tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335427892024-03-06T20:27:18.814-08:00ATfreespaceNotes on a post studio practice. Making art anywhere and all the time.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-70147735344722273662009-10-18T19:28:00.000-07:002009-10-18T19:34:59.077-07:00Just Focusing on the Utopic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rd8jQiKaZ3Hb8hgMJyL3g_XNESFMmhrUZwN9NmRCVjuLMRvL5EI-Bbbx9EvM-WP7cgtKhyjVn0mAroceJGAQYo6OAh_9ac4dNiccF2V53l8WAw2qEwBqW9Dnxh21G_I1PNac/s1600-h/Photo_101809_017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rd8jQiKaZ3Hb8hgMJyL3g_XNESFMmhrUZwN9NmRCVjuLMRvL5EI-Bbbx9EvM-WP7cgtKhyjVn0mAroceJGAQYo6OAh_9ac4dNiccF2V53l8WAw2qEwBqW9Dnxh21G_I1PNac/s400/Photo_101809_017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394132980173646914" /></a><br />Please read <a href="http://drawingontheutopic.blogspot.com/">Drawing on the Utopic</a>. That's where I am.<br /><br /><a href="http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=jules+de+balincourt&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=gc_bSvnFMMqV8Aan-8m3BQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CB8QsAQwAw">Jules de Balincourt's paint</a> pallet pictured above.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-71002207787976806822009-07-22T09:24:00.000-07:002009-07-22T09:25:26.167-07:00What to do about this space?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAP7Pt4DL8pm-mNXqBAOWwLkYylb-1dPQezSYo1jNFNMF-oZThI1qYmPaq85suMWNYetERKUswQlfkHDz-GwvL9msvjHwPBuWFG_cfAcvugJi0d5-MIT9mIoTdtuAJ1Px0XHxt/s1600-h/526+w+26th+studio.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAP7Pt4DL8pm-mNXqBAOWwLkYylb-1dPQezSYo1jNFNMF-oZThI1qYmPaq85suMWNYetERKUswQlfkHDz-GwvL9msvjHwPBuWFG_cfAcvugJi0d5-MIT9mIoTdtuAJ1Px0XHxt/s320/526+w+26th+studio.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361321350434655138" /></a><br />Studio available in the 526 w. 26th Street Street Building - 650 square feet, $1425/ per month, does not include utilities. Used for small storage. Build out and share possibilities. Long term lease poss. too. Beautiful space.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-20111728264820948852009-07-15T19:13:00.000-07:002009-07-15T19:18:47.723-07:00lots to love about Sharon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5PnW7uFBcDsAw0lpLIZGi5bGLBYB8uPj8AMgjbZGev3en3bSk83zMIVJSp42ZRE8h6CBfene6aja6KZ-Sz2Mwi2IrAlNQpR0n3_RGJ7LUfmViNeCV-YWHZ1_68lmJ1lMo5_Y/s1600-h/adam+print+press+pic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5PnW7uFBcDsAw0lpLIZGi5bGLBYB8uPj8AMgjbZGev3en3bSk83zMIVJSp42ZRE8h6CBfene6aja6KZ-Sz2Mwi2IrAlNQpR0n3_RGJ7LUfmViNeCV-YWHZ1_68lmJ1lMo5_Y/s320/adam+print+press+pic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358876205561711826" /></a><br />Sharon Butler documents <a href="http://sharonbutler.tumblr.com/">free space</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-69711272684550129332009-07-07T05:34:00.000-07:002009-07-07T06:27:43.746-07:00Dusting off "freespace"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4z1c5ngaY1yF5uRbb2m8JunQYkT_cg-9X9Qh0gsEOOXb8v5lp7n-ZjEQYgxOF_wt2nhfhYrwAVq3Cch0fKGkHUmcd0DFzBCnyGxOVcAItiPY87RY7Okvl6fkHamjbKb0RA4s/s1600-h/00jhdMniLpkxfrajH1dFRIGeo1_500.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4z1c5ngaY1yF5uRbb2m8JunQYkT_cg-9X9Qh0gsEOOXb8v5lp7n-ZjEQYgxOF_wt2nhfhYrwAVq3Cch0fKGkHUmcd0DFzBCnyGxOVcAItiPY87RY7Okvl6fkHamjbKb0RA4s/s320/00jhdMniLpkxfrajH1dFRIGeo1_500.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355706061990250690" /></a><br />Since <a href="http://www.pocketutopia.com/">Pocket Utopia </a>came out of working in the "freespace," I decided to dust off this container for my "freeway" philosophy of making art in order to see what might come next. To begin or restart, I'm reposting an item from <a href="http://sharonbutler.tumblr.com/">Sharon Butler's new blog</a>. Old blog, meets new blog, together with new ideas about working freely.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/">Sharon</a> is the artist in resident all month at Pocket Utopia. After July, Pocket Utopia will close. I will move on to advise both <a href="http://www.krisgravesprojects.com/">Kris Graves Projects</a> on his new space and <a href="http://www.nortemaar.org/">Norte Maar</a> on their various art projects. <br /><br />Norte Maar and I will work towards setting up a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mountain_College">Black-Mountain-like school</a>, called...Pocket U, which will take place in <a href="http://www.rousespointny.com/">Rouses Point</a>, New York the last two weeks of July 2010.<br /><br />Here's to letting ideas flow freely.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-73565876710355090112008-05-10T20:44:00.000-07:002008-05-11T07:51:31.939-07:00Reminder<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPO0i65VGp6uytxwEJ6NZFDZkC3t4a1MI1fBu2lHbg9IRUGkqTM-oUOjwgpLBMQKmVhYrqUOFaxF3r86YR2LUNcN5vj9NdS0sa_NsjClfWrZXlkqcAzSxzeu-wBCPvHE-KPhKx/s1600-h/new+studio+picture.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPO0i65VGp6uytxwEJ6NZFDZkC3t4a1MI1fBu2lHbg9IRUGkqTM-oUOjwgpLBMQKmVhYrqUOFaxF3r86YR2LUNcN5vj9NdS0sa_NsjClfWrZXlkqcAzSxzeu-wBCPvHE-KPhKx/s320/new+studio+picture.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199131603730265874" /></a><br />This is a reminder to go over to my <a href="http://drawingontheutopic.blogspot.com/">new blog.</a> Thanks! <br /><br />Pictured above is my very new and very temporary studio. You'll find me there and writing <a href="http://drawingontheutopic.blogspot.com/">here.</a> The new blog will not be an art blog but will be a blog written by an artist.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-76218721371588190882008-05-01T08:00:00.001-07:002008-05-01T08:15:23.138-07:00Moving Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOMILhriwcojV4M2TsOC7q9jh04SSu9x3Rc78D07ukjWDAdXRa0r5kcuYlL9h0dWtlhtxZcBf7TKQQFyD3gj0DiK7MhEFuik9M8cicF2EX8ZNMPfiC87w0NT2m-r94viSA2y7/s1600-h/100_1766.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOMILhriwcojV4M2TsOC7q9jh04SSu9x3Rc78D07ukjWDAdXRa0r5kcuYlL9h0dWtlhtxZcBf7TKQQFyD3gj0DiK7MhEFuik9M8cicF2EX8ZNMPfiC87w0NT2m-r94viSA2y7/s320/100_1766.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195427029297956738" /></a><br />Today is moving day. I'm moving into a studio for the first time in 3 years, and to mark this occasion, I'm starting a new <a href="http://drawingontheutopic.blogspot.com/">blog!</a> It's called <a href="http://drawingontheutopic.blogspot.com/">drawing on the utopic</a>, please check it out for all future posts on all things utopic!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-79742237292751140872008-04-28T07:53:00.000-07:002008-04-28T08:27:13.205-07:00Bag it!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSTwhWxDZzZORH9mtw4QWDITVCK2gy4yhdvoz8d3IWQg8Txfs3fpVebermollgQOJ4ju24uA9tgwe-Wp6faLNb1qWilfUZJdDGdbOhL1PQPliZqO9jAs3hHSs9GJMKKtXgxr8/s1600-h/bagit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSTwhWxDZzZORH9mtw4QWDITVCK2gy4yhdvoz8d3IWQg8Txfs3fpVebermollgQOJ4ju24uA9tgwe-Wp6faLNb1qWilfUZJdDGdbOhL1PQPliZqO9jAs3hHSs9GJMKKtXgxr8/s320/bagit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194309989908645682" /></a><br />I'm on the verge of a momentous change to the way I make art (and freespace). After 3 years without a studio and working everywhere else, including the basement laundry room, libraries, <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org">the Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Wall_Street/">60 Wall street public area</a>, and many other spots (the subway, a park bench, and random cafe), I am moving into a studio space, with a door, a lock and air conditioning! <br /><br />About 2 weeks ago, <a href="http://efa1.org/">the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts</a> contacted me and asked me if I was interested in one of their studios. I looked at it and said yes (I did ask to see the cheapest one and that's the only one I looked at). It's just for 3 months. If it goes well, maybe I can continue to rent it month-to-month, and maybe I would be eligible or at least I'll be alerted to apply for one of their subsidized studios.<br /><br />Now, I will take all the drawings out of my closet, out from under the couch, out of my underwear drawer and onto the walls. I haven't had an opportunity to look at everything all at once for a long time. My studio space will be a viewing space and a new, not free, workspace. <br /><br />At this point, I need to really thank <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~kskvirsk/">Karina Aguilera Skvirsky</a> for suggesting me to <a href="http://efa1.org/">the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts</a>. Karina is an amazing artist. She doesn't just offer her fellow artists ideas for opportunities, she makes the first move and suggests artists to institutions that are looking for certain artists for certains things. She understands the proactive power of suggestion. Thank you!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-75850331665777771662008-04-26T18:32:00.001-07:002008-04-26T18:45:57.485-07:00Pieces at Brece's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZutj-kp3sSKgruokBgCgUrbMULkwrVbqP5FnnTVLZQHwe0hf1lSBz71vZ4fmJLDjZ-dZ-DUMLRz8R9xnUTiFEQMy_4LHZrxGRt0CibhfFPlfzpAS0e2S9y-m6TAMzn2mu8qvk/s1600-h/freespace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZutj-kp3sSKgruokBgCgUrbMULkwrVbqP5FnnTVLZQHwe0hf1lSBz71vZ4fmJLDjZ-dZ-DUMLRz8R9xnUTiFEQMy_4LHZrxGRt0CibhfFPlfzpAS0e2S9y-m6TAMzn2mu8qvk/s320/freespace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193732346872104626" /></a><br />I ran with my bag-o-art over to <a href="http://www.brecehoneycutt.com/">Brece's</a> and set up on the floor, working on the cover photos of the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a> until it looked like I'd been there working for months and I had ink on my face. You've worked on one floor, you worked on'em all!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-83440845092271149402008-04-23T20:06:00.000-07:002008-04-26T18:31:47.718-07:00Like mother, like daughter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9cx-zi2Vf5bmsLwEwdbM6y8dHLSDD4VSFngkXl-eQJA4kiruHO-raiZSYdmKsU6BPWvOu8ceewWqacWizRnDt1zuTFKMKHj0LQq8ZyOW3d4_fEQ6mbBrPZggq_Bx-bvnjQmo/s1600-h/meatfreespace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA9cx-zi2Vf5bmsLwEwdbM6y8dHLSDD4VSFngkXl-eQJA4kiruHO-raiZSYdmKsU6BPWvOu8ceewWqacWizRnDt1zuTFKMKHj0LQq8ZyOW3d4_fEQ6mbBrPZggq_Bx-bvnjQmo/s320/meatfreespace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193731509353481842" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomp7pOzhdfWdSD6G3zuOcliHQOoUyGC27beZLeo-hit4yiNogMJrfT9HiUa9AP59PKMw0txXfXnmQHhpoj23aYH7bKqdj-GAY-0V69vd2dWmvPB5XZLhaMVB7EGRjIfpFjcEt/s1600-h/kayatfreespace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgomp7pOzhdfWdSD6G3zuOcliHQOoUyGC27beZLeo-hit4yiNogMJrfT9HiUa9AP59PKMw0txXfXnmQHhpoj23aYH7bKqdj-GAY-0V69vd2dWmvPB5XZLhaMVB7EGRjIfpFjcEt/s320/kayatfreespace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193731522238383746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8usFtQwfurVXdu58HDV3APQhyUzwtfMDWB5FAfl7onIlXf5-wHRlCho48KZdpmLJkQvz5_dlUe7r4lnoapWjVGjNqbL_zmSwJLaXrx1N7AWbgS8O3a-3NtxhawRaE1Ma-ib-/s1600-h/atfreespaceme2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8usFtQwfurVXdu58HDV3APQhyUzwtfMDWB5FAfl7onIlXf5-wHRlCho48KZdpmLJkQvz5_dlUe7r4lnoapWjVGjNqbL_zmSwJLaXrx1N7AWbgS8O3a-3NtxhawRaE1Ma-ib-/s320/atfreespaceme2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193731535123285650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHv0M013AQaftsx_pReO_9z_500BGli0M4VTTV6-gmcpAefo-3OKRMyvdWGvd95711UCfEFFFTOG3dQgRESmrAeInluvvLJzHa8wPl_9lLFMUCEu-5wVSePuL_182jWaoPhEE/s1600-h/kay2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHv0M013AQaftsx_pReO_9z_500BGli0M4VTTV6-gmcpAefo-3OKRMyvdWGvd95711UCfEFFFTOG3dQgRESmrAeInluvvLJzHa8wPl_9lLFMUCEu-5wVSePuL_182jWaoPhEE/s320/kay2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193731543713220258" /></a><br />Me and my mom drawing. Thanks mom for teaching me to be creative, resourceful and to giv'em hell!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-63194297725986224682008-04-19T09:13:00.001-07:002008-04-20T08:45:24.276-07:00From light to dark to the garage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ai2vq4cY9e6n7qxylh2TunEE9IeUGyNYaAJOuDSs4mjaoyd2mX7jfa5uzsVCPw7XG2K1-wYU-LhAZE0oe_xrmfwpx16ZbZ6TpxIhJy_bEKRpm0CqqhNewS010-vqopqnB8uT/s1600-h/chair+garage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ai2vq4cY9e6n7qxylh2TunEE9IeUGyNYaAJOuDSs4mjaoyd2mX7jfa5uzsVCPw7XG2K1-wYU-LhAZE0oe_xrmfwpx16ZbZ6TpxIhJy_bEKRpm0CqqhNewS010-vqopqnB8uT/s200/chair+garage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191351965466233442" /></a><br /><br />Before going out of town (I wish New York city was a "town"), I freespaced at <a href="http://www.stonefox.us/">StoneFox architects and artspace</a>. It's such a beautiful place, bright and everything is either black or white and the floors charm you with their ccreakiness. It's a grand building and an inspiring place to work. Plus <a href="http://www.elissalevy.com/">Elissa </a>was installing her <a href="http://pocketutopia.blogspot.com/2008/04/youve-seen-print-now-come-see-show.html">show</a> which opens next Tuesday, so the excitment was in the air.<br /><br />Here at my mom's I drew in bed in the dark using the light from my phone. Then Mike showed me that I could use the dimmer switch on the light next to the bed so not to wake Grant. Funny, I'm not getting as much drawing done as I had hoped. I'm a little dim (witted).<br /><br />Now I write from inside my mom's garage, in order to get a friendly neighbor's wireless internet connection. Everyone needs <br />neighbors. <br /><br />StoneFox pictured below:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5V8hfsYNK9H3cUqoqQGd3JBB7dBSAZFfQ8HiupWqt-bmnipD0GBbhvlMRAGlCnDZ9rACQqZtYUfCtI280_7oo0mJ8IZTkiVJOXWqg_FaRWe3MyL5Vh7r25joT8XMe3wWn8SR/s1600-h/atfreespa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI5V8hfsYNK9H3cUqoqQGd3JBB7dBSAZFfQ8HiupWqt-bmnipD0GBbhvlMRAGlCnDZ9rACQqZtYUfCtI280_7oo0mJ8IZTkiVJOXWqg_FaRWe3MyL5Vh7r25joT8XMe3wWn8SR/s200/atfreespa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190990818846181970" /></a><br />The view from the garage:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPgVDlxCFZaOHUJPpvXtGDQF00BHZU0UzlQfYrJ0Nvjqq4_lcrC7zVh9RykVhr1vYjOD6wPiA_KcyT5MVPBE0QTKibSQCgl3khWFoY3AdMTiz3pa-hgEsBRQSg-dp-wv9MRIv/s1600-h/view+from+the+garage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPgVDlxCFZaOHUJPpvXtGDQF00BHZU0UzlQfYrJ0Nvjqq4_lcrC7zVh9RykVhr1vYjOD6wPiA_KcyT5MVPBE0QTKibSQCgl3khWFoY3AdMTiz3pa-hgEsBRQSg-dp-wv9MRIv/s200/view+from+the+garage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191351974056168050" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-7506568562754168602008-04-14T18:32:00.000-07:002008-04-14T20:51:19.819-07:00Making and not making<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg23dLR6Mgg8pc4RcDBDKyaqI88SXfb6xtxG71q1woS52jaiZk-OOUh53Q4dcDu_ExXsu0_uXDR_8VPfUZcsFK5329DToDnm5_p6bJIaGoHlns55T2thfBHMnzgLlBCkC-fr73/s1600-h/100_1662.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg23dLR6Mgg8pc4RcDBDKyaqI88SXfb6xtxG71q1woS52jaiZk-OOUh53Q4dcDu_ExXsu0_uXDR_8VPfUZcsFK5329DToDnm5_p6bJIaGoHlns55T2thfBHMnzgLlBCkC-fr73/s200/100_1662.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189311658035581506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUwKsubt7CBmddirxqJypCPwFB4dZwQ3_3IkZr4k4S9K8eJbVzFO9ddBRez0nXF_MIarVDa8zsKAdrEw4ze5-A7gOxoyHQ-RJe__FN_9ylaiZVGWQ_G21xjUaSHy6LCzl75M0/s1600-h/100_1656.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUwKsubt7CBmddirxqJypCPwFB4dZwQ3_3IkZr4k4S9K8eJbVzFO9ddBRez0nXF_MIarVDa8zsKAdrEw4ze5-A7gOxoyHQ-RJe__FN_9ylaiZVGWQ_G21xjUaSHy6LCzl75M0/s200/100_1656.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189311091099898354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAE5xCD1tnsuK9-THz9On_VAuvWmBFurlbcmWDcszl1zYcR7oBzTDX7ygz7GhyuN89jMWNIiVp62Ik3fEIMgswu3eVi-TofVqJtKrjmUXBgFbJmQ9Lv85dyEWi3zJHrhQlvC7/s1600-h/100_1657.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAE5xCD1tnsuK9-THz9On_VAuvWmBFurlbcmWDcszl1zYcR7oBzTDX7ygz7GhyuN89jMWNIiVp62Ik3fEIMgswu3eVi-TofVqJtKrjmUXBgFbJmQ9Lv85dyEWi3zJHrhQlvC7/s200/100_1657.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189311095394865666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArm1y4uBc83d9ETwG-JWYHN0UttLhdupLocar9F8UYeY18zHrufuXihvVakfXUtsb4P3M2wwJMIycM57fJLn-cyHxuHOBcc6bYccwLiffKpLJuSvXTPdB_MSVQz289lMJSW9m/s1600-h/100_1659.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArm1y4uBc83d9ETwG-JWYHN0UttLhdupLocar9F8UYeY18zHrufuXihvVakfXUtsb4P3M2wwJMIycM57fJLn-cyHxuHOBcc6bYccwLiffKpLJuSvXTPdB_MSVQz289lMJSW9m/s200/100_1659.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189311099689832978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUs338PrXoI39Azz7_IuRycfh0jtzsIz_jsS_zvpGTgADhIyVDreJCtRLL0eI-RGtP37tlbL0pZz4EM4Cz2QAJjB69DEuh9DT2qky_Nzj1dI8CWV_N5ZkA2ZxUK17xvCailysM/s1600-h/100_1660.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUs338PrXoI39Azz7_IuRycfh0jtzsIz_jsS_zvpGTgADhIyVDreJCtRLL0eI-RGtP37tlbL0pZz4EM4Cz2QAJjB69DEuh9DT2qky_Nzj1dI8CWV_N5ZkA2ZxUK17xvCailysM/s200/100_1660.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189311108279767586" /></a><br />I can't live without art, without making art. I realized, after not making art for a couple of days, that I'm certainly not a happy person when I don't make art. I changed my categories of creating; my days for making it, my hours of drawing, and the places I make it.<br /><br />I made a poor decision to work on Pocket Utopia-related things on Saturday and Sunday instead of drawing. Monday morning arrived and I hadn't made any art for two days, and I tried to find beauty in things and it wasn't there. <br /><br />But now I've sorted things out by making again. I discovered that I've made many drawings on two sides of the same page. Perhaps there are two sides to my personality that of making and that of not making.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-65364817887529463552008-04-10T07:33:00.000-07:002008-04-10T07:46:04.918-07:00Same Place, different drawings<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHdN9sJ0iasV7HThRpsM8sOWS7wVI2FbAaAx0pe_0PrPOiDGZrQIqraOsIwodv7_1u6k8ITywkqN3e2gxEXUSY1m5ee6B_1fe0fenEwlGZBIzTWEGM5Fkz8XmNkeCdSWI3svU/s1600-h/100_1655.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHdN9sJ0iasV7HThRpsM8sOWS7wVI2FbAaAx0pe_0PrPOiDGZrQIqraOsIwodv7_1u6k8ITywkqN3e2gxEXUSY1m5ee6B_1fe0fenEwlGZBIzTWEGM5Fkz8XmNkeCdSWI3svU/s200/100_1655.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187625466618849666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBNbkIEtUkPFBZbmcCRb_dX3OoWWzPEf8XhGDuc7QqUVk79o8cXmntLqcbDMw8SJtejU-FHkn4FCc-lpwLI-WOgCapornRiKKg5J32imAx4qlB4Jr2oZ3UNonz3VU8ltxGjrq/s1600-h/100_1652.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBNbkIEtUkPFBZbmcCRb_dX3OoWWzPEf8XhGDuc7QqUVk79o8cXmntLqcbDMw8SJtejU-FHkn4FCc-lpwLI-WOgCapornRiKKg5J32imAx4qlB4Jr2oZ3UNonz3VU8ltxGjrq/s200/100_1652.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187625479503751570" /></a><br />I'm supposed to be redoing this blog, but I just get can't get the overhaul underway. I've been concentrating on actual art-making, and have overhauled all my drawing categories.<br /><br />I am now doing new drawings on different days, even if it is in the same old places and I'm writing about it on the same old blog. The result will be different.<br /><br />Pictured above, a found sculpture in the laundry room, surprises abound!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-88490026764582050532008-04-06T19:14:00.000-07:002008-04-06T19:26:35.157-07:00Libby has built me a bench<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMiNx0lmwVZJa-6GxOGJq16xjH3daYZcNjLvG6xHruedNH8KdKwmi1bDLM8uDIDgOoocGll33Cvl_ivd9W-esIsRZ4aJo3XWq98Ioyfg-BNffcNEmiRv_KGqJjW7qp2T8QiON8/s1600-h/bench.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMiNx0lmwVZJa-6GxOGJq16xjH3daYZcNjLvG6xHruedNH8KdKwmi1bDLM8uDIDgOoocGll33Cvl_ivd9W-esIsRZ4aJo3XWq98Ioyfg-BNffcNEmiRv_KGqJjW7qp2T8QiON8/s200/bench.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186321742457873778" /></a><br />It's part of <a href="http://www.pocketutopia.com/">Libby's</a> show, but I feel like Libby built me a bench to <a href="http://www.lmcc.net/blog/2006/11/">freespace</a> on! Thanks Libby!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-65074592079923505842008-04-04T07:48:00.000-07:002008-04-06T18:54:23.707-07:00Idea becomes art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhK3PIotMM6PmFulj6bnH2IX0vjmAEKdwxcH02pZOj_1V_ZTFMEl4ZOM4HD2c9yAKTL-87-R_l2-HUNMAut9d48DRYMkY9IPTMQrvEgDBfG_S0Lss2hyQ_ZxL_Tpq5lpFoMse3w/s1600-h/Res+artist.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhK3PIotMM6PmFulj6bnH2IX0vjmAEKdwxcH02pZOj_1V_ZTFMEl4ZOM4HD2c9yAKTL-87-R_l2-HUNMAut9d48DRYMkY9IPTMQrvEgDBfG_S0Lss2hyQ_ZxL_Tpq5lpFoMse3w/s200/Res+artist.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185399136238052402" /></a><br />About a year ago, I received my first blog-related fan letter from an artist named Libby Hartle. Tonight Libby's solo show opens at the <a href="http://www.pocketutopia.com/">Pocket</a>. <br /><br />For the past six months Libby has been working at a table in the back, walking to and from the space, collecting detritus and turning it into cast paper sticks. The sticks have become nests. Her drawings, made at the table, now cover the wall. Libby has even created a seating area that extends out from her work table. I feel very fortunate to sit there and watch idea become art.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-37338219539522667462008-03-24T20:22:00.001-07:002008-03-25T19:08:02.223-07:00Packed up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNn41JvkFZTgmEwMS7G8nTGUWDOQOLMrdTjGZRWFTfhdhNNgHK1S74R9OZELt2qAS7sJMue_ARFQUQYjLKm00MvJ7m3pUi6PwiGYHhczV9y9FsIkI_KB2R0vN8TUaRGvUXBK7/s1600-h/at+freespace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNn41JvkFZTgmEwMS7G8nTGUWDOQOLMrdTjGZRWFTfhdhNNgHK1S74R9OZELt2qAS7sJMue_ARFQUQYjLKm00MvJ7m3pUi6PwiGYHhczV9y9FsIkI_KB2R0vN8TUaRGvUXBK7/s200/at+freespace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181514772110517282" /></a><br />I'm watching <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathless_%281960_film%29">Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless</a>, a strangely appropriate film for packing and planning my weekend away working.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-47597221743125242512008-03-22T07:39:00.000-07:002008-03-24T20:22:12.599-07:00Free bird<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0vSdhwkDnlZwjm63Loffpuq5UF00rR6ydZ5niun2bgOKTK3txsDY88K-x2_X345uHHPRLMT5RXv4udqhPnzVQ25CQhzJGrFLz1I2MwLpuWQvtP1mvleeS2F-9QXZXpqzzWPz/s1600-h/000_0150.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0vSdhwkDnlZwjm63Loffpuq5UF00rR6ydZ5niun2bgOKTK3txsDY88K-x2_X345uHHPRLMT5RXv4udqhPnzVQ25CQhzJGrFLz1I2MwLpuWQvtP1mvleeS2F-9QXZXpqzzWPz/s200/000_0150.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180576540799673266" /></a><br /><br />The weeks and free spaces have been flying by and now I am getting ready to go away to a weekend artist-residency. I've been planning this work-escape for 6 months and now it's here. Before I go I promised the <a href="http://www.centerforbookarts.org/">Center for Books Arts</a> a cake design and now I want to mention their upcoming <a href="http://www.centerforbookarts.org/events/2008/ediblebooks/">fundraising event.</a> It's time to pack my bags.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-58345480027319786732008-03-17T07:30:00.000-07:002008-03-17T07:54:21.147-07:00brownies and merlot, text and helvetica<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bYfC06VqWegSzT0H2buhew5yQaXbIOsOrj6SJN5r-jO5IkaYXTCNMxuFmGMeG-yJxUnI426Xe0zGAp4Fltn8l8Ae__cfRQB-huFJw47E-hN2GoeI52ug58pyldjX5m5nPOq9/s1600-h/IMG_8699webx.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bYfC06VqWegSzT0H2buhew5yQaXbIOsOrj6SJN5r-jO5IkaYXTCNMxuFmGMeG-yJxUnI426Xe0zGAp4Fltn8l8Ae__cfRQB-huFJw47E-hN2GoeI52ug58pyldjX5m5nPOq9/s200/IMG_8699webx.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178720865872922514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYJCc07KsXLq0Wnlzvj9d6Xy8jSL8LtFSLvuF-Tij3ZtFxtSMDLsnKIk_mlhi5YeoQJEZRvfqXTpzU1oWs81qnHMtkZqM3aT2oyA84NzLnmW9ccaPoMlhSs9tQrioxQU1xrP3/s1600-h/newform.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYJCc07KsXLq0Wnlzvj9d6Xy8jSL8LtFSLvuF-Tij3ZtFxtSMDLsnKIk_mlhi5YeoQJEZRvfqXTpzU1oWs81qnHMtkZqM3aT2oyA84NzLnmW9ccaPoMlhSs9tQrioxQU1xrP3/s200/newform.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178720895937693602" /></a><br />I think little G's preschool reads the blog because Mike was grilled by the head teacher about little G's whereabouts on Friday! Busted!<br /><br />Pictured above is a group of art enthusiasts watching the <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/movies/26chuc.html">Chuck Close</a> movie. The best thing about the picture is <a href="http://www.fredgutzeit.com/">Fred's</a> face peeking out of the lower left corner. We learned that night that brownies, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_cream">egg creams</a> and popcorn goes well with merlot. Also pictured above is a collage of a possbile <span style="font-style:italic;">new form</span>.<br /><br />It's Monday and I'm continuing my <span style="font-style:italic;">new form</span>, new week experiment. Tomorrow, Tuesday, brings my attention to my text pieces and I've decided to draw them in helvetica. I watched a convinicing <a href="http://www.helveticafilm.com/">film</a> on the font and I'm sold. As the filmmakers describe the font and it makes sense to me using it as a drawing tool, helvetica has a "neutralism." "It doesn't have a meaning in itself. The meaning is in the content of the text and not in the typeface."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-20044624516137513292008-03-13T05:56:00.001-07:002008-03-14T19:38:26.404-07:00New forms, old theme<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiel8AobO6eGVg99APdBoog3yeqqlHRL2YoEOSJZmsLkXburKK6G1Epo_jwLY_jiuW5tvaz6uQvGqcBZjgBEgwmYSY4lJDCThAONy43SvkbFYhsU-XM22pCt64nKj9t-6Z9l5Ja/s1600-h/000_0126.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiel8AobO6eGVg99APdBoog3yeqqlHRL2YoEOSJZmsLkXburKK6G1Epo_jwLY_jiuW5tvaz6uQvGqcBZjgBEgwmYSY4lJDCThAONy43SvkbFYhsU-XM22pCt64nKj9t-6Z9l5Ja/s200/000_0126.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177786145427122370" /></a><br />I just spent about an hour trying to buy gel pens online. I'm working on new forms. I think I need to try out the pens in a store. I cancelled my orders. I watched a great movie last night at <a href="http://www.fredgutzeit.com/">Fred's</a> about <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/movies/26chuc.html">Chuck Close</a>. <br /><br />Grant and I skipped preschool today and went to look at art in Chelsea. <a href="http://www.crggallery.com/">CRG gallery</a> had an exhibition of <a href="http://www.crggallery.com/artists/jim-hodges/">Jim Hodges</a> and due to the delicacy of the work there were 2 guards. Grant asked one of the attendants for a flashlight, which was a totally appropriate question. The work looks so much better online then it does in person. I think right now all work in Chelsea galleries looks better online (which is the opposite of gel pens).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-22321371115093059902008-03-11T07:05:00.000-07:002008-03-11T19:54:54.496-07:00A headbutt to the nose...Monday morning mandala:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHji-khyphenhyphen-lqEAXPxS1hh9hPjrx-MuM9qo8Fd7PNm-emmFqCIoqAHM3HVpSIBk2kBKS6PmeDfog8w88wQK0XkhLNSvJZYI4Nbi3PzLNhXETH7UxOpMIn_X6tJSIR4iXPAse92n/s1600-h/000_0123.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWHji-khyphenhyphen-lqEAXPxS1hh9hPjrx-MuM9qo8Fd7PNm-emmFqCIoqAHM3HVpSIBk2kBKS6PmeDfog8w88wQK0XkhLNSvJZYI4Nbi3PzLNhXETH7UxOpMIn_X6tJSIR4iXPAse92n/s200/000_0123.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176504222243317906" /></a><br />new rulers:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0B0_uE8NDFmHYIUDbruVkXGgbaVssfqdRppnibGeCpBkJI-fTaztcvWgGSsAaSyYa6DkyCEi41wZn0VK1EsR_exnBdi1XTlUidxvPoQj-QKvur1-1Znh30Bti3jQtKX-Cqze1/s1600-h/000_0115.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0B0_uE8NDFmHYIUDbruVkXGgbaVssfqdRppnibGeCpBkJI-fTaztcvWgGSsAaSyYa6DkyCEi41wZn0VK1EsR_exnBdi1XTlUidxvPoQj-QKvur1-1Znh30Bti3jQtKX-Cqze1/s200/000_0115.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176493025263577202" /></a><br />new work area created from one of my old perches:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLwaHluYgF0HU1FLmtMHj7rljeBfTwKZlQiMbL4x94Np6hKZRQasfEFN_zUgBxGw-pMe_xgwDQuawm18W-WNSTkejhyb58yOIzTKWbZiys2N5VSC1PCw7esdbf5WuTzf3E9J0/s1600-h/000_0114.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLwaHluYgF0HU1FLmtMHj7rljeBfTwKZlQiMbL4x94Np6hKZRQasfEFN_zUgBxGw-pMe_xgwDQuawm18W-WNSTkejhyb58yOIzTKWbZiys2N5VSC1PCw7esdbf5WuTzf3E9J0/s200/000_0114.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176493076803184770" /></a><br />Me, Libby and Brece working:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiijhN-STA5Ep6MTS-P7jqpqhNQv8hdGiiy4LHCxHc8sZUfHgCZPiuStIwUFFyaHwn_Eh5ABwopTWzXbjOeCKJLcMwZnMZZvUBxFuUTin4Vh7tlb4Hp9VJGBxbTu6rZeXPU3m1/s1600-h/000_0120.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiijhN-STA5Ep6MTS-P7jqpqhNQv8hdGiiy4LHCxHc8sZUfHgCZPiuStIwUFFyaHwn_Eh5ABwopTWzXbjOeCKJLcMwZnMZZvUBxFuUTin4Vh7tlb4Hp9VJGBxbTu6rZeXPU3m1/s200/000_0120.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176491483370317874" /></a><br />New York Times cover drawings:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3aoeOn0JH8PIuefyxAg20xDju_OiiplU_6MrriEr-E3LvV3SBzWW7iUYGkYeJ4NnGFD-MiEMxTuEbyVbgzkF1qpPcWUt2zVdwhwHnrAEDMxrE_efzbjiReBwpCEUdFXHXBJf/s1600-h/000_0118.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3aoeOn0JH8PIuefyxAg20xDju_OiiplU_6MrriEr-E3LvV3SBzWW7iUYGkYeJ4NnGFD-MiEMxTuEbyVbgzkF1qpPcWUt2zVdwhwHnrAEDMxrE_efzbjiReBwpCEUdFXHXBJf/s200/000_0118.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176491500550187074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSxqwAtEnj1RucUSt1wh22OqUSjzPZsOrEt4O-CU-fQVHo6dedHkk4wGA5mFyPbJPT6tNEFh5eufc9Y-W_6KBUmnCdlbCbiZiY__Ew-TqeQHDkM-OmZpJbeDCJYuiXLfc0T6O/s1600-h/000_0119.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSxqwAtEnj1RucUSt1wh22OqUSjzPZsOrEt4O-CU-fQVHo6dedHkk4wGA5mFyPbJPT6tNEFh5eufc9Y-W_6KBUmnCdlbCbiZiY__Ew-TqeQHDkM-OmZpJbeDCJYuiXLfc0T6O/s200/000_0119.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176491552089794642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSR3FgtskKCfEtzIuPTkkXoXlOSYuOJScnLQZfjmm_4TYPlNMay5vzmOZTV61wU0XRjRajKamXiNcvCPMGbxltcUHXepEKqaxXbqpnnisnM53JLU48loJ1RXwXeUMWtMDQP2P6/s1600-h/000_0117.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSR3FgtskKCfEtzIuPTkkXoXlOSYuOJScnLQZfjmm_4TYPlNMay5vzmOZTV61wU0XRjRajKamXiNcvCPMGbxltcUHXepEKqaxXbqpnnisnM53JLU48loJ1RXwXeUMWtMDQP2P6/s200/000_0117.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176491564974696546" /></a><br />A headbutt to the nose can really ruin your whole day, but before that, I was facing a Monday morning of mandala making and contemplating that way of thinking-mental mandaling. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.netreach.net/~nhojem/jung.htm">C. G. Jung</a> wrote that the mandala, with its mid-point, represented the self-it's expressions, reflections, dreams and memories. With Jung in mind, I have probably made over hundreds of mandala collages. <br /><br />Before mental mandaling and collaging, I joined the other artists working on Sunday at <a href="http://www.pocketutopia.com/">Pocket Utopia</a> for an afternoon of art-making and that way of thinking-creating as central and working communally. Freespacing, with it's <a href="http://www.pocketutopia.com/">Pocket Utopia</a> counterpart, has become the way I work. It's the mental re-appropriating of managing mothering, art-making, and salon supervising that's tough. Where's my center? And what form does all that take?<br /><br />More often then not it seems like it's all responsibility as opposed to reflections and dreams. I think <a href="http://www.cgjungpage.org/">Jung</a> had full-time help and never changed diapers. Mandalas don't cut it (of course, I had to make hundreds of them before having this realization). A new form is required. I need a form that encompasses the cover of the Times, rulers and responsibility. Next up, experiments in and with new and different, reformed, informed and all encompassing forms of selfhood (folded, presented, performed, baked, butted, and drawn crooked).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-2986668935598378562008-03-07T18:51:00.000-08:002008-03-08T06:49:51.454-08:00Filling up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfKDD76BDnmv2KEbOL4uOhGLdzBEmGAY1Kq9qGdlZt01v4MriB33WRKgSZBu3fJn4eE7bey2voV_kMlppcdHNTeFxG791xCPPhfMEzJIE4JX2D_eeS_VUI4sA4hd4uJ-7v2_F/s1600-h/000_0089.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfKDD76BDnmv2KEbOL4uOhGLdzBEmGAY1Kq9qGdlZt01v4MriB33WRKgSZBu3fJn4eE7bey2voV_kMlppcdHNTeFxG791xCPPhfMEzJIE4JX2D_eeS_VUI4sA4hd4uJ-7v2_F/s320/000_0089.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5175223467290617314" /></a><br /><br />The above drawing is sketchy and blurry and sums up my week, but I saw some good art this week and listened to an awesome lecture by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Storr">Robert Storr</a></li> on being an artist. The lecture can be found on <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/">ItunesU</a></li> and it's <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/05/30itunesu.html">free!</a></li> <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/">ItunesU</a></li> is an amazing resource, <a href="http://www.moma.org/">MOMA</a></li> has some great lectures on there too!! <br /><br />I saw some great shows this week and now have a new route of walking and looking in the far West Village and then I head into Soho. I first went to <a href="http://www.gavinbrown.biz/">Gavin Brown's enterprise</a></li> then <a href="http://www.maccarone.net/">Michele Maccaronee</a></li>, on over to <a href="http://www.harrislieberman.com/<br />">Harris Lieberman</a></li>, into Soho to <a href="http://www.peterblumgallery.com/">Peter Blum</a></li>, and ended up at the <a href="http://www.drawingcenter.org/">Drawing Center</a></li>. All shows were exceptional, I even stopped for a coffee, and actually sat down to drink it. I arrived back at Grant's preschool with time to make more blurry sketches.<br /> <br />I also posted a new drawing on the <a href="http://www.fineartadoption.net/artists/show/35">Fine Art Adoption Network</a></li>. Blurry sketch looking for a stable home.<br /><br />For some reason the Harris Liberman link isn't linking?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-65857368617028748112008-03-05T14:13:00.000-08:002008-03-05T14:34:54.150-08:00Transitions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYE9yRXN1P4NLKt8EKW7zeSKMSacit1yd81_GblQ9gVnQVakiaszBAJAh1VcsJco0hgaHKyq_n9xy11hd_gnv5vYCCMGcBrvHd68wL3o3S67MHKrYUfJKYTWoFldnTHSrx6uMb/s1600-h/Libby+and+Brece+working.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYE9yRXN1P4NLKt8EKW7zeSKMSacit1yd81_GblQ9gVnQVakiaszBAJAh1VcsJco0hgaHKyq_n9xy11hd_gnv5vYCCMGcBrvHd68wL3o3S67MHKrYUfJKYTWoFldnTHSrx6uMb/s320/Libby+and+Brece+working.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174386312707628882" /></a><br />Taking my cue from <a href="http://thoreau.eserver.org/">Thoreau</a></li> and his inclination to have three chairs in his cabin; one for privacy, two for company and three for society, I've made three little work areas for me and the artists in residence. Pictured here are <a href="http://www.brecehoneycutt.com">Brece Honeycutt</a></li> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9bHEY2yYTs">Libby Hartle</a></li>. The space is a lot more functional for visiting artists and guests. We were all very productive.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-31601193204381859282008-02-28T05:45:00.000-08:002008-02-28T05:53:59.431-08:00Reading the Times and about Pocket Utopia artist Tattfoo Tan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcwVLRGS4oSG4YmmIpQa2OZ1e7O1QivF_zvBzZ3l607Ovfb2AuPNLJZO4DcxL1oshNOz1mu7LZQx4SRxKzxaRDzwD7fLxqZNsH-aT_KcNHotGq4AHfFt6n3sQ1jpKXgzq6dL9/s1600-h/22164391.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcwVLRGS4oSG4YmmIpQa2OZ1e7O1QivF_zvBzZ3l607Ovfb2AuPNLJZO4DcxL1oshNOz1mu7LZQx4SRxKzxaRDzwD7fLxqZNsH-aT_KcNHotGq4AHfFt6n3sQ1jpKXgzq6dL9/s320/22164391.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172027586841765906" /></a><br />From today's New York Times:<br /><br />With the help of students from P.S. 307, Tattfoo Tan, a Malaysian-born artist, has installed a mural on Front Street in Brooklyn, based on his "Nature Matching System" place mat. Like the place mat, the mural, made of 10-inch wood squares painted by the students, is a reminder to eat a kaleidoscope of fruits and vegetables, he said.<br /><br />(I will draw on this later.)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-15171856014344899602008-02-25T07:54:00.000-08:002008-02-25T08:38:23.629-08:00Do I do laundry or make art?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PU2atpkmbRyqlmjjOKxOU4Gr7LhNWzFhQDRaB5PSOMeBuHFQYP7pbKZSE0M3enQURGpupELKxnkqOJprN6_x4uRxj-k3GPdYQLTKR_RDIlfklcQbdHpuPeHyQXg7p9V4Ut4C/s1600-h/laundry1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9PU2atpkmbRyqlmjjOKxOU4Gr7LhNWzFhQDRaB5PSOMeBuHFQYP7pbKZSE0M3enQURGpupELKxnkqOJprN6_x4uRxj-k3GPdYQLTKR_RDIlfklcQbdHpuPeHyQXg7p9V4Ut4C/s320/laundry1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170947879308191730" /></a><br />What I've noticed about doing these drawings on the cover of the newspaper everyday is that often the photo behind the cover is even more interesting. There's this powerful effect in the unveiling of the cover to discover sometimes an even more telling photo. The photo behind the cover photo is often more graphic, although it is always in black and white, and often more intense. <br /><br />This process of drawing, cutting out, and then discovering what's behind it all is a real metaphor of my current methods of making art, needing space (and time) and providing space and opportunities (art-making, showing and space) to other artists out at Pocket Utopia. There's a connection there for me and it's black and white and not on the front page (and continues to reveal itself day by day).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-3056258667667729522008-02-22T12:33:00.000-08:002008-02-22T12:52:17.060-08:00Breathing space<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpH9VXVq3oZDl39fJMDHxyxiCfivOa22TMGYW0VsviisiIq8RqR30DgBWvr04y3BmEZeQw-7UCVdMi7Jf2YH31bRZ-XDfIqsSuD3hx-PPUep3RVacYTigxWmjbYHXumfykUD1Q/s1600-h/000_0054.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpH9VXVq3oZDl39fJMDHxyxiCfivOa22TMGYW0VsviisiIq8RqR30DgBWvr04y3BmEZeQw-7UCVdMi7Jf2YH31bRZ-XDfIqsSuD3hx-PPUep3RVacYTigxWmjbYHXumfykUD1Q/s320/000_0054.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169909704108369826" /></a><br />After having an allergic reaction to an antihistamine in medicine I took for the flu, I had trouble breathing, sleeping, and being normal for about 12 hours. Let's just say it was worse than the flu. Somehow around the 13th hour, my throat opened a little I was able to breath enough to get myself out to Pocket Utopia and work on the news of the day.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33542789.post-82380749305669156872008-02-20T09:28:00.000-08:002008-02-20T12:52:09.158-08:00Art Auction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh713n1l1qsp9fsafifgw9Cu7caykysGDNL_19n_dCQzu3SNyyMl9DJWojnNpPdrpmuv-zM7d04Az2CCCDER-qI23iLAdBa-yEW7YQQda39nluFaxebku6Zb3EHMaUIoyfPHjeT/s1600-h/Thomas_Austin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh713n1l1qsp9fsafifgw9Cu7caykysGDNL_19n_dCQzu3SNyyMl9DJWojnNpPdrpmuv-zM7d04Az2CCCDER-qI23iLAdBa-yEW7YQQda39nluFaxebku6Zb3EHMaUIoyfPHjeT/s320/Thomas_Austin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169165858722375538" /></a><br />While I've been waylaid with the flu, my friends over at Recurring Films have been busy organizing an auction to support their latest film making projects. Here's a link where you can bid on my drawing! <br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Austin-Thomas-Pencil-Drawing-Unstraight-Line-Drawing_W0QQitemZ160209135554QQihZ006QQcategoryZ552QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262<br />">RECURRING FILMS ART AUCTION IS LIVE!</a></li><br /><br />It ends on Monday, February 25, 2008<br />Buy Art and help make a movie happen!<br /><br /><a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Recurring-Films-Art-Auction">Click here:</a></li><br /><br />Recurring Films has organized a small works art auction featuring<br />international New York-based artists. All proceeds will go towards<br />our new short film AUTOPILOT, currently in pre-production. Because<br />AUTOPILOT is a fiscally sponsored project, you're purchase is tax<br />deductible (to the extent permitted by law, of course).***<br /><br />Participating artists include:<br />Noriko Ambe, Scott Andresen, Melanie Baker, Michael Bilsborough,<br />Lishan Chang, Ernest Concepcion, Cesar Cornejo, Anna Craycroft,<br />Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Franklin Evans, J.B. Herndon & Celina Paiz,<br />Yoko Inoue, Rossana Martinez, Allan McCollum, Marcie Paper, William<br />Bryan Purcell, Igor Pusenjak, Mike Quinn, Rebeca Raney, Adele Roder,<br />Kristen Schiele, Austin Thomas, Ka-Man Tse, Lumin Wakoa, Viola<br />Yesiltac, Lisa Young<br /><br />visit: <a href="www.recurringfilms.com">Recurring Films</a></li>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01202709156296031435noreply@blogger.com