Blog: Studio, Shows, Reading, Random Thoughts
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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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National Novel Writing Month is November, and I signed up to pledge my 50,000 words, like thousands of others. Is that why I haven’t been posting here? Well, no. Turns out I’m just as bad at regular fiction writing as I am at regular blogging. But here, just to get the ball rolling again, is…
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About a place I picked up a flyer the other day. It’s for 40W, a nascent non profit group trying to form an Arts District in Northeast Lakewood. Lake wood , about 20 blocks from my house, is a somewhat nondescript suburb that is actually Colorado’s 4th or 5th largest city.
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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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Voices in the Dark
So I headed west, to grow up with the country. Across those prairies, with those fields of grain. And I saw my Devil, and I saw my deep blue sea… -Gram Parsons Gray, heavy sky; dark days with steady rain and sodden ground- glorious weather, really. Parts of our state have had no significant precipitation…
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House Keeper
I hope to write a proper post soon, as it’s been a while. I’ve been pretty busy, ironic since there’s actually plenty to talk about. But to keep things fresh, here’s a link to what I’ve been working on in the studio. I like the house images, but obviously did not want get away from…
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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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