virtual gallery tour, section one

paintings 1-6, a virtual gallery visit.  second installment of videos soon.

all originals are for sale at this link. all prints are here.


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live paintings: two streams

I’ll be doing this on Friday at 7 PST this week again, feel free to join in! If you have questions or suggestions, comment here or there. See you Friday!

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process; intent

bedtime stories I’ve read

 

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start rough, then refine

working with landscape in tattooing, getting a natural look to a landscape

 

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also some extra things that have happened recently

 

 

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Three things I miss about 1989.

tumblr_llv78nlRaH1qepg0fo1_500I miss watching Female Trouble a few times a week.


It was the first movie I had ever seen that completely acknowledged how I felt about life, that made perfect sense to me. It was reassuring in all the right ways and it influenced my speech, my life in fact. It made me feel all right about being a xenophile, and being unable to fit in. We were strange people and the world shit on us regularly- and somehow this movie made it all ok, because it meant there was a whole world of other strange people out there, and they all had been through it and survived. 

And yes, it came out in 1974- around when I was born(ish). But I saw it in 1989 and that for me is the era I associate it with, being that I was only a toddler when it was made.

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the story of ricky o, and intestines as a weapon.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-Ok49cO0TM&w=480&h=360]

If the whole world isn’t a zombie movie, maybe it’s just a live production of the story of ricky o.

There’s been a lot of mayhem recently. And it seems to be moving west. People eating brains, ripping their own guts out and throwing them at cops, chopping each other to bits and growling after they get shot- the world has become a lot more insane (or, alternately, we’re just hearing more about it lately)

also, some updates about the cannibal face-eating nudist. here are some (not-gory) before photos of the victim.

Also, for rachel. The MKULTRA twin escapees who got bashed by cars and then got up to continue running from the cops. While screaming for someone to call the cops.

ALSO, bath salts schmath salts. In my day, we got dusted. (yes, dusted.)

time-lapse painting

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSrNNQ9kkAg&w=420&h=315]time lapse video- this is older but still fun to see.

chai tea and plain donuts

I spent the day napping and drawing. I haven’t finished anything. Everything I’m working on is half-done, waiting. It’s been a strange day.

Here’s an older picture to tide you over until I find some motivation to finish something.

oh yeah, and an awesome video for you to watch.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh-hdLKITZA&w=420&h=315]

feather and tar

human bones, on the other hand, are just fine. as long as you didn’t collect them yourself.

The most recent revisions to the migratory bird act can be found online; my favorite part, and the most useful, is the list of species NOT covered by the act. These are the birds I find, use, and adore (along with game birds, and pets). If you decide to scroll to the bottom (or actually read the notes, I don’t know what kind of sicko you are, after all) you will find quite an extensive list, many of which you will also find represented in my artworks.

I collect a lot at wildlife facilities, and the feathers and bone I collect there are from birds that do not inhabit north america or the US.

As for bones, skulls, and incidentals of mammals and reptiles/amphibians- I don’t use anything on the CITES list, I either purchase or obtain my pieces legally; sometimes through roadkill salvage where that’s permitted, by finding natural remains, or by beach combing.

It’s not hard to find beautiful natural objects. Simply taking a walk away from other people is often enough. I use plant materials, as well, and collect those in the same way. There’s something deeply fulfilling about walking, looking, and finding. I will use anything I find in some way, just about- whether for my private collection or for artwork.

I do have an artist’s statement hanging wherever these sorts of works are shown. If you’re at the gallery it’ll be right by the first piece you see when you walk in. I will probably post it up here this time too.

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