2014
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Here’s state 3 of the new block print, The Goodwill Bike. It’s 4 x 6 inches.
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It’s a family! It’s a family with their dogs! It’s a singing family Christmas card!
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Here’s what the block looks like fully carved. … and here’s a view of some of the printed cards. Cut, carve, gouge, slice, nick, nick, nick! (That’s the sound of the linocut carving in progress.) G strings for Christmas… along with E, A, D, and B. And the dogs go, “Woooooooo!” I finished the drawing…
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Every good painting takes me down a path that eventually leads to a catastrophe. The trick is getting past it. That’s the secret ingredient in this little 5 by 4 inch survivor.
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I rediscovered this collage last week when I needed an image to announce TVAA‘s new community post page. The idea was to promote a new feature that gives visual artists a way to post their own announcements on the site. As often happens when designing a visual hook for a TVAA post my first impulse is…
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I printed one of the houseghost images on canvas and mounted it on gatorboard in a couple of sizes. The point was to create a starting off point for more explorations of the image. And it worked!
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I’ve been having fun working with the second houseghost and making new variations. Here’s the original followed by two new versions.
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I just put the finishing touches on the fourth houseghost. One of my favorite parts is the plant, of all things. Time for a Kaliber.
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What once was black and white is now getting a splash of color.
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In June the Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance held a panel discussion on journaling. The artists on the panel included Melissa ‘Sasi’ Chambers, Lisa Cheney, Pam McKnight, Terry Burkes, Jeanette Ross, and Beau van Greener, moderated by Dr. Kathleen Keyes. The “Aha!” moment for me happened when each of the artists on the panel talked about…
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Here’s the latest houseghost progression. For the past few paintings I’ve been trying out a new technique — creating a black/white/gray image first, then overlaying color. What I’ve discovered is that oftentimes the intermediate steps are fine and could be finished images all on their own.
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This houseghost took six weeks to fully form. Here’s a little slideshow of the many phases of Jo the Houseghost. Cast your vote for which point in the painting I should have stopped fiddling with it!
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I was just playing around with Photoshop the other day after re-discovering a favorite Edward Hopper painting, Automat. Here’s my version of a metamorphosis using my favorite Chicago girl, Lina Lou.
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I’ve been drawing tons of coffee cups as a way to practice for the houseghost paintings. Everybody knows houseghosts are always drinkin’ coffee, so I need to learn how to paint a convincing cup. A page of sketches in my new journal suddenly got more lively when some inspiring words were added. I mentioned in…
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Step by slow step, Jo the houseghost emerges from the darkness.
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Let me just tell you a thing or two about these houseghosts. They walk around as if they own the place. But they don’t. They don’t own the place. They’re just visitors. Not owners. And as visitors they have very few rights. They do, and I emphasize do, get to roam around the place and…
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Over the past couple weeks I’ve been thinking of the sound byte that starts the TED radio hour on NPR. There are several snippets from various TED talks in the intro, and one of them is Regina Dugan talking about her passion for pushing the boundaries of flight. She says, “We’ve had to believe in…
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Over the past several months I’ve really started using tools like Photoshop and Instagram to play with the images I paint. It’s a great way to while away the hours in the evening, re-coloring, changing focus, adding details, stretching, and trying out new stuff. When I re-discovered collage earlier this year, I started to think…
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I had a stroke this week and I am okay. I just wanted all my friends to know this. I really am okay. It was a scarey week but with love and support from friends, family, co-workers, the Ada County Paramedics, and the hospital staff and doctors at St. Al’s, I am now relaxing at…
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Nobody’s really sure where they come from. Probably Portland. Or Boise’s North End.
Angels on Bikes 