Category: Art Students League
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I meant to do that…
“All of my friends were there… Not just my friends, But their best friends, too! All of my friends were there, Too stand, and stare” -The Kinks, “All of My Friends Were There” There’s a fine line between a dream and a nightmare, isn’t there? In a dream, you are naked, and with a beautiful…
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The word “economy” refers primarily to the movement of a nation’s resources; and secondarily, to an attempt to spend less. This sums up President Obama’s “balanced” approach to stimulus and deficit cutting, in that order. Polls show this agenda is favored by a majority of Americans. The GOP-dominated Congress has a radically different set of…
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What a Day for a Daydream
Art Students League Summer Art Market is my biggest show by far each year. This year was no different, as a more spacious layout made for a more pleasant experience, and the traditionally perfect weather made a return, after last year’s chilling drizzle. I really enjoy this show on many levels, though its ability to…
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Blue Fox
Just to wrap up on my previous post on a series of sketches I’d been doing in the print studio. Here is the final version, at least for now, as I’m not sure how or whether to pursue the idea. I’m already working on a different thread, and you can get a preview of small…
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Class Act
Stefan from the Tuesday morning Monotype class has been working with fields of color. This is one of his first abstracts from the workshop, and I like it because it has a very balanced color scheme ( the photo exposure may suggest a brown for the darkest swath; it’s actually a rich, wine-y red), simple…
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New Work
I did get some video of Monday’s work session at Open Press, as well as Tuesday’s demo for Introduction to Monotypes at the Art Students League. I’m getting more familiar with iMovie, as evidenced by this 5 minute monster I did to promote my soccer supporters group friends. So I should have at least a…
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Art Star
Took a break from my own projects to go watch a favorite Denver artist do a demo at the Art Students League of Denver. Homare Ikeda has done a lot of monotypes, which is why I often bump into him at Open Press. He’s also on the faculty at ASLD. Here he was doing a…
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State of the Squish
Room of Remembrance, Monotype, 15×22″ I’m going to wrap up a few odds and ends as I gear up for Spring. I’ve spent most of January spamming people. Or hopefully, bac’ning them. Bacn being the kind of spam that you voluntarily sign up for because you have a genuine interest in the subject matter. As…
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An eventful fall around here, not you all might be expected to know it, from reading the World’s Worst Blogger! Here’s a quick recap of what I’ve been up to: *Two workshops, an eight-week and a one-day, completed this Fall. They were well attended and a lot of fun. The next one begins early in…
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The Art Students League is Richardsonian, referring to H.H. Richardson, prominent early 20th Century architect who had a big influence, though most of his actual projects are in the east (the state asylum building near the Albright-Knox in Buffalo, for example). I’m working at the University of Denver bookstore in their receiving department. It’s for…
