I haven’t had time to make any new collages lately. So, this is the first one in a great while. I think it turned out alright. I’ll need to make time for art for now on.
Gods, Hearts, and Inanimate Objects, paper collage, 8 1/2 x 11, 2010
first collage in a while
Posted in Art, Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee with tags Art, beefcake, Collage, gods on February 8, 2010 by Daniel Allyn LeeSunday Sidewalk Doodles: Noodlerina
Posted in Art, Miscellaneous, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, chalk, defying nature, doodle, Drawing, sidewalk, stephg on February 7, 2010 by ssstephg
Friday was nice. I hauled the buckets of chalk out to the walk and pretty soon, a small crowd had gathered. I executed this drawing with some much appreciated guidance from my pal Mr. Brown. He suggested “noodle hair” and the ballerina body. The armpit hair, which I thought was brilliant idea, I happily added at 11 year old Jordan’s suggestion. Kids are pretty awesome.
Not the best pic, I know, but the sidewalk was still pink from the last drawing and there were patches of snow here and there. Whatever. I’m defying nature here. I think it’s easier to see if you click it for a larger view.
-Steph
He-larious…
Posted in "But Is It Art?" with tags Jason Gray on February 6, 2010 by jasongrayfineartist
Oil on Canvas With Nails from Last Century: Sharps & Fragile Shells
Posted in Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags abstract, Art, eggshell, Gerolimatos, nails, oil on canvas, Painting, self-portrait, stephg on February 6, 2010 by ssstephg
oil on canvas with nails
22.5 x 27″
This one’s from about ‘98 I think. I painted it over an older painting–a self portrait. So my head’s hidden under the egg there, and the title is “Egghead”. OK, not really. It’s not titled. Something I like about this painting is how the image kind of illustrates the life of the painting. The painting started off as one thing which I then destroyed to make something else in the same way the egg breaks to allow something new and more interesting to grow out of it. That’s pretty much how paintings evolve for me. I build them in layers that get covered up along the way in order that the end result is (hopefully) a more interesting whole.
*hmmmn, that pic’s a little blurry. I’ll see if I can find a better one later to replace it. Right now, I have to sign off and head to physical therapy.
Later,
-Steph
*EDIT: I found a better pic and switched it. This one’s much clearer and can be enlarged by clicking.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Pussies in Heaven, Teats as Far as the Eye Can See!
Posted in Stephanie Gerolimatos, video with tags animation, bizarre, cartoon, kittens, MGM, milk, milky way, mittens, pussies, teats, uncomfortable on February 6, 2010 by ssstephgThe Milky Way from MGM. Rated S for saccharine. Grab some bacon for balance* and enjoy it over breakfast.
*Salty always helps cut sweet.
Death to Smokers.
Posted in Jason Gray with tags Jason Gray, Painting, Smoking Ban, St. Louis on February 5, 2010 by jasongrayfineartist
Watercolor, Graphite, Charcoal and Tempera on Paper, 4″ x 6″
Ok, not literally. Actually, St. Louis is finally approaching a city-wide ban on smoking in restaurants and bars, and listening to all of the resultant bickering led to the creation of this little work. A few years ago, when I was still living in Chicago, I experienced all of the same sort of back-and-forths that I see here today. Chicago was another city that seemingly couldn’t “see” itself as a non-smoking town, and a lot of establishment owners were worried that they’d be closing down. Guess what happened? Smoking was banned, and business actually went up. To be honest, I am mostly ambivalent to the topic; I have been a smoker and I am now a non-smoker. However, I do think that it is important that everyone is provided with a smoke-free workplace, but on the other hand, I think that laws that restrict smoking outside, or in your own apartment, are a bit oppressive.
Ah HA! Mystery Solved!!
Posted in Art, Toni Tiller with tags Art, marbles, mystery, Toni Tiller on February 4, 2010 by Toni TillerDo you guys remember a post I did back in the summer about the big balls that move around in my down the road neighbors yard? No? Well you can take a little peek here. It’s seems that my uncle and wife finally got to the bottom of it all and explained over on thier blog that it is the work of an artist who makes giant marbles. All of the marbles are repositioned under the cover of darkness, though that part of it has yet to be explained. One of the marbles even has it’s own Facebook page.
She’s My Cherry Pie
Posted in Art, Food, Tom Bennett, art on paper, monotype, printmaking, still life, work on paper with tags Art, carrot cake, cherry pie, monotype, printmaking, still life, Tom Bennett on February 4, 2010 by bennett77I’ve been thinking about dessert a hell of a lot this past week. A friend made some killer peanut butter/chocolate cupcakes a few days ago and I’m considering making a pie for a possible superbowl/late-thanksgiving party. I’m also thinking of giving a pregnant friend one of these monotypes as a baby shower gift. Ok, kill me. I sound like a menopausal housewife on viagra.
T.B.
Cherry Pie, 2010, monotype, 11 x 14
Carrot Cake, 2010, monotype, 11 x 14
And now, here are the thoughtful, avant-garde tones of Warrant,
for all you Jersey Shore girls out there. You know who you are, Snookie!
I Bought A Painting
Posted in Art, Toni Tiller, exhibits, openings with tags Art, art show, Chaney Trotter, Jinhee kang, meg rorison, Ryan Soper, Toni Tiller on February 3, 2010 by Toni TillerI haven’t had a lot of time to make art lately because I’ve been busy turning my house upside down and gettig rid of HUGE amounts of stuff. You all have seen the pictures before so you know what I am up against. But on a more positive note I have a new sewing machine and a new painting from the MICA show I told you all about last week.
The show was pretty cool, there was a lot of work I hadn’t seen in my preview visit, and also one painting I had seen, but it was upside down. Meg hung it right side up and I decided I had to have it. Have a look.
Meg Rorison
I took few shots of other things I liked incluging this piece that reminded me of JD Hastings in it’s inventive use of masking tape, made by Jinhee Kang titled “The Five Compositions”.
Here’s a detail shot
I love Ryan Soper’s creepy medical inventions, here is “Aparatus #44-506″
Chaney Trotter and I had a nice conversation about our mutual love of dead things expressed here in her painting “Decadent Shelter”
Archives: Earth Tone Dropcloth With Rings
Posted in Art, J. D. Hastings, Painting, contingent art with tags abstract, Art, colors, J. D. Hastings, Painting on February 2, 2010 by jdhastingsThis is a dropcloth on which I painted part of “Holes” way back in 2006. I made the stencils for the rings using a trashcan and clothes basket. It is now sitting between my mattress and boxspring- the best place to stick art for flattening IMHO.
I have new art this week, but it’s still in post-production. I’ll have it ready soon.
-JD
From the Archives: Pumpkin Pie
Posted in Art, Food, Illustration, Tom Bennett, art on paper, monotype, printmaking, work on paper with tags Art, Food, monotype, pie, printmaking, Tom Bennett on February 1, 2010 by bennett77This is an older piece done as a sample for an editorial illustration portfolio.
It might still be moist.
Tom Bennett
poor little monster
Posted in Art, Collage, Daniel Allyn Lee, Drawing, Illustration with tags Art, monsters, Illustration, ice cream, balloons on February 1, 2010 by Daniel Allyn Leehi. Here’s a little illustration I made yesterday.
little boy monster, 11 x 14, collage and acrylic, 2010
I wasn’t sure about the title; I might change it to ‘two is better than one’.
I’m going to try to make a drawing a day for now on; I need to build my skills and develop my illustration style.
Sunday Sidewalk Doodle: Ramen Delight by StephG & Mr. Brown
Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, chalk, climate crisis, doodle, Drawing, global warming, Mr. Brown, sidewalk, stephg on January 31, 2010 by ssstephg
Mr. Brown showed up, quickly disappearing bowl of ramen in hand, while I was doodling this. I invited him to draw. He grabbed a stick of chalk and said, “draw a hand coming up here.” as he added the bowl of steaming ramen. The long legs and feet on the step were also Brown’s idea. As Martha would say, spontaneous collaboration: it’s a good thing.
And now, the weather:
Our yearly January thaw was as sweet as ever with temps soaring into the 50s this past week. “All the better to crush you with my dear” said New England in a quick, blistery tumult of wind, snow and ice that road in just as soon as we’d celebrated the short-lived spring-like-ness with another round of ornate concrete temporality. The atomic clock read 9 degrees the other morning when I went out to clear the walk for the shank’s pony crowd. If only climate crisis would respond half as well as the rest of us to the likes of Lithium, Depakote or Abilify. Al could team up with the good sports at Pfizer and Eli Lilly to save the planet or at least mask the symptoms so Earth could burn out quietly under the general public’s radar. Ah, who am I kidding? Despite my Adirondack roots, I prolly couldn’t survive a “real” winter at this point anyway. Luckily, my Catholic upbringing won’t let me appreciate the upside to global warming without an appropriate measure of guilt.
Chronically Conflicted,
-StephG
Stage 675, Metamorphosis of a WIP: Gilding the Lily
Posted in Art, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags abstract, acrylic, Art, Painting, prize, Stephanie Gerolimatos, stephg, texture, wip on January 30, 2010 by ssstephg
Miles to go but here are some more tight-cropped views of the same acrylic on metal piece I showed you last week. Now, who’ll be the first to tell me they liked it better before? There may be a prize involved! Line forms to the right. No pushing, no cutting!
Three more pics after the jump! Read more »
Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1939 Blue Danube* Sweeter than Frosted Sugar Sticks and now with MORE Cherub Cheeks aka Baby Butts!
Posted in Stephanie Gerolimatos, video with tags 1939, animation, Art, Blue Danube, cartoon, MGM, Strauss on January 30, 2010 by ssstephgSo sweet I may have to go eat a handful of dirt now. Enjoy!
Random Links
Posted in Art on January 29, 2010 by jdhastingsHere’s some stuff I’ve found throughout the week that you may find interesting. Or not.
Now get back to work, damn it.
-JD
Hypnobation
Posted in Art, Tom Bennett, art on paper, figurative, monotype, printmaking, sleep disorders, work on paper with tags Art, figure, monotype, printmaking, sleepwalking, Tom Bennett, unique print on January 28, 2010 by bennett77Another in a series of monotypes with the somnambulist as the metaphorical focus.
Hypnobate , monotype, 12″ x 12″
detail after the jump.
2010 MICA Post-Bac Student Show
Posted in Art, Toni Tiller, events, exhibits with tags Art, art show, meg rorison, MICA, Ryan Soper, Toni Tiller on January 27, 2010 by Toni TillerI recently had the opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at this Friday’s upcoming MICA show. Now I could spoil all the fun and post pictures of the work but that would blow the surprise of attending, something I encourage all of our Baltimore friends to do, so instead I am going to post some sneaky pics of the studio spaces. I’d also like to mention that we can look forward to some upcoming guest blog posts by presenting artists Meg Rorison and Ryan Soper.
Sadly, I don’t think this piece will be making it to the show, so I can feel comfortable revealing it here.
I thought this was a pretty clever way to keep an eye on your over all color palette choices.
Thanks for sending me that image Meg Rorison.
See a bit more and get the invite after the jump.
Digging Up The Past
Posted in Art, Toni Tiller with tags Art, art history, leonardo da vinci, mona lisa, Toni Tiller on January 27, 2010 by Toni TillerAs an occasional self-portrait artist this makes me giggle a little. Is it really so important to know if Leonardo was really the Mona Lisa or not? How, if at all, would that change the public perception? On the other hand, I love a good drag queen and if this is true then he’s the mother of them all.
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