Saturday, July 30, 2011

A MUST SEE!

I first saw this video my senior year of highschool in ap art history.  It had a monumental impact on me.  I have to be honest and admit that before this class I didn't have a true appreciation of classical art.  Without awareness of our past, we can not truly move forward.  What makes this video so significant is that it explains the human beings manipulation of reality in order to suggest a state of being.  

I'm sorry I am really failing at saying what I want to say.  I guess just watch the video.  If you would like to discuss anything I have mentioned or the video, feel free to email me.  I'm always open and looking for a good conversation. 

Sunday, July 17, 2011


bubbs-tri.pe from beeple on Vimeo.
My intentions when making this post were to help me determine future directions for my art.  So, if I am too critical of one of the following works don't be offended.

-The works by Annie Lapin drew my attention because of their ability to play with negative and positive space.  I see some type of water form in the lower left corner but then all the sudden the same relative colors are forming a figure.  What is more, the figure is recognizable even though it has been almost completely abstracted.  I am also intreged by the patterning that the artist uses.  The brush work feels as if it is done quickly and swiftly.  This gives more energy to the piece.  

Annie Lapin

Annie Lapin

Annie Lapin
-  All I can say about the work of Mr. Goolsby from only looking at this piece is that I like the sketchbook quality of his image. 

Clark Goolsby
-The work of Dean Monogenis is confusing to me.  It looks very illustrative due to it's simplification of dimension.  I am interested by the patterning that is evolving in the flatness.  I am also interested in this wierd play I am seeing between geometric and organic marks. 
Dean Monogenis

Dean Monogenis

Dean Monogenis

Dean Monogenis

Dean Monogenis
Dean Monogenis

-Sadovsky's work remins me of a lot of the work I have recently been looking at.  At the moment I'm not sure what to say about her wok.  I think her colors are sort of interesting in that they are very illustrative.  I love all the overlying of pattern.  I should come back to this when I figure out what intests me so much by her work.  Look her name up on google to see more of her work. 
Ella Amitay Sadovsky

Ella Amitay Sadovsky

Ella Amitay Sadovsky

-  I like Hugo's way of visually playing with the idea of a story within a story.  What I mean is he is opening discussion to ideas about what is real.  I really want to bring that into my work. 
Hugo Lugo

Hugo Lugo
-  Formally Francis is a great painter.  he is doing a great job of making painting about painting but also creating an image. 
Ian Francis

Ian Francis

Ian Francis
-James Jean has great line quality in all of his work.  He has a great jesture. 
James Jean

James Jean
-I am intersted in Yeon's works.  I'm not sure what I want to say about them yet though.  I guess they are very bodily. 
Jung Yeon

Jung Yeon

Jung Yeon

Justin Lee Williams

Kerry James Marshall
-There is a patheticness to this painting by Lisa Sanditz.  But I am loving the patheticness of it!
Lisa Sanditz

Justin Lee Williams

-Bohac:  I love how the image only makes sense for one second intervals.  After that, another space forms.  There is a great play with patern, flatness, and depth. 
Nicholas Bohac
-This work by Saddo is just very amusing to me.  I admire artists that can make their work humorous. 
Raul Oprea Saddo




Scott Waters

Scott Waters

Scott Waters

Scott Waters

-Seth Armstong, I stopped to look at your works because they are technically impressive.  What is with the woman looking like they just got assaulted though?
Seth Armstrong

Seth Armstrong


-Kim is amazing when it comes to giving the viewer just enough information to understand what is going on but still leave space in the image.  Also the artist is mastering space and the play between negative and possitive. 
Steve Kim

Steve Kim
-I am loving the works of Fukushima.  They are just the right amount of wrong; the right amount of ugly, pathetic, and childishness.   
Yoshiko Fukushima

Yoshiko Fukushima

Yoshiko Fukushima

Yoshiko Fukushima

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

the painting that I just started.


I think I actually like the painting so far.  It's the first time in a while that I have been able to enjoy a painting in the beginning stages.  





Below are some reference images I've been interested by recently.