we live in a digital age.
we have knowledge of things, but less understanding. more information,
Pixel Janitor
Target Workers
Target workers is an idea I have had regarding the use of illegal laborers. They are targeted to do work that others would not do. These same people are targeted
Life Remote
To have a remote that would help in life situations speaks to our dependence upon the technology around us. I am particularly aware of this when my analog life seeks an “undo” when there are none available. Looking for the particular way to make this remote, and while considering some other ideas along the way, this seems to be a fun and worthwhile project to continue with.
Currently, I am experimenting with scale for this project and some other ways of application of the imagery. This approaches some of the particular desires I have to use all of the tools I work with every day. Both digital and analog. Especially considering a way of having words play into my concept as well.
The other remote concepts are not mocked up yet, but as I get into this one I plan on evolving into the next remote ideas as well.
Decoy Concept
In thinking of the dilemma of life’s journey, I have been seeking images that describe the challenges with which we are daily faced. An idea I had was to show temptation in a way that could be depicted in a graphic form.
The oxymoron of a camouflaged decoy is one that
Life Story
Thinking about an approach to painting that is at once out of my usual approach while incorporating some disjointed thoughts that have been strongly
Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters by Hendrick Avercamp, 1608
Then a funny thing happened with some of the artwork from the Rjiks Museum Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters by Hendrick Avercamp, 1608. I started messing around with this image found on the museum website. The Rijks Museum has been encouraging artists to work with images from their collection. I was happy to oblige. This … Read more
Is This What I Do? Or, is this What I Am?
Some *more* Thoughts.
“Is This What I Do? Or, is this What I Am?”~ thoughts
“I am offended. The Art World Favors Dead People.”
~ thoughts
“Is there any art form that is so powerful that it cannot be surpressed?” ~ thoughts
“No Special Knowledge… Non-Gnostic” Unmanageability of Visual Culture
a series of repeated “frames” with stencil of a bone. Thinking of the reality of a still life. It is no longer alive, it’s “still/dead” and waiting there to be painted. Put upon multiple frames, reminds me of the video culture we have become. Unless it moves, people tend not to look at it. other … Read more
WTF
My thoughts lately have been about using graphic design as an expression. I have looked up the term “graphic expression” and it’s not necessarily a widely used term in the arts, but it does help me start to place myself in a “conversation” in the art world. I am not a street artist, and not … Read more
APU Studio 5 – July 2015
Studio #5 at APU this summer. I jammed in all of the different work that I brought. This configuration allows me to parse out the different items, and speak to how I arrived at some of these visual conclusions. One area, the unstretched canvases to the right are based on maps from throughout my life. … Read more
Some Thoughts & Writings
“A thing is a thing, not what is said of that thing” ~ Susan Sontag (as seen in Birdman) ———————————————— “Q: Why the rhombus shape? I have worked in a rectangle before. This shape compels me forward, making one challenges me.” “set apart for its intended purpose.” “…find the purpose of a mark. Each mark … Read more
All of the Places I Have Been
This is the beginning of some interpretations of what it would look like to represent all of the major places I have been in my life. This is only a technical approach with experimentation with how it may look. I have some more research to do in regards to the actual locations.
Contemporary Art
Still Life? Anonymous Portrait Thinking about the way we consume or appreciate art in the internet age. Even considering how we interact with each other, and the internet’s provision of access to each other and to images. This group of images acquired from the Rijksmuseum program called “RijksStudio.” Artificial Realities. Even to the uninitiated, these … Read more
Late Seventies BioMaps
These latest maps depict prevalent trips that happened towards the latter end of the 70’s for me. Trips between aunt and uncle’s house and what would eventually become a new location for my parents to live. This was just before I moved to Los Angeles to go to Art Center College of Design. We moved … Read more
Life Patterns
Continued development of how these patterns of trips and locations maps of my life can overlay to become visuals that are abstract lines and patterns. These seem to touch on a little bit of what I envisioned, and that’s exciting. But they do seem too personal, and not as aesthetic as I had imagined. Possibly … Read more