Thanks Guys

This was a challenging semester for me but it was also a challenge met. I have become what art school is all about and that is a little more refined and directed. I wanna say thanks to Joe and my classmates for their help and support.

Congradulations to all and to all...Enjoy the break.

Thanks Guys

Pascal

CANVAS SALE

Sam Flax is having a 70% off canvas sale for the month of Dec 09.
40x40's are $20, 30x40 are $17 and so on.

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Pin up show!!

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MINT gallery in Atlanta is having its annual postcard pin up show on December 12th. This is the 4th year that the show has taken place and is all open entry. I participated last year and it was a great chance to see interesting and creative work. This year they have raffle prizes from WonderRoot, Solstice, The Independent and Alternative Apparel just to name a few. The submission guidelines are outlined below:

Artists must hand deliver their work to the MINT Gallery on Friday, December 11th between 7 and 9 p.m. or on Saturday, December 12th between 1 and 3 p.m. Artists may submit up to 4 pieces but none may exceed 4" x 6" and they must be delivered unframed and unmatted. Artists can price their work individually or as a series to be sold as a set. However no individual piece may be priced over $50 and no series may be priced over $125. Artists must agree to donate 40%, 60% or 100% of the selling price to MINT. Those who chose to donate 100% will be recognized and honored at the show. Unsold artwork may be picked up on Sunday, December 13th between 3 and 6 p.m. The required application/release form is available at the drop off or via email from mint@mintgallery.org.

MINT website

Yellena James

I was drawn to the first set of drawing we looked at during Monday's critique. The elements that I find interesting are the continuous line work and intricate forms that grow outwards. An artist that I randomly came across that reminded me of those drawings is Yellena James. Her background in graphic design comes through in her bold and colorful drawings and paintings. Some pieces appear as flat landscapes with a variety of line work that reference plants and microorganisms. Her paintings are more atmospheric where the forms float through the space. The imagery completely takes over the surface pulling the viewer into the alternate realm. The pieces are also relatively small which makes the viewer come closer to see the intricate patterns. I’m drawn to her work because the repetitive imagery and forms create an interesting language that adds to the imaginative space.

www.yellena.com

Jason Thielke

Jason Thielke is an american artist. I feel that his work relates to what a lot of people in the class are doing. He does portraits using laser etches, acrylic transfer, and drawings. Thielke has an incredible way of rendering the figure using intricate line work and interesting patterns. the figure is made up of contour lines and exploratory lines using no value and minimal color. He interprets the figure in a very interesting way that looks very scientific to me, as if he is relating the body to nature. I really like the use of medium. he does laser etches on wood. and uses different inks and transfers to produce the images. I really like the 3d effect of the etching on wood.

paper arts

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Lately in my research I have been coming across some great artist who work with paper. I think that most people designate paper arts to just craft work, but i've found two artist who have definatly taken paper to the realm of fine art. The first artist that I stunmbled across was Jade Pegler. I think she's one of my new favorite artist. She uses a lot of paper mache to create amazingly unique and organic sculpture. I love the muted colors that she uses. Here pieces make me think of a stop motion alien dream world...if that gives you any type of visual. She also does amazing drawings of her creations. Here is some of her work and a link to her blog:





Spectrescope

The second artist is Pablo Lehmann. I apreciate the amount of time it looks like is put into every piece. The way the cut outs are milipulated in some cases feels like tapetry and the the addition of text seems like he's weaving thoughts or history. I love how light and delicate the work is:



Website

Buddhism:End of suffering& Plato's cave

I have repeated Buddhism and Plato several times but the ideas are impossible to explain with only a couple of sentences. Of course, a lot of people read Plato's The Republic. But I 'd like to point out something I think I didn't explain enough.

First, the purpose of life in Buddhism is to end suffering. But we are bound to 'The wheel of life cycle' which Buddhism already explained. To do this, there are 'Four ways to noble truth' and 'eight path' to do this.

1. All of life is marked by suffering.
2. Suffering is caused by desire and attachment.
3. Suffering can be stopped.
4. The way to end suffering is to follow the Noble Eightfold Path.

Second, the way to end the life suffering is through freeing oneself from the place which you belong and giving it up any attachment from secular things. I used this idea to express my works. The ways to freeing myself, I used the physical transformation and fusion with the nature.

I tried to connect Plato's cave idea to Buddhism in my final work. In the big painting I did, I created the modern cave like what Plato's cave. The allegorical setup for the shadow and light are about the idea from Republic, but the direction of the figure is from Buddhism. And the leprosy of legs shows the suffering in Buddhism.

The cave idea is about seeing our own shadow inside of our own world. We all sit toward the inside of our cave and have our own opinions (what shadow creates). But we can't turn our head to see the sunlight(knowledge) or next to the shadow because we are bound to our own presumptions accumulated for long years. This idea is similar to the stereotypes in psychological makeup which sets in early age of our lives.

To check out the interesting story of Plato and Buddhism, I found these websites.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/images/PlatoCave.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/PlatosCave.htm&h=309&w=567&sz=49&tbnid=xsFqUa-ZYsNgyM:&tbnh=73&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPlato%252Bcave&usg=__jc_5BrhqLQNgHFJ58he6Uu6qqlg=&ei=hhMZS4PhIYG1tgfZtoHXAw&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=4&ct=image&ved=0CBQQ9QEwAw

http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/beliefs/human.htm