leda and i did a creative & performing arts award project together; have a photo of me installing it in the gallery space. so much tulle and paint and pins ah!
lotus. nineteen. pdx -> nh.
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i am thrifty and i am absolutely filthy in thought, word and deed.
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ghost(s) at the door
and this is the fever dream drawing that started it all. after i did this, i think i went and got tremendously drunk.
still, one of the best things i’ve ever done, maybe.
haven’t posted my work here in a while. here’s a photo of a pretty pivotal piece— i’ve found it, the root of everything.
really awful photo of the painting i did last night. sent it to v with the caption “blood, sweat, tears” which was apt because i’ve shed all three in both the studio & in his presence. do i sound preoccupied? i’m a little preoccupied. i also told him that if he didn’t hear from me again within the hour he should probably call the police.
it was three-thirty in the morning and i heard a knocking on the door and freaked out but when i answered it was an acquaintance of mine, who’d taken the course last year. he was working in the studio next door and was hoping we could walk home together. he showed me his work and we talked about the making of art and the courses we’d taken and. i am so in love with the culture of art students here. yes, sometimes there’s a lot of pretension, but there are also a lot of genuine hard-working people who just want to make things, to make and make and make.
what i did last night. the installation goes up the wall and onto an air duct/part of the ceiling. number of times i almost fell off the ladder: three.
latest painting— plein air landscape outside my house. i live in the woods and i’m so glad i do. (it’s currently drying inside but i worked on it outside for two hours or so)
work in progress, oil on canvas, 16” x 20” i believe?
bahaha i suck at photographing my artwork
waiting for the other one to dry. this one needs a lot of work too. did it on the cardboard container my paints came in (the cutout circle was already there)
working title: self portrait with insecurities
in progress. inadvertently abstracting but i like that.
working title: self portrait with own worst instincts
what i’ve been doing for the last hour or so. i’m trying to figure out what fascinates me about these, and i think it’s the positions of arms/hands.
undressing ii, grey le pen on moleskine, reference: self.
(i promise i’ll get around to actually scanning stuff soon!)
i don’t think i ever posted the final painting, just the sketch of this. but it’s from a year ago. a little funny how apt it is. anyway, it’s hanging over my headboard now. i put up a lot of old art while i was cleaning my room today.
watercolor and white gouache. (for a close up click here)
(approximately) 20 minute study, we were all getting tired at this point
charcoal pencil on 9” x 12” tinted strathmore paper
