d'Arte Board

Sketches In The Closet

ssstephg — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:46:10 +0000

about 20 x 30 inches
oil and pastel on gessoed paper

More old work from long, long ago or about the same time as these.

about 30 x 20 inches
oil, nails and eggshells on gessoed paper

I’m still never quite sure where to put anything. And so, it just keeps piling up.
From a long way under,
-Steph

Place

Jason Gray — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:36:39 +0000

What’s up, Darteboard? Here are a couple of examples from a photographic experiment that I have been working on.

The Fat and the Thin in the Corner

Tom Bennett — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:01:30 +0000

More paintings made from monotypes. These two pieces I finished a couple of days ago and I’m of two minds about them. The first, In the Corner, may be a tad too defined in the figure. I’m not sure I’m pushing the abstraction enough. The second painting I’m on the fence about as well. How’s that for mixed metaphor cliches?

Tom Bennett

In the Corner, oil over monotype on paper, 28″ x 20″

The Fat and the Thin, oil over monotype on paper, 20″ x 16″

F-yeah Tumblr!

Toni Tiller — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:45:02 +0000

I’ve had a Tumblr account for awhile now but never really used it until a few weeks ago, because quite frankly I couldn’t figure out what the fuck it was for.

Is is a blog? I have blog. Actually I have two, so what do I need another blog for? But then in one of my late night fits of insomniatic boredom I started checking out other people’s Tumblrs and things kind of clicked. It doesn’t have to be a blog where I think about stuff, and then write it, and add images and links and whatever…I mean, it could be, it has all those options, but I found myself using it as just a straight image aggregator*. Somewhere to just grab and share images that amuse my brain with no real rhyme or reason, a place to please myself with creepy gifs, art I like, and a shit ton of cats.

*This is similar but different from Pinterest, which is another blog post in itself.

Woven Watercolor Cross

jdhastings — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:45:47 +0000

Last night instead of preparing art for today I ironed shirts. I have no regrets, but I also have nothing to post. I don’t know if I’ve ever posted this before.

“Woven Watercolor Cross” 2005 It’s like 30″ wide or something. Watercolor soaked through canvas, woven.

This is a woven piece made out of a dropcloth that I used a lot of watercolor on. I then flipped the dropcloth, where you could see where the watercolor soaked through. Toni hates me for this because it’s so light sensitive I won’t allow it out of my closet.

-JD

a late post

laelia e. mitchell — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:30:07 +0000

spending a couple days in the studio this week has refreshed my soul. even though i didn’t really make any art on one of those days, i was able to putz around and feel that creative movement is steadily chugging along. it’s really about the little movements towards making work that eventually end up with work getting made. huh? well … you know what i mean. just something everyday eventually gets a big pile of art made. i have a few drawings done and some canvas on the wall in the studio with a first pass of mars black … where it’s going? not effing clue

ink, graphite, acrylic and oil stick on paper

Surprise! I Made More Postcards This Week

ssstephg — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:40:30 +0000

Fuck you,
-Steph

p.s. These are made with various combinations of water color crayon, graphite, pen, colored pencil and stickers. They are all on beautiful museum board.

A Pic and a Video

Jason Gray — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:39:35 +0000

Hidden Defect and Lauren’s Underbelly

Tom Bennett — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:01:57 +0000

Two more explorations in the current series. The one called Lauren’s Underbelly got its title from the happy little fact that the underpainting/monotype was a portrait of a pregnant woman. She apparently gave birth to this painting. It’s a girl!

Hidden Defect, oil into monotype on paper, 22′ x 16″

Lauren’s Underbelly, oil into monotype on paper, 18″ x 12″

Automatic Writing

Toni Tiller — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:58:34 +0000

This week my mind has been racing with all kinds of thoughts, usually unfriendly ones, but hey it happens from time to time and when it does one of the most soothing things to do (besides cleaning everything) is to find something repetitive that distracts through a form of monotony. I had a little side project from JD tucked away for just such an occasion, transcribing lengthy text.

What I really loved about this was it was all text I would have never really read on my own, and even better still haven’t. Even though I faithfully copied Lovecraft and Robespierre faithfully I couldn’t really tell you what either was about. I was so focused on one word at a time that they never formed any cohesive sentence in my own mind. I do remember writing the word “liberty” and “virtue” quite a bit.

As far as physical process there was a learning curve. Find a pen, it is the wrong pen, look for another, remember how to write clearly, contend with adverse paper textures, wonder about placement…all of this kept me plenty distracted from the obnoxious chatter of my own mind for awhile, but I’ll be needing more paper soon.