More publicity for the 48 hour show

http://hyperallergic.com/38980/in-the-middle-of-an-art-marathon/

Here are the other two drawings I made during the 24 hour art making marathon.

The first is called Persephone's dream.

This is only a closeup snapshot of the birth of Venus drawing, I don't have any full pictures of it yet, I'm letting a friend store it for me, so I have to swing by her place to take a picture of it soon.

http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/10/24/artists-take-over-williamsburg-gallery-for-48-hour-art-making-marathon

Some publicity on the 48 hour show.

Here are 3 of the 5 drawings I made during the 24 hour art-making marathon this past weekend. They are all 38" x 50" and portraits of other artists participating in the performance.

Come to my opening this sunday!

I'm getting ready to paint for 24 hours, starting midnight tonight Come see the results at our opening this Sunday (October 23) between noon and midnight at Camel Art Space (722 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)! I'll try and post some images as we go, but I won't have internet there.


I'm really excited about this marathon because I'm pushing a whole bunch of boundaries. I have done two 24 hour marathons before, but this time I want to make 6-7 large drawings, portraits of the other artists participating, but mythology style. This will be exciting because I might learn a bit about my tendency to make self portraits. I also planned the drawings out ahead of time, which is exciting and unusual for me. 

You know you live in Greenpoint when... your newest artist crush is Polish.

Seriously though, I encounerd the work of Jacek Malczewski for the first time today. He incorporates mythology and humanity and deep emotional explorations with his figurative paintings AND he is an exquisite painter. He is definitely on my artist family tree.

For your viewing pleasure:

I've started adding color to this drawing, it's helping me make the features more accurate and add to the emotion in the gaze, which is good. We'll see where this goes.

So I went to the Frick and the Whitney Museums today, and saw some amazing art. I also spent some time thinking about why I ten to make self portraits in my artistic explorations. I think it has something to do with the personal nature of the work. With the mythological self portraits I am reliving and experiencing the myths and then adapting them to my life. I am searching out the fundamental emotions and conflicts of these stories and updating them. Because the imagery and ideas come from such a personal nature and because I am trying to capture a subtle mix of emotions, I use myself as a model. But they aren't really self portraits in the saw way that Cindy Sherman's photographs aren't self portraits, I am just using myself as a channel for this human experience, or role we play. I am a filter for the stories to pass through.

I also added a body to my medusa drawing. I'm still figuring out what else needs to happen to this drawing, but I think one thing might be a need for full color!

A day's work

She's part Athena and part Medusa. They are two characters from mythology who really mean a lot in contrast with each other. Plus Medusa was normal until Athena snaked and gorgonified her. Not sure yet what else is going to go in this picture, but it'll be epic.

A show you should all come see

Remember how much I love art marathons? Well there is a very epic one coming up. Thanks to Julie Torres's amazing organization skills, 15 artists (including the two of us) will be in a gallery paining for 24 hours. We will begin painting on midnight friday October 21 and will stop saturday October 22 at midnight. Then sunday from noon to midnight, there will be a show of all the work made. I seriously cannot wait to meet these other crazy artists and make all this art and just see what happens.

Here is the invite for the show, and if you are anywhere near NYC, please come!

these drawings I've been making

I wanted to think a little about the evolution of these drawings I've been making over the past two weeks and where I am taking them, so I thought I'd put them all together here. 

They have started getting a little less messy, and color is coming in selectively. I have been developing the stories behind them more in the recent ones. The words seem to have vanished from the images, which I am not sure how I feel about yet. Anyhow Perhaps my goal for today's drawing should be to go back a step and make messier less colorful ones just to make sure I'm making these changes on purpose.

I reworked this drawing today, making the figure lighter, and with less distinct marks. I think the balance is better now, and I am going to wait a day or two before deciding if it is done.

It was a long and hard fought battle, but after 14 hours, I think this drawing is where it needs to be.  I might put some finishing touches on it later, but for now, I think it is time to go home and go to bed.

Artist Statements

Because I really need to get to work on my artist statement I decided to use my giant drawing of the day as a brainstorm. I also looked a little into the specific questions the schools I am looking into are asking. Oh boy I'm already getting nervous and excited.

As you can see I've still got a ways to go, but I'm working on it. I've been circling in color things I think are especially important. So far, I've got:
Performances
Art Marathons
Remove filters
Tap into the Collective Subconscious
Transform experiences
Transform perceptions
Never Never Never Never Stop Making Art
Whimsy & Magic
Understanding
What it's like to be Here
What it would be like if Here were different
Epic things
Poetry
Mythology: Still relevant, but with new perspective... re-imaginings.
Love for all that is
Try new mediums
Meet passionate collaborators
Be in a creative community
Learn

Star honey

I worked some more on this painting today. I'm still not sure about all the white space, it feels important, but too sudden. I might try mixing a different white or blurring the line between it and the sky.

Persephone whispers her secrets through my bathroom sink. The ants carry them out.

I think I'm going to have to add some pomegranate seeds, and I'm thinking of writing the secrets by the ants, we'll see.