Friday, August 8, 2008

this morning...


will this morning be the morning that changes our lives? (for better)
will i hear good news?
will your day be good?
will we enjoy the evening?
will we talk to each other while we are out with friends?
will we spill our coffee?
will we fall asleep in an embrace?
will this day be the day that moves our life toward our dream?

tension.


tension, tension go away.
don't come back some other day.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

light.



On the other side of darkness, far away there shines a light,
A light to end all sorrow,
A light to be ever free,
A light for a new tomorrow
A light for you and me



from A Step by Raja Sivaji

i want to know more about:

Artist Magdelena Atria


Magdalena Atria's work is about longing and indifference, closeness and detachment, emotion and reserve. The images that inspire her work may be of concrete identifiable things such as a deer, a rabbit, an ear. Or they may be vague and undefined, freighted with meaning, but without a name. All of the images are related to the body and to embodied experiences such as touching, breathing, looking, holding, growing, hesitating. . from here.


made from toothpicks.


I could not find much information on Atria, as she is Chilean and most was not in english...and there just was not much written. But I am very curious to how she builds her large scale pieces. And what her references are.


Either way the work looks beautiful and hopefully I can see it in person soon.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

sterile and initmate





Photographer Jason Lazarus has me intrigued.
I most prefer his images of the domestic situation, most of which are from the series
living with a portrait, I love how he uses object and negative space to create emotional tension in the image.





then there are these images of sort of the everyday detritus of living.
I love how there is no contrived beauty in the image, allowing it to act more like a document.
And that in itself creates the beauty.




and his new work is jumping towards a much more conceptual approach but it might go somewhere good.
or he might be thinking too much and seeing too little.
I will be interested to see.



See more work at here and here.
And check his blog out here.

sometimes...


sometimes... he is an asshole.
and I want to throw a cutting board at his head.

the opening night.

the white dress.

the crowd.
was huge.
it was so fun to see thousands of people all in white.
the men looked smashing in their white pants, white shirts, and white belts.

the unique accessories.

the opening.
had a great turn out and the worked looked good.
all work available at BECA Gallery.


the work.

a new interpretation of the "sentiments."

Monday, August 4, 2008

young photographer.

from connections.

My friend forwarded me the young photographer Erin Jane Nelson's website.
The images intrigue me and at moments the use of light is phenomenal.

from time to myself.

I love the intimacy in may of the images.

from connections.

I wish she had a statement with her work, I so prefer knowing a bit of artist's intention...even just a sentence a quote.

from time to myself.

I am very interested to see what she continues to do and how she evolves.

from hanging on letting go.

she also has a flickr page and a blog.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

from one place to another.


so i fly out early tomorrow.
i hope New Orleans is fun.
i hope it is not too hot.
i hope i sell some work.
i hope me and my sister get along.
i hope good news comes next week.
i hope c misses me.
i hope you have a lovely weekend.
i simply hope.

beautiful work...

Please watch your head

Artist Spring Hofeldt.
So in casual conversation I just found out that I work with an amazing painter.
I casually looked at her website and was like ****! They are great.

Let me tell you.

Spring does not have an artist's statement so I am not sure what motivates her personal work but ...you know me I love birds, so I love these paintings.


Surrogate.

And LOOK at how she handles the glass, so lovely.
I love how sweet and clever the titles are.



Her portraits are quite impressive as well.
You never know the talents of people around you until you ask, and then sometimes they really knock your socks off.