6Zef5RxEY-8RLEM7Hw86SQGm9uAA2gFYrW6jAg6UltHakFj3w_KSErM2K3PYRK9i4Tsx0UdKGUHJjzPyvI/s1600/IMG_2563.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNkxK3LbvGMlSEtHI_ec6fMe-YfCCGA1figRZcXKrU5P7QN0n5mke5kmujz6Zef5RxEY-8RLEM7Hw86SQGm9uAA2gFYrW6jAg6UltHakFj3w_KSErM2K3PYRK9i4Tsx0UdKGUHJjzPyvI/s400/IMG_2563.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501367528962536210" /></a><br /><br />"You Decide: version 3"- Poly Plate Litho, Collage, Inkwash 15"x 22" 10/2009<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZKPklzeD6RgpPQxBrg7fjHRpIN17OGw5oTqEef4T0jpQHhkYRU3OagC6Bg26SMCdnBBuf_Vn55rb7FfgVyYGE7fNV8CHaenaPhu7nFLwspyKDh1TiCsDGiv3QuUxpNc5ZgCt7TyXIOg/s1600/IMG_2554.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZKPklzeD6RgpPQxBrg7fjHRpIN17OGw5oTqEef4T0jpQHhkYRU3OagC6Bg26SMCdnBBuf_Vn55rb7FfgVyYGE7fNV8CHaenaPhu7nFLwspyKDh1TiCsDGiv3QuUxpNc5ZgCt7TyXIOg/s400/IMG_2554.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501375889812878626" /></a><br /><br />"You Decide: Smile" - Poly Plate Litho, Plexiglass drypoint, and stamp on rag paper, 15"x 22" 2010<br /><br /><br /><br />Poly Plate Lithography is a fantastic process, no stone, no acids, no grinding the limestone smooth. And even better, you can use the copy machine to make it, and we all know how much I love the copy machine!mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-1439297040228570762010-08-14T07:46:00.000-07:002010-08-14T07:50:40.085-07:00The Adamah<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33q40QD6ScCQOP0gWzRgW_CkyIfAvF8ncTKolvkygXo72T3_KKe6ccfJr7D8CBS56TIfrf6ISLLjtc6ZlhFKJv8tgt-wr8v2KUI2ohw-VrWgjRMH0eJF3XxX0MqfUih4XK4VhYeU0eVM/s1600/adamdamadama.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33q40QD6ScCQOP0gWzRgW_CkyIfAvF8ncTKolvkygXo72T3_KKe6ccfJr7D8CBS56TIfrf6ISLLjtc6ZlhFKJv8tgt-wr8v2KUI2ohw-VrWgjRMH0eJF3XxX0MqfUih4XK4VhYeU0eVM/s400/adamdamadama.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501030463371999954" /></a><br /><br />"Adamah"- Collagraph, 20"x15" 11/2009<br /><br />Here is my plate for this piece<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGB_n7LUgpCJlQU04wUPF6_yHNx2_dlc00gQTmFf1yoqP-wzl3ldfB8RSven-t_QX55BMV9imn1obT5LJLv1YcDVAN6DA24AY68bmdT2hU-GKcJqRIMIAZaBEmQElMFD-UlqHq1Ur-ps/s1600/adamahplate2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGB_n7LUgpCJlQU04wUPF6_yHNx2_dlc00gQTmFf1yoqP-wzl3ldfB8RSven-t_QX55BMV9imn1obT5LJLv1YcDVAN6DA24AY68bmdT2hU-GKcJqRIMIAZaBEmQElMFD-UlqHq1Ur-ps/s400/adamahplate2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501594976065113634" /></a><br /><br /><br />The plate took me a month to complete, mostly because I was new to collagraph and didn't know I could do certain things... Also back wards Hebrew is just confusing. But I enjoyed it a great deal. Its one of my favorite processes.mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-34216205709235217012010-08-14T07:42:00.001-07:002010-08-14T07:44:34.308-07:00Phobos, 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2h-03f2VBlHDX1VHMg1Ia7ebblbc6RU6onCmNgeggVZ3iFjIsHY-ciayTAHgGI73qZVKvxn9uOZNHWbfm8GvEV49cQAlM1FUvgIDNo5I0N5jpSmEs_t0HCOI2RnxjTIjDvfSGxs5PkbU/s1600/IMG_1381_1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 151px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2h-03f2VBlHDX1VHMg1Ia7ebblbc6RU6onCmNgeggVZ3iFjIsHY-ciayTAHgGI73qZVKvxn9uOZNHWbfm8GvEV49cQAlM1FUvgIDNo5I0N5jpSmEs_t0HCOI2RnxjTIjDvfSGxs5PkbU/s400/IMG_1381_1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501588496082829426" /></a><br /><br />"Bride of Cacomorphobia"- photo copier collage and oil on wood, 3'.5" x 8'<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDXRifDjuOQbSH5XL-5dzw2rX1ZodR3llnQPdDldIcLuhGG1SxolX4123HbQls2QlUD62acVKwR4WMx6QxE2xXwhyphenhyphencyVTntYaOViEz-valytC2p5IZXfzeGfHImyFEBW4oimyGT1iZSY/s1600/autognosisphobia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZDXRifDjuOQbSH5XL-5dzw2rX1ZodR3llnQPdDldIcLuhGG1SxolX4123HbQls2QlUD62acVKwR4WMx6QxE2xXwhyphenhyphencyVTntYaOViEz-valytC2p5IZXfzeGfHImyFEBW4oimyGT1iZSY/s400/autognosisphobia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501589980023952194" /></a><br /><br />"Autognosisphobia" - acrylic, collage, photo transfer, sharpie, and thread 44"x 54"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8gQeQmmyMBrXpotgXI-00LtbgbXlll4wuHs6FhCpQSKHB0EwYWnAp9OgvnFj-qxKZ2jkeGu8rVxv2udMV1WoDz8OcoPVf0YrIJqYAQFioahaFTaRY660Pn7zkqJXSK1AWUCZBw9fmCU/s1600/kafakasdemon039.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8gQeQmmyMBrXpotgXI-00LtbgbXlll4wuHs6FhCpQSKHB0EwYWnAp9OgvnFj-qxKZ2jkeGu8rVxv2udMV1WoDz8OcoPVf0YrIJqYAQFioahaFTaRY660Pn7zkqJXSK1AWUCZBw9fmCU/s400/kafakasdemon039.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501590350101244738" /></a><br /><br />"Kafka's Intradaemonphobia"- oil 67"x 63"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXgE54VlP4jUrRYcjgtN9DzoLbCaSbS-G7Jop5rxoUloHY-3pZ-iEqYgOdu9MH_2ZKag40js1e29S5mW_uwCZGv0otWAX_biX3kU6v9gdvZt6HgrF8bzaP6t2BufgFAsZA0GUizPGcm8/s1600/PyarmusandThisbe.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXgE54VlP4jUrRYcjgtN9DzoLbCaSbS-G7Jop5rxoUloHY-3pZ-iEqYgOdu9MH_2ZKag40js1e29S5mW_uwCZGv0otWAX_biX3kU6v9gdvZt6HgrF8bzaP6t2BufgFAsZA0GUizPGcm8/s400/PyarmusandThisbe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501590706080073042" /></a><br /><br />"Pyramus and Thisbe"- Charcoal, dry Pastel, Ink wash, graphite, photo transfer and sharpie on paper, 36"x 52.5"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRMEV21srpQp4tkwW3EpDFI4MVpFLiQ0IzL-q5KJjd80NKbkISdzzO7UEazTm94ajcRyI5E0FIry5Iqn77hkBepaazmuu3SJZxkDe75fCpHXL958NZ82ztt-s1FQi2-4VFf-aKjwzXLc/s1600/fearofsuicide.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRMEV21srpQp4tkwW3EpDFI4MVpFLiQ0IzL-q5KJjd80NKbkISdzzO7UEazTm94ajcRyI5E0FIry5Iqn77hkBepaazmuu3SJZxkDe75fCpHXL958NZ82ztt-s1FQi2-4VFf-aKjwzXLc/s400/fearofsuicide.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501591185957389074" /></a><br /><br />"Victoria de Enosiophobia" Charcoal, Pastel, acrylic, ink, collage, razorblades 44"x 30"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2Zi0EW8E-TiVG10fESu17jjuA_yWvtf8CfdYJpBaNIw0zT3BnyWlGIxvl_kpktdpd-482t5weJeIbNIAvHDrkVorPYJqLXVMf2u2wGoNivdcnHiclaJj7zlnDhgu9_JznaTGIPDtS5o/s1600/virginiphobia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2Zi0EW8E-TiVG10fESu17jjuA_yWvtf8CfdYJpBaNIw0zT3BnyWlGIxvl_kpktdpd-482t5weJeIbNIAvHDrkVorPYJqLXVMf2u2wGoNivdcnHiclaJj7zlnDhgu9_JznaTGIPDtS5o/s400/virginiphobia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501593538100957522" /></a><br /><br />"Virginiphobia" Acrylic, Charcoal, Collage, 44"x30"<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_zlSO3ybjQWduo5w8VMKh92k5lI4OuDR7UsvBLvbF0S1wZenrTaYehkhyphenhyphen0tcPZ9j5i8UNfAUEC-91BOntz4ISkTPaPUSAu8itbvJMqhA33SbBz2GkXlKworkm7XOifio-dHF07ugDpI/s1600/houseofinsanity.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_zlSO3ybjQWduo5w8VMKh92k5lI4OuDR7UsvBLvbF0S1wZenrTaYehkhyphenhyphen0tcPZ9j5i8UNfAUEC-91BOntz4ISkTPaPUSAu8itbvJMqhA33SbBz2GkXlKworkm7XOifio-dHF07ugDpI/s400/houseofinsanity.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501593794216051202" /></a><br /><br />"House of Agateophobia" Acrylic, Charcoal, Collage 44"x 30"mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-58206396226021580862010-07-14T17:18:00.000-07:002010-07-14T17:34:31.235-07:00Bringing Eve To Life.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIfDonsjF4u__3hqvFTIxHnADv1xut-4KJfJL6J_w7FHMtrb52CHokILB781U1D_UUNcYd1Q1Yahdx55hvVaKl3enErYRQqkvjuIl2nt3eul65GCCWIcx29n4P-VUFcDnavFsmbQu4tM/s1600/meandeve4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIfDonsjF4u__3hqvFTIxHnADv1xut-4KJfJL6J_w7FHMtrb52CHokILB781U1D_UUNcYd1Q1Yahdx55hvVaKl3enErYRQqkvjuIl2nt3eul65GCCWIcx29n4P-VUFcDnavFsmbQu4tM/s400/meandeve4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493923542914597346" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I've been working on this sculpture, for a couple of months, though not as diligently as a I should, but I figured, what the Hell why not show off the process, since I started taking pictures of things as they came to light. And this is after all a works in progress thing.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeZ7JkKHCtxPqwAe04B2z2P2P8QTTcVqCw4UjV-l6p4E1xFEFpAA0FQ2iKde7q3fshtEyp0NNH7xadBKgmaKvSFrd3V5ssdw2bNpi6nQrc2U9KQdrn6jLmN51LBgWq1Tc2JpEuHgpvBQ/s1600/evearmature.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeZ7JkKHCtxPqwAe04B2z2P2P8QTTcVqCw4UjV-l6p4E1xFEFpAA0FQ2iKde7q3fshtEyp0NNH7xadBKgmaKvSFrd3V5ssdw2bNpi6nQrc2U9KQdrn6jLmN51LBgWq1Tc2JpEuHgpvBQ/s400/evearmature.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493921243936424690" /></a><br /><br />So you start out welding together some steel rods, hot rolled or something or another, I will get the lingo down this year! I will, I must! <br /><br />And then you spray paint that, because you don't want the thing to rust and ruin your lovely white plaster, though I am curious, so one day I think I shall.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPU3aC-IE0bXXgBFDniCB8-83x75j3uBCMxx2RPRFJVxUDawM-zxCz7ep12sE2zdMi0our9RHLrae1BjSRenAoF7GUXGhESLXi7JRTYbt5sAMwOQNVo31MD1UqXhllhemDb2HYtwk4ExM/s1600/recyclingartstyle!.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPU3aC-IE0bXXgBFDniCB8-83x75j3uBCMxx2RPRFJVxUDawM-zxCz7ep12sE2zdMi0our9RHLrae1BjSRenAoF7GUXGhESLXi7JRTYbt5sAMwOQNVo31MD1UqXhllhemDb2HYtwk4ExM/s400/recyclingartstyle!.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493921834987917282" /></a><br /><br /><br />Then as you see above you take recyclables that you forgot to take to the recycling center and tape/shove them delicately and jam pack the armature with plastic bottles and bags.<br />After that you sew with wire, window screening (say that three times fast) onto the armature and wrap in some areas so the plaster has something to adhere to. You will need gloves for this.<br />My weekend on the Windy Hill farm helped me out here, with some new wire techniques, so wiring chicken fence can be useful to art. (Actually I'm pretty sure I can make anything useful to my art.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J3Np8Vq3FFXCnSKfst1mPm_U_mmf1bf41W-8ZmCmFu2kln6__gmmPIor1fIsEg4rgHj5rFJNgBMizvlDe-o5BxddVQTEEakQh9Um8glPrF-RbNDcghrh9u-0Ai9D7PS8uNFRhB7dPwI/s1600/meandeve2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3J3Np8Vq3FFXCnSKfst1mPm_U_mmf1bf41W-8ZmCmFu2kln6__gmmPIor1fIsEg4rgHj5rFJNgBMizvlDe-o5BxddVQTEEakQh9Um8glPrF-RbNDcghrh9u-0Ai9D7PS8uNFRhB7dPwI/s400/meandeve2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493922357118876146" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QI_XKxc3_0eg0Fbb1EBvbmb0uRMqYz7bYtrYHMBEPFqH5R4pwwIUUMrw-tfqO9m5voHjg6vLu9fxEleLsTTiWhKAcUG5x7gess8ReL13BHe6zS6cGn2QiB2vDR3Zmn0YUGL16vXufi4/s1600/meandeve1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QI_XKxc3_0eg0Fbb1EBvbmb0uRMqYz7bYtrYHMBEPFqH5R4pwwIUUMrw-tfqO9m5voHjg6vLu9fxEleLsTTiWhKAcUG5x7gess8ReL13BHe6zS6cGn2QiB2vDR3Zmn0YUGL16vXufi4/s400/meandeve1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493923322323952786" /></a><br /><br />This can get a little tedious...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXywNH9uxD87VwnHVL-m_rLuXyZRWrXiJOQeSYPErcVlIa-6BNO_RqbP12y3m7UeNeoPuzAj5PEzks-0SN_mHhUGD1v7o28OVnhn3WKN05cNa6tSo-4U5ljwXtcEqHze6PImWtVV4jlY/s1600/meandeve3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXywNH9uxD87VwnHVL-m_rLuXyZRWrXiJOQeSYPErcVlIa-6BNO_RqbP12y3m7UeNeoPuzAj5PEzks-0SN_mHhUGD1v7o28OVnhn3WKN05cNa6tSo-4U5ljwXtcEqHze6PImWtVV4jlY/s400/meandeve3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493923722815931346" /></a><br /><br /><br />After that, you start covering the structure with plaster. Start with the base so that it won't topple over.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_ZqLxGQHrQUJSxXSl4GPZ49-n4tCJmR1w8OT1IgZVqUcfP70Ns24olKMCD6Vo6QIG1FX-MgeO7spL40jbR9wajLlvI4bwHjZX7re2T_-78ZkEjRrCpuNvYVYbbdaiIDvZCzcXock9NY/s1600/BAeve1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_ZqLxGQHrQUJSxXSl4GPZ49-n4tCJmR1w8OT1IgZVqUcfP70Ns24olKMCD6Vo6QIG1FX-MgeO7spL40jbR9wajLlvI4bwHjZX7re2T_-78ZkEjRrCpuNvYVYbbdaiIDvZCzcXock9NY/s400/BAeve1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493924024552527730" /></a><br /><br />This takes a long time.<br /><br />I'm still doing it.<br /><br />Its a back and forth process, mostly posted right now is more the forth part.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsybRZBGQz_eYtbd4yYvUUE120mjpsbnWUaY7KybtfzHml4EA-JqIzMTJMgsFZkQdvlFHqKNuuMVkMHz9xlfJ2sWhowGcVyQIKrOkv60FbCDTqyOK-n9t43HWb8B56DvzkLfXzjGGE_38/s1600/evewithpear.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsybRZBGQz_eYtbd4yYvUUE120mjpsbnWUaY7KybtfzHml4EA-JqIzMTJMgsFZkQdvlFHqKNuuMVkMHz9xlfJ2sWhowGcVyQIKrOkv60FbCDTqyOK-n9t43HWb8B56DvzkLfXzjGGE_38/s400/evewithpear.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493924257495450834" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSBtSisFQYGG5SuMl_H33_UVVdNF3wM4cT094KHV-MPJqflkPxzWaLV1J0ZRXLX64DsowKvDGg-toxFUnXE-aj9HlHJMzCE4WN-T5JMNee6IPFdwTyKxQUSh2_cbc1qJ2Py7w4dJyiso/s1600/IMG_2089.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSBtSisFQYGG5SuMl_H33_UVVdNF3wM4cT094KHV-MPJqflkPxzWaLV1J0ZRXLX64DsowKvDGg-toxFUnXE-aj9HlHJMzCE4WN-T5JMNee6IPFdwTyKxQUSh2_cbc1qJ2Py7w4dJyiso/s400/IMG_2089.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493924388657435010" /></a><br /><br />She's come along way since may, when all these pictures were taken. But I haven't taken pictures recently. I'll try and update more, soon.<br />One day not too far away, she will be done...hopefully it won't be too far away.mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-88402987846556170092010-07-03T17:55:00.000-07:002010-07-03T18:03:06.963-07:00When You're Poor.I'm in Huntsville you know where I grew up. And this summer I'm quite literally a starving artist, sooo I stole some tomatoes from the Sam Houston Museum.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTh5LifZXCd9f8aF3543lbxBReIc9GE1yXR05KPL3SKHhz-HpGteBvcvoHiQAzyBeFhLoyWCio8D2Wl-ffzYOIt2iKO9pkOxteKJC8sqayiQ_t2g7a1-CVmAvcgH5wHJT0Ua7FnYfPMiE/s1600/IMG_3654.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTh5LifZXCd9f8aF3543lbxBReIc9GE1yXR05KPL3SKHhz-HpGteBvcvoHiQAzyBeFhLoyWCio8D2Wl-ffzYOIt2iKO9pkOxteKJC8sqayiQ_t2g7a1-CVmAvcgH5wHJT0Ua7FnYfPMiE/s400/IMG_3654.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489850069518253842" /></a>mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-19308869107871709652010-07-02T08:57:00.000-07:002010-07-02T09:37:39.951-07:00The Month of May.I know that it's July. And I'll get to what I did in June, but first things first...May.<br /><br />Baloo and I went to Junction for with my watercolor class. And since I seem to have forgotten my camera for the event here is a picture, still taken in May, of us lying about.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3gmq5iMjYCr5NYoxsL8mZjW_l1y_n6sTaYs9eG-6RSm8XlSzICVQitALLT2B4Icegb0Kj6pnjj51Putr9sLZXvb4G-OqtPZsaM2cy7z50qQn0RFavVdt0bIetDKYQqIhGocWMV0e_tg/s1600/IMG_2232.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3gmq5iMjYCr5NYoxsL8mZjW_l1y_n6sTaYs9eG-6RSm8XlSzICVQitALLT2B4Icegb0Kj6pnjj51Putr9sLZXvb4G-OqtPZsaM2cy7z50qQn0RFavVdt0bIetDKYQqIhGocWMV0e_tg/s400/IMG_2232.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489339542764357570" /></a><br /><br />Well Junction was fantastic, really refreshing, but the remainder of the month was to be rather, sleepless.<br /><br />But no matter just look at all I got done!<br /><br />I have decided that Watercolor is my least favorite media to work in by itself. It is a slow painstaking process that I am glad I learned, but still need to work on more being that I lack a great deal of patience which I thought I had acquired in learning how to oil paint. I think the trick is to have at least four going at once. Sadly I did not really learn that until the second week, which means towards the end of class.<br />But here's the one that I did almost entirely in watercolor.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Na_smeOEoYlrZ6kBKJXyFTAJln7TzEPUNwu4vpSVdT_5-uHIKxPN-kz0VElrGD8_-AF_E5mPfMWDWbGGhjr1pJNY8ijBQd6b5AW0votBnSTZUtrvjWqTp6abk2S2tjqLj-WD2lyyTU8/s1600/IMG_2361-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Na_smeOEoYlrZ6kBKJXyFTAJln7TzEPUNwu4vpSVdT_5-uHIKxPN-kz0VElrGD8_-AF_E5mPfMWDWbGGhjr1pJNY8ijBQd6b5AW0votBnSTZUtrvjWqTp6abk2S2tjqLj-WD2lyyTU8/s400/IMG_2361-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489340855866577250" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTv7X-iaOv7QNl64BuT_QNUfApvNDmvD_gds9FwTI36X7dUJ4w_-Cx6YMPPFeBAjIiAACGehzUM95FgfIm1GVlg6j8zScUHLfTWTg-6P6xLvYHjh8CYB7WBapigTKxawUW3ULQxi4z8w/s1600/cagedeve.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTv7X-iaOv7QNl64BuT_QNUfApvNDmvD_gds9FwTI36X7dUJ4w_-Cx6YMPPFeBAjIiAACGehzUM95FgfIm1GVlg6j8zScUHLfTWTg-6P6xLvYHjh8CYB7WBapigTKxawUW3ULQxi4z8w/s400/cagedeve.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489341467236864434" /></a><br /><br />I haven't really decided on a title, but right now its "I Know Why the Caged Eve Sings"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB1bDoUT2gXvAbm9a1HjicxfzgsO_xeNQUSM4XEcnGjMR8B9qNPum-V3ctGm5ge8nxMW0VKFwC6z2CQk3XF1S3AVeEQ_SzBAxlVvwBe31eg0AZYFa8jwTgEVXPVDP92Es__N8faQptC0/s1600/nosins.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRB1bDoUT2gXvAbm9a1HjicxfzgsO_xeNQUSM4XEcnGjMR8B9qNPum-V3ctGm5ge8nxMW0VKFwC6z2CQk3XF1S3AVeEQ_SzBAxlVvwBe31eg0AZYFa8jwTgEVXPVDP92Es__N8faQptC0/s400/nosins.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489341880744157106" /></a><br /><br />"No Sins"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvZH6EIBwQ53okUdC23ONYq6j7cu9yutYqAV5Kg57gJlMwwJYJKJl5imAR8oFGInDuDXObcXzNs-HgFfpX4lhsggqD_rZ7uNigYDFyyNZ5OLQNvEv9WcVCa5SNLxprUxuENKk_FLYI0E/s1600/stopschlfly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDvZH6EIBwQ53okUdC23ONYq6j7cu9yutYqAV5Kg57gJlMwwJYJKJl5imAR8oFGInDuDXObcXzNs-HgFfpX4lhsggqD_rZ7uNigYDFyyNZ5OLQNvEv9WcVCa5SNLxprUxuENKk_FLYI0E/s400/stopschlfly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489342366776094514" /></a><br /><br />"Stop Schlafly"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8vUH9F2keJbNVsesWHTPNswsFh4CVzPLOl0sxZ6fCVvhJq9qprXTolqDGasusxclKtOkMFCnxpqrq7SRYfDewe68FAnoN8FDpaphjjUT1VS0QTgo3eu8LgRCgrGqno8rEMOnVmNZImU/s1600/throneroom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8vUH9F2keJbNVsesWHTPNswsFh4CVzPLOl0sxZ6fCVvhJq9qprXTolqDGasusxclKtOkMFCnxpqrq7SRYfDewe68FAnoN8FDpaphjjUT1VS0QTgo3eu8LgRCgrGqno8rEMOnVmNZImU/s400/throneroom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489342697002703538" /></a><br /><br />Again haven't really decided upon the title for this one OH and suggestions are always welcome.<br /><br />"Submit to the Throne"<br /><br />I've also started Eve's Journal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XhZKpYNwdHSXW5XC_IOTfR3dg1lF9DQDBvBOQO66NO36Clmiq5o-IccVYDwD7O2RZtIYKocg076N0BrMa31aYSg9eK5V8OLKLPeUi40ZaGJGrh4xEXTMlFt_F3ixQo57j88S-3B4VdA/s1600/IMG_2328.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XhZKpYNwdHSXW5XC_IOTfR3dg1lF9DQDBvBOQO66NO36Clmiq5o-IccVYDwD7O2RZtIYKocg076N0BrMa31aYSg9eK5V8OLKLPeUi40ZaGJGrh4xEXTMlFt_F3ixQo57j88S-3B4VdA/s400/IMG_2328.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489343613638724402" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />And let us not forget that I had my reception on the 29th for my street photography show at the Turtle Resturant(http://www.theturtlerestaurant.com)! For which I had about 8 hours of sleep for the entire week....Which made me very glad of the small crowd.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WfcPijbEUJvH3nTsFhMmGboeucaJ9rbJzOYZU7ob2SjXahbOBP7CHvObTJY8jKR8w19-ZH3-Sz-KOkccXKaQ4HDt_IinwN9onmxQD_ctg7blvcyciPumyxHBCmYKZ3A8qbP0k-WzyQ4/s1600/IMG_2387-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WfcPijbEUJvH3nTsFhMmGboeucaJ9rbJzOYZU7ob2SjXahbOBP7CHvObTJY8jKR8w19-ZH3-Sz-KOkccXKaQ4HDt_IinwN9onmxQD_ctg7blvcyciPumyxHBCmYKZ3A8qbP0k-WzyQ4/s400/IMG_2387-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489345012423010178" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIj-9_xeiyF3NU1q7P-Cvy1k_leEmCFfx4sJ7xJlC4vjqd1T9dphZIYJgZCYg5-CDT0-g4Ej6Be4ftLO0FI6qcAiO9xXXJqdkPtJ3ZreyXicduu1N1aVaY9Sr8-dnKGTrhCXqL_Pz3C6w/s1600/IMG_2407-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIj-9_xeiyF3NU1q7P-Cvy1k_leEmCFfx4sJ7xJlC4vjqd1T9dphZIYJgZCYg5-CDT0-g4Ej6Be4ftLO0FI6qcAiO9xXXJqdkPtJ3ZreyXicduu1N1aVaY9Sr8-dnKGTrhCXqL_Pz3C6w/s400/IMG_2407-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489345268603469410" /></a><br /><br /><br />I gave a speech, and told Italy stories. Apparently I talk constantly with my hands.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Zn1ixr5BUFvxv92DPxKQd_CdtBVFWGmp6Wx8ZIPSkGQl9TQiL3QFK5e1o3ODcZRBD0G0iOdObI4fKDvl0S5I7AEQJ7wR6izoJUK5dPCt3iXPobmxhJmH381SwKtofY_crP0cPJxiT70/s1600/IMG_2453.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Zn1ixr5BUFvxv92DPxKQd_CdtBVFWGmp6Wx8ZIPSkGQl9TQiL3QFK5e1o3ODcZRBD0G0iOdObI4fKDvl0S5I7AEQJ7wR6izoJUK5dPCt3iXPobmxhJmH381SwKtofY_crP0cPJxiT70/s400/IMG_2453.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489345747338606450" /></a><br /><br /><br />Thanks again to Mary at the Turtle, Tyler and the new bartender (whose name I forgot), and everyone who came out and supported me it was awesome! And if you weren't able to make it, no worries I still love you.mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-30388466154989877772010-05-21T11:35:00.000-07:002010-05-21T11:59:18.006-07:00Reasons to be an ArtistOne of the best things about being an artist, is trading art with other artists. I have a friend whose a potter and whose pie plates I loved, but could not afford. I proposed a trade, and voila! He now is a proud owner of seven monotypes- which are very different from most of my work. And I am now a proud owner of a pie plate, loaf pan, TEA POT, and large coffee mug. He and his wife are having their first baby, a girl and they wanted her surrounded by the colors of Monet. So I did my best to channel his color pallet.<br /><br />Pictures to follow:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrhnW9DyisPVzjdThu6JZ6J2pouW1mm4t2k8kdWDEUAIoDHUriO25mWOB3lPKgba8gHpUDWXTdwocyurinA2DER8SJbo7EiwEkZsyy0m5eE2IRHkVg2tw5SuTvLanWCrGYGqE0WUBOQE/s1600/TheSpiritofMonet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrhnW9DyisPVzjdThu6JZ6J2pouW1mm4t2k8kdWDEUAIoDHUriO25mWOB3lPKgba8gHpUDWXTdwocyurinA2DER8SJbo7EiwEkZsyy0m5eE2IRHkVg2tw5SuTvLanWCrGYGqE0WUBOQE/s400/TheSpiritofMonet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473794784143268530" <br />/></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixx49ZOCSuITG6aH8VnXfVlzbsD3ymRJZKrPrhcYfWnQcZV-5eXuaPeolpAbr4j55Ln8PsQMxmFKwjmHktSoa0FAUfQEEu078KKxDPJiCZXqcPBWiqlmj1jv3Ugk5UOD6PFUAYXdLbri8/s1600/inthespiritofmonet2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixx49ZOCSuITG6aH8VnXfVlzbsD3ymRJZKrPrhcYfWnQcZV-5eXuaPeolpAbr4j55Ln8PsQMxmFKwjmHktSoa0FAUfQEEu078KKxDPJiCZXqcPBWiqlmj1jv3Ugk5UOD6PFUAYXdLbri8/s400/inthespiritofmonet2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473795497401214402" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTewAo6nr8BV5ZgpCR0-oazQHVIo3xSGxquwmpsKkAelyYTRIFb034S1kfuTkDaTkt5630f2OKi09nyB9Eo3zWCtRcHlzqnVbbv-SgdHeXn6mesgm0MORT1pJHC5hoR3KfYUo-S0SkKCI/s1600/IntheSpiritofMonet3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTewAo6nr8BV5ZgpCR0-oazQHVIo3xSGxquwmpsKkAelyYTRIFb034S1kfuTkDaTkt5630f2OKi09nyB9Eo3zWCtRcHlzqnVbbv-SgdHeXn6mesgm0MORT1pJHC5hoR3KfYUo-S0SkKCI/s400/IntheSpiritofMonet3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473796003663225778" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZaYEwuXRkci1thKZgBntGvdlVS9zrR7lLrZJqhFvc0HqzW6zJa0NNRihFZgHkfia15_OFe3wN3u3PSFpZkia-8XjrFx3ADizTLuMUMM_D_RcSasZ7ZIjjcJdbz-SyRG6saqxe6u4zHA/s1600/SpiritofMonet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZaYEwuXRkci1thKZgBntGvdlVS9zrR7lLrZJqhFvc0HqzW6zJa0NNRihFZgHkfia15_OFe3wN3u3PSFpZkia-8XjrFx3ADizTLuMUMM_D_RcSasZ7ZIjjcJdbz-SyRG6saqxe6u4zHA/s400/SpiritofMonet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473796956736934066" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreDOda27ARJHxs6tpgM_mcVnV9dyIUCKztiucB2UX45g3hu24deF7eqSs-JfamyWdelx79MLjQ_qw7i8y90KwP-Kridb8rr5QbWzYvXAme2oDFjkdIkz-Hpw2kC2Q_mni50bXrm7eINU/s1600/SpiritofMonet4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhreDOda27ARJHxs6tpgM_mcVnV9dyIUCKztiucB2UX45g3hu24deF7eqSs-JfamyWdelx79MLjQ_qw7i8y90KwP-Kridb8rr5QbWzYvXAme2oDFjkdIkz-Hpw2kC2Q_mni50bXrm7eINU/s400/SpiritofMonet4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473797794220277202" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKe5qvwXPrrunTg92DqvGcCS5b44yVLXny5lT4AhJiVBh8TdufqrOY_b6lw0Oc_PDjCiS91dgLdNfwOdGrZUeIEqoAPgEclRD1ycCmNXmEZ1mBkYAphKA9tWTooxnDm6tphEutzE6qs6g/s1600/ExperimentalMonet1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKe5qvwXPrrunTg92DqvGcCS5b44yVLXny5lT4AhJiVBh8TdufqrOY_b6lw0Oc_PDjCiS91dgLdNfwOdGrZUeIEqoAPgEclRD1ycCmNXmEZ1mBkYAphKA9tWTooxnDm6tphEutzE6qs6g/s400/ExperimentalMonet1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473799177133157442" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrawqheKEK7wifEqZFUanJ76H2aRRWm-mxil-I3q_wLEPKXGc52vNpfT6OT8gYb7GTRgvQbQIeeYHiNz69IEzz009jYJLs0lTcW2gcTCe9bSesN_vpsFEgT0nnQxT-U9HymLMaJh4tsA/s1600/ExperimentalMonet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrawqheKEK7wifEqZFUanJ76H2aRRWm-mxil-I3q_wLEPKXGc52vNpfT6OT8gYb7GTRgvQbQIeeYHiNz69IEzz009jYJLs0lTcW2gcTCe9bSesN_vpsFEgT0nnQxT-U9HymLMaJh4tsA/s400/ExperimentalMonet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473799284493342674" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I'll upload more soon.mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-43882296998116999062010-05-01T15:15:00.001-07:002010-05-21T11:35:35.369-07:00On Yamo!Guess what guys and Gals? I'm having a photography show! That's right, check this out!<br /><br />http://theturtlerestaurant.blogspot.com/2010/05/lisa-smith-artist-photographer-show.htmlmechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-88938415886555494502010-04-07T15:05:00.001-07:002010-04-07T15:11:11.750-07:00T-ShirtsSo my wonderful roommate Robyn told me about this awesome website http://www.threadless.com/ <br /><br />I think I'm going to submit some of my prints to it and see how it goes. But I also have lot's of t-shirt ideas that are not so art related, I'm very excited. <br /><br />You should all join and vote for my designs. So they go to print. Because then I won't be sooo poor, and school will continue to be feasible.mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-4147803743099769342010-03-06T17:28:00.000-08:002010-03-06T18:13:44.917-08:00The Need to Create<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahtAjHs2cxKl-SDlsfP3ZWWIbFYRoLeXW232hizLytCYg5Zi17CSCw3YtUDQIZ5hr2vjMO-DanWMCs860DAWT0WT-XxFDGV4bpadQh2Gty2QOlHU6jA5dUYxKSQ4OLGv_Gwvtdxvoe-A/s1600-h/whatIdidtoday.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahtAjHs2cxKl-SDlsfP3ZWWIbFYRoLeXW232hizLytCYg5Zi17CSCw3YtUDQIZ5hr2vjMO-DanWMCs860DAWT0WT-XxFDGV4bpadQh2Gty2QOlHU6jA5dUYxKSQ4OLGv_Gwvtdxvoe-A/s400/whatIdidtoday.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445708571368541586" /></a><br /><br />So I got in one of those moods, and the only thing to do is paint when I get into that mood. I can't really describe it, its a kind of hunger, like withdrawals perhaps. It is a definite need. The need to Create, and well I got busy. It was fantastic. I listened to Micah P. Hinson and that too, was fantastic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHpxNXiKKxHqSHwv8G8ttVCh7wYdW1LkQVx3aFPZJe8ELpJFk7CrCooAkOwqWE5hdbgjQwD2k3AcUfoctmPOyLySa_-qxl1DqdIITAzuC8-zDWRXVU14zFo765IG9p1bPOUeSAsJobcQ/s1600-h/schoolof+three.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHpxNXiKKxHqSHwv8G8ttVCh7wYdW1LkQVx3aFPZJe8ELpJFk7CrCooAkOwqWE5hdbgjQwD2k3AcUfoctmPOyLySa_-qxl1DqdIITAzuC8-zDWRXVU14zFo765IG9p1bPOUeSAsJobcQ/s400/schoolof+three.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445704603661760082" /></a><br /><br />That's right, there's three. Two of which are quite large as that small one is almost five feet tall. I had to stand on the desk. Also these are probably under paintings, just so you know.<br /><br />That far one on the right there used to be something entirely different. Its one of my walls to the room of canvases that I did a couple years ago. I never finished it, and being a couple years ago, I paint quite differently now, and I think better. So why go back to that? So face change for the room still not entirely sure where it will lead, but I will just see where it goes.<br /><br />Here's a detail, since my studio is not big enough to get the whole thing straight on. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYE8j3BGdKPzns6olpyI-w7BqhqBKTA5L201ghj45bfJ-9p_WQAB6zlVsMpLyk5ikmILtO6zFQeQo8tdP6MxfKbIsbpwq1agYKygluVlEmn50UhHOUJAuN6A_Zgf3o-wW2oiQsTtlhzYw/s1600-h/arc1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYE8j3BGdKPzns6olpyI-w7BqhqBKTA5L201ghj45bfJ-9p_WQAB6zlVsMpLyk5ikmILtO6zFQeQo8tdP6MxfKbIsbpwq1agYKygluVlEmn50UhHOUJAuN6A_Zgf3o-wW2oiQsTtlhzYw/s400/arc1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445705443151797218" /></a><br /><br />This one I am hoping to redo what I did for the paint off in a more complete way. Even though I think it might be my fav...I'll see how I feel tomorrow. But I plan on finishing it in time for the show on Thursday.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14NgwBAE8CQCU4sspGR4dpULjW0xx536ERlz89c3y4VoUOeb_eZO1slS44W6fbTZFz38dnE3BckRgNp_qhLVZi6I5zVc0GUtgDTK0eAAxY7W8RWeUZj6TAw54AkiXV6lZtWpofyhRodo/s1600-h/underpainting01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14NgwBAE8CQCU4sspGR4dpULjW0xx536ERlz89c3y4VoUOeb_eZO1slS44W6fbTZFz38dnE3BckRgNp_qhLVZi6I5zVc0GUtgDTK0eAAxY7W8RWeUZj6TAw54AkiXV6lZtWpofyhRodo/s400/underpainting01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445705801394554850" /></a><br /><br />This one, I really have no idea what lies in store for it, I mostly just needed another thing to paint on while the other two dried a little. You see its easier for me when I do stuff like this if I have multiple services to work with, because I use so much paint, even acrylic doesn't dry fast enough. And well when I'm like this in the zone so to speak (hate that phrase) I am not patient. So the more the merrier. Though it is tiresome, in every way.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMK4E8ux8WRJOS9QhL1DCNhP-cwoMnz8Z2H-JDVtDEApVLVUa5la7kbRDpgyZivW6EIe2Uk_IvNWWK2ZkhDte8M8hVf0TWvWS-a8hoY749wE3wBfC8d0tM5aos-hK3uQvhXW_Lr727-I4/s1600-h/smallone.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMK4E8ux8WRJOS9QhL1DCNhP-cwoMnz8Z2H-JDVtDEApVLVUa5la7kbRDpgyZivW6EIe2Uk_IvNWWK2ZkhDte8M8hVf0TWvWS-a8hoY749wE3wBfC8d0tM5aos-hK3uQvhXW_Lr727-I4/s400/smallone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445706056971447810" /></a><br /><br />Here's a few more shots:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeIjAwz1rqXSndd74bgLajUiIv4YtqG1Z7Mvk9ekqRM6v5I0KpTXeOcto8uxIlaRSvve79evTPHfouz41KdRnRTjX0YGbeiQeNGhhGw-F_WTrjZhAsGvRglHURv1wM0W-fuxdUBjtYgE/s1600-h/IMG_0543.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeIjAwz1rqXSndd74bgLajUiIv4YtqG1Z7Mvk9ekqRM6v5I0KpTXeOcto8uxIlaRSvve79evTPHfouz41KdRnRTjX0YGbeiQeNGhhGw-F_WTrjZhAsGvRglHURv1wM0W-fuxdUBjtYgE/s400/IMG_0543.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445707134903183170" /></a><br /><br />Ever wonder what it would look like if it rained paint?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23_PTBSOHmI1qs3KBOlqs7AElvDqivRT5vKQ9wvWfDaUcgoM9HOJEAiR0c3s72XDu49T-EKBqWyMi9PJ9JIxfSQmkIDRK8lRT88ATHLyY1ZlVZYCOwPaPfSzM-MbrKqrhGINjXfpN_HI/s1600-h/IMG_0580.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23_PTBSOHmI1qs3KBOlqs7AElvDqivRT5vKQ9wvWfDaUcgoM9HOJEAiR0c3s72XDu49T-EKBqWyMi9PJ9JIxfSQmkIDRK8lRT88ATHLyY1ZlVZYCOwPaPfSzM-MbrKqrhGINjXfpN_HI/s400/IMG_0580.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445707436177152242" /></a><br /><br />This is just a detail of that same one, the middle one. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdRIgzLrBQg__cZjPJs_AZxGDYIAx-dH2R1HgezZmZeOX26iN2qPYSogmuf5kIEytZHDqzQvp9oUCoAgDzQJbfuxEoHqnEg5klpNFXsK5lbUVxsqx26UU1YgrCb7PJGMvP9fboNMbKcI/s1600-h/IMG_0584.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdRIgzLrBQg__cZjPJs_AZxGDYIAx-dH2R1HgezZmZeOX26iN2qPYSogmuf5kIEytZHDqzQvp9oUCoAgDzQJbfuxEoHqnEg5klpNFXsK5lbUVxsqx26UU1YgrCb7PJGMvP9fboNMbKcI/s400/IMG_0584.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445709187902103026" /></a><br /><br /><br />What I looked like afterward. *Not pictured: potentially large bruise on left ass cheek from falling off my stool, and bruise and scrap on my right forearm. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj478w80eAeASDnZDJficGntrtDXht13onpqBUGzdZDSGo3RsubaxmR0S7TCaVt5mkV8-8GPHrLifH4GuQphUMSHiNQrPxmE6z0KYD_EI0yVD2tQG4Okw2LjWc1TEF-4_n1qqtXtdK4X48/s1600-h/warpaint.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj478w80eAeASDnZDJficGntrtDXht13onpqBUGzdZDSGo3RsubaxmR0S7TCaVt5mkV8-8GPHrLifH4GuQphUMSHiNQrPxmE6z0KYD_EI0yVD2tQG4Okw2LjWc1TEF-4_n1qqtXtdK4X48/s400/warpaint.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445707863928965426" /></a>mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-59049064522223425302010-03-02T14:07:00.001-08:002010-03-02T14:17:33.116-08:00Hard Days WorkI have a slight obsession with the copy machine. And our lovely Canon Image Runner 3225 knows that I am his biggest admirer. Its true we have love for one another. Frequently others will come in and he will start to act up. I think that it's because I give him fun projects. <br /><br />Like this!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG2_HWZgWr5yT85xSK6KXofbambJxL0ZWuINZAVATFJtRc8nQ591i4-3cRd9OPhwwLoTKUhma2DL9mr7oT6jM9H7iOK7W8B-Y3dUer6WCUcXWUaXJQ4G3_9SOt8syIVzDnBTtHqoik1U/s1600-h/Empty+Your+Pockets003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG2_HWZgWr5yT85xSK6KXofbambJxL0ZWuINZAVATFJtRc8nQ591i4-3cRd9OPhwwLoTKUhma2DL9mr7oT6jM9H7iOK7W8B-Y3dUer6WCUcXWUaXJQ4G3_9SOt8syIVzDnBTtHqoik1U/s400/Empty+Your+Pockets003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444162730702902322" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfKwJ6Lgj68h_mUD89N-WtGZyPGAz94IW182sGJg51ZZOk9OaZxxdoLGOB37WMR1yYzBWkedqPjIVRZZTLutEwsdA0EXQTAmyn1plryj4NRU7HDcmEKtdqurn7hyOhNh33fSWBuXxPcs/s1600-h/Powersource008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfKwJ6Lgj68h_mUD89N-WtGZyPGAz94IW182sGJg51ZZOk9OaZxxdoLGOB37WMR1yYzBWkedqPjIVRZZTLutEwsdA0EXQTAmyn1plryj4NRU7HDcmEKtdqurn7hyOhNh33fSWBuXxPcs/s400/Powersource008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444162911304748082" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGTEc-BzVpZs3qGzgg5Voas9OdJ4xnN2mGw9O_apr9jbB4Swf-F5k-ggJNPU8w792Hdrb-m7vIc8cP9dlzJbk0XWeuPKn62im-yR_E5flHdILudfI-ZndWkOeJiVospzuSk4NtYnJl3A/s1600-h/PencilCase2005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGTEc-BzVpZs3qGzgg5Voas9OdJ4xnN2mGw9O_apr9jbB4Swf-F5k-ggJNPU8w792Hdrb-m7vIc8cP9dlzJbk0XWeuPKn62im-yR_E5flHdILudfI-ZndWkOeJiVospzuSk4NtYnJl3A/s400/PencilCase2005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444163167390951394" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixPeAH-LJ1oRCQz08f-uGawnXTxeproXNeFi2tIz-THvV5S8dmR97fs_voiYlj7CKkq5IWTDVHH3uUp8Tx0ofY5dCUX8_lHAEkUCgjNuy0elGe7301T6Di-uHv2NqTEEDIbgbsk9HiQ4/s1600-h/Pocket2007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixPeAH-LJ1oRCQz08f-uGawnXTxeproXNeFi2tIz-THvV5S8dmR97fs_voiYlj7CKkq5IWTDVHH3uUp8Tx0ofY5dCUX8_lHAEkUCgjNuy0elGe7301T6Di-uHv2NqTEEDIbgbsk9HiQ4/s400/Pocket2007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444163291654599298" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoswqOpJwRgMSFINJfaIFTbbf_HSimhv0p_DUCdmeGxh-k8OTTfwgtPXaM5r8LAhQz3IsxzAuDyct-4i5429xNBQ5HOSMe9m4yi3GNteIoyNDQfMmszlvIXXC5ziHdaCc6PG_yQEdk-c/s1600-h/firehydrant010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoswqOpJwRgMSFINJfaIFTbbf_HSimhv0p_DUCdmeGxh-k8OTTfwgtPXaM5r8LAhQz3IsxzAuDyct-4i5429xNBQ5HOSMe9m4yi3GNteIoyNDQfMmszlvIXXC5ziHdaCc6PG_yQEdk-c/s400/firehydrant010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444163428907847106" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4y9tMsDjxpSbdUk3e09vVwOKC0QUOICYkQN5KYVsbh4ggw1iHOuchHVpToH6B2NQCQ0MdFmPjzHsZ7DAh6OF3h5AFZ69fnsM0ONvVqwtcB6mP2n9P_BHBFmYHZO4DESnbHfILD5Azqgg/s1600-h/Stringandcircle011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4y9tMsDjxpSbdUk3e09vVwOKC0QUOICYkQN5KYVsbh4ggw1iHOuchHVpToH6B2NQCQ0MdFmPjzHsZ7DAh6OF3h5AFZ69fnsM0ONvVqwtcB6mP2n9P_BHBFmYHZO4DESnbHfILD5Azqgg/s400/Stringandcircle011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444163636057820594" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ7mG5bfJ7QDGMllLp9J72b4TYubHaNzJfBMT1IlMsjuALt5wMlkwtw0yl1uerSXVmmB9Wy7r0ZcomE55aZTVZJ5cGPKIgqgnMMK1k45JVOjvGfOpj-kI-0c5L7Wu_Vgm9TjBO8GMi70/s1600-h/String012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQ7mG5bfJ7QDGMllLp9J72b4TYubHaNzJfBMT1IlMsjuALt5wMlkwtw0yl1uerSXVmmB9Wy7r0ZcomE55aZTVZJ5cGPKIgqgnMMK1k45JVOjvGfOpj-kI-0c5L7Wu_Vgm9TjBO8GMi70/s400/String012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444163740624490658" /></a><br /><br />I think my time was well spent today in the office!mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-18653232583886570192010-02-18T21:38:00.001-08:002010-02-18T22:04:07.570-08:00Passive Aggressives...so far<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOU-ZHJ_U87x09B2i-1q8B8Rv5yJ9eSGGtNpYjlF3arXu2AkMNXryp73z3biwcEUmffypDvUJG71hepoc_KD1qeWmNrpPZ_3f-O6cX-E3kEwzZ7dPzX0RD3aOXTu2zQ3ywHYBvcFrw_U/s1600-h/SmithL_PassiveAgressive1_Smile.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOU-ZHJ_U87x09B2i-1q8B8Rv5yJ9eSGGtNpYjlF3arXu2AkMNXryp73z3biwcEUmffypDvUJG71hepoc_KD1qeWmNrpPZ_3f-O6cX-E3kEwzZ7dPzX0RD3aOXTu2zQ3ywHYBvcFrw_U/s400/SmithL_PassiveAgressive1_Smile.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439825755098025538" /></a><br /><br />Passive Aggressive 1: Smile<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju47TFUGu-UIanksxrvmmAbGvM5wgd0zMD369asqmO_syUtqLxa5NOJHvOh-Ptl7KZL7G04D4odbbcNjhGoHvr9ZnVetSJ9PGoxJZLwTeim66dK0RBOqA6pwJOSNsnL69-sYDMx1BOHDo/s1600-h/Passive_Agressive2_Grind.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju47TFUGu-UIanksxrvmmAbGvM5wgd0zMD369asqmO_syUtqLxa5NOJHvOh-Ptl7KZL7G04D4odbbcNjhGoHvr9ZnVetSJ9PGoxJZLwTeim66dK0RBOqA6pwJOSNsnL69-sYDMx1BOHDo/s400/Passive_Agressive2_Grind.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439827951432763682" /></a><br /><br />Passive Aggressive 2: Grind<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQMPRHoStPTsc5M31xBIuyy_hP9yHB9lqWnqCuO_MS0bzd1dBe1DNuHMJMdxm0WYoeaAv_B0sEyfuGF268AYJ2m9FGEy41Z1wJDVoPFbINjIT6sy2StpIck6mwlUlyxxqUJiINnV-2bU/s1600-h/SmithL_PregnantWithAnger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQMPRHoStPTsc5M31xBIuyy_hP9yHB9lqWnqCuO_MS0bzd1dBe1DNuHMJMdxm0WYoeaAv_B0sEyfuGF268AYJ2m9FGEy41Z1wJDVoPFbINjIT6sy2StpIck6mwlUlyxxqUJiINnV-2bU/s400/SmithL_PregnantWithAnger.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439829989460725122" /></a><br /><br />Pregnant With Anger<br /><br /><br />And I don't feel like reposting my paint off picture. <br /><br />I do have one more but I don't have access to the photos right now. Just wait, it will appear, and I believe that there is more to come within the series.mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-4673960017980996842010-02-16T15:04:00.000-08:002010-02-16T15:23:09.053-08:00Street PhotographyAnd now what I like to take pictures of people not looking at me....which relates to the human figure, but again...cohesive?<br /><br />A man getting onto his bike:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFgdckT73aIS9G8Y0oK3eq2JFZ5TIYfjdSEguBN68GFwl8MEL2JzKeB7p61IHh2dghDPEDgngXvt6TyXDkNNym_FBKiS7wyz_HiGurSxgsEcNuP6wSdK9cNprInucbklr6KK-wRkv6qI/s1600-h/IMG_6671.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFgdckT73aIS9G8Y0oK3eq2JFZ5TIYfjdSEguBN68GFwl8MEL2JzKeB7p61IHh2dghDPEDgngXvt6TyXDkNNym_FBKiS7wyz_HiGurSxgsEcNuP6wSdK9cNprInucbklr6KK-wRkv6qI/s400/IMG_6671.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438983371210466722" /></a><br /><br />Walking on Cobblestoned streets Parma:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmik8pAf7FgzaXxMikXxJ_XQoDM9PHQx1r1GbNFPQZNcJdAS_5dcF1tlSxw34OjDWAeB6b3V92ljU8hHYq0cHP5UFuVaPUrVjaMY4VmjjEcebNtQtHQlZrijWOnbP_YGyPLvWN7vcK88/s1600-h/IMG_6686.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmik8pAf7FgzaXxMikXxJ_XQoDM9PHQx1r1GbNFPQZNcJdAS_5dcF1tlSxw34OjDWAeB6b3V92ljU8hHYq0cHP5UFuVaPUrVjaMY4VmjjEcebNtQtHQlZrijWOnbP_YGyPLvWN7vcK88/s400/IMG_6686.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438983885193977154" /></a><br /><br />Ravenna:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTgg7yJ5EQGMheViHnOHCiohiqikvKoNv7L4RnYop2sbU31KOpcXevdR6huDpIxm-h7EPAmYgY-raFH-V9wJ5C6J9xj5tOJDi5qGF2kDPjZF980Skyjr1rR41Fl4DbRdChpHAcDPEWlc/s1600-h/IMG_5322.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdTgg7yJ5EQGMheViHnOHCiohiqikvKoNv7L4RnYop2sbU31KOpcXevdR6huDpIxm-h7EPAmYgY-raFH-V9wJ5C6J9xj5tOJDi5qGF2kDPjZF980Skyjr1rR41Fl4DbRdChpHAcDPEWlc/s400/IMG_5322.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438984911394535698" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIXJEcN7gg47a6O8bObrJhByOH2IODjLf4xsT_mZaXdUfAqis1lnaIPTpMq6F-Hh9_bp2_wNN8fqkxFo3k96IztzjYHE6VW_BkHQ19RWofFBwL0nGqtbSnyZKOLrUt4a-250nCuKious/s1600-h/IMG_5329.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIXJEcN7gg47a6O8bObrJhByOH2IODjLf4xsT_mZaXdUfAqis1lnaIPTpMq6F-Hh9_bp2_wNN8fqkxFo3k96IztzjYHE6VW_BkHQ19RWofFBwL0nGqtbSnyZKOLrUt4a-250nCuKious/s400/IMG_5329.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438985068227425474" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCABcugbigPjGd1egLbej1FEe8O0bDp73uAprIuRhkhjRWXAa6rZqulggx4ESzySuBJpVrzyMmjbljnDwFsS4F0s8V6rzmK20M4usessslP61Cnpb-Gp6CY6XWFVu30HCCezvaLq4rmBA/s1600-h/IMG_5468.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCABcugbigPjGd1egLbej1FEe8O0bDp73uAprIuRhkhjRWXAa6rZqulggx4ESzySuBJpVrzyMmjbljnDwFsS4F0s8V6rzmK20M4usessslP61Cnpb-Gp6CY6XWFVu30HCCezvaLq4rmBA/s400/IMG_5468.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438985650489385458" /></a>mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-86023718343560969982010-02-16T14:42:00.000-08:002010-02-16T14:58:49.736-08:00Determining CohesivenessSo I have to come up with an artist statement for my professional practices class, in which I'm supposed to talk about a collective body of work. Sometimes the art world is a little bizzar. There is a strong tendancy to want things to look extremely uniformed. Or at least that's the notion that I'm getting.<br /><br />Well I have a wide range of interests. And I like for my ideas to drive the piece. And apparently that ends up to the comment,"Oh I never would have thought that all three of these pieces came from the same artist."<br /><br />Well a great deal of graduate programs want a collective cohesive body of work....and with comments like that I wonder, is my work choesive? <br /><br />Granted all three of these pieces were in different series. But still the comments have been you paint so differently than you draw. <br /><br />And I agree in general. Though being well aware that I did infact create all of these things set before them it is a bit harder for me to be sympathetic to this idea. <br /><br />But then I look at each individual series and I wonder, should I have tried to limit myself a bit more? I have a fear series going, and in reality each fear could have been a series. I started out broad, so maybe I should narrow?<br /><br />I have this strong desire to do a creation myth series and have started with that, on the end of Adam and Eve, since I'm closest to that story. Which is a more narrow approach, but then I look at what I have so far for that series, and it does not really scream out "cohesive thought" to me either. <br /><br />I have my passive aggressive series, which I should probably title something else, since after doing research I have realized that my presupposition of what passive aggressiveness is, is not all that accurate. <br /><br />I have started a found object art series for scuplture, due to lack of funds, and well all I have right now is one of my old sculptures wrapped in red yarn....and yes it is that bizarr and absurd. <br /><br />I did that room based off my short story 32 canvases, definetly most cohesive even though its not finished.....<br /><br />I want to take as many pictures as I can of all of my stuff that I've done, that's worth its salt and try and figure out what the hell it is I'm trying to say with my art. <br /><br />I'm sure that there is an underlying connection, if nothing else the human figure, because I do love the human figure. And use it in almost everything that I have mentioned above. <br /><br /><br />The other thing that I have decided to do is to try and revist all the series I have previously...so far the ideas that I like the most are based around one from my fear series, The fear of the Monster Within. <br /><br />I just don't want to hear the comment anymore, "Oh you're still a student? Well then its okay that you're all over the place." Its not the exact words that people say, but that's what they mean.mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-15906751784240757772010-02-14T19:32:00.000-08:002010-02-14T19:41:04.563-08:00The Plight of the Paint OffYesterday I traveled to Brownwood Texas to participate in my first ever, paint off. It was an interesting experience, fun, but slightly stressful, mostly due to old ladies coming up and talking to me asking me annoying questions when I had an hour left to finish my piece. <br /><br />There were 22 entries, and about 10 of those were landscapes, five were still lifes, five were traditional portraits, one of a yorkie, and then there was mine.<br />A traditional portrait painted from a photograph done in oils won second, and a landscape done in pastels won first. I may not have won, but I certainly heard a lot of buzz while I was painting, it probably helped that my piece was about three times the size of every one elses. And it sold! So I'm happy, for 150$ the most I've ever sold something for, so hey I'm happy. <br /><br />I actually don't know if I like it all that much, I want to do it again, more planned out, and accurate. But hey its not too bad for six hours of total time from painting, to concept. Normally I think about what I want to paint before I start, but in this case, I walked in with a 4'x3' painting with out of clue as to what I wanted to paint. And this is what I left for the nice lady which she bought for her daughter.<br /><br />Passive Aggressive 3: Plight of Womanhood<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pSkoCmeJzbxfbIiGDVcZ1uEkcoL5KzJRoFMAx2v_uVWPfW4rFkQPMQ7WGDBG6C6n3lvxTwWY-yL1Ci4EMW8jUTZJ0_KsiZ3arnOJd7V1OhEr6VDQbZuZdfniufUKK12HCx72TOU1d8k/s1600-h/Passive_Aggressive3_PlightofWomanhood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pSkoCmeJzbxfbIiGDVcZ1uEkcoL5KzJRoFMAx2v_uVWPfW4rFkQPMQ7WGDBG6C6n3lvxTwWY-yL1Ci4EMW8jUTZJ0_KsiZ3arnOJd7V1OhEr6VDQbZuZdfniufUKK12HCx72TOU1d8k/s400/Passive_Aggressive3_PlightofWomanhood.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438308441987388962" /></a>mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-6499139815620491222010-02-08T16:06:00.001-08:002010-02-16T21:25:35.145-08:00What Happens on Mulberry Street<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxFSv5do5IPVwUrh93ZK-HMF-YvJP-ugzOR3PoYeWa4zhUfiwSM700Zr9rX0kBl7qSqiujjIpy1GmZ-0XYR9-i2s96o5EP-NLSS3_IL98NNrcoM1ic1rD0oLmcqLMoaciBzzHLp4YYow/s1600-h/WhatHappensOnMulberryST.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxFSv5do5IPVwUrh93ZK-HMF-YvJP-ugzOR3PoYeWa4zhUfiwSM700Zr9rX0kBl7qSqiujjIpy1GmZ-0XYR9-i2s96o5EP-NLSS3_IL98NNrcoM1ic1rD0oLmcqLMoaciBzzHLp4YYow/s400/WhatHappensOnMulberryST.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439079232995063810" /></a><br /><br /><br />Poly Plate intaglio (This Photo does it more justice)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkrO6yFSkLQJXcadg-VpvIBn2SSxP3jDRCurNIQUZ32QjFxhp4HmX_LdM07KNz4GqkGY6bCWvbJdIXjfE1XwIOzCFIzT1B2R1LAZxLgp3mEVeSUfikG4N9pMZT4PXA4lkAKFXs8frjYk/s1600-h/5052_517569950037_152600172_30710830_1732593_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkrO6yFSkLQJXcadg-VpvIBn2SSxP3jDRCurNIQUZ32QjFxhp4HmX_LdM07KNz4GqkGY6bCWvbJdIXjfE1XwIOzCFIzT1B2R1LAZxLgp3mEVeSUfikG4N9pMZT4PXA4lkAKFXs8frjYk/s400/5052_517569950037_152600172_30710830_1732593_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436030847109006354" /></a><br /><br />Photomechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-89157364230009793242010-01-19T13:46:00.000-08:002010-01-19T14:45:08.734-08:00The Myth of MillerLast year I met one of my favorite artists. Melissa Miller. That's right, it was awesome, and so was she. She gave a lecture at my university last February and talked about her work, and her process, but most she spoke about the subject matter of her paintings, animal mythology. It was so fascinating. This lecture was just one of the events of my life that pointed me to looking more and more into mytholoy.<br />Finally I broke down and bought three Joeseph Campbell books, and I have started reading the Power of Myth. So far, and really I'm not that far into it, I feel like I am falling in love with a dead man. I mean he's just so...well, let me just quote him.<br /><br />"People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive."<br /><br />That is exactly my goal. Over all, to be ratured with life. Completely caught up in it. Its weird to say raptured in a sentence and not want to gag. <br /><br />With out further adue I introduce to you, the glory of Melissa Miller<br />Earth Family<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDQixcKweIgwU_bBq1y6VcRndaRj5HQVNs-m-i9MhbCsIaP0GbEv64A4MYtOyswDKsw0onJqPYzpCb3OIIQj4JeeXNe9Sgk1zzNDVXEDZ0xfJwEipZ6TfwLx4pvJz46EagR35a0wX1nQ/s1600-h/zebrameilssamiller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDQixcKweIgwU_bBq1y6VcRndaRj5HQVNs-m-i9MhbCsIaP0GbEv64A4MYtOyswDKsw0onJqPYzpCb3OIIQj4JeeXNe9Sgk1zzNDVXEDZ0xfJwEipZ6TfwLx4pvJz46EagR35a0wX1nQ/s400/zebrameilssamiller.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428577610283534706" /></a><br /><br />Broken Wing<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkOUmzt-1KNLMSxGuk10EIiDOpiYi1ZydLPSLLbAFpoABGJ6s0WtTrdPn33he6k3LVrrU5Iv7eeANQm4PRt_uvN51JFfiG3M1t5R02lreNXaVR8RN5aBN-KooOje2_iCoP_J5E_heu4A/s1600-h/melissa-miller_broken-wing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzkOUmzt-1KNLMSxGuk10EIiDOpiYi1ZydLPSLLbAFpoABGJ6s0WtTrdPn33he6k3LVrrU5Iv7eeANQm4PRt_uvN51JFfiG3M1t5R02lreNXaVR8RN5aBN-KooOje2_iCoP_J5E_heu4A/s400/melissa-miller_broken-wing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428578612963927634" /></a><br /><br />Detail: The Ark<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheN5dywBaG7uxh-ben6_hSZEwNXYS2biFiXEYR-L7BGghyyc8-fTb7WTkcosFnfb4a6sIViH3bgyyyF7BS4IejB6ST1XVUi6zsDgRjBlmH2fn3mTe42ZLAUrHrgWj-Z8hyphenhyphenehghDKE1SJw/s1600-h/3692639178_c1289ba618.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheN5dywBaG7uxh-ben6_hSZEwNXYS2biFiXEYR-L7BGghyyc8-fTb7WTkcosFnfb4a6sIViH3bgyyyF7BS4IejB6ST1XVUi6zsDgRjBlmH2fn3mTe42ZLAUrHrgWj-Z8hyphenhyphenehghDKE1SJw/s400/3692639178_c1289ba618.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428585352573608402" /></a>mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8177504696292831476.post-19075290604871848742009-12-31T07:54:00.000-08:002009-12-31T08:27:23.907-08:00Hello Stranger.I created this account at the same time when I created my other blog....thinking I would put art/art stuff in here and write in there....I have put nothing in here, until now! New Years Resolution, is to have an art blog of sorts. Amoung Learning French....and a lot of other good self improvement type shit. <br />Of course I have a few set backs...currently I have no computer, well no personal computer, which means, I don't have any way of well...uploading photos of art. Also I am at my parents house, so again, no way of uploading stuff. But the plan is when I get back to Abilene, take pictures of all kinds of shit. <br /><br />I am seriously considering throwing away a lot of stuff, too. By stuff I mean old art. I am running out of room. I have so much crap. And a lot of it is crap...not all, but you know, there is some stuff that I find super embarassing now. Thank god most of it was in Highschool. And I keep telling myself that I can think of it as proof of improvement. But mostly I keep it around because it keeps my head at a not too inflated size. I'll probably post some old stuff...but we'll see, because I may just want who ever to stumble upon this to think I came out of the womb awesome, not like the true mess I really was. <br /><br />And now the question is, which is more beautiful? <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKS8nXI3Z_OJQsdDWrLyKugZLgZ3BhVRZNtC0_bDz1JVYb2H8LJ51of6cFp1KZzwmF4PxmvDn3fLdL2-AnZFWbRlwjY2Sha35xxXRH2ey7VeBOp2MNhJYrTB8lzsqrfgl-1aTsHYUijIA/s1600-h/OldmanRavenna.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKS8nXI3Z_OJQsdDWrLyKugZLgZ3BhVRZNtC0_bDz1JVYb2H8LJ51of6cFp1KZzwmF4PxmvDn3fLdL2-AnZFWbRlwjY2Sha35xxXRH2ey7VeBOp2MNhJYrTB8lzsqrfgl-1aTsHYUijIA/s400/OldmanRavenna.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421432986304529714" /></a><br />I can post this because it was on my Facebook. Enjoy I took this in Ravenna.mechanicalpencilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019388000199901738noreply@blogger.com1