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Bi-annual Journal Entry

Mon May 19, 2008, 1:03 PM
  • Mood: Artistic
  • Listening to: The Doors
  • Reading: Dionysos: Myth and Cult - Otto
Seems like I manage about two of these journals a year.

I've just uploaded some stuff from my drawing class last year. Used reams and reams of paper, but these three are really the only ones worth sharing. (The oil painting is also based on sketches from that class.)

Since I last wrote, I've fallen head over heels for two new (to me) media - oil paint and vine charcoal. Both are so wonderfully sensuous! I seriously don't know how I've put up with acryllic paint for so long.

What little work I've had time for (I've spent much of the last year opening a restaurant with my sweetie, not a lot of studio time) has gone in opposite extremes. On one hand, I'm really trying to work more from life than photos, though that usually gives me a headache. (My eyes are fine, but I always wish they would focus just a little better...)

On the other end, my painting has been really abstract for a while now, and I've been doing a lot with found objects.

A friend asked if I was still working on the Tarot series. The answer is a definate "maybe." I got bored with the Joni Mitchell painting and set it aside, then this abstract obsession kicked in. I've been kinda wanting to go back to the series with "The Star", but I don't think I'm in the right frame of mind for that much realism.

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

Completed, need to scan/photograph:
Untitled #4 (This doesn't give y'all much to go on, does it?)

In progress:
The Sun (if I ever get around to fixing it)
The Empress (If I ever get around to finishing it)
Untitled #5 (I really dislike naming things) An abstract for Dionysos

Planned:
As inspiriation strikes, really

Tarot Series

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Dune, Arakis, Desert planet (AKA Phoenix)
  • Interests: Artist, herbalist, and rabid rock fan
  • Favourite movie: Dogma, Lion in Winter, Cuckoo's Nest, Manchurian Candidate (original), Blade Runner
  • Favourite band or musician: Zeppelin, Janis, the Mission, SRV, BB King, Carlos, Beck, Billie, Ella, Sarah, Etta, Lizst
  • Favourite genre of music: Pretty much all of it (with some notable exceptions) - but especially if it's guitar-centric.
  • Favourite artist: Jackson Pollack. Dave McKean. HR Giger. Vincent. Gaugain. Charlie Vess.
  • Favourite poet or writer: Poets: Byron. Shelley. Dylan. Morrison. Writers: Gaiman. Tanith Lee. Moorcock. Kafka. Miller.
  • Favourite photographer: My mom
  • Shell of choice: We used to find these miniature clamshells on the beach where my grandparents lived. I like them.
  • Favourite cartoon character: Cartman's cat

Comments


You have a damned great gallery! Especially the drawings-great! So I'm really proud about your add on "energy sky"- thanks for that! :hug:
Hey thanks for faving Sannion's Dionysos. I am glad you liked it!

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Live, laugh, love oh children of the gods
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Your welcome. It's a beautiful piece!

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Stealing your friend's stash is not an intervention.
Great stuff!!!!

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We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but not in will
To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.

~A. Lord Tennyson
thank you so much for the fav! :)
Just dropped in to say Hi, and that you are doing a wonderful job!
Lots
Thanks for the watch! Wicked gallery, btw.
Hey, I just created a club for Jim Morrison/ The Doors... pleeeease come and join:):whisper:
Have a great Holiday season and new year. Thanks for the inspiration!

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There are unlimited possibilities!

ZZ Snow

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