flowrider fun

just a link for fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lHwDF0SzoA

Camp Kawanhee on Monhegan Island

Helping Camp Kawanhee is a wonderful experience. Not only do I get to teach drawing and watercolor techniques to interested campers, but it also is an opportunity to go on hikes around the island to see the cliffs, the cathedral woods, as well as swim in the ocean (brrrrrr), go on a beautiful boat ride, and be in one of the most beautiful places on the planet.

Below are two pictures of the campers who were in my class. We'll have a small show for them, displaying their art back at the base camp some time this week.


This guy was starting a drawing of Jaime Wyeth's house (formerly owned by Rockwell Kent).


Many of the campers focused their artistic efforts on the wreck of the D.T. Sheridan. Some of them did observational work, while others were inspired to illustrate their thoughts about what the ship wreck would have looked like as the boat ran aground in a storm.

I'll teach watercolor on Monhegan

I'm very excited that it all worked out, and I will be teaching four watercolor classes on Monhegan Island, Maine.

http://www.monhegan.com/070608.html

I used to attend Camp Kawanhee as a camper. They still go out to Monhegan for fishing and hiking trips. I have not been back to the island since 2001, and I look forward to have any excuse to visit this beautiful piece of land off the coast of Maine.

men's tshirts summer 2008

http://www.100waves.com/menstshirts2008.html

Process art

life as art

"stop and smell the roses"

No other way to say it than this



and if the embed doesn't work try this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4

(special thanks to Jess, for digging this up on YouTube)

Free to chose a tshirt as art

continuing with the freedom of choice idea....
I decided to limit the color/design combinations of the tshirts to just a few. My experience in the wholesale/retail world has taught me that too much choice paralyzes customers' ability to decide to buy, and you end up with lots of unpurchased inventory.

While alot of my art focuses on repetition, layering, and subtle changes (either thematically or within a single piece of work), it does not have a useful place in the retail world.

Perhaps that is what helps separate "Art" (as an exploration) and "art" (as fashion and decoration).
Although, when put into a historical context, or at least when considering a larger sample of time, fashion and decoration both repeat in cycles (of varying sizes) and DO explore multiple avenues. It's just a matter of time. But, I think the progress is not a quick as "Art" (big A) can be.

Regardless of the reasoning, and whether or not fashion, decoration, and tshirt making (in particular) can stand up on their own as being considered "Art", they certainly can be fun endeavors. Besides, apparel (and none better than tshirts) can be intriguing signifiers of a person's sensibilities and beliefs. Whether the images on the tshirts are signs, signifiers, or whatever is up for debate.

One way or another I've narrowed the tshirts down to some of the better combinations and hope that people enjoy them.

Have a look here
http://www.100waves.com/tshirtsmay2008.html

Enjoy

put this in your conceptual pipe....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHg3wOvD1Hs

...with all love

"freedom of choice

is what you got
freedom from choice
is what you want"
by Devo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hpMgKI_NU

The Paradox of Choice
by Barry Schwartz

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/93

late winter cycle

colors inspired by increasing amounts of daylight, an anticipation of spring, and the memory of greens and blues in the water on the warmer winter days.

The movement is more agitated with increased protential, more chaotic and creative than the hibernating months of winter. Snow is melting in the warmer climates and close to turning to water elsewhere, soon to swell the rivers into rushing torrents. Seeds are ready to burst and let loose fresh life.

happy day

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/130