you're invited.......

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tangled typography

my show may be a little different, because it incorporates my words as well as my art. i don't think it (or i) would be complete with only one or the other.

it took a long time to edit the words for this piece, and all day saturday to get the typography right. i drew and re-drew and re-drew. and my hand kept cramping up. however, it was pretty rewarding; i like doing hand-drawn stuff. here's to hoping that i don't mess it up with the process i'm putting it through today....

friendless foodless environments foster focus

honestly, the alliterations just kinda come out.
no idea why.

i skipped an activity the other day* where friends and food would be involved in hopes of finding focus. it worked!

stuff has been slow but a little better.
loooooooook.

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picture 1: looking at a piece through a mirror often helps pinpoint errors a lot faster than just looking at it straight-on. same concept of turning it upside down, etc.

picture 2: super excited about this one. it's based off of one of my favorite places and my hand literally cramped up after i finished drawing it. 

picture 2: start of a painting. after taking this picture, i worked on it some more and really messed it up. i couldn't stand to look at it for about a week, but when i worked on it again i was pretty pleased with the result, which you'll see in the show.

[*confession: by "the other day", i mean the day of september 17, which is when i wrote this but forgot to publish it. so i changed the content and posted now. good alliterations shan't be wasted in this space of the interwebs.]

evidence of construction

i know i'm super bad at updating. but it's because i've been working hard! my show is in LESS THAN THREE WEEKS. 

(!)

more info on that soon.

this whole process has taken longer than expected. it might be because with the help of some dear friends, i made my own boards to paint on. 

so...my fingerprints will be all over this project. 

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pictures 1 + 2: raw materials (masonite and poplar), cut to the near-perfect sizes
picture 3: after we measured/mitered/nail gunned/glued/clamped/routered the cradles to the boards 
picture 4: gessoing all those pretty wood surfaces
picture 5: waiting for the gesso to dry....

sleepyhead

i have updates for you.
i promise i do.
but today i'm just a sleepyhead.


so i started drawing my to-do list in my hair (to justify the drawing time)
though it ended up getting mixed up in a stream of consciousness.

also, i drew this while listening to this song.
you're welcome.

six small studies still simmering

i don't even know what that alliteration was about.

anyway, i talked to chris thornock last week and he suggested i make 6 small paintings (5x7 inches) within the week to just explore and experiment before I really get into the big pieces for my project. i made them diptychs and it's been really fun! i've used different processes on each one and have done lots of stuff i've never tried before. the subjects relate to my actual paintings.

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picture 1: halfway through the process of diptych 1

picture 2: early stages of diptych 2

picture 3: what diptych 2 currently looks like

picture 4: early stages of diptych 3

picture 5: what diptych 3 currently looks like

by tomorrow, these will all be done. so be excited? or not. or whatever.

but i'm not gonna lie...i'm pretty excited about that last one especially.

small portion

so it's still slow. BUT. i had a good inspiring weekend so hopefully i'll whip stuff out like nobody's business.

monday/tuesday/wednesday of last week, i just wanted to get my hands drawing so i could actually see what i'm doing. i was a drawing fiend. here are two of the studies.

most of 'em were meh-looking. but, the book art and fear notes that an artist’s failed pieces are just as relevant as their good ones. it also claims that a lot of art must be created to make a small portion of it good. so i'mma go with that.

i tell you what, after not drawing for 7 months, it's hard to hit your stride again. but when you do, it feels great.