Doodle of a bald person. Standing there.
15 July 2009
13 July 2009
More recent stuff
A couple more paintings.
My cousins unattached head
Title: "When I grow up, I want to be a tyrannosaurus rex"
10' tall self portrait
My cousins unattached head
Title: "When I grow up, I want to be a tyrannosaurus rex"
10' tall self portrait
Some older paintings
Here are some different paintings from the last couple of years.
Conte-crayon drawing of Rose
Conte-crayon drawing of Rose
Painting of Rose's unattached head.
8' self portrait - two panels.
Self portrait using high intensity colors.
Conte-crayon drawing of Rose
Conte-crayon drawing of Rose
Painting of Rose's unattached head.
8' self portrait - two panels.
Self portrait using high intensity colors.
19 April 2009
Robot Drawings
17 April 2009
Artist Statement for Thesis Show
AUTOBIOTECHNOLOGOPHAGE
Our best machines are made of sunshine; they are all light and clean because they are nothing but signals, electromagnetic waves, a section of a spectrum, and these machines are eminently portable, mobile -- a matter of immense human pain in Detroit and Singapore. People are nowhere near so fluid, being both material and opaque. Cyborgs are ether, quintessence.
—Donna Haraway
The Cosmic Schmuck Law, as defined by Robert Anton Wilson, holds that the more you suspect you may be thinking or acting like a Cosmic Schmuck, the less of a Cosmic Schmuck you become, and if you never suspect you might think or act like a Cosmic Schmuck, you will remain a Cosmic Schmuck for life.
Meaning, people who entertain the idea that their perception of reality is idiotic, tend to have less idiotic perceptions of reality.
My work is an attempt to seduce the viewer into reconsidering their ideas about reality and identity. The painting is a series of dysfunctions made to appear cohesive through paint; doppelgangers stitch each other together in front of a full bookshelf, and a tyrannosaurus sits nearby. None of the element fit nicely into any particular narrative. The dinosaur is out of place, dragged from the past and from imagination with awkward patches of paint. The robots are in the viewer’s space, expressing complex behaviors in reaction to “visual” stimuli; they function to extend the painting outside the picture plane and for me symbolize culture and language manifest as artifacts.
If I were to summarize this installation I would say that I am asking the viewer to adopt a more playful attitude about conceptions of identity and reality; to consider it a disjointed, changing and devious thing. The installation prompts the viewer with a reconfiguration of machines that commonly make up their world, and asks them to question the origin, purpose and validity of language, gender, culture, race, class, economy, nationality and history. I want them to consider these things machines that can be observed, analyzed, taken apart and reassembled, like the computer mice, tape recorders and VCR’s I cannibalized to create my robots.
Our best machines are made of sunshine; they are all light and clean because they are nothing but signals, electromagnetic waves, a section of a spectrum, and these machines are eminently portable, mobile -- a matter of immense human pain in Detroit and Singapore. People are nowhere near so fluid, being both material and opaque. Cyborgs are ether, quintessence.
—Donna Haraway
The Cosmic Schmuck Law, as defined by Robert Anton Wilson, holds that the more you suspect you may be thinking or acting like a Cosmic Schmuck, the less of a Cosmic Schmuck you become, and if you never suspect you might think or act like a Cosmic Schmuck, you will remain a Cosmic Schmuck for life.
Meaning, people who entertain the idea that their perception of reality is idiotic, tend to have less idiotic perceptions of reality.
My work is an attempt to seduce the viewer into reconsidering their ideas about reality and identity. The painting is a series of dysfunctions made to appear cohesive through paint; doppelgangers stitch each other together in front of a full bookshelf, and a tyrannosaurus sits nearby. None of the element fit nicely into any particular narrative. The dinosaur is out of place, dragged from the past and from imagination with awkward patches of paint. The robots are in the viewer’s space, expressing complex behaviors in reaction to “visual” stimuli; they function to extend the painting outside the picture plane and for me symbolize culture and language manifest as artifacts.
If I were to summarize this installation I would say that I am asking the viewer to adopt a more playful attitude about conceptions of identity and reality; to consider it a disjointed, changing and devious thing. The installation prompts the viewer with a reconfiguration of machines that commonly make up their world, and asks them to question the origin, purpose and validity of language, gender, culture, race, class, economy, nationality and history. I want them to consider these things machines that can be observed, analyzed, taken apart and reassembled, like the computer mice, tape recorders and VCR’s I cannibalized to create my robots.
RAR!
I will post some images of the Robot drawings once I have photographs of them but for now here is a picture of my Senior Thesis show, before the reception.
The painting is 8 feet x 8 feet, and there are three robots total, though only two are visible in the picture.
The painting is 8 feet x 8 feet, and there are three robots total, though only two are visible in the picture.
I do not live in LA
Surfing the internet of found a promotion for Tessar Lo's solo show and was excited because it looks super cool. However, i do not live in LA, so I am doomed to miss it.
Check his work though, it is nifty even in its digital reproductions.
He paints these mellow dreamlike underwatery landscapes populated by children, large stuffed bunnies. Intriguing and beautifully painted. They all say mixed media, and they look like some combination of gouche, watercolor and acrylic.
Tessar Lo's Website
Check his work though, it is nifty even in its digital reproductions.
He paints these mellow dreamlike underwatery landscapes populated by children, large stuffed bunnies. Intriguing and beautifully painted. They all say mixed media, and they look like some combination of gouche, watercolor and acrylic.
Tessar Lo's Website
Card for my Senior Show
Its a bit late, but here is the sticker that I created to promote my Thesis show. There were only 200 printed and I believe they are all gone (except for the 10 i am saving.)
My opening was awesome, I did a short demonstration with my robots. I had them do three short drawings with india ink, and those drawings are now in the gallery with the rest of the show.
The show is actually coming down on Sunday at 2:00.
My opening was awesome, I did a short demonstration with my robots. I had them do three short drawings with india ink, and those drawings are now in the gallery with the rest of the show.
The show is actually coming down on Sunday at 2:00.
26 February 2009
Thesis show update
My thesis show now has a definite time and place!
My show will be in the 123 Gallery from April 13-17.
The reception will be April 13 at 5:00.
Now I just have to do the art...
My show will be in the 123 Gallery from April 13-17.
The reception will be April 13 at 5:00.
Now I just have to do the art...
Feminist Art Show
One of my paintings will be in the Reve(a)ling: A Feminist Art Show coming up at GMU. The piece is title Bruised Banana and is a large oil painting on canvas. The reception will be at 4:00 pm on Monday, March 2nd at the 123 Gallery in the Johnson Center. At the opening, Prof. Ellen Wiley Todd of Art History will make some introductory comments.
Rose also was accepted into the show and she will be getting a prize for her awesomeness!
Everyone should be a feminist despite the negative connotations it has recently acquired. Feminism is not about man hating. Feminism is about establishing a standard for how humans behave towards one another independent of sex, gender, race or class.
Rose also was accepted into the show and she will be getting a prize for her awesomeness!
Everyone should be a feminist despite the negative connotations it has recently acquired. Feminism is not about man hating. Feminism is about establishing a standard for how humans behave towards one another independent of sex, gender, race or class.
16 February 2009
Another Zombie
I am staying up all night working, and drawing zombies helps keep me sane. That begs the question, do sane people feel compelled to draw zombies?
It is also a great distraction.
Here is an accompanying haiku.
Smelly zombie wanders.
Terror and mayhem ensues.
Grass sways in the breeze.
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