Now through my spare time and my only two very part time jobs, I'm slowly making my passion my main focus. And in doing so I realize that I get to create for me now. Which is so much more of an accomplished feeling when I finish a piece. It is uncompromised work done by me. And yes when I was in school I did get to create all the time, but perimeters where set, I was told what worked and wouldn't work and that it should look this way and that didn't make sense. Now I make whatever I want, how I want it, and it works cause I say so, it's my vision and what I have to say. And that is what has made painting and photography more exhilarating to me. I do hope some where down the line I get to do custom work. I would really like the challenge and the growth I would get. But for now it's all me. And I will embrace it and enjoy it while I can.
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Showing posts with label Andria Matlock. Show all posts
Thursday, August 21, 2014
I do what I want. No Apologies.
When I was working three jobs and going to school I never had the time to create for me. I was more focused in making as much money as I could and having a degree in my hand. And like most things I feel I need I never get. Luck would have it, I was able to work two jobs allowing me to make up the time I was out of work for two and half months. And a few months down the road Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth would call about working in their shop. I knew when I was hired on for the part time evening job it was under contract and it would at the most last 18 months. So what the heck 3 jobs and school make the most of what I got while I have it. I found the spare time that I had I never utilized to focus on trying to earn money from my passion. I really intended to before the contract job ended, create more so that I would have fresh work available to sale online. However working for solid 7 days a week and spending most of my free time devoted to school, whatever free time that I had I didn't really use to focus on my art, but to rest. Maybe I could have pushed through and tried harder (if you really want it bad enough you find away right) I would have had a jump on things. I can't dwell on how I could have handled the past, but to move on and to utilize the present.
Now through my spare time and my only two very part time jobs, I'm slowly making my passion my main focus. And in doing so I realize that I get to create for me now. Which is so much more of an accomplished feeling when I finish a piece. It is uncompromised work done by me. And yes when I was in school I did get to create all the time, but perimeters where set, I was told what worked and wouldn't work and that it should look this way and that didn't make sense. Now I make whatever I want, how I want it, and it works cause I say so, it's my vision and what I have to say. And that is what has made painting and photography more exhilarating to me. I do hope some where down the line I get to do custom work. I would really like the challenge and the growth I would get. But for now it's all me. And I will embrace it and enjoy it while I can.
Now through my spare time and my only two very part time jobs, I'm slowly making my passion my main focus. And in doing so I realize that I get to create for me now. Which is so much more of an accomplished feeling when I finish a piece. It is uncompromised work done by me. And yes when I was in school I did get to create all the time, but perimeters where set, I was told what worked and wouldn't work and that it should look this way and that didn't make sense. Now I make whatever I want, how I want it, and it works cause I say so, it's my vision and what I have to say. And that is what has made painting and photography more exhilarating to me. I do hope some where down the line I get to do custom work. I would really like the challenge and the growth I would get. But for now it's all me. And I will embrace it and enjoy it while I can.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
It Was a Break!
I hate when I have to take a sabbatical for awhile. But I'm back, baby and the reason why I've been away is because I've been busy doing my own work and creating a new blog to showcase it and focusing on promoting my crafts and art. Please check out my new blog solely dedicated to me. It will keep you most update on the work that will be readily available to buy and what I'm working on next, as well as a look into my photography projects. And now for the shameful plugging part of the program. Check out my
New Beautiful Photo Blog Here!!!
Click for Etsy Shop
Click For Society6 Shop
New Art is Coming to my Saatchi profile promise --but click here to see it
FB :) Click for FB Store Page
and My personal Blog here-
As for here expect to see, of course, more insights into artist who are my favorites and new artist I've found, as well as insights into my own work. So stayed tune cause, it's coming really quick and you don't want to miss it. In fact, you should become a follower of this blog and tell me below in the comments what artist influence you.
New Beautiful Photo Blog Here!!!
Click for Etsy Shop
Click For Society6 Shop
New Art is Coming to my Saatchi profile promise --but click here to see it
FB :) Click for FB Store Page
and My personal Blog here-
As for here expect to see, of course, more insights into artist who are my favorites and new artist I've found, as well as insights into my own work. So stayed tune cause, it's coming really quick and you don't want to miss it. In fact, you should become a follower of this blog and tell me below in the comments what artist influence you.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Insight
This is a piece among a series I started for a Saatchi Showdown. I had friend curious about it and kind of did a quick summary of it and my process and I thought what a great thing to share on my yet again revamped blog. Don't worry I'll still showcase other artist that I enjoy and influence me but include some things I'm working on which are also available for purchase.
This piece is a collage, one of my favorite ways mediums to use when creating new work. One of the reasons is it's a much quicker process for me than painting and definitely knitting. Photography is probably the most immediate medium that I work faster in than collaging. Collage lets me play around ideas so much freer. I tend to over think things in other mediums, limiting my ideas and creativity a bit. However, with collaging it feel much more informal that it's more like play and I tend to just go at it and not think much about what I'm doing. If it goes wrong I can just tear it off or cover it up, it's only glue.
With this piece and the others I have and probably in general, never have an idea or theme in hand. It's more about finding a piece here and another there and putting them together like a puzzle. Once I see it coming together I can see what my subconcious is developing. I tend to work with female faces and fashion. There is just, for me, more verstality with the female body than the male body. So once I got to a point where I could figure out what the four pieces were developing into I realized they become more about female archetypes in story and history. This one is the amazion female and the other is sleeping beauty and I'm still trying to see what the other two piecs are becoming. I'm not done with this piece so I will update this blog when I'm done and share the others once they're done too.
Have any questions are things you want to discuss, leave a comment, all comments are welcome.
With this piece and the others I have and probably in general, never have an idea or theme in hand. It's more about finding a piece here and another there and putting them together like a puzzle. Once I see it coming together I can see what my subconcious is developing. I tend to work with female faces and fashion. There is just, for me, more verstality with the female body than the male body. So once I got to a point where I could figure out what the four pieces were developing into I realized they become more about female archetypes in story and history. This one is the amazion female and the other is sleeping beauty and I'm still trying to see what the other two piecs are becoming. I'm not done with this piece so I will update this blog when I'm done and share the others once they're done too.
Have any questions are things you want to discuss, leave a comment, all comments are welcome.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
On Mission
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Friday, March 09, 2012
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Artist state of mind
Its been awhile but I'm getting back into the grove. I'm going to show case some things I've been working on for now.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Day 18
Photographed Eve Arnold
Buddhist monks studying sutras at Cold Mountain Temple. Suzhou, China 1979.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Modernism
I was told that I could talk about what is Modern, but I already had the content in which I was going to post in again my reinvention of this blog. So I will put 2 simple theories what Modernism is and feel free to comment what Modernism means to you.
Modernism is what science and it's achievements have created the manifestation of progress so to live still in pre modern conditions is to be regressive and immature. Modernism is progression.
Modern art is a defiance of all existing institutions and the creation of their works. To be Modern is to belong to no existing institution.
"I do not belong to any school, I simply want to do something that is personal to myself" -- Pierre Bonnard
I never gave Dan Flavin a chance to keep my mind open to what his works are. There are certain things I hear about being show in galleries and museums and when I heard he used florescent lights as sculpture. I thought are you kidding me. Anything can be considered art these days. I reluctantly went to the Modern Art museum in Fort Worth on my lunch to see this so called sculptures. I just gasped at this wonderful sight I see. The glowing atmosphere that they create made butterflies in my stomach it's so beautiful it's only something you can experience for yourself. Pictures really just doesn't do it justice. Just the tiniest of glow can take over the room. It made me feel like a kid exploring every piece on my own. I had to come back again on Sunday to really take it all on my own time.
"One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find." -Dan Flavin, 1987.
and in my own modern defiance. I have my own pictures of the exhibit.
His work of series called Vanitas is what pulled me in. The Illustrations of the exposed ligaments muscles and bones of the beautifully poised models. It is so disturbing at first to see this exposed but the calm serenity of their faces speaks to me in a romantic sullen way. It's as if the women are showing that there is so much more to them that underneath the clothes and skin are complexities that are not shown. So they are pulling back the flesh to give us their vulnerability and truth. I very much love the playfulness of his pin-ups and characterization how easily he can flow from serious to fun to thought provoking.
You can enjoy more at :
Fernando Vicente
Fernando Vicente Blog
Mainly Huyghe recycles text and imagery to explore how content is derived and interpreted within our culture. In doing so he deconstructs meaning and creates another dimension to the original text and image's reality and to it's fiction.
Pierre Huyghe mixes fact and fiction, reversing the real to upset traditional expectations of how art is perceived. His strength lies in his understanding that an image always comes with baggage.(nicholas bourriaud http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue7/pierrehuyghe.htm)
Pierre Huyghe
Modernism is what science and it's achievements have created the manifestation of progress so to live still in pre modern conditions is to be regressive and immature. Modernism is progression.
Modern art is a defiance of all existing institutions and the creation of their works. To be Modern is to belong to no existing institution.
"I do not belong to any school, I simply want to do something that is personal to myself" -- Pierre Bonnard
Dan Flavin
I never gave Dan Flavin a chance to keep my mind open to what his works are. There are certain things I hear about being show in galleries and museums and when I heard he used florescent lights as sculpture. I thought are you kidding me. Anything can be considered art these days. I reluctantly went to the Modern Art museum in Fort Worth on my lunch to see this so called sculptures. I just gasped at this wonderful sight I see. The glowing atmosphere that they create made butterflies in my stomach it's so beautiful it's only something you can experience for yourself. Pictures really just doesn't do it justice. Just the tiniest of glow can take over the room. It made me feel like a kid exploring every piece on my own. I had to come back again on Sunday to really take it all on my own time.
"One might not think of light as a matter of fact, but I do. And it is, as I said, as plain and open and direct an art as you will ever find." -Dan Flavin, 1987.
and in my own modern defiance. I have my own pictures of the exhibit.
Fernando Vicente
Fernando Vincente has blown my mind the first time I saw his work. My lack of understanding the Spanish language hasn't kept me from being intrigued by him either. Born and currently resides in Madrid, Spain he started out doing painting and illustrations in the 80's. He also mixes photographs and paint. You can see his illustrations in numerous publications.
His work of series called Vanitas is what pulled me in. The Illustrations of the exposed ligaments muscles and bones of the beautifully poised models. It is so disturbing at first to see this exposed but the calm serenity of their faces speaks to me in a romantic sullen way. It's as if the women are showing that there is so much more to them that underneath the clothes and skin are complexities that are not shown. So they are pulling back the flesh to give us their vulnerability and truth. I very much love the playfulness of his pin-ups and characterization how easily he can flow from serious to fun to thought provoking.
You can enjoy more at :
Fernando Vicente
Fernando Vicente Blog
Pierre Huyghe
Oh where to start with Pierre Huyghe. I got to experience Les Grands Ensembles in person at his One Million + Kingdoms exhibit at the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum and it was amazing! I was lucky to sit alone on this little bench and watch this video installation take place. I was so engulfed it was like I was a peeping tom on this conversation between two buildings. It was like time didn't exist. I could have watched it loop over and over again, but there was so much more I wanted to see.
Mainly Huyghe recycles text and imagery to explore how content is derived and interpreted within our culture. In doing so he deconstructs meaning and creates another dimension to the original text and image's reality and to it's fiction.
Pierre Huyghe mixes fact and fiction, reversing the real to upset traditional expectations of how art is perceived. His strength lies in his understanding that an image always comes with baggage.(nicholas bourriaud http://www.tate.org.uk/tateetc/issue7/pierrehuyghe.htm)
Pierre Huyghe
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Eikoh Hosoe
Eikoh Hosoe is my first Artist to talk about in my new revamped blog about art. As a random pick I was enchanted by the Kama-itachi #34. Which will be the main image I will talk about in his large body of work. When I saw it, there was a familiarity of a man-ray collage image I created in my first Color Photography class in college. I don't believe in the coincidences in the similarities of our prints or how I came upon him. There is a reason that Eikoh Hosoe is my first pick and that I'm so drawn and memorized by his work. It could be that he is an extraoridnary artist at photographing the flesh at such a raw eroticism and simplicity. It's been a journey trying to find out the meaning to his works and the truth about the artist. I hope that I am more accurate than I have found others to be. So, without further adieu here is Eikoh Hosoe.
Eikoh Hosoe is a Japanese photographer and filmmaker who emerged in the experimental arts movement of post- World War II Japan. Eikoh, was primarily educated in Tokyo, but was evacuated to Yonezawa during fire-bombing run in 1944-45.
Winning first prize for a Fuji Photo Contest in 1952 encouraged him to pursue photography seriously and to enroll at Tokyo College of Photography. A year later he joins the artist group "Deokrato".
In 1975 he takes a professorship at Tokyo College of Photography on the condition that the college establishes a gallery on campus and begins a collection of fine photographs. A trip to New York in 1987 with son, Kenji for an intense workshop in platinum printing, returns to Japan with a 20 by 24 inch hand-made camera.
Hosoe images are psychologically charged, exploring subjects of death, exotic obsession and irrationality. He has done artistic collaboration with writer Yukio Mishima and dancer Tatsumi Hijikata.
Kama-itachi #34
Kamaitachi, is a body of work produced in the 1960's. Its dramatic photos were a collaboration between dancer Tatsumi Hijikata and photographer Eikoh Hosoe. Tatsumi is a wandering ghost mirroring the stark landscape and confronting farmers and children.
The legend of the Kamaitachi, a weasel-sickle demon myth that haunted the Japanese country side of Hosoe's childhood. Kamaitachi living in the rice fields enters a village, charms the villagers, seduces ladies, and then lies in wait to steal children away with it in the end.
Hosoe revisited this myth because the dancer he used to portray the demon was from the same place he had been evacuated to as a child fleeing the cities during WW II, seeking sanctuary in the countryside. Here a connection is being made with the pangs of memory. With both their remembered childhood's they would be able to re-anact the past and bring back their unconscious memories.
Hosoe considers the project to be a 'subjective documentary' of both Hijikata as an innovator of Butoh dance and of Hosoe's early memories of his evacuation to rural Japan during World War II.
With Mishima as a model, Hosoe created a series of dark, erotic images centered on the male body, Ba-ra-ke or Ordeal by Roses.
His book Hoyo" (Embrace) once again focused on the dialogue between men and women
And that's Eikoh Hosoe undoubtedly the most important masters of photography since World War II. I wish I could go into depth about his film making , but as much has been revealed to me about Eikoh a lot still remains a mystery.
To see more prints on Embrace and Man and Woman check out Hosoe at DesignBoom:
Designboom.com
Eikoh Hosoe is a Japanese photographer and filmmaker who emerged in the experimental arts movement of post- World War II Japan. Eikoh, was primarily educated in Tokyo, but was evacuated to Yonezawa during fire-bombing run in 1944-45.
Winning first prize for a Fuji Photo Contest in 1952 encouraged him to pursue photography seriously and to enroll at Tokyo College of Photography. A year later he joins the artist group "Deokrato".
In 1975 he takes a professorship at Tokyo College of Photography on the condition that the college establishes a gallery on campus and begins a collection of fine photographs. A trip to New York in 1987 with son, Kenji for an intense workshop in platinum printing, returns to Japan with a 20 by 24 inch hand-made camera.
Hosoe images are psychologically charged, exploring subjects of death, exotic obsession and irrationality. He has done artistic collaboration with writer Yukio Mishima and dancer Tatsumi Hijikata.
Kama-itachi #34Kamaitachi, is a body of work produced in the 1960's. Its dramatic photos were a collaboration between dancer Tatsumi Hijikata and photographer Eikoh Hosoe. Tatsumi is a wandering ghost mirroring the stark landscape and confronting farmers and children.
The legend of the Kamaitachi, a weasel-sickle demon myth that haunted the Japanese country side of Hosoe's childhood. Kamaitachi living in the rice fields enters a village, charms the villagers, seduces ladies, and then lies in wait to steal children away with it in the end.
Hosoe revisited this myth because the dancer he used to portray the demon was from the same place he had been evacuated to as a child fleeing the cities during WW II, seeking sanctuary in the countryside. Here a connection is being made with the pangs of memory. With both their remembered childhood's they would be able to re-anact the past and bring back their unconscious memories.
Hosoe considers the project to be a 'subjective documentary' of both Hijikata as an innovator of Butoh dance and of Hosoe's early memories of his evacuation to rural Japan during World War II.
With Mishima as a model, Hosoe created a series of dark, erotic images centered on the male body, Ba-ra-ke or Ordeal by Roses.
His book Hoyo" (Embrace) once again focused on the dialogue between men and women
And that's Eikoh Hosoe undoubtedly the most important masters of photography since World War II. I wish I could go into depth about his film making , but as much has been revealed to me about Eikoh a lot still remains a mystery.
To see more prints on Embrace and Man and Woman check out Hosoe at DesignBoom:
Designboom.com
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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