Today while there was a break in the rain we doodled on the sidewalk.
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-Steph
Archive for June, 2009
Sunday Sidewalk Doodles
Posted in Art, Miscellaneous, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags chalk, doodles, drawings, sidewalk, stephg on June 21, 2009 by ssstephgNew Art: Wheels Within Wheels
Posted in Art, Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags abstract, acrylic, Art, circles, gold leaf, Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos on June 20, 2009 by ssstephg
acrylic, red flocking and gold leaf on panel with three holes
holes are lined with red foam-backed velour
24 x 16 inches
It’s all about the circles lately. But why? I dunno. Maybe it means I’m travelling in circles, spinning my wheels, never really getting anywhere. Maybe it means I’m particularly centered and approaching wholeness and enlightenment. Maybe I just really really like the gesture required to draw a circle, the circle’s symmetry and simplicity, and the flexibility afforded by the shape.
At any rate, click read more to see more photos after the jump. Oh, and as usual, all pics will enlarge when clicked. Read more »
Saturday Morning Cartoons
Posted in Miscellaneous, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags cartoon, coyote, HQ, humor, road runner, Seth Macfarlane, shearing, sheep, stephg, video on June 20, 2009 by ssstephgthis one reminded me of the good old days… ‘cept for the cursing and stuff.
one more that’s a little further off-color after the jump. Read more »
Aftermath
Posted in Jason Gray with tags Boots Contemporary Art Space, Jason Gray on June 20, 2009 by Jason Gray
Canon Powershot SD870 IS Digital Elph
I snapped this at the end of an art opening at Boots Contemporary Art Space entitled, “Bazuco”. From Boots’ website: Read more »
Finally Finished…
Posted in Art, Jason Gray, Painting with tags Jason Gray, Painting on June 19, 2009 by Jason GrayHey everyone, since I have totally relapsed from my neo-luddite vows this week by going completely post-happy, I am going to keep it short and simple today. This painting was undertook in February of last year, and I just finished it this week; but, that’s not to say that it took me that long to paint. This was one of those situations wherein things happening in real life throw your creative undertakings to a halt. That, and this was one of those paintings that was extremely hard to just go back and finish, so it became a symbol of so many things not working out for me last year. Anyway, it’s done, and now I can move on….
“Bridesmaid Stripped Bare of Her Bachelors”, Acrylic, Graphite and Sand on Canvas, 24″ x 36″. (Aside from facetiousness, the title shares nothing else with Duchamp’s)
From Jason’s Archives, Volume Two: The In-Between
Posted in Jason Gray, oil painting with tags Jason Gray, paintings on June 18, 2009 by Jason Gray
“Nicholas Ravnikar, the Linguistic Wonder”, Mixed Media on Paper, 18″ x 24″.
After moving on from the portrait series, I started getting more involved with teaching myself about art history. As a result of that education, I started to experiment a lot with line, color and composition. I also worked on improving some of my painting practices. Here are some of the results.
Drawing with Harry, another day
Posted in Art, Drawing, geture drawing, Tom Bennett with tags Art, Drawing, gesture, harry bennett, Illustration, Painting, paper, Tom Bennett on June 18, 2009 by Tom BennettI spent several days in Maryland with my parents and the hope of convincing my father to paint, but that proved more challenging than I thought. I did entice him to draw with me however. My mother, Margaret joined in as well and it was a lovely day on the deck in the woods. Here are some of Harry’s always bracing drawings.
Photo Elegy for Chicago
Posted in 35mm, Jason Gray, Photography with tags Chicago, Jason Gray on June 17, 2009 by Jason Gray
Dead Bird Wednesday
Posted in Art, Photography, Toni Tiller with tags Art, birds, mummies, Photography, Toni Tiller on June 17, 2009 by Toni TillerThe title of today’s post is inspired by our good friend Tom Brown who started “Digital Cat Mondays” over on our Myspace art group. In my house the cats are usually followed by a trail of dead birds so I figured this would be a logical progression. Well that and I haven’t been in the subway for awhile and needed to post something new so I decided to go digging in my box of mummies (What? Doesn’t everyone have a box of mummified birds lying around? Stop looking at me funny.) and play around with photographing and scanning them. I still consider these works in progress so any thoughts or tips are welcome.
2 more after the jump
Happy Bloomsday, Everybody!
Posted in Art, FREE ART, literature with tags Art, Bloomsday, FREE ART, James Joyce, literature on June 16, 2009 by jdhastings 
At the end of this post, there is an offer to give away one piece of art free.
Today, June 16, is something of a literary holiday. You see, James Joyce, considered the greatest writer of all time by many, set his 1918 (or 1922, depending how you measure it) masterpiece Ulysses on a single day in Dublin, June 16, 1904. Because of that, pretentious literati now consider it something of a sacred pilgrimage to hit up Dublin for this day and retrace the steps of the novel’s protagonist Leopold Bloom and, to a lesser extent, Stephen Dadelus.
If you are like the mass majority of the population and haven’t read Ulysses, I wouldn’t worry too much, even if some jobless, chain smoking permanent fixture at a coffee shop sneers at you for being a philistine, it generally probably isn’t worth your time. Which is ironic in a way, because one of the ostensible “intents” of the novel is to take a prototypical “everyman” and Myhtologize a standard day in his life.
Important events do occur in the novel, but so much more of what occurs is imposed upon the narative rather than being intrinsic to it. The simple act of urinating into the ocean becomes a labyrynth of interweaving interior monologue, literary references and dancing narrative tone. You have layer upon layer of subtext, often drowning the actual text into the furthest background.
A Stroll Through Another Park
Posted in Photography with tags Jason Gray, Tower Grove Park on June 16, 2009 by Jason Gray
Tower Grove Park is St. Louis’ second biggest park, and the one that happens to be just a few blocks from where I live. I somehow managed to get a rare saturday off of work, and so my wife and I decided to take a stroll through this National Historic Places registered, Victorian walking park. Read more »
Interesting News for Camera Nerds
Posted in Jason Gray with tags Jason Gray, Olympus e-P1 on June 16, 2009 by Jason GrayA while back, when Toni’s old camera went on the fritz and she was trying to decide which one to replace it with, I suggested that she not go with an Olympus. This suggestion was not due to their not making exceptional cameras, but because I saw certain scenarios which suggested trouble for the digital imaging company, mostly by being absorbed by Panasonic (who knows, maybe that wouldn’t even be a bad thing; look at Sony, who ate Konica Minolta). Nonetheless, I wasn’t alone with seeing that, Thom Hogan of ByThom.com wrote something similar, among others. Well, I am ready to eat my words because today Olympus released an extremely competitive, new camera called the e-P1, or “the Pen”. It looks to be very exciting for anyone from business people, who need to take lots of reference photos, to street photographers, who want something high in quality but unobtrusive to their subjects. Here’s one of their promos:
I can imagine a thousand uses for this camera that could be achieved easier than by using one of my larger, clunkier Nikon DSLRs. It even makes the new, lightweight, Nikon D5000 look big by comparison (plus, just look at that beautiful, retro, rangefinderific design). In any case, Toni bought an Olympus, which is, I’m sure, a fantastic camera, and what’s more, she enjoys it. Sometimes it pays not to listen to me…as I’m sure my wife would agree. 
From the Archives: Earth Tone Dropcloth with Rings
Posted in Art, contingent art, J. D. Hastings, Painting with tags abstract painting, acrylic, Art, Dropcloth, J. D. Hastings, Painting on June 16, 2009 by jdhastingsThis piece is actually the canvas I laid on the ground to paint the component parts of Holes. As I was doing that, I used masking tape and stencils to get the patterns you see in this. I consider this to be another type of “Contingent art,” like the masking tape pieces. Both rely on the creation of other works for their own existence.
60″ x 35″ Acrylic on Canvas
Detail shot after the jump.
Introducing “Here In The Land Of Slack”
Posted in Art, Links, Miscellaneous, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, artists, blog, blogging, Jim DuBois, Massachusetts, poetry, poets, steph gerolimatos, Western Mass on June 16, 2009 by ssstephgYou may have noticed a recent addition to the links we like section here on d’Arte Board–“Here In The Land Of Slack” is a wonderful art and poetry blog written by poet, friend and fellow Western Mass dweller Jim DuBois. I was recently very flattered when Jim asked if I’d like to be featured on the blog. Of course I would! Who wouldn’t want to be included in a blog full of interesting, provocative writing and art? See the posts here and here, and make sure to check out the rest of Jim’s blog while you’re there.
Following is Jim’s description of “Here In The Land Of Slack”:
“I wanted to have a place to promote the creativity of people close to me and in my local community. because I think there are not enough places to see the creative works of human beings. Lots of people do creative things and they just end up in a pile in their closet or something. Which is too bad. The world is more interesting to me when those things are shown.
Even people who make art for a living don’t have enough places to have their work shown, and can always use some more exposure, so I started adding some artists that I like to the blog. But I always try to make and have at least some personal connection with them when I do.
So, I started a blog to have a place to show creativity that I find interesting. Hopefully it brings a little more connection among creative people in the world, because that is also important to me.”
Yeah so, go take a look!
-Steph
Random Painting Stuffs From The Past
Posted in abstract, Art, Daniel Allyn Lee, Painting on June 15, 2009 by Daniel Allyn LeeSince I’m currently working on some paintings again for the first time in quite a while, I thought I’d post a few of my past ones. First this one was hanging in my house for a long time but I never posted it anywhere online, til now. Unfortunately, the white paint started to crack and I got kind of sick of it but had nowhere to store it. So, I threw it away. I don’t know the exact size but I think it was 5 feet square.
Creatively Blocked?
Posted in Art, Links, news, Toni Tiller with tags BBC, news, Sleep, Toni Tiller on June 15, 2009 by Toni TillerAre you stuck on a project and you just can’t figure it out? Take a nap. I don’t have anything I am stuck on, but I might take a nap anyway, you know, just in case.
Random Little Encaustic Stuffs From The Past
Posted in Art, Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags abstract, Art, encaustic, miniature, painitngs, steph gerolimatos, wax on June 15, 2009 by ssstephgI don’t think I’ve posted these here yet and they’re not on my website so let’s just pretend they’re new, k? Alrighty!
encaustic on panel
largest measures something like 2.75 x 3.5 inches
smallest measures roughly 2.25 x 2.25 inches
I made these a coupla years ago and have shown them a couple of times. the first was for the Inaugural WAN Gallery Exhibit. WAN Gallery was an ambitious solo undertaking by the inimitable, and may I say lovely, Tom Brown of Baltimore. It was a brick and mortar gallery which featured work from a variety of artists from around the globe. The gallery is now a fond memory as Mr. Brown, like the rest of the world, continues changing and evolving with the ever forward motion of time. And although I never had the pleasure of setting foot in the door, I believe WAN Gallery was indeed a sweet enterprise while it lasted. The second time I showed these little bonbons was at The Hosmer Gallery in Northampton, MA. And that’s where they sold! WooHoo! $$$ (actually, a cent sign would be more accurate)… ah well. I probably spent the money on awesomely cute but really uncomfortable shoes in a feeble attempt to command a larger presence with a few more inches in height anyhow. meh, “Nothing is forever” said the squirrel. So I let go of my balloon and it floated away.
remember to click for bigger pics and check out more images and random running off at the mouth after the jump Read more »
Back to Bontecou
Posted in Art, Miscellaneous, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags Art, Drawing, Lee Bontecou, mixed media, Painting, printmaking, sculpture, steph gerolimatos on June 14, 2009 by ssstephgAll work by Lee Bontecou. Images compiled from various sources. Credits given in photobucket album descriptions. All pics clickable for larger images and detail info.
Lately I’m feeling a little restless when it comes to making art. As is often the case, I’ve got lots of stuff in the works and am starting to get anxious about actually finishing something. That anxiety tends to manifest itself in the form of a shorter than normal attention span and a desire for something new–not a particularly helpful state to be in when trying to finish work. I’ve been thumbing through old art books and googling in hope of stumbling onto the work of some forgotten or as yet undiscovered (by me) artist–work that will scratch my itchy brain and keep me engaged for long enough to lose this undercurrent of mild frustration I can’t seem to escape.
The one artist I do keep coming back to lately is Lee Bontecou. I’ve always loved her work and was lucky enough to catch her 2004 retrospective when it travelled to MOMA’s temporary Queens location. The show was thrilling and enormous, and it cemented my complete love for the artist’s work. One of the things I find so exciting about her work is that she isn’t just a sculptor or a painter–she works with and combines all kinds of media in equally compelling ways. Her impressive body of work spans a wide range–from imposing, sometimes monolithic, welded steel and canvas sculptures to sensitively rendered, meticulous drawings and Read more »
Five Minus One Is Still
Posted in Art, Painting, Stephanie Gerolimatos with tags 3-d, abstract, acrylic, Art, flocking, oils, Painting, sculptural, steph gerolimatos, tactile, textural on June 13, 2009 by ssstephg
acrylic and oil on panel with frosted plexi behind pink-flocked holes
24 x 24 inches
“Five Minus One Is Still”
Here’s another one from a while back. I worked on this one at the same time as and finished it shortly after the one I posted last week, makes sense, huh? The color doesn’t translate the best in this photo, so I’m including a few detail photos to help convey a better idea of what it looks like in the flesh. The plexi that’s placed behind the holes has a very slight greenish cast but it’s much more subtle than it appears in the image of the whole piece. When I took the overall photo there was a warm light coming in the windows behind the painting. The light caused the plexiglass to look more intensely greenish-yellow.
detail pics after the jump and, as always, click for larger images Read more »
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