The Laurel of Asheville is having a contest of artists repurposing their magazine. I did the line work by dripping enamel. The picture of the eye was perfect. The lips are the top of a Valentine, from their Feb. issue.
Human refinements on Nature
I continue exploring what impact humans have over nature. This flower was made of dripped enamel, blue, then collage and drawing elements added. I could copyright it, patent it, and claim that I made a better flower. International agro businesses do it every day.
another drawing
Crumpled grid
Superstorm Sandy knocked out one quarter of the power grid and communications. I’ve been working on the idea of Modern Muses on these round pieces. Maybe this is the throw down between Mother Nature and Calliope, the Muse of Communication.
I must be nuts.
Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam is Aug. 24 &25. Then I’m part of a group show, NoHa, that we start installing Aug. 27. Opening is Sept. 7. It is exciting being an artist. No 9-5 or regular paycheck!
not a giraffe
If someone did this to a giraffe, it would be BAAAD!
Grids
The QR codes are grid, as are the crossword puzzles I do every day. A grid is a human imposition on nature. The white squares are mat board, one inch squares, glued to the painting. We will see where we go from here!
Collage show
The Art of Collage is 100
The term collage derives from the French “colle” meaning ” glue”. This term was coined by both Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in the beginning of the 20th century when collage became a distinctive part of modern art, according to Wikipedia.
Collage is an artistic composition made of various materials glued on a surface. The importance of collage was to push the limits of what could be called art. At that time if it wasn’t oil on canvas, or a sculpture of stone or bronze, it wasn’t art. Picasso and Braque were not content with the status quo. Collage yanked the stranglehold from the neck of “fine art”. Images and text from newspapers or magazines were layered in with paint to make comment of the news of the day.
Artist in Residence of Fines Creek, Susan Livengood, has combined cast- off computer parts, letters from scrapbooking, monofilament line, paint and other materials. The show exams what happens when humanity and nature intersect.
Celebrate the anniversary of collage with some glue and your imagination.
Book of Clones
I did a series of three collage paintings. They’re 7″x7″ because we cut a 2×8 into pieces. I stretched canvas over them. Most of the elements of this piece are experimental. They will be part of a show of my collages at the Haywood County Public Library in Nov.
baby boy
I made this collage for Janiece’s new baby, Zachary Green. The pallette is primarily green, with the state map of Texas and a lone star for a future Aggie!