(No cats were harmed in the making of these scans. They are purely for humor and for Leslie to learn how to use her new scanner (with the help of the cat)).
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Cat Scans
Here is a little preview from my new series of artwork: CAT SCANS
(No cats were harmed in the making of these scans. They are purely for humor and for Leslie to learn how to use her new scanner (with the help of the cat)).
(No cats were harmed in the making of these scans. They are purely for humor and for Leslie to learn how to use her new scanner (with the help of the cat)).
Friday, August 10, 2012
So CLOSE...hahaha
49. Chuck Close
The man, the legend. I can't get his painting off my mind from our trip to DC. Well the now 72 year old man was born in Monroe, Washington. He attended the University of Washington for his bachelors and then went to Yale for Graduate school. He has worked as an art teacher at the University of Massachusetts. Something I did not know about him is that he suffers from Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness. That is his whole motivation to painting portraits.
Here is the image that has been stuck in my mind, because it was done in nothing but finger prints!
50. Jennifer Bartlett
She is known as an abstract artist. She grew up in Long Beach and got her BFA at Mills College. She received her MFA at Yale, Chuck Close could have been one of her classmates because they both went to Yale in the 1960s. As an artist she combines representational and abstract art. I really enjoy her paintings and pastel work.
I like the weirdness of her art. She does a lot of house, as shown above. Reminds me of the houses I would draw in preschool...
The man, the legend. I can't get his painting off my mind from our trip to DC. Well the now 72 year old man was born in Monroe, Washington. He attended the University of Washington for his bachelors and then went to Yale for Graduate school. He has worked as an art teacher at the University of Massachusetts. Something I did not know about him is that he suffers from Prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness. That is his whole motivation to painting portraits.
She is known as an abstract artist. She grew up in Long Beach and got her BFA at Mills College. She received her MFA at Yale, Chuck Close could have been one of her classmates because they both went to Yale in the 1960s. As an artist she combines representational and abstract art. I really enjoy her paintings and pastel work.
Variety
46. Abbey Ryan
She is known for her paintings a day, usually of food. Abbey was born and raised in New Jersey. She has done the project for over five years now. She graduated from Arcadia University and went to John Hopkins School of Medicine for her graduate work. She is now a teacher at Arcadia University!
I think I would run out of combinations of fruit/veggies to paint, but I can always appreciate a good still life. I can learn from her simplistic approach with the dark/light bland backgrounds. She does really well with reflections and shadows of her objects. Plus, I love pb&j.
47. James Hance
This guy was born in England and now resides in Florida making really fun art. He has recently created a book as a spin off of "Winnie the Pooh" entitled "Wookie the Chew." It is really awesome that all of the proceeds to his book go to his very sick little girl
But what caught my eye and made me research this guy was his paintings he has done.
This is the exact sort of thing I want to do for senior seminar, so it's nice to find an artist with exquisite taste in art :).
48. Adam Wallacavage
He is a chandelier design whom is inspired by 16th century Baroque and Gothic design. Not much is known about this bizzarre artist, but really someone with lots of money needs to get me one of these chandeliers.
And from his fb: "Ok, the truth is, I want to be the center of attention and what better way to do that than to make chandeliers and putting them in the center of the room?!"
I love his use of color, it is really something a room needs. He really updates chandeliers from being boring elegant to pop culture relevant.
She is known for her paintings a day, usually of food. Abbey was born and raised in New Jersey. She has done the project for over five years now. She graduated from Arcadia University and went to John Hopkins School of Medicine for her graduate work. She is now a teacher at Arcadia University!
47. James Hance
This guy was born in England and now resides in Florida making really fun art. He has recently created a book as a spin off of "Winnie the Pooh" entitled "Wookie the Chew." It is really awesome that all of the proceeds to his book go to his very sick little girl
But what caught my eye and made me research this guy was his paintings he has done.
48. Adam Wallacavage
He is a chandelier design whom is inspired by 16th century Baroque and Gothic design. Not much is known about this bizzarre artist, but really someone with lots of money needs to get me one of these chandeliers.
And from his fb: "Ok, the truth is, I want to be the center of attention and what better way to do that than to make chandeliers and putting them in the center of the room?!"
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Almost there
44. Tommervik
Maybe I am not good at finding bios of these people, but according to this guy's facebook he was born in 1906. I don't think that's true because he is alive and making wonderful cubist nerd art in which I will share. I like to see Star Wars stuff in a new way, and how creative to do cubism with this stuff. The forms of the robots are blocky anyways so it really works. They are done in paint but they almost look like pastel/watercolor/charcoal mixtures. He keeps the colors very bland and boring and I like the "halo" of dark around his forms. It is very Picasso and Georges Braque of him. Tommervik's simplicity really pays off in making these recognizable things.
45. Amy Houser
She is a sci-fi steampunk illustrator. She has worked for different toy companies like Hasbro for the past ten years. She believes that the art of pen and paper is not dead. She paints in watercolors and ink primarily along with using things like aqua pencils.
"I believe that every adult can be transformed by art and become, if only for a minute or two, that child that still believes in magic, monsters, Fairies and Santa Claus."
Her steampunk illustrations remind me of Da Vinci's machines. Her other images of people look so storybook, which I believe she has done some children's book illustrations of dragons and fairies. The colors and contrasts are great. Her silhouettes are so Victorian, I wanna borrow her ideas for some of my wedding invites.
Maybe I am not good at finding bios of these people, but according to this guy's facebook he was born in 1906. I don't think that's true because he is alive and making wonderful cubist nerd art in which I will share. I like to see Star Wars stuff in a new way, and how creative to do cubism with this stuff. The forms of the robots are blocky anyways so it really works. They are done in paint but they almost look like pastel/watercolor/charcoal mixtures. He keeps the colors very bland and boring and I like the "halo" of dark around his forms. It is very Picasso and Georges Braque of him. Tommervik's simplicity really pays off in making these recognizable things.
45. Amy Houser
She is a sci-fi steampunk illustrator. She has worked for different toy companies like Hasbro for the past ten years. She believes that the art of pen and paper is not dead. She paints in watercolors and ink primarily along with using things like aqua pencils.
"I believe that every adult can be transformed by art and become, if only for a minute or two, that child that still believes in magic, monsters, Fairies and Santa Claus."
May the Schwartz be with You.
41. Christian Waggoner
Surreal painter of Star Wars. He lives in Atlanta and got his start by painting commissioned portraits of the athletes of the 1996 Olympic games. His work is about light and reflection which is able to show really well on the masked Star Wars characters.
I like how he is not really using JUST black in this Vader. There are reds, browns, blues, and oranges in there. I could learn from this. Same goes for his C3-PO.
42. Amy Beth Christenson
FEMALE Star Wars concept artist born in 1977. She went to the Kansas City Art Institute. Voted by Microsoft to be the Top Female in Art 2010. As of 2011 she is actually working for LucasArts as a concept designer. She was selected to do a painting for the 30th anniversary of the Empire Strikes Back.
I love the amount of detail she shows in her work. There is so much information communicated in her work like the buildings, the fire, the glowing on the light saber. Look at the faint AT-ATs (grey robot dog looking things) in the background. I like her compositions. Plus, she is a female in a male dominated fandom. Represent!
43. Greg Peltz
Technical director at Pixar, Greg has done these really cool steam punk Victorian esque Star Wars portraits. The 24 year old has painted these images entirely in Photoshop. He says that he loves working with traditional media, but you can't beat the fastness of a computer when you have an idea going. Interview!
Civil War General Vader, I guess this is kind of what I was trying to do with my LEGO man drawing. I want to do some of these!
Surreal painter of Star Wars. He lives in Atlanta and got his start by painting commissioned portraits of the athletes of the 1996 Olympic games. His work is about light and reflection which is able to show really well on the masked Star Wars characters.
42. Amy Beth Christenson
FEMALE Star Wars concept artist born in 1977. She went to the Kansas City Art Institute. Voted by Microsoft to be the Top Female in Art 2010. As of 2011 she is actually working for LucasArts as a concept designer. She was selected to do a painting for the 30th anniversary of the Empire Strikes Back.
43. Greg Peltz
Technical director at Pixar, Greg has done these really cool steam punk Victorian esque Star Wars portraits. The 24 year old has painted these images entirely in Photoshop. He says that he loves working with traditional media, but you can't beat the fastness of a computer when you have an idea going. Interview!
Civil War General Vader, I guess this is kind of what I was trying to do with my LEGO man drawing. I want to do some of these!
Childrens Books
36. Eric Carle
Born in Syracuse New York, Eric and his family moved to Germany where he spent his childhood. He dreamed of returning back to the United States. He was born in the 1930s and grew up during World War II in Germany. It was a hard time in his life. He was educated at Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart.
He is most famous for his children's books like, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which he illustrated in 1969. He is a collage artist, and he does his work in hand painted paper. Most of his artwork is inspired by nature and curiosity.
37. Anna Dewdney
She is a mom who lives in Vermont with her two daughters. She writes the "Llama Llama" books (and if you haven't read them, my two year old class loves them). On her "about me" she pretty much explained that she has had a lot of jobs over the years and did the art thing on the side to make some money and one day she just quit it all. Now she spends most her time with her dogs and writing, oh and then visiting her publisher.
Sounds like a great life!
I love her pictures because, well she draws the best cartoon llamas around. They are so expressive. It's all in the llama eyes and ears. The coloring is so soft, though I'm not sure what medium she works in.
38. Lisa McCue
She has illustrated over 175 children's books! She was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Tappan New York. As she tells it: "While in high school I was given the assignment to write a paper describing a day in my life 25 years into the future. I described myself as married with 2 children, working in my studio overlooking the ocean and designing greeting cards with a dog at my feet. I must have had a crystal ball that day. The only difference is I look out at the Chesapeake Bay, not the ocean." She illustrated her first book in college and now she's still doing it, 30 years later.
Her work is so dreamlike with the bright colors. Can I just say I love her texture? Look at that grass and the fuzzy bunny. Those blueberries look good enough to eat! Yum!
39. Rosemary Wells
She was born in New York and raised on the Jersey Shore. She recalls that as a child she spent a lot of time outdoors and playing outside with her neighbor. Maybe that is where some of her inspiration comes from. She is known for her artwork from the Max and Ruby series. For her, a book can take anywhere from 2 to 10 months to create. Her process:
"When I start illustrating I have my dummy in front of me. I begin to draw using mechanical pencil. When my pencil drawing is complete I draw over it in very light blue ink. Then I erase all the pencil lines and have a line image in blue. The color goes on. I use a lot of watercolor. I also use other media—gouache, pastel, ink, and colored pencils."
40. Helen Craig
She was born in London in the 1930s and moved to the country right around the outbreak of WWII. She is known for her illustrations of Angelina Ballerina. Her inspiration comes from her childhood. She has an obsession with mice, she really loves how they can stand on their hind legs and almost looks like little people. She is fond of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit (my personal fav) and she said that it inspired her as a child in her obsession with mice.
I guess if you're really passionate about something, why not create illustrations and make money off of them!
Born in Syracuse New York, Eric and his family moved to Germany where he spent his childhood. He dreamed of returning back to the United States. He was born in the 1930s and grew up during World War II in Germany. It was a hard time in his life. He was educated at Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart.
He is most famous for his children's books like, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which he illustrated in 1969. He is a collage artist, and he does his work in hand painted paper. Most of his artwork is inspired by nature and curiosity.
37. Anna Dewdney
She is a mom who lives in Vermont with her two daughters. She writes the "Llama Llama" books (and if you haven't read them, my two year old class loves them). On her "about me" she pretty much explained that she has had a lot of jobs over the years and did the art thing on the side to make some money and one day she just quit it all. Now she spends most her time with her dogs and writing, oh and then visiting her publisher.
Sounds like a great life!
I love her pictures because, well she draws the best cartoon llamas around. They are so expressive. It's all in the llama eyes and ears. The coloring is so soft, though I'm not sure what medium she works in.
She has illustrated over 175 children's books! She was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Tappan New York. As she tells it: "While in high school I was given the assignment to write a paper describing a day in my life 25 years into the future. I described myself as married with 2 children, working in my studio overlooking the ocean and designing greeting cards with a dog at my feet. I must have had a crystal ball that day. The only difference is I look out at the Chesapeake Bay, not the ocean." She illustrated her first book in college and now she's still doing it, 30 years later.
39. Rosemary Wells
She was born in New York and raised on the Jersey Shore. She recalls that as a child she spent a lot of time outdoors and playing outside with her neighbor. Maybe that is where some of her inspiration comes from. She is known for her artwork from the Max and Ruby series. For her, a book can take anywhere from 2 to 10 months to create. Her process:
"When I start illustrating I have my dummy in front of me. I begin to draw using mechanical pencil. When my pencil drawing is complete I draw over it in very light blue ink. Then I erase all the pencil lines and have a line image in blue. The color goes on. I use a lot of watercolor. I also use other media—gouache, pastel, ink, and colored pencils."
She was born in London in the 1930s and moved to the country right around the outbreak of WWII. She is known for her illustrations of Angelina Ballerina. Her inspiration comes from her childhood. She has an obsession with mice, she really loves how they can stand on their hind legs and almost looks like little people. She is fond of Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit (my personal fav) and she said that it inspired her as a child in her obsession with mice.
I guess if you're really passionate about something, why not create illustrations and make money off of them!
Sunday, August 5, 2012
More LEGOS
Well here is the new update of my life:
I just landed an amazing job, as a preschool teacher at an Early Childhood Development center and Preschool. They take care of kids aged from 6 weeks to 4 years. I get to work flexible hours and help out in classrooms to satisfy student to teacher ratios while I finish my senior year, and when I finish I get to work as a full time teacher. Can you say art projects and nap time? Oh and it is literally across from my condo (I am so walking across the street in the Fall).
Bye, bye Busch Gardens. It was fun, if you like heat indexes of 115 and customers screaming at you to your breaking point.
So I've been on a roll finding artists who work in LEGOs or just paint them, though I do not want my portfolio to become LEGO centered, I'm having fun finding these artists.
35. Sean Kenney
Another man who has millions of LEGOs in his studio. He is a "full-time professional kid." He is based in New York and has created pieces for museums, tv, and companies like Google. He has written building guide books and currently runs the largest LEGO based forum online.
Imagine working in this medium and all of the challenges that they present. The limited color palette and blocky form. It is great that these artists can take a brick and combine thousands together to make rounded realistic shaped things.
Oh and he's a LEGO Certified Professional
I just landed an amazing job, as a preschool teacher at an Early Childhood Development center and Preschool. They take care of kids aged from 6 weeks to 4 years. I get to work flexible hours and help out in classrooms to satisfy student to teacher ratios while I finish my senior year, and when I finish I get to work as a full time teacher. Can you say art projects and nap time? Oh and it is literally across from my condo (I am so walking across the street in the Fall).
Bye, bye Busch Gardens. It was fun, if you like heat indexes of 115 and customers screaming at you to your breaking point.
So I've been on a roll finding artists who work in LEGOs or just paint them, though I do not want my portfolio to become LEGO centered, I'm having fun finding these artists.
35. Sean Kenney
Another man who has millions of LEGOs in his studio. He is a "full-time professional kid." He is based in New York and has created pieces for museums, tv, and companies like Google. He has written building guide books and currently runs the largest LEGO based forum online.
Imagine working in this medium and all of the challenges that they present. The limited color palette and blocky form. It is great that these artists can take a brick and combine thousands together to make rounded realistic shaped things.
Oh and he's a LEGO Certified Professional
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Lego Love
34. Allan Innman
He is a painter from Oxford Mississippi. He studied at the University of Mississippi where he earned his BFA in Stuido Art, and is about to go back to school at the University of Georgia to earn his Masters. He currently works as a professor at the University of Mississippi.
In his artwork he likes to show nostalgia through his depiction of toys. Or as he puts it, "As I grow older, I see it fit to immortalize these forgotten objects from my childhood into paintings. The paintings serve as a retrospective of my lost youth." His work below is all oil paintings:
I feel like this artist is the best comparison to my work because he chooses to paint with LEGOs and toys (Pshhh, mine will be so much cooler anyways :) ). Bright colors, great cropping, good idea, crisp lines and LEGOs, duh.
Oh, and he does boring landscapes
He is a painter from Oxford Mississippi. He studied at the University of Mississippi where he earned his BFA in Stuido Art, and is about to go back to school at the University of Georgia to earn his Masters. He currently works as a professor at the University of Mississippi.
In his artwork he likes to show nostalgia through his depiction of toys. Or as he puts it, "As I grow older, I see it fit to immortalize these forgotten objects from my childhood into paintings. The paintings serve as a retrospective of my lost youth." His work below is all oil paintings:
Oh, and he does boring landscapes
Tar Beach
32. Catherine Murphy
She is a photo realistic painter. Yes, those are paintings! She is now apart of the faculty at Yale. She studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and then continued her education at Pratt Institute in 1967, earning her BFA. Her amazing artwork is featured in many different galleries such as the MOMA. She started her teaching job at Yale in 1989.
Here is a great article on her.
I can not imagine painting one of these things. They are so realistic that I thought they were photoshop edits or really precise digital painting at first. Nope, these are oil paintings. Brightly colored amazing ones. I like how she does her highlights and that her shadows are so non-existing.
33. Faith Ringgold
I remember being read her story "Tar Beach" as a child in elementary school. So researching this artist is a little nostalgic.
She is a professor at the University of California. She was born in 1931 and raised in Harlem. She earned a BA from the City College of New York. Her story quilts were influenced by her mother, who was a fashion designer. Most of her artwork is featured in museums around New York, like the MOMA (sounds like I need to plan a trip to New York, right?!).
She has written seventeen children's books with her book, Tar Beach, receiving the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration.
What I like about her work is her ability to tell stories in her painted quilts. I love how quilts are almost a symbol of comfort and family, they really do tell stories themselves (like if you've ever had a handmade quilt passed down from grandma).
She is a photo realistic painter. Yes, those are paintings! She is now apart of the faculty at Yale. She studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and then continued her education at Pratt Institute in 1967, earning her BFA. Her amazing artwork is featured in many different galleries such as the MOMA. She started her teaching job at Yale in 1989.
Here is a great article on her.
33. Faith Ringgold
I remember being read her story "Tar Beach" as a child in elementary school. So researching this artist is a little nostalgic.
She is a professor at the University of California. She was born in 1931 and raised in Harlem. She earned a BA from the City College of New York. Her story quilts were influenced by her mother, who was a fashion designer. Most of her artwork is featured in museums around New York, like the MOMA (sounds like I need to plan a trip to New York, right?!).
She has written seventeen children's books with her book, Tar Beach, receiving the Coretta Scott King Award for illustration.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)