we are packing up and getting ready to go have a super-christmas-bonanza for the next few weeks!
i have been packing up my studio and putting the finishing touches on my "new" body of work. i have created quite a bit of new work, but also will be able to pull out some work that has never gotten much attention as it fits into the theme of the show. i think that for kind of the first time i understand what my work is about or where it is going... it makes sense to me. i will be having a solo show here in january and february with the work i created during the residency.
the show will be called "dwellings". it is a series of mostly mixed media houses and cities of various sizes on various materials but has kind of neat chaotic, cohesive collagey aesthetic to the whole thing. the work isn't about the subject matter as much as it is about the paint, the surfaces, the processes, and the possibilities these dwellings hold. a dwelling is not only a house or a building or a city but also a grid, wherein each square or cube is a box holding little treasures... hmmm very interesting and kind of tactile in concept. i hope that other people think so as well.
a kind of bizarre thing about this residency has been the isolation. i have been forced to kind of rely on my own artistic judgement of what is good/bad/needs work/etc. without the convenience of a critique or outside influence or opinion. similarly i'm not sharing a studio or talking to other artists or really seeing other artists work (besides online) but that kind of rubs off as well. so, we will see if my own internal, isolated aesthetic and judgement is any good. look out world, here comes my new art. lol.
o holy night- an oldie but a goodie
3 weeks ago