Leggoe Land

felt happy

2012-03-02T07:19:00.003-08:00

So a clever boy reminded me that my felting stuff sells super awesome, and thus I should be using my immense amounts of free time to make new creatures. And so I have. Felting always takes way longer than I want it to, making appendages can get tedious and painful with that scary needle I use. I actually already sold the last one (with the pink eyes) and I think I'm going to join my mother selling our creative labors at the Jewish festival here in Tallahassee to hopefully sell the rest.

newness

2012-03-01T14:10:00.002-08:00

Here are a couple more silly watercolors. My mom requested the family portrait of us and our kitties, and I'm pleased with how it came out. And it seems like a great gift idea for the future/ something people would maybe want to commission from me. Since of course everyone loves to see themselves cartoonized.

bead addict

2012-02-26T08:04:00.003-08:00

I can't stop making necklaces. Except that I really need more beads and there isn't anywhere in Tally to get them. I literally drove to every Goodwill store in town the other day trying to find necklaces to repurpose. Out of about 5 stores I found 4 necklaces, it was rather disappointing. But I was extra excited when I found those crazy multi colored beads at a vintage shop (3rd necklace.) Now I need to sell them or my jewelry box is going to explode.

dots

2012-02-24T08:58:00.003-08:00

So I did piles of these kinds of abstract watercolors last year. I have so much fun making them, playing with color and shape simply. I framed a whole bunch of them and they sold amazingly well at the christmas bazaar. These ones just got framed and will be on view and for sale in some Tallahassee home(s) for an open house event. Hopefully they will sell, cuz frames sure are expensive.

more necklaces!

2012-02-20T14:22:00.003-08:00

I redid the red necklace, I hadn't made enough strands and I didn't like shade of blue I used before. Now I really like it, and I used one of my metal pieces, too. The other one is super cute, it is nice and long and I'm really happy with the color combination. It was a nice way to spend the day watching Luther and beading. Kind of an odd combo, but it works for me.

creatures

2012-02-19T11:35:00.002-08:00

I've been felting for quite a while. I took a class at a place here in Tallahassee, Wooly Bully, back in high school. I love that I can make the felt do exactly what I want, plus they carry so many great colors that I always end up spending forever making decisions on what to use. I made a bunch of these critters for my college holiday bazaar each year, and they sold like hot cakes. I need to make new ones to try and sell them here in town.

quilted

2012-02-16T11:29:00.002-08:00

These are some of my last pieces from my final semester. The top one was half of my BFA show. The process is pretty involved, I machine sew them together first, then gesso the areas I want to paint later, then embroider, then oil paint, then stretch it over a panel that I usually tone so slight color shows through. I think I might have described this process before, if so sorry you had to suffer through it again.

more...

2012-02-16T11:19:00.000-08:00

Here are some more silly looking people, I hope you enjoy them.

calligraphy

2012-02-12T08:28:00.001-08:00

I suddenly had the urge to get out the old pen & ink, here are some results. I really enjoy doing it, but being that I don't usually work with text, I don't know what kind of things to make. Preferably some one will see it and realize they need some hand done calligraphy in their life and hire me to do some invitations or something.

new illustrations

2012-02-10T19:11:00.000-08:00

During my visit to Memphis I decided to try my hand at some more fully developed illustrations, I did a few more that I will upload later when the computer stops being belligerent. Feedback, pretty please!

little late

2012-02-10T14:40:00.000-08:00

I guess I neglected posting new work for a while. This stuff is from before I graduated, I need to photograph them better as always.

necklaces

2012-02-10T14:14:00.000-08:00

The last year or so I've been enjoying making necklaces, not my usual thing, but it's a fun time consumer. I use some super old beads from my grandma, vintage necklaces I buy for the beads and new beads from wherever. Often times I have more fun making them than with the finished product. They never seem to come out perfect. But that's okay. I haven't photographed a lot of them, I'll have to get on that. And a few of them I sold over christmas. Anyways, these are two I made today. Don't know why that first one isn't right-side-up, but you get the idea.

faces

2012-01-11T09:11:00.000-08:00

I probably should have taken some illustration classes while in school ( I get to refer to college as past tense now, though it's not quite as exciting as you would think.) Anyways, I can do cute faces, but once I try to make bodies and full compositions my illustrations are no longer very successful. Maybe I will practice now that I seem to have endless free time.

2011-12-09T15:43:00.000-08:00

I sure do love christmas. I can't wait to go home and decorate the house with my mama.

(pictures found here)

metals

2011-12-09T15:04:00.000-08:00

This is the majority of work I did for introduction to metals this semester. I had a lot of fun in the class and I wish making this kind of work didn't need so many specialty materials and studio equipment, I would love to be able to make it at home.

mural

2011-12-05T20:50:00.000-08:00

This is another rather large work study project finally completed. It is located in Frasier at the Youth Visions Community Center for their new garden. We ended up combining our designs, the additions that are mine are the patterns and the font.

I haven't been this excited about a painter in a while

2011-12-05T10:20:00.000-08:00

Steve Kim

sometimes I wish I was a photographer

2011-11-29T07:39:00.000-08:00

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enamel

2011-11-16T14:31:00.000-08:00

I helped Bill Price out with an enameling workshop, so I got to learn, too. It is so easy and I love it. I wish I had time to do more for the christmas bazaar, but here are some necklaces I made. Sorry for the shoddy picture quality. I've done some fun stuff in metals, I just haven't photographed it yet, I'll make sure to get on that.

gingerbread

2011-11-16T14:24:00.000-08:00

This past weekend the ONLY thing I did was slave away on this monstrosity of a gingerbread house. At least it came out pretty awesome. Janie and Biddie were on the team, too they just aren't in the picture.

2011-11-13T20:16:00.000-08:00

this is extremely awkward and I like it
and I find this kind of hilarious

ooooooh

2011-11-09T15:51:00.000-08:00

Watch the documentary on Gary Schott's website NOW!!! please please please. so cute, so clever, so well made. I can pretty much guarantee that you will like it.

gallery

2011-11-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

So I checked out Joe Kievitt's resume to see what galleries he has shown at, since I love his work, and found this great one in Boston. There is an amazing group of artists represented, it is the Ellen Miller Gallery, check it out.

Silly Me

2011-11-09T15:27:00.000-08:00

So this summer while I was on my fabulously fun fellowship across the pond, I attended a two day course at the Royal School of Needlework in London. The school is actually in Hampton Court Palace (so cool) and they offer a certificate and diploma program, as well as a degree program now. I can't believe I forgot that after my class I had decided pursuing embroidery as a career could be super duper great. They teach very specific and historical methods, meaning I would have a highly specialized skill not possessed by most people. I am going to email and ask some questions about careers, but the RSN is sometimes commissioned by the royal family, and I'm sure museums etc. Maybe I could work on historically accurate costumes, or repairing things for a museum. Also I would get to live in London for a bit, the program is really short (less than a year.) This kind of career would be great, too since it wouldn't suck away too much of my creativity and energy for paintings and the like.

More Lester

2011-11-08T17:17:00.000-08:00

For my second interview, I decided to talk to Lester Merriweather again. Because both Amanda and I approached him, Lester suggested we meet in person at a coffee shop. I wasn’t sure if I should have pre-prepared questions, so I spent a couple days thinking about the subjects I would want to discuss, as I figured it would be casual and could be more of a discussion rather than an interview since he seemed so laid back. Amanda typed up questions, so it was a good balance whenever one of us was thinking or writing, the other would ask a question.

I was mainly interested in why he chose to stay in Memphis and what he thinks about Memphis in the realm of the art world. Lester is from Memphis, went away for undergrad and then returned and ultimately stayed in order to stay closely connected with his family. I was glad to hear he shared my opinion of New York. A lot of artists see living in New York as the ultimate goal, but it is unnecessary. It is great to visit, Lester does often, but there is no need to pay exorbitant rent for a tiny apartment in a city that has far more artists than the galleries can accommodate. Lester said that Memphis is great because it is affordable, even to get a separate studio space, and the art community is fairly small so it is easy to get acquainted. There is a shortage of galleries and good spaces to show, however, and so he mainly shows out of town.

I also asked how exactly he stays in contact with the people he meets at shows or residencies. I didn’t know if this meant personal emails or what, but Lester said he mainly sends out show announcements. He finds physically mailing show cards works better since it is more tangible and people sift through email quickly. Sending out fliers shows your development and reminds them of you and your art. We also discussed how he has changed mediums and Lester said that it is important to not just make something beautiful, you need to engage the viewer and always be developing your work. So when you send out those fliers people should be excited to see your new work.

I was a bit nervous about meeting in person, I though I might be awkward or something, but having Amanda there in the same situation was helpful, and Lester isn’t that intimidating. I will definitely try to do more in-person talks in the future.

More updates

2011-11-08T16:51:00.000-08:00

So pieces like this have been my main focus this semester. They are very time consuming as I first have to cut out and sew the fabric together in a composition, then I gesso only the areas I want to paint. I then embroider and paint, and when it is extra dry I stretch them. I know my BFA is a subject everyone loves to talk about, so if you've been waiting diligently to hear what I'm doing, it's pretty much this. One of these will probably make an appearance with some other newer and slightly more abstract ones.

Videos and Derrick

2011-11-08T16:49:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday night I attended the art opening that coincided with Indie Memphis at Playhouse on the Square. There were mainly video pieces, some were projected a block down the road onto the windows of the empty Yosemite Sam’s building and there were others in one of the ballet studios. I really liked the videos projected on the abandoned building; Michael Perry (Peery?) also did a sound piece in the upper floor with the windows open so you could see him playing. He was kind of creepy looking up there all alone, but it was a good addition and made it more enjoyable for the viewer who had to stand in the chilling wind to watch. My main qualm with the videos outside was that the location was a bit awkward for getting foot traffic actually wanting to view the piece. The videos were all very different, and good from what I could tell, though I found it hard to concentrate while I was so cold. The videos inside were definitely more comfortable to view, there were strange chairs made of tires and Adam Farmer had some tunes playing. I find that I’m not a huge fan of video work in general (sorry Dwayne) I want them to move linearly because it is a video, but they rarely do, or I just tire of it before the film is over because I spy something across the room that I would rather look at. Pitiful, I know, but I surely can’t be the only one like this. The 2D work that was outside the ballet studio I found to be rather awkward. I don’t know how it was chosen, but there were only a few pieces and they weren’t thematically related in any way. I also just didn’t find them to be of the same caliber of the video work.

Derrick Dent, a talented alum, also has a small show up at Caritas Village. I am very familiar with his work having pretty much lived with him for a year, and I always love seeing his process and finished work. He has a couple sketchbooks up which put me to shame, and a number of illustration projects, which he shows the start to finish process of. I think it is up for a month, go by and take a look, and check out his blog, too.

update

2011-11-07T10:37:00.000-08:00

While at the same time working on my quilted/painted/embroidered pieces, I've been doing these small oil paintings. When I need a break I do these, I can work quickly and really play with paint and color. They're super duper fun.

Elizabeth Alley interview

2011-11-02T06:40:00.000-07:00

Evan Leggoe-First off, where do you get your reference photos, are they from a specific period in your life?

Elizabeth Alley- Some of the photos are from my life, some are of family members, and some are found photos. But they all have sort of the same feeling, even the found photos. I think most of the ones from my own life are from childhood.

EL- And have you ever made multiple works from the same picture to see if comes out differently?

EA- Yes, I often use the same photo again and again.

EL- I work with a similar concept, actually, and I find it rather exciting to see how I can adjust the same image multiple ways. How do you decide which details to omit, or where to crop?

EA- Deciding how to crop an image really depends on the picture and the painting. Sometimes I might want to include certain body language, and sometimes I might want to crop out interaction and just focus on an individual. I started working that way because I wanted to work from photographs but I take terrible photos, so I would crop them down to a good composition, and it evolved from there.

EL- I also have some questions more related to the business or career side of art. Do you support yourself by selling your art or do you have a "day job"?

EA- I have a day job. (I'm answering your email from there now! Don't tell!) I always have had one.

EL- Either way, do you set aside specific time to work on your art, or do you work when the mood strikes?

EA- I set aside specific time to work on my art. When I first got out of school, I pretty much worked in my studio most nights and most weekends. I now dedicate specific nights and weekend time. Every Tuesday night is Studio Night - I go straight to my studio (it's in my house) and work til I go to bed without stopping to do laundry or to watch TV, etc, and my husband usually fixes my dinner. If I have a big project coming up, I'll work other weeknights as well, but I find that having a big chunk of uninterrupted time works best for me. I also work in the studio a lot on weekends, for at least a few hours on one or both days.

EA- I also tend to make deadlines for myself by scheduling shows, and that helps me to stay focused in the studio. I'm just the kind of person who needs a deadline. My work and focus seem to intensify as the deadline approaches.

EL- How do you think you kind of broke in to the art world? By applying to exhibitions, or good connections?

EA- Yes to both of those - applying to exhibits and good connections - but additionally, I feel like I made my own opportunites. I actively looked for places to show my art, including alternative spaces, such as a short-lived studio/gallery that I can't even remember the name of, Theater Memphis, the Jewish Community Center, etc. I made good connections through my job at UrbanArt, and basically made a point of meeting anybody who might have a connection to a space where I could show my work.

EL- How did you gain gallery representation? Did you submit to them, or were you approached?

EA- I originally gained gallery representation at Perry Nicole Fine Art (which no longer exists) through connections I had made through other artists. I had started a critique group in 1999 or 2000 - 5 or so artists who were out of school and wanting some feedback on our art. One of them had a connection with Perry Nicole and got us a show there (we also had a show together at Marshall Arts). After that show at Perry Nicole, I went to the owners and told them I wanted them to represent me and I wanted to have a show there, and they said okay! (Not every one of that type of ask has ended successfully, though.)

EA- Since Perry Nicole closed, I'm now showing some work at Harrington Brown Gallery. I was approached by them. I'm not fully committed to that gallery, as I've found I really prefer to make my own opportunities for showing my work, such as showing at places like Flicker Street Studio.

EL- How do you feel about the art world and art market in Memphis?

EA- I love the art community in Memphis. We're really supportive of each other - artists from other communities comment on the uniqueness of that. We're also fun - Friday night openings are like weekly built-in parties.

EA- The art market in Memphis has been a little bad for the past few years. I hope it picks up. I've used the opportunity to explore what kind of work I want to make for myself, without worrying about the saleability of it. I really like working that way, and have spent the last year making drawings, tiny paintings, and an illustrated story in addition to the types of paintings I usually make.

EL- Feel free to answer whatever you like and add anything extra if you want.

EA- I'm also teaching classes and workshops at Flicker Street Studio, and I started a group called Memphis Urban Sketchers - we go to places around town and sketch for a few hours once a month.

biography

2011-11-01T13:38:00.000-07:00

I assumed this was supposed to be a short statement rather than a super in-depth life story, so it is pretty short.

I grew up in Tallahassee, Florida with my single mother. She has always fostered my creativity; we always had an art room in our house in which I could do anything I wanted. My mother also taught me to sew, as she is a costume designer. I had a childhood filled with friends and parties. I was free to roam as I wished, whether in a neighborhood or nature, depending on where we were living. I have always enjoyed Florida and the accessibility of nature, we often went on camping trips or day trips to the beach, or canoeing on a river, and I still do. There was never really another interest I was as enthusiastic about as art, and so it was natural that I decided to study art in College. Moving to Memphis was disconcerting for me, I was away from my friends and the landscape I was accustomed to. My art began to focus on my longing for home, though I have now grown to like Memphis.

goals

2011-11-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

In the next year or so I would like to gain experience outside of the academic setting. Ideally this would mean getting a residency, but if not, than I will try to find a job, preferably to do with something I am interested in. Maybe in a local handmade goods shop or a museum, and/or interning.

Within the next 2 years I want to choose and attend a graduate school. First I will need to decide what I want to go for. If I want to teach college, that would mean continuing in fine art, if I want to teach high school, I would need to go for teaching, and if I want a museum job that would be a different program.

After or even during grad school, so potentially in the next 3-6 years I want to have a career. This will probably be dictated by whatever I decide to pursue in school, or I guess whatever I find. Another career possibility I m interested in is having a small business selling handmade craft and art, this would be something I would probably need to partner with someone, or another business to be feasible.

In the next 5ish years I would like to try living out of the country, or at least to travel more, maybe I will look for a grad school out of country.

About a year or two after I am done with grad school I would like to have found a place to settle down, before that though, I would like to live in multiple places and possibly explore the US more to figure out where I would want to live.

I realize that some of these might overlap, and thus my timeline might not be realistic but I think I can accomplish all of these if I can just make my mind about what I want.

Carrie Mae Weems

2011-11-01T13:33:00.000-07:00

I attended Carrie Mae Weems’ lecture at MCA this week. I think it is funny how many more people go to certain lectures just because the person is supposedly more famous. Anyways, it was nice to see a good turn out. I hadn’t seen much of Weems’ work previously except the Snow White piece we saw in Art History, and then what was shown on the Art 21 video. She is a passionate speaker, she has one of those voices that draws you in and makes it seem like she truly means everything she says. Her work is similar, though I wish she had shown more. Weems spent a lot of time on her project against violence in her hometown. I didn’t find it that exciting because I feel that many cities and/or neighborhood groups have done extremely similar things, this time it is just an artist doing it. And the signs didn’t look any different than similar ones I’ve seen in terms of aesthetics, and the message was similar, too. Getting involved in the community is great, but I didn’t think it should be in the same category as her other works which show much more ingenuity. I wish she had talked more about her ideologies and how she represents them in her art. They are fairly obvious but I would have liked to hear her speak about them, and how she came to these conclusions and how she does research. Maybe because she is pretty well known and has done a lot of lectures she assumes we already knew all about it. Hopefully that wasn’t the case since that would be rather self-important. Anyways, it was a decent lecture, but not the best. And I couldn’t believe only one question was asked! My question would have needed a whole other lecture.

Lester Merriweather

2011-10-26T20:28:00.001-07:00

Lester Merriweather might have been my favorite speaker so far (except maybe Hamlett Dobbins.) He didn’t have a power point, which made it more casual, but it wasn’t like he was floundering for things to say. He was well spoken and gave good advice and anecdotes, though it would have been nice to see examples of his work. Having him sit and not have a presentation made it easier to ask questions, which I think we (hopefully) asked more of this time.

Lester was also a good speaker to have because his history is closely related with ours being that he went to school at MCA, and we can relate to the experiences he had and how he used them to his benefit. I think it was really helpful to hear how hard he had to try, and re-try to get opportunities. Knowing that not all successful people are successful right off the bat restores my confidence. I also really appreciated how honest Lester was about using his contacts to his benefit, and how he keep up with all the people in the art world he meets, and because of that he gives other people opportunities while furthering his career at U of M and as an artist. I did find it rather amusing that he found us on facebook, but I certainly don’t mind. Generally Lester seemed really approachable and honest, which I find really helpful in terms of contacting him again if I decide to do so.

Mira Schor

2011-10-20T06:06:00.000-07:00

I found these essays by Mira Schor interesting to read. I find them very relevant to me, being that I am in art school, especially “On Failure and Anonymity.” It did not however crush my dreams, I have realized the truths of being an artist for a while now, though she explains it so well. I think this essay should be passed out in foundations classes. There is definitely a false pretense of romanticism surrounding the artist. Success is not likely, at least not in the sense of notoriety or wealth. I also found it interesting that she said there will always be failure, no matter if you make money or not, because “the relationship between artist and artwork is one of intimacy with the self, and intimacy is truly terrifying and can never be fully achieved.” I think Schor is very intuitive in this statement, art reflects the person who made it and the artist is constantly fighting himself/herself to make something that they are personally satisfied with, but that will also be received by the public. She also talks of the “anonymous life of the studio” of which I can relate to, it is thrilling to work in one’s studio and forget all else but the art you are creating.

As for the other article, “Authority and Learning” I also found it a good read that got me thinking about the role of the teacher and the possible gender disparities that happen everywhere in society, including in the art world. I do not know that the issues of male dominance and females giving in to stereotype happens quite as much at MCA as it apparently did at CalArts, especially between teachers and students. I do know that individuals still prescribe to culturally constructed gender roles and that it can hurt their artwork, and their person. We as artists need to consider ourselves wholly, and not reflect a falsely created personality. Sexuality, especially, should not be a tool used to garner more success. I believe that if you work reflects so called feminine qualities that it should be because you want it to, not just because you are a woman.

I find Mira Schor to be very thoughtful writer; I would love to experience such an empowered female teacher. She brings up issues that are often times skirted around at art school and she is upfront about the truths while still giving her argument thought and purpose.

2011-10-19T15:22:00.000-07:00

This weather is making me feel droopy. So here are some cute things to combat the grayness.

Tracy Lauritzen Wright

2011-10-19T15:21:00.001-07:00

I found Tracy Lauritzen Wright’s lecture very helpful as I have been thinking about Museums as a possible place to find a career. I wasn’t sure how you get into museum jobs, and she shared that there is a museum studies program but that curators often have a doctorate in something like art history. I wish I had thought about these kinds of jobs earlier, maybe I could go to grad school or find an internship that can get me into the field. Tracy got into museum work through an internship she obtained because of her German language skills. It sees that internships are the way to get jobs, so I should get on that.

Tracy was a good talker, nice and speedy. I was glad she shared detail about how her life developed, in terms of the random job at the German museum, to her time in Hungary, to the failed attempt at living in New Mexico. Her experiences seemed more realistic to what most of us will experience. She also shared how hard she tried to get the job at the Civil Rights museum, sending out applications everywhere she could, and constantly checking up on the possible employers. Tracy even admitted that though she was a double major, she didn’t do any career planning. Generally it was a good talk, very to the point and helpful.

Art Shows

2011-10-12T17:52:00.001-07:00

I preferred the opening at the University of Memphis to the Davis Lusk show. The artists at David Lusk were not connected at all visually or otherwise, while the artists at U of M, Richard Knowles and Steve Langdon shared history and their work meshed well together. I especially enjoyed Richard Knowles’ work, particularly the earlier paintings from the 1970’s. There is an amazing variety of brushwork and the color schemes and compositions were well thought out. It was interesting to see a certain visual language carry throughout his work; even though more than 40 years were spanned. Mark making in the abstract pieces carried over to the water pieces as well as the landscapes. I didn’t enjoy Steve Langdon’s work quite as much, but the graphite drawing were intriguing as I fell so few people work in that way with it, there was not a smudge or grease spot anywhere. They did get a bit repetitive for me, though. Except for the dead cat drawings, those were really clever.

At David Lusk, Wayne Edge has the front room. He is a sculptor working with wood, found ceramics, string and rocks. I found the work to be too concerned with aesthetic. I found the repetition of the house form and landscape redundant, too obvious a choice. I did enjoy Ann Siems’ paintings, though the pieces on paper seemed like they needed more effort. I love the strange ghost girls and the wreaths in each painting. The one aspect that was bothering me was technique, the figures seemed like they were between being rendered very well and being rendered awkwardly, I wish they were pushed one way or another.

Whitney Ranson

2011-10-08T18:02:00.000-07:00

The talk Whitney Ranson gave us was pretty good. I liked hearing about the inner workings of the Urban Art Commission because I’ve been thinking about participating in programs like it. I’ve done some similar projects through the Give Back program, but nothing I had to apply for. Now that I know how the selection process works, I’m less nervous about it. I also really appreciate how invested they seem in the whole process, making sure every step is clear, and the artist always has help if needed. I also really like the variety of projects they do, in terms of style and medium, it is so great that this program exists.

I do think she went in to maybe a bit too much detail. I was happy to hear about the Urban Art Commission since I didn’t know much about it, but I would have been more interested in hearing how it started up. I don’t think She was necessarily the person to ask, but I want to know how Memphis got the 1% funding for the arts, and did the Urban Arts Commission get created specifically to handle that? I didn’t need to hear every single step of the process, though maybe it would have interesting if she had shown us more projects as examples. Seeing the original sketch compared to the finished mural was surprising, so I wanted to see how often that kind of shift happens. Overall though, I’m glad we got a bit of diversity in there for our talks so we can see an example of a successful young person in our general field.

Websites

2011-10-04T18:13:00.000-07:00

Apparently I'm sexist. Enjoy.

Super-duper awesome amazingness:

Jillian Tamaki- easy to maneuver because of sidebar, beautiful quality images

Kris Atomic- good separation of categories, previews

Abigail Brown- high quality images, easy

Not so super:

Kehinde Wiley- I love his work , but I'm not a fan of scrolling over the paintings, it moves too fast, also my window isn't big enough to view some of the works in their entirety.

Michael Rytz- again, I like his work but figuring out the top menu thingy is weird

Takashi Iwasaki- my gosh his embroidery is amazing, but when you click on a work to see it large it takes you to a new page so you have to hit "back" to go back to the whole list of works, you can't hit next or anything

Don Estes

2011-10-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

The first thing I must bring up about Don Estes and his studio is how incredibly amazing his studio and living space and how I think every single person in our class was drooling over the building. I think it is important, however to keep in mind that just because you have the most amazing studio ever, doesn’t mean you are going to create good work on a regular basis. Estes seems to keep up a regular gallery practice, and utilizes the capabilities of his space well.

I really enjoyed Estes’ paintings, I looked at his website before we visited his studio and I really prefer the new work he has been developing. I responded to the color palettes and the handling of paint, and I like his thought process behind the subject matter. The idea of land and nature being forcefully divided by man is an interesting one. I also think I like his work because I can compare my own to it in some ways. I also appreciate what great craftsmanship he practices, he thinks about the small details of presentation like angling the support and keeping panel behind the canvas so it won’t sag.

This was a helpful visit in terms of realizing that life might take you away from practicing art for a time, but that it isn’t always a horrible thing, other jobs are sometimes necessary. Estes shared how he started a metalworking company, which supported him financially. It is good to consider what other skills we as artists have besides just making works of art. I think many young artists harbor dreams of being wildly successful artists living like bohemians, but Estes showed us one version of a more practical way of living, while still living “the dream” in that studio of his.

Budget (yuck)

2011-10-04T17:03:00.000-07:00

I'm not so good with keeping track of my spending, and I get a lot of help from my parents with school related stuff, so some of this was hard to calculate.

Rent- $370

Studio Rent- none (school studio)

Bills- $40-100

Car expenses- nada

Loans- approximately $6,800 (cumulative)

Food- $150

Entertainment- $50

Clothes- $50

Art supplies- irregular from $50-150

Cable/internet- zippo

Phone- not sure

Insurance- on my mama's

Credit Card- none

Pets- none

I also spent about $130 this past month on applying to only 2 residencies, cost of printing out photos, shipping, application fee

So not counting paying back my loans and the amount spent on applications, and using the highest amounts where it fluctuates, that is $870 a month.

The only income I have during the school year is work study and any commissions/art sales I might happen across. During the summer I have a full time job and earn around $2,600 in total. Meaning it is pretty obvious that without my parents help I would be screwed!

So if I kept this lifestyle up, a 40 hour job paying $9/hour would definitely suffice at $1,440 a month. But of course that isn't taking into consideration the possibility of me getting a car, or loan payments.

Hamlett Dobbins

2011-09-28T14:33:00.000-07:00

I really enjoyed the talk Hamlett Dobbins gave us in class. I feel like I hear his name mentioned quite often, but was never sure what he did, besides run the Clough Hanson Gallery at Rhodes. I am definitely impressed by all the many things he is involved in- Marshall Arts, Material, his own studio practice, Rhodes, and personal collaborations. I appreciate how much he divulged, starting with undergrad and how Dobbins worked then and what he went through after graduating, to Grad school, to the decisions he made after Grad school. He was thorough, but not in a bland way, he was candid and shared things that you don’t usually hear about, like crappy jobs and relationships. I especially appreciated him sharing why he went to the University of Iowa, what that did for him, and why he chose to return to Memphis. I think he might have lucked out career-wise, it seems as though his job at Marshall Arts kind of fell into his lap. I don’t think everything was by chance, though, it definitely seems as though he works hard and has continued to work hard in his studio while trying to make the art scene in Memphis better, and maintaining a family life.

Dobbins definitely stressed how making connections is important; people are more receptive when they actually know you. Also, how it can be challenging balancing home life with studio practice and a career, and how he separates them to keep his sanity. In general, he was just really helpful on all fronts, and I liked the way he set up his presentation and his way of speaking. I didn’t really have any questions because he covered everything so well.

some more

2011-09-23T08:19:00.000-07:00

Here are some more new pieces. Look at all that pink, I just can't resist it. Anyways, the bottom one is the only large one (3x3') and it has embroidery, not that you can really tell in this picture.

Newness

2011-09-21T18:46:00.000-07:00

I'm in Abstract Painting this semester and we are supposed to do a painting every class period, meaning 2 whole paintings a week, oh my! Lucky I'm a pretty fast painter so I haven't struggled (until I just started adding embroidery.) And they can pretty much be whatever size you want, here are the first of them.

Before and After

2011-09-21T17:19:00.000-07:00

Evan though I do have nice photos of my work right now, this was good practice. Though it still seems kind of like lying even though it is my work and I'm just trying to make it look more accurate, because apparently my camera harbors a hatred of my art.

exhibitions

2011-09-19T10:52:00.000-07:00

I'm having trouble finding exhibits that I would actually be interested in, or that sound at least semi-legit. A lot of the online galleries seem really cheesy. I printed out the information, but here is where I found most of them.

videos

2011-09-19T09:09:00.000-07:00

I don't usually search out artist films but these two are great! And completely different.

Scintillation

Olive and Mocha: Fast Times at Sugar High

Greely Myatt

2011-09-18T21:00:00.001-07:00

I had seen Greely Myatt’s work before we went to David Lusk Gallery this week. It was when there were multiple shows all around Memphis, including the Brooks, featuring Myatt. At the time I enjoyed the work I saw, but I wasn’t sure of the conceptual background. I felt kind of the same way at the gallery, I enjoy the speech bubble pieces, and I can guess at concept, but I meant to ask him so I could really find out. I do think he doesn’t even know what some of his works are about because he is enjoying experimenting with the materials, which I think is fine. Especially since he knows it. I definitely feel like we talked more about formal construction versus concept, I guess I should have asked a better question or something. Though he did have a habit of starting off trying to answer the question but moving into a different, only semi-related subject. Sometimes I just wanted a straightforward answer, especially to the “business of art” related questions, because he was a bit vague where I wanted specifics.

Myatt was very easy going, not intimidating to ask questions, which was good practice for our first visit outside of the classroom. I definitely think we all need to work on better questions, though. He was very open and his work is very fun to look at, but maybe we need more controversy to bring out better questions or something. It was definitely a good experience, and I’m glad to have finally gone in the David Lusk Gallery because, I’m ashamed to admit, I hadn’t before.

floral

2011-09-17T14:24:00.000-07:00

I can't resist anything involving cute flowers. Especially when it involves pink. I'm not really sure when I became so girly, but it's okay with me. The first Image is from Rifle Paper Co., one of those businesses I really admire and wish I was a part of. The other image is from here, I'm not really sure what's going on in it, but I sure do like it.

Statement of Intent

2011-09-16T10:09:00.000-07:00

So I think I might have taken this home and not actually turned it in. But here it is, I used part of my draft artist statement so just bear with me if you are reading it.

I make art about the nostalgia I feel towards my home region of Florida and my relationships by using imagery of nature, and my friends interacting within nature. When I moved to Memphis I immediately found a new appreciation for my home. I began to romanticize my memories and so I began making art focusing on my skewed recollections. By using personal photos I have a tangible reference to start from, and by abstracting the imagery I make the pieces less specific, and therefore more relatable to others beside myself. I do however leave clues of the original occasion so that they are not only recognizable to me, but the friends involved. I simplify the color palette to help exaggerate elements of the composition and to reflect how some details are lost in memory.

I would like to transform Rust Hall into a scrapbook of sorts. My works will line the walls; they will range from 18×24” to 5×7”. The arrangement will alternate form groupings of paintings, to rows two paintings deep and to single pieces. This will give variation and emphasize a kind of timeline. While the subject matter will be similar, certain events will be depicted multiple times, and certain figures will become recognizable throughout the works. I will utilize oil painting, embroidery and watercolor. Some pieces will include only one of these mediums, while some will combine them. This will break up any possible monotony while adding emphasis to certain images through the technique and the level of abstraction. I will decide how much to abstract each image based on the importance of the event, place and/or people depicted to give certain pieces significance.

In viewing the gallery space the viewer will recognize a progression of how I view my experiences through my memory. Certain elements are repeated not only to show their importance, but also to show how these relationships and events I find comforting are rather unchanging because of my separation from home, while in Memphis I don’t have the same kinds of experiences, so I am left to reminisce over old ones.

My Artist Statement

2011-09-16T10:06:00.000-07:00

I forgot to post this before class-

I make paintings about the nostalgia I feel towards my home region of Florida and my relationships by using imagery of nature, and my friends interacting within nature. When I moved to Memphis I immediately found a new appreciation for my home. I began to romanticize my memories and so I began making art focusing on my skewed recollections. By using personal photos I have a tangible reference to start from, and by abstracting the imagery I make the pieces less specific, and therefore more relatable to others beside myself. I do however leave clues of the original occasion so that they are not only recognizable to me, but the friends involved. I simplify the color palette to help exaggerate elements of the composition and to reflect how some detail are lost in memory.

I use many different techniques as each one allows me to emphasize different aspects of my work. Oil painting permits editing, texture and immediacy, while the edition of embroidery makes the work more precious and personal. Watercolor represents memory well in the way the colors can bleed together, altering the image. Printmaking and papermaking are methodical, I feel as though I create a believable falsity based off reality because of how authentic these works appear.

I work with very personal subject matter but I strive to represent it in a way that can appeal to many viewers who can find something in the works that cause them to reminisce on their own experiences. I do this through differing amounts of abstraction, an appealing color palette and by making the works an accessible size so as to not overwhelm. My location dictates my comfort, and so I represent that which I find the most reassurance in.

Happy Go Lovely

2011-09-10T20:51:00.000-07:00

Isn't that the cutest name? Your general run of the mill 1950's comedy involving mistaken identities and dancing and cute clothes. But goodness some of the sets and outfits are phenomenal. Scientists need to hurry up and make a time machine, I think I was meant to be in that dance number.

Jiha Moon

2011-09-10T20:45:00.000-07:00

I attended Jiha Moon’s Lecture and show this weekend. She has been living in America for over 10 years and is From South Korea, it seems as though Moon struggles with her ethnic identity because she is obviously not American, and now when she returns to Korea she is considered Americanized and feels like a tourist. I think Moon uses this to her advantage as her paintings are smashed full of cultural references from both countries. She likes the idea that nothing is pure; Moon has no problem admitting that her references are borrowed, though they are chosen for humor or significance. Apparently Moon started as a figurative painter, which I find hard to imagine because her work is quite abstract, thought there are a lot of very tightly rendered areas. I don’t like all of her works, some of them just have too many super bright colors for my liking, but she does some really nice work, and I especially like the pieces that play of different interpretations of language. Often times the titles are kind of snarky, and Moon was quite amusing and clever when speaking. She was also just really great at talking about the work without making it boring or too detailed by mixing in little stories. Pretty much she was adorable and had some really great nuggets of wisdom like “when you trust yourself too much then the paintings get boring.” I think everyone at our school needs to think about that. Moon also thinks that utopia would be boring. At first I was unsure about that statement and then I realized how right she is. What a clever lady.

Artist Statements

2011-09-07T16:53:00.000-07:00

Well I'm just gonna put the links up, hopefully that's okay. I have found that a lot of artist statements use a lot of words to say very little. Some of these aren't that great, but I don't think any of them are horrible. I guess because I was only looking at websites of artists I like. Not that having me as a fan necessarily makes them smart, but I might have to disown them if they can't write a semi-credible artist statement. Or at least delete my bookmark.

Presentations

2011-09-07T16:50:00.000-07:00

Our first assignment and real interaction with each other was this past week. Maybe it wasn’t so much interaction as a chance to learn about each other, which was great. I thought everyone did well, though I must say it was hard for me to stay quiet sometimes, I really wanted to talk and critique the artwork more than the presentations themselves. Good old MCA has me all trained up in that regard. Though sometimes I feel that I’m the only one who wants to share my opinions. I know I wasn’t the only one to talk, but hopefully we will get comfortable quick because discussion is important. Especially because we are learning how to present ourselves professionally and making good first impressions is key to success. Strangers are going to be more judgmental out of convenience so I’m happy to get the chance in this class to attempt to become comfortable with the business end of life.

The presentations held my interest, though there was definitely variation in the ease with which some people spoke, and of course in the kind of work shown. I’ve had multiple classes with some of my classmates and so I’m very familiar with their work, but mostly I was excited to get a chance to see the full depth of everyone’s work. Generally I think this was a valuable assignment to help us in the future when critiquing each other’s assignments since we now know where everyone is coming from. Hopefully next time we will all be a bit more forthcoming in not only taking about our own work, but about our classmates’ as well.

fun fun

2011-09-02T12:23:00.000-07:00

So I want to make this blog more interesting, so I'm gonna start posting inspiration pictures, and whatever else tickles my fancy. This is Riikka Sormunen, and oh how I love her work. Seriously, go to her website and fawn over the amazingness.

Looky!

2011-09-02T12:15:00.000-07:00

I finally got professional quality photos taken of my most recent work. Thank goodness.

Professional Practices

2011-08-30T20:24:00.000-07:00

This is the first assignment for Professional Practices, I didn't include the questions, but I sure hope it flows enough so that you can figure out what I'm talking about. And holy moly it's long! whoops.

I make all kinds of work; I like to learn techniques outside of my declared concentration. So sometimes my work can be a bit scattered in imagery. I paint, I embroider and sew, I do printmaking and papermaking and now I’m taking a metals class. My art could be described as personal, nostalgic, embellished, simplified or sometimes over-done, girly, harmonious in color, patterned, textured, varied. I think some of my art skills can lend themselves to other careers besides a fine artist, such as sewing; I am also a good baker and know how to decorate cakes with the fancy icing tips. As for real work experience, I’ve worked retail, which sucked, and I’ve been a camp counselor for four years and it’s awesome. I have tried to sell work and show it, though most of the selling goes on at the school bazaar and another bazaar back at home. Same goes for publicly showing work, it hasn’t really gotten seen outside of MCA too much, though I did have a show this summer at a local gallery and sold some work. I did go to the job fair event last semester and my work was over all very well received, Linda Ross and Robert from David Lusk both had positive things to say, so that’s a good sign I suppose. I don’t particularly care about showing in big galleries that are snobby and competitive, but I would like to show at local galleries, mainly I think I will take what I can get.

Professional friends? I’m not sure I’ve reached the point in my life where I have professional friends, I know my fellow student will hopefully be there someday and we can all benefit from each others connections, but it hasn’t happened yet. I do know a number of people back at home involved in the art community, whether teachers or admirers, who could probably help me make connections. I look at a lot of blogs, through which I find artist websites. Not many of the blogs are fine art related, though, I tend to look at more interdisciplinary blogs like Lost at E Minor, and multiple that are geared more towards interior decoration/cute craft and house stuff like Poppytalk and Design Sponge. I would love to be a contributor on one of these kinds of blogs, or have my own similar to them. I would also love to have a community of artists wherever I decide to settle that can discuss and critique and inspire each other. I know with the blogs I follow I could probably try right now to get myself out there and send them my work, or start getting my blog more interesting, but I haven’t yet. As for other things I’ve have already done, I applied a while back to the AICAD exchange program, but didn’t get it, I did however just get the travelling fellowship, and I am currently applying to the Penland Core program.

The internet makes it really easy to find good art, some of those who I’ve found and really love are Riikka Sormunen, Joe Kievitt, Maya Bloch, Mariska Kasz, and Louise Bourgeoius. Riikka Sormunen does illustration work, I think mainly freelance and commercial, but she doesn’t have much information listed about herself. Joe Kievitt does a lot of public commissions and shows at galleries in the North East. Maya Bloch is more of a fine artist showing in galleries and is associated with Thierry Goldberg in NYC. Mariska Karasz worked in the early 20^th century and started as a fashion designer and then shifted to what I would call fine art embroidery, she exhibited a lot, wrote a book and helped to revitalize the medium. Louise Bourgeoius of course is extremely well known, and showed at all the big galleries and is in many museum collections, I just really appreciate her diverse body of work. Because I found most of these artists on the internet, I’m not really sure how well known they are, or who their major viewers are. Karasz and Bourgeoius are both dead, so I can’t contact them, but I have already interviewed Joe Kievitt, and would definitely contact the others, probably through email.

integration

2011-08-25T18:27:00.000-07:00

I did a number of these small pieces at the very end of last semester, finally combining painting and embroidery. I don't know why I put it off so long, but I really thought it wasn't going to work out. I'm happy with the results, though and this semester I plan on continuing.

progress!

2011-04-23T10:06:00.000-07:00

These continue on the same series as the last diptych. I am very pleased with them, I feel like I've finally made the breakthrough I was waiting for. I have gotten down to the minimal amount of information I need. I think next I'm going to do small ones.

SHOW!!!

2011-04-18T20:16:00.000-07:00

One of the requirements of my painting seminar class is to have a show. Unfortunately for me I should have tried harder to find a more legit space rather than my apartment, but I didn't want to pay to use a gallery. I put up posters around MCA so hopefully people will show up. The bottom picture is a peak at some of the work that I will be hanging. If you are in Memphis I better see you Friday!

Plus I'm going to be baking cookies and decorating eggs all day in preparation.

diptych

2011-04-18T20:10:00.000-07:00

(detail shot)

Because of my watercolors I decided to try and achieve some of the same washy effects, and use the negative space in my oil painting. It was hard because it means that as soon as I cover up the white, I can't get it back, so I had to work more purposefully. In addition to the washy paint, there are areas of super thick paint that don't show up in the photos. Also this is what my studio is lookin' like currently.

cloudy

2011-04-18T20:05:00.000-07:00

Based this piece off a photo Anna took while we were down at St. Joe last summer. I am of course having trouble photographing it, there is quite a bit of texture you can only see in person. Though I'm pretty happy with it, looking back at the first stage makes me want to go back and adjust the ground, maybe make it bolder, and more cohesive with the top half of the painting.

simple

2011-03-24T19:51:00.000-07:00

Here are prints from my first two editions in printmaking this semester. I did the first, an etching, in a black ink for the edition, the other is drypoint. Since then we have done monotypes and are working on large plates (these are probably 4x5")

I have continued on the watercolor kick, not feeling like oils. These are so different from how I used to watercolor, but I'm enjoying them, or rather some of them. Here are a few, I'll maybe add more later.

I have continued on the watercolor kick, not feeling like oils. These are so different from how I used to watercolor, but I'm enjoying them, or rather some of them. Here are a few, I'll maybe add more later.

colorwatershapes

2011-03-24T19:48:00.000-07:00

I've been kind of interviewing Joe Kievitt and I was inspired to try something new after looking at the artists he mentioned, and of course his work, too. So I made some abstract watercolors, here are my two favorites that I created, these are NOT Joe Kievitt's.

seminar

2011-02-28T08:33:00.000-08:00

For my painting seminar class I am working a lot smaller and trying to incorporate not only paintings, but embroidery and possibly quilting and something involving fake flowers. Notice I said trying, I don't think I am there yet. Next time I am going to finish the painting first, before working on the embroidery so that I can base it off the composition. The embroidery takes soo long using that satin stitch, but the time passes quickly when doing it. Plus I watch billions of movies while I embroider.

pines

2011-02-28T08:24:00.000-08:00

Well hopefully I am going to get even better at process photos, I still forgot to take one of the first stage. For this piece I worked from a photo I took of one of my favorite Florida scenes and abstracted it through pattern. Once again I reworked it after my critique, and this is more where I see my paintings this semester going rather than the previous one with the window. For the next one, though I want to push the paint even farther and let the imagery get more distorted.

landscape

2011-02-28T08:18:00.000-08:00

My painting 5 class focuses on landscape and still life, and the use of windows. I took that pretty literal for this first assignment and I wasn't too pleased with the results so after my critique I reworked it. Unfortunately I was not smart enough to take a "before" picture, so you will just have to trust me that it changed a lot.

over christmas...

2011-02-16T19:22:00.000-08:00

I wanted to be at least slightly productive while I was at home for the holiday, and so I started quilting and making necklaces.

final project for surface design

2011-01-05T19:11:00.000-08:00

This piece is SERIOUSLY hand made, I pulled the japanese style paper myself, as well as made the lace and even the light box. I am pretty happy with it, though it could use some tweaks. Mainly I love the effect of the lightbox with the layers of paper and lace, I will definitely think about this for future projects.

Also as a general note, sorry about my crappy photo quality, I'm not sure if it is me or my camera, most likely a combination. I'm not sure what to do about it, though seeing s my work can't be scanned because it is so large.

final painting project '10

2011-01-05T18:55:00.000-08:00

This project was supposed to revisit our first one, and the theme of exile, but we were supposed to work towards abstraction. I decided since I have trouble abstracting, mainly because I overwork, that I would do multiple small pieces and have a time limit. This worked okay for some of them and not so much for a finished project being that each panel has a figure, not really lending to a feeling of exile. oops. It's not a total loss, I really do like some of them. Mainly the ones I spent about 20 minutes on. The last picture is my studio just to show you how big the pieces are in relation to one another. The full abstract piece is 3x3' which was the smallest we could make anything, unless the total square feet added up to that.

more of course

2011-01-05T18:45:00.000-08:00

Strangely enough, these two were early paintings in the semester, but I kept wanting to rework them so I didn't want to put up pictures. I did end up reworking the top one quite a bit. I didn't really get a good picture of it, and apparently it was my weakest of the semester according to my teacher. I tried to make this one fit my ideas more in terms of fantasy and pattern becoming real, but i guess it was too much or something. The bottom one has a color palette and composition I am pretty happy with, but I really didn't get the figures proportional. And it was pretty stressful for me having live models at my personal disposal, especially ones who also paint and whose opinions I care about.

Oh my goodness, abstraction!

2010-12-06T14:04:00.000-08:00

So I don't usually paint abstract. In fact I think this is the first time I have ever gone completely non-objective. I thought for a really long time about this painting before I started it because I was so nervous. I eventually decided to pick a simple color palette ahead of time and to do a repeating pattern. The only thing that really stuck from my first ideas was the palette, when I started actually painting it wasn't going as I wanted and I eventually got to the "fuck this" stage and just started doing whatever I thought might look cool. Which I think is the problem with a lot of abstract painting, since it is all arbitrary people go too crazy and it ends up being a big mess. I really like how mine turned out, though! Actually, it makes me smile when I think about it.

finished!

2010-12-06T13:58:00.000-08:00

So I completed the clamshell today. They are really quite stressful to create because everything has to be measured and cut perfectly, which is pretty much impossible for me, but it still looks nice. I live the blue and gold book cloth, and the sheets I made for the inside of the clamshell are nice and simple, I hope you enjoy!

my new papermaking project!!!

2010-12-05T19:20:00.000-08:00

I am extremely excited about this one! We have been working on the same project all semester, which can be kind of frustrating, but at least I really like how mine is coming out. This project involved pulp painting(with sparkles in the pigment!) letter press, and watermark for the broadsides. I also marbled paper for the beginning and end, (not photographed yet,) and I am making a clamshell style box for it to be housed in. It is also pretty cool because my class is doing an exchange portfolio so I get everyone else's project, too! Though that of course meant that we had to do an edition of 12, which is quite a lot considering there are 5 panels.

P.S. Switch the order!! The panel with red type is first, and the one with the single bird is last!!

2010-12-02T18:34:00.000-08:00

This is my most recent piece, I first made a collage and then worked the painting from the collage.
self portrait done from observation

2010-12-02T18:27:00.000-08:00

I have recently been teaching myself how to create bobbin lace, so far only simple patterns. Stay tuned for a project incorporating lace and possibly some hand made japanese style paper.

pillows

2010-12-02T18:20:00.000-08:00

I made these with the hopes of selling them as well, but alas not one of them sold. Luckily my Mama's church has a holiday bazaar so I passed them along to her, hopefully they will be more popular in Tallahassee.

holiday felt

2010-12-02T18:11:00.000-08:00

I went in to factory mode to produce things to sell for my school's bazaar, and then pretty much nothing sold.

2010-12-02T18:05:00.000-08:00

My first painting of the semester blending nicely with my studio.

My studio!

bones

2010-12-02T18:02:00.000-08:00

Current surface design work, silk screening pattern.

2010-12-02T17:58:00.001-08:00

This is the cover of my project sketchbook
little card I made for a friend's birthday based off of William Morris

papermaking

2010-12-02T17:37:00.000-08:00

This is my project from last semester in papermaking which I made around my mixed feeling towards my hair. Yes, my hair. It is red. Which can be nice, but sometimes not so much.

plaid

2010-12-02T17:33:00.000-08:00

So I like plaid a whole lot. Since taking this picture I have acquired at least 5 more plaid shirts. But I wear them, I promise! If there were an Evan Leggoe uniform it would definitely involve plaid.

2010-12-02T17:21:00.000-08:00

I got this adorable tea set at a thrift store! The plates are a slightly stranger story, I was at an estate sale and the lady asked if I was from the art school, and when I said yes she showed my some prints she had and asked if I would color them in. I did, and when I returned them the next week, she said I would go far, and that I could pick something to take, so of course I went straight for these beautiful plates!

Old Paintings

2010-12-02T17:15:00.001-08:00

The colors are a bit different in life, but you get the gist. Just some silly little guys floatin' around on flowers.
This was done for an assignment where I had to create 50 paintings, so I chose to do a kind of friend map.

printmaking

2010-12-02T17:10:00.000-08:00

I made these in one semester exploring the same concept of home and what I missed about Florida.

s'more surface design

2010-12-02T17:06:00.000-08:00

Silk Scarf using gutta resist
My first embroidery

some old surface design experiments

2010-12-02T16:56:00.000-08:00

2010-12-02T16:48:00.000-08:00

So I am reawakening my blog. I am going to try and post not just from classes, but my other creations and possibly some other fun stuff. Maybe since it won't just be computer graphics class stuff, people will read and enjoy!

ralphie constructed in 3D!

2010-05-09T14:41:00.000-07:00

another simple pattern

2010-05-03T15:29:00.000-07:00

Ralphie!

2010-04-26T09:19:00.000-07:00

I haven't done a final test yet so he might not be completely done, but here he is (as well as the simple but obnoxious pattern I made for his clothes.)

2010-04-05T12:10:00.001-07:00

So I wanted to do print on something unusual to make mine more exciting, but what I was envisioning doesn't seem to be possible. So maybe I will just make a nice postcard, it will showcase more of my work anyhow. Not really sure about what I've done for the front side yet, suggestions?

garden ghosties

2010-03-31T16:34:00.000-07:00

Our next project is self promotion and I really want to do something unexpected. Or at least not just a postcard. I think I'm going to try and work in pattern, maybe something like this page from my sketchbook.

more final logos

2010-03-22T13:04:00.000-07:00

my adorable little edamame

2010-03-22T11:48:00.000-07:00

I couldn't decide between the two versions, so here are both!

First drafts of the logos

2010-03-22T07:00:00.000-07:00

I'm not quite satisfied with these, I had trouble getting the right shapes and lines as smooth as I wanted.

logo sketches

2010-03-07T13:08:00.000-08:00

caricature

2010-03-01T12:22:00.000-08:00

so here are the original and final product of my caricature. i opted for flowers and such instead of cars since i'm not really a fan of cars and electronics as much.