Bleed

Bleed, 2010



(1st panel)
ink jet on photo paper
8"x8"



(2nd panel)
ink jet on patterned paper
8"x8"



(3rd panel)
acrylic on paper
8"x8"

Dumpster Diving

An Alternative to War, 2010
acrylic, gouache & oil paintstick on found masonite with pre-existing imagery
24"x24"



A Reasonable Perspective, 2010
acrylic, gouache & crayon on found masonite with pre-existing imagery
24"x24"


So I went to open studios at Kresge last spring, and there were several large pieces of masonite in one artist's studio. It looked like someone had pasted film stills or posters across the masonite. Some of it had been painted on. I'm guessing that it had been the basis of some BFA's design project or something. The artist didn't know what he was going to do with it, but he was excited about the possibilities. Ironically, I happened to find the masonite in Kresge's dumpster shortly after that particular visit. I couldn't help myself. I envisioned working on this masonite and hanging a guerrilla art exhibit of them in the halls of Kresge late at night where the artist would see them. So I took the masonite to a friend's place and cut it up into squares. It's been in my basement for about nine months...

Feedback welcomed.

PANIC SCHEMATIC

this painting took absolutely forever...the stripes in that chair took like a week.

Panic Schematic 48'x48'...the texture in the back is recycled tape i used to make the black lines, the shadows are oil glazes the funky patterns are cut up post it notes and everything else is a ton of acrylic.

so i need a break from these paintings...i did 7 four foot squares...i really wanna show them now and for the show i want to try to make some of the gadgets in the paintings. i bought an arduino (www.arduino.cc) and i'm learning to program it to make impossible gadgetry...we'll see. i gotta find a place to hang these. i think all 7 would look real sweet. and then like a table in the middle filled with weird interactive electronics. i was also thinking about wiring some of the paintings so if you touch them they make sounds...i dunno...

also i'm doing little cactus/furniture paintings for brightrain. i'll post some of those soon. and working on some web pages. so much cool stuff to learn about!

Flawed

Flawed, 2010
acrylic on masonite
24"x24"

As with the small grouping, your feedback is appreciated. It was very hard to capture the actual color of this piece. The pink is a little warmer, and the teal is a little bluer, but the image is fairly close.

I'm trying to work a lot of ideas out in my head right now about painting in general...I don't know why I continuous want to return to 1958...

Flawed

Flawed, 2010



first pane, inkjet on photo paper, 8"x8"



second panel, inkjet on patterned paper, 8"x8"



third panel, acrylic on paper, 8"x8"


So, let me know what you think. I won't reveal any of my thoughts or feelings about this grouping until I get some feedback.

newest quilt top

hey y'all. i'm back from my quarter life crisis or whatever and this is the latest quilt. i'm thinking of these small quilts as sketches for a large quilt. i think that i will lean toward stripes and plaids in the future, and show case just one or two cute florals. i like the way the stripes give depth and make the highways look more structural. the white background on this piece is actually a white on white print, i'm not sure you can see it from the picture. this color scheme is kind of weird. i'm not sure that i like it. i really liked the brown and purple one on one of the previous quilts. i am painting too and plan to really use lightgeist. i respect and welcome all of your comments and opinions! thanks!