2008, April 18
The Voice of God…?
I was awoken early this morning by a chiming sound that was not my alarm. As I lay in bed I realized that a little metal effigy on the bedroom altar was making the sound. I got up to still the object thinking it odd that a truck or faraway train rumble could be causing the vibration. When I let go of the vibration continued. “Odd”, I thought, “maybe it’s an earthquake?” not really believing it was one. Turns out I was right the first time. The news is saying we got a 5.4 quake. Not something we’re accustomed to in the Midwest.
Work in the studio continues at a slow pace. I’ve been drawing in the composition on the new canvas. It’s a big one, 85 x 65”, and a bit unruly to work with. I’ll have to set up some system to be able to reach all the areas comfortably. It’s been a while since I worked on this scale. One other 72 x 42” canvas is stretched and ready to go, another stretcher of the same size has yet to be built.
I have a couple of concerns about the work needed for the WI exhibit. The first is the amount of work I will need to fill the gallery(about 2400 sq. feet). If I use some older works with newer works I will have plenty to make a good presentation. Naturally, I would prefer to have as much new work as possible. One thing I have to remember is that most people will have never seen any of the work so how old it is doesn’t really matter in that respect.
The second concern is whether the span of work will work as a cohesive unit. How do my older works relate, compare or contrast the newer works? There has definitely been a shift in my focus in the last decade of so. The water paintings, the black and white wood relief prints to the family paintings and the color prints. A bridge between these areas of emphasis is required if I intend the entire exhibit to hold together and not look like some schizoid man has created it.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Start/stop/start again...
2008, April 10
Installation at my day job hasn’t permitted me to keep up with this blah-g thing so now I’m doing a little catch up.
I’m looking forward to my trip to Zapopan in Jalisco, Mexico in a couple of weeks. I leave the day before my birthday and come back 5 days later. I’ll be in curator mode but will be carrying along my iPod filled with samples of my work to show around as well. I’d love to have a show in Mexico someday.
The show in Milwaukee, WI at Latino Arts Inc. is set for a December 2008 opening. That really isn’t too far away. I hope to have a mix of older and newer works in the show. In particular, I’m looking to include a few new paintings along with the new color wood block prints.
Though things have been moving slowly at the studio I have gotten some things done. I carved and printed two new 3 x 4” color wood block relief prints. I really love the way they’ve turned out and hope to gets some shots up here soon. The canvas that presented an image to me (see my Jan. 22 post) has been started. The image has already morphed into something different but I really like what it can become. The image will be a play on my print “Herencia”. I’ve attempted to paint that image a few times now and I think I finally have the right models and composition/setting.
New inks, paper and a large bolt of canvas are on their way from WA. If everything arrives soon I can stretch and gesso some canvases this weekend.
Things on the horizon: I’ll be self-publishing a book of my images in the somewhat near future. Any suggestions on which images you’d like to see reproduced?
Installation at my day job hasn’t permitted me to keep up with this blah-g thing so now I’m doing a little catch up.
I’m looking forward to my trip to Zapopan in Jalisco, Mexico in a couple of weeks. I leave the day before my birthday and come back 5 days later. I’ll be in curator mode but will be carrying along my iPod filled with samples of my work to show around as well. I’d love to have a show in Mexico someday.
The show in Milwaukee, WI at Latino Arts Inc. is set for a December 2008 opening. That really isn’t too far away. I hope to have a mix of older and newer works in the show. In particular, I’m looking to include a few new paintings along with the new color wood block prints.
Though things have been moving slowly at the studio I have gotten some things done. I carved and printed two new 3 x 4” color wood block relief prints. I really love the way they’ve turned out and hope to gets some shots up here soon. The canvas that presented an image to me (see my Jan. 22 post) has been started. The image has already morphed into something different but I really like what it can become. The image will be a play on my print “Herencia”. I’ve attempted to paint that image a few times now and I think I finally have the right models and composition/setting.
New inks, paper and a large bolt of canvas are on their way from WA. If everything arrives soon I can stretch and gesso some canvases this weekend.
Things on the horizon: I’ll be self-publishing a book of my images in the somewhat near future. Any suggestions on which images you’d like to see reproduced?
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