Kaylie Abela

Andy Warhol & TV

2012-01-12T21:51:00.000-05:00

Material Culture and Everyday Life is a section of Theories & Documents of Contemporary Art that is enlivened by the wacky quotations of Andy Warhol. I’ve always had the hunch that Andy Warhol’s intention was to be the art instead of merely make it. His words, actions and quirks all fall into one mass of “Andy Warhol-esque” material. Even his facial expression when photographed next to

It's time...

2012-01-11T13:54:00.001-05:00

...to scale up the drawings I've been keeping myself busy with over the past year. Obviously not too busy... there are less than ten, but maybe I'm not motivated to make more because they're too small to make an impact. The reeves heavyweight printmaking paper is on the wall of my apartment, ready to be spoiled. I'll update with photos as I go along. (...Maybe.) An artist I recently stumbled upon

Leigh Wells and Me

2012-01-04T18:17:00.000-05:00

One day I was scrolling down my tumblr dashboard and came across this image. My heart STOPPED. For a second I thought, "how could anyone have gotten this?!" I could have sworn it was a photograph I had taken of small paintings in my studio. Upon further investigation, it's actually an eery lookalike to my photograph. They are collages by Leigh Wells. Below is one of many photos I had taken of

it will mean something different to everyone

2011-10-26T14:33:00.000-04:00

Though I don't relate to Julian Schnabel’s statements, his 1978 statement has some highlights, like “I am not making things. I am making a synonym for truth with all its falsehoods, oblique as it is,” and “A bouquet of mistakes.” I enjoyed reading Schnabel’s statement from 1983 (which is longer, like an essay) because it took the point of view as something like an artist’s

Karel Appel, Me, and Dana Frankfort

2011-10-24T10:52:00.001-04:00

Karel Appel’s “My Paint Is Like a Rocket” resembles a poetic artist statement. She writes, “To paint is to destroy what proceeded. I never try to make a painting, but [rather I try to make] a chunk of life. It is a scream; it is a night; it is like a child; it is a tiger behind bars." Her outlook resembles mine where she writes, “it is like a child,” which relates to a nurture concept I

Starting Over

2011-09-14T14:46:00.001-04:00

I awoke this morning and couldn't look at it anymore. On my facebook page, I posted a photograph and wrote, "An important part of nourishing your creativity is having an eye that's critical enough to recognize when something isn't working. Gessoing over something that took you hours to make but only led to frustration can feel awesome." Goodbye. (On the concept of being brave enough to erase

I'm lucky to...

2011-08-23T11:08:00.000-04:00

...be creative in my position at moxie...I love updating our facebook and tumblr accounts! This morning I focused on the B Brian Atwood contemporary shoe collection, which we are axiously awaiting to arrive.

Notes on self-expression

2011-08-21T10:52:00.002-04:00

In “Letters to a Woman Painter” from 1948, Max Beckman writes, “Today it remains urgently necessary to express even more strongly one’s own individuality." If I had read this statement before reading Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland, I would have skimmed the sentence with no reaction. But Bayles and Orland have a different take on modern art as “self-expression." In the middle of the

2011-08-21T10:46:00.000-04:00

this articlecame at the perfect time. I have been feeling "lonely" and needed a reminder that I am an artist, and being alone is a requirement.

Mobile Site

2011-07-27T17:28:00.001-04:00

Today, I formatted my website to be visible on your smart phone. (My website is formatted with flash, which makes it incompatible with my iPhone). I'm pretty excited about this! I also added 3 new drawings to the portfolio page. www.kaylieabela.com

New Drawings

2011-07-26T15:41:00.001-04:00

I finally scanned some new, small drawings I've been working on. I've always been interested in what seems unpracticed in art; hence my obsession with raw and outsider artists. I think this is why I favor abstract art and specifically imperfectness. I think you can see some of these elements in the new drawings, which I'm really happy with. I was very afraid they wouldn't scan well, because there

Circles Inside Squares

2011-06-26T11:06:00.001-04:00

See: Tumblr post 6938547684

Alberto Burri on writing about his work

2011-06-13T22:16:00.013-04:00

In beginning to write artist statements, it's easy veer off-track into a conversation about how it is difficult to write artist statements and blame this on the fact that our tendency is toward visual art, and if we were writers instead, it would be language. Alberto Burri understands this. In “Words Are No Help” (1955), he writes, “[My painting is] an irreducible presence that refuses to be

Response to pages 79-122 of Art & Fear

2011-06-01T11:47:00.003-04:00

The second half of Art & Fear does not quite live up to the first half. There are non-traditional breaks in text and less fundamental insight. It could be that the chapter topics move from mostly personal to mostly business-related issues. Most of my work is abstract and I have strong opinions about traditional, academic-type painting. I believe that contemporary work that

Response to pages 1-78 of Art & Fear

2011-05-23T10:48:00.002-04:00

(From 2008) My first impression of Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles and Ted Orland is that it has a very long title and a cheesy, low-end graphic design cover that makes me think: “These people know about art?” I soon find that the very first paragraph relates to the frustration I feel making art, and I dismiss my first impressions of the book.

Art is Hard: Getting Started

2011-05-18T11:50:00.002-04:00

I came across some notes in my notebook that I kept in 2007. It seems I wanted to organize and explain different ways to begin a piece of artwork. Making art is hard and scary. Many times, especially in academia, your work (aka vulnerable projection of yourself) is subjected to immediate critique. Of course the degree to which this effects us is relative to our own personal traits; our own

2011-03-29T09:18:00.002-04:00

Tumblr

2011-03-21T21:14:00.002-04:00

Here is where I post photographs that are otherwise meaningless.

2011-01-25T19:32:00.002-05:00

Threadlines

2010-12-08T15:13:00.000-05:00

I made these ink drawings on large pieces of printmaking paper: Threadline 1, 2010 I should really try to get better photos of them. There are two. The white line you see is the white of the paper. If you must know, I fancy them and so did my graduating review boards, but they've been rejected a few times for different things. Now I'm working on these miniature ones that you can mix and match by

Art by Alicia Thomas

2010-11-07T11:02:00.001-05:00

I was lucky enough to be featured in a portrait series by photographer Alicia Thomas. See her Tumblr or Blogger for more of her great work! (Scroll down in the Tumblr till you find Kaylie. Beacon Hill. 2010. I wont post it here... it's good to leave a little mystery.)

Buy Kaylie Abela

2010-11-03T12:06:00.002-04:00

I've launched a new blog called Buy Kaylie Abela which you can get to any time by clicking the "For Sale & Special Requests" link on my menu to the left. "Buy Kaylie Abela" is supposed to be a play on words. Since it only lists recent pieces without any subjective insight whatsoever, I like to think of it as being a blog by Kaylie Abela. Threadline Mini 1 Instead of whining and whimpering about

I Know

2010-09-17T20:46:00.001-04:00

I'm a post art school cliche. I have been laying low with my art career- but that phrasing is really just a way to flatter and trick myself, because "laying low" implies an intention to do so, and if I was being perfectly honest "my art career" would be shown just that way... in quotations. As in: fake. There were times last year that I really thought I would be something big. It was easy to get

Open Studios

2010-04-25T19:19:00.001-04:00

Here are some photos of my studio as I had it set up for MassArt's 2D Open Studios: The last image is my most recent work in progress. It's going slow than ever, not that this is a surprise. I've been generally unable to make it to my studio much.

All School Show

2010-03-23T16:32:00.000-04:00

My piece Two Monumental Mistakes, One on Purpose (pictured a few posts down) will be part of the Painting Dept's All School Show, this is a really cool and diverse show for anyone who can make it. It will be up March 28 - April 3 in the President's Gallery on the 11th Floor of MassArt.

Interview with UGallery.com

2010-02-24T13:16:00.001-05:00

The gallery that sells my work, UGallery has been kind enough to ask me to interview with them! The feature went up today and I hope you enjoy it. This is the link, and here is the text: Artist in Focus: Kaylie Abela Ugallery is proud to feature Kaylie Abela in our inaugural edition of the Artist in Focus series. Twice a month, we will highlight some of the most intriguing artists from our

Boston Living Center Charity

2010-02-10T15:26:00.000-05:00

My friend Patrick is running the Boston Marathon and to support his efforts I've agreed to participate by offering him an auction item that will consist of ten of my 6x6 paintings! Here is a sneak peak: The fundraiser will be held at Lucky's in Boston on March 6th. Unfortunately I'm flying out to LA that morning, but I'm sad to miss this party and hope he has a great turn out. Read more about

Peacock

2010-01-24T20:35:00.001-05:00

Trying to make use of some free time today... click the image for full-size.

Start of the Semester

2010-01-22T12:07:00.012-05:00

On Wednesday the Spring semester officially began. I spent the day cleaning out my studio, reorganizing, and building another 48 x 56" canvas stretcher. I need to buy canvas and some large sheets of heavyweight Rives printmaking paper. I want to continue the ice paintings and either incorprate or go back to the small collages I used to make to fill time. (I used to be the queen of "artist's block

PAINT Submission

2010-01-19T11:01:00.002-05:00

I just submitted First Born and Two Monumental Mistakes, One On Purpose to Manifest Gallery's upcoming exhibition "PAINT." I like the concept of this show and hope my paintings can add a new or uncommon perspective on how to make a "painting." Here is a description and the prospectus. The deadline is January 22. Painting is something humans have done for millennia. The media has a lineage not

Snap on Decor Demon

2010-01-18T22:23:00.002-05:00

Check out Snap featured on Decor Demon in an article featuring affordable art from UGallery.

Two Monumental Mistakes, One On Purpose

2010-01-06T14:01:00.000-05:00

Two Monumental Mistakes, One On Purpose. Acrylic, 48 x 60, 2009. Detail of Two Monumental Mistakes, One On Purpose Detail of Two Monumental Mistakes, One On Purpose Detail of Two Monumental Mistakes, One On Purpose

First Born

2010-01-04T00:01:00.000-05:00

I've been using the wrong image of First Born for promos and submissions. This is what happens when one untitled JPeg slips under the radar!

Fuzzy Logic Submission

2010-01-03T23:40:00.000-05:00

This was the call to artists for an exhibition called "Fuzzy Logic": Seeking painters who infuse conceptual methodologywith non-objective painting practices. Exhibition examinesnon-representational art with conceptual, rule-based strategies.The concept of this show is great for my work! I submitted five paintings. I wish I had a good photograph of my latest piece to submit, but I haven't taken

Artist Statement 12/28/09

2009-12-28T10:36:00.004-05:00

Kaylie Abela http://kaylieabela.blogspot.comKaylie.Abela@gmail.com--------------------860.967.6396 My paintings are driven by my interest in how intuition affects possibility and chance. I do not manipulate my media as it evolves, just as I cannot control inevitability in life. In my process, ice is left to melt over beads of paint on a horizontal canvas. The canvas is prepared to absorb the

Babies & Upcoming Fashion

2009-12-08T13:28:00.001-05:00

The small paintings from the new series "Babies" are probably the most successful yet. (They are called babies because that's what they are! Not pictures of babies, but the canvases themselves... okay maybe no one will get it but me, but that's fine.) I ordered new paint & I love the way it reacts with the old paint to make unexpected texture. Babies 2 Babies 4 Babies 7 Babies 9

Love what you do

2009-12-07T17:56:00.002-05:00

Snap and progress

2009-11-16T11:28:00.002-05:00

I decided to rotate Snap: I always have trouble with the thought that someone may buy my work and decide to orient it differently than I have. I am okay with it (sell-ability) but it bothers me at the same time. A gallery should never do this but it has happened. These are the woes of being an abstract painter, I guess. Snap is on sale at UGallery. The Meanderings on white are already gone! I

Meanderings

2009-10-14T16:46:00.002-04:00

My new series of 6x6 paintings, Meanderings. There are 15 total, here are the five listed on UGallery for sale.

Studio shots

2009-10-14T08:18:00.002-04:00

Here are some boring shots of my studio space. Just to keep the updates rolling... I don't know if/when this painting will ever be finished: No rhyme or reason for these except the woodshop schedule, collage of extra papers above my toolbox: Drawings from "Drawing for Painting Majors." I've hated drawing for so long I decided to pin each one up in my studio in order to surround myself with

Blind Contour Faces

2009-10-05T12:49:00.002-04:00

My friend Julia has requested to see these drawings, which I make with my eyes closed: There are 16 of these, so more to come. These are made using charcoal pencils on 9x12 charcoal paper.

Paintings in Progress

2009-10-03T11:35:00.014-04:00

This is a vague documentation of how the first Ice series came about. This is the second batch of 6x6 paintings to be sold on UGallery.com. I can't say "Ice series" anymore without feeling lame, so they will have a new title. (I should write a post about how I title my work). I just happened to have my digital camera with me, so these are very informal. Here is an example of the first "laying

Snap

2009-09-28T09:33:00.005-04:00

Snap, Acrylic, 38 x 27. This is my first "finished" (that word gets redefined often) painting of the 2009 Fall semester. This blog entry, just a few down, shows what Snap looked like just as the first layer began melting. The final product is only two layers.

Relentless Eye exhibition

2009-09-24T10:53:00.007-04:00

This photograph will be part of the Relentless Eye exhibition at the Helen Day Art Center in Stowe, VT, juried by Eirik Johnson.Here is a gallery of the other images in the show. Every photograph was taken with a cell phone!I've never exhibited photography before :) The online description of the show introduces an interesting outlook on the direction of photography. This is what Eirik Johnson

New Paintings on the Way

2009-09-17T10:13:00.005-04:00

Here is a shot of the first painting I've begun in my studio. By now these colors have taken up 3/4 of the canvas. I've also built a 60 x 48 canvas stretcher in the woodshop. I've been waiting to do that! More to come. Glad to be posting images again.

Name-Googling for Artists

2009-09-13T12:46:00.007-04:00

I just found this blog entry on yourheartout.com by googling my name. I think every artist should google their name... if I didn't, I would have never known about at least half a dozen websites that featured my art. Virtually every blog feature in the "Honors and Features" section of my resume has been found using this method. So get googling!As a side note, the yourheartout.com feature is eerily

Update, Fall Semester, UGallery, Daydreaming

2009-09-05T19:35:00.010-04:00

Update: I decided not to participate in Studio Visit because the participation fee is steep and I am planning to move in the near future (first month's rent, last month's rent, realtor's fee, security deposit... it all adds up). I think I will apply to New American Paintings instead.School begins again for the fall semester next week. Having made a decent profit through UGallery sales this summer

Studio Visit Acceptance

2009-08-19T10:25:00.003-04:00

I am so excited to be a part of Studio Visit! I have always been in love with New American Paintings and now I can't believe I'll be one of 300 artists featured in this offset of that project.

Interview with the Artist

2009-08-17T07:29:00.004-04:00

The fancy Fractured Atlas webpage is here, but I thought I'd also like the interview posted on my blog. Special thanks to Emily Bowles who contacted me about the feature and wrote an awesome bio of me and my work.Kaylie, would you please describe the Ice Series?In this series of paintings, ice is left to melt over beads of acrylic paint on the level surface of a carefully prepared canvas. I mix a

Artist Statement 8/3/09

2009-08-02T19:33:00.005-04:00

Kaylie Abelakaylie.abela@gmail.comkaylieabela.blogspot.com--------------------10 Wedgewood Street · Quincy · Ma860.967.6396My paintings are influenced by my interest in how intuition affects possibility and chance. I do not manipulate my media as it evolves, just as I cannot control inevitability in life.In the Ice series, ice is left to melt over beads of paint. The

Studio Visit

2009-07-31T22:13:00.011-04:00

Since I can't front the $40 entry fee to apply to New American Paintings, I decided to scramble at the last minute to submit to Steven Zevitas' Studio Visit publication instead-- free of charge! There's a publication fee if selected, but that doesn't bother me. Since a friendly e-mail reminder informed me that the postmark deadline was today, I ran frantically around Boston all morning getting

Fractured Atlas Featured Member

2009-07-30T10:32:00.003-04:00

Watch out for my member profile featured on Fractured Atlas August 15th!

Livejournal

2009-07-25T11:52:00.002-04:00

I just came across this livejournal entry I had made before starting this blog. Click for an inspiration image and early photos of the Ice series.

The Joys of a Sweet Camera Phone

2009-06-30T10:48:00.012-04:00

At least once a day I bypass something unexpectedly beautiful and wish I had a fancy, professional, weightless, condensible camera in my back pocket to use. Below are some of the perks of having a cell phone with a decent camera feature.Okay, so the nesting swan is sappy, but how do you just walk by that? And I took that picture of the state house from the inside of a bus! There will definitely

New/Review Photos

2009-06-30T09:56:00.015-04:00

Here is the best shot I have of that new painting you see in the review photos:More to come as soon as I have a permanent residence. Right now I'm staying out in Quincy, MA until I move back into the city, hopefully in September. I'm extrememly nervous for my paintings. Smaller pieces are in the trunk of my car (eek) and the larger pieces have a room of their own here in the house. I leaned them

Final Reviews

2009-05-20T19:13:00.006-04:00

Here is a photo of my second semester work as it appeared last Thursday for final reviews at MassArt.Some things that were said which I consider helpful and/or positive:Some of the work (such as the second to largest piece left of the middle, and the middle piece with the black background) creates an unknown space that makes a viewer continually interested; the negative space around the imagery

6x6x2009

2009-04-18T21:07:00.005-04:00

I'm gearing to send this painting off to 6x6x2009, a fundraising exhibit for Rochester Contemporary Arts Center in New York state. It's probably not the most career-building move I can make, but I'm happy to participate. All my "sketches" happen to be 6x6, the only criteria for participation. (People like to hear me describe them as sketches, but I consider every sketch or trial and error piece

Photo Collages

2009-04-18T20:57:00.006-04:00

This photography project I worked on about two years ago has been on my mind, so I just wanted to post some of the images. I hope to continue this concept someday.

Hard Drive

2009-04-17T10:49:00.004-04:00

Every artist's worst nightmare happened to me on Wednesday night. My hard drive crashed for no apparent reason... I wasn't even using my computer when it happened! But don't worry, I backed up my pictures in February. I think of the new hard drive as a "free cleaning." I'm probably only missing ten or so images. Phew! And those homework assignments... oh well. Take this as a warning: Back up your

Artist's Statement 4/14/09

2009-04-14T18:39:00.001-04:00

Kaylie Abela kaylie.abela@gmail.com kaylieabela.blogspot.com -------------------- 143 Park Drive · Boston 860.967.6396 When I was a young child, my mother would entertain me by sitting me at the kitchen counter with a coloring book and crayons. At the time, I was adamant at staying in the lines. Almost two decades later, having turned in my

What Does It Mean to Be Human?

2009-04-12T18:25:00.004-04:00

Congrats to me. I'll be exhibiting "Nurture" in New Jersey and Johannesburg, South Africa. Details about the show and my submission can be found here. The exhibition is part of the Printmaking Council of New Jersey, but will be part of the Somerville Arts Festival at 13 Division Street in Somerville, NJ from May 15-30. The opening reception at this location is May 15 from 4-8 PM. Then August 8 -

2D Open Studios

2009-04-09T09:22:00.003-04:00

This is my studio as it appeared for jurying & MassArt Open Studios. Jurying happened from 9-12 in the morning and Open Studios started at 6 PM. I will not get into the politics of how disappointed I was with MassArt's 3-day-before notification, and how it affected the turnout and the preparedness of the artists, myself included... I had been writing an essay on pornography in relation to

Glurst

2009-04-09T09:18:00.001-04:00

Here is my most recent piece, Glurst. Acrylic on canvas. 36 x 24 (I'll have to double check that).

Targets

2009-04-09T08:27:00.010-04:00

These are my target paintings. I did not include them in last night's 2D Open House, and now I'm wondering why. Some friends came back to my apartment afterward and seemed very confused as to why they were not at the Open Studios event (rather, they were taped to my bedroom wall and recklessly concealed behind my bed).

All School Show Update

2009-03-16T17:18:00.019-04:00

A week or two ago, I posted an image and description of my painting First Born which I had hung in the hallway of Mass Art for consideration for the All School Show (here). My work was not chosen by the juror but later added to the show by (I'm guessing) the 2D faculty. My studio teacher, Kofi Kayiga, was amazed by the story... at first we both admitted to being surprised about my work not being

What Does It Mean to Be Human?

2009-03-13T00:46:00.012-04:00

A traveling exhibition called What Does It Mean to Be Human? is now accepting submissions. I know some of the people who watch my blog are printmakers so I wanted to mention this exhibition opportunity. I submitted two small prints (Below: Nurture and Morning, both 2008). The prospectus can explain details of the show better than I can from memory. Prints, book arts, photography and works on

Readers' Art 9 update

2009-03-09T20:23:00.009-04:00

This is an update of the Readers' Art 9 show in Minneapolis (although Susan does a good job of updating her shows on the gallery's blog). The show opened on Friday the 6th and is on display through April 15th. The online catalogue made me feel more confident about the pricing of my work. I was back and forth about pricing these two pieces for a while. (I describe my submissions & show pictures in

Vista Print success

2009-03-09T14:54:00.010-04:00

To the left is my business card & below is my postcard. I ordered them from VistaPrint and I highly recommend their services. Don't bother with the higher shipping costs though... the "21 days" option only took about one week. If you order over a certain dollar amount you may even get that shipping option free (I did, just for ordering my business and post cards together). Also, they load you

The Monotypes that started it all

2009-03-07T11:20:00.007-05:00

These are my very first monotype prints of all time! I consider them a series because they were made serially although they don't relate to each other in subject matter. They were made in September 2007 and are still special to me. I used that awesome 80's computer paper with the perforated edges. John Thompson's class on mono-printing began my addiction. I fear leaving MassArt and not having a

Artist's Statement 3/4/09

2009-03-05T20:05:00.000-05:00

Kaylie Abela 143 Park Drive · Boston Kaylie.Abela@gmail.com · 860.967.6396 As a young child, my mother would occupy me by sitting me at the kitchen counter with a coloring book and crayons. At the time, I was an expert at staying in the lines. Almost two decades later, having turned in my crayons for acrylic paint, I now evade the boundaries of narrative

For consideration for the All School Show

2009-02-28T15:24:00.010-05:00

I took over this panel on the fourth floor of the Kennedy Building to hang my recent work. The Painting show was curated by Joe Ketner, who was once the Director of the Rose Museum at Brandeis University, and is now at Emerson. My work was not chosen to participate.I'm still upset about the Art:Raw fiasco. It feels better to know that every artist I contacted from the show felt the same way. The

New Work

2009-02-25T14:51:00.014-05:00

The last post about my experience with Art:Raw Gallery gives me a headache every time I look at it. Here is some recent work. Eglowsystems, 2009. 6 x 6 x 1 each.First Born, 2009. 48 x 36 x 3. (This is really difficult to photograph. Hopefully, I will have a better version soon)."You're like a shadow most of the time. Very quiet. You are a ghost or a spirit; not really here. Well... even when

Art:Raw Nightmare

2009-02-24T18:50:00.016-05:00

There were red flags. I ignored them. My Thursday night experience (actually it has been nearly a month-long experience if you count e-mails and phone calls) at Art:Raw Gallery in Chelsea left me feeling mortified, fearful, and angry in one fell swoop. After letting the experience settle for a few days, I am finally ready (and eager) to talk about where I went wrong, where they went wrong, and

Mailing Lists & VP

2009-02-23T11:56:00.003-05:00

This may seem premature, but I am trying to compile my mailing lists in my free time. I gave into VistaPrint last night, so now I have 100 postcards and 250 business cards coming my way (not-so) soon. ("Slow Delivery - 21 days" That's nonsense! Who does that?!) I'd like a bigger network to distribute the postcards to. For those who don't recieve phsycial postcards I will send an electronic one

Centerfold Submission

2009-02-22T13:31:00.007-05:00

These are the works on paper I submitted for consideration as an ArtScope centerfold. I've also added a statement about the work, which I think might be bland but works. Book Prints (1-18) Statement In the Book Prints series, eighteen monotype self-portraits comprise the pages of a handmade hardcover book. Because of its four inch-by-six inch size, the Book

Business Cards

2009-02-22T11:13:00.004-05:00

My old business card:My new business card:The new business card represents my recent work more accurately, but I somehow think the old design is more engaging. Would it be bad branding to use both? I think it would.VistaPrint is have a huge sale on postcards and business cards... I went through the motions of ordering mine but backed out last minute. I don't think I'm in a place where I need very

Upcoming Readers' Art & Art:Raw Opening

2009-02-18T15:49:00.005-05:00

Susan will be showing a few selections from the upcoming Readers' Art show on her blog. Here is a post featuring one of my books! Be sure to check out some of the work if you like Artist Books. So far they are fantastic!The opening of the Art:Raw's Inaugural Exhibition had an excellent turnout. It was packed... I couldn't even walk around and it took me well over half an hour to find my work.

Of Eyes, Mouths, & Bodies Statement

2009-02-07T17:18:00.019-05:00

I was accepted into another gallery show! 2009 is turning out to be a good year for exhibition... I will be showing two artist's books at the Susan Hensel Gallery of Minneapolis, MN from March 6 - April 15, 2009. The show is a ninth annual Reader's Art, a collection of artist's books. The theme this year is "Small, Smaller, Smallest." Here are some pictures and a statement. Click here for more

Melted Ice

2009-02-03T14:18:00.000-05:00

I'm including these photographs in case anyone was curious after reading my artist's statement what it is, exactly, that I'm doing. I documented my very first attempt at an ice painting a few months ago. These are the photos. At the bottom of this post you will see the end results.I used two different techniques when the ice idea first came to me. The night before heading to the studio, I created

My 25

2009-01-31T17:18:00.000-05:00

There is an epidemic spreading throughout Facebook. Everyone is making lists. They are called, "25 things you didn't know about me." Since I read one and liked what I learned about the person (a high school friend I haven't seen in over 4 years), I decided to make a list, too. You can read that list here. It's quite general for the most part, but some of the items can be interesting (I hope?) if

Love Series & SoWa

2009-01-30T17:32:00.000-05:00

What I wrote seems like fluff. I'm not sure yet if it is or not. The art was made in 2007 and the description was written recently for submission into Crafting Romance. I would love for my work to be beside Vadis Turner's! I'm not sure this piece is strong enough for the show, though. I wont be disappointed if it isn't, but I thought it was worth a try. The description helps the work seem less

Artist's Statement

2009-01-28T13:21:00.000-05:00

This is my first stab at an artist's statement. Since the school is closed because of snow today, I've had time to work on a (dual) assignment for two of my classes, Senior Seminar and Writing An Artist's Statement. Feel free to comment with suggestions! I will attach a picture of the series discussed at the bottom. A little bit of additional information: the main series is composed of ten pieces

Art:Raw Inaugural Exhibit

2009-01-27T20:53:00.000-05:00

I know I mentioned that I might be describing my lack of gallery experience here on my blog, but I lied, temporarily. On February 19, 2009 Art:Raw Gallery NYC will open its doors for the first time presenting its Inaugural Exhibit! I read that over 300 artists have been selected to show (I don't know how it's possible to fit all that in what is probably a tiny gallery, but I'm supportive) and I'm

First entry

2009-01-27T18:55:00.000-05:00

(Obviously) this is my very first entry as a blogger. I am going to use this space to highlight my experiences as a young artist. This might include experiences (or the lack of experiences) with galleries, updates about my recent work, any artist statement type writings I compose (I'm currently taking a class about writing artists' statements), comments on articles or books I'm reading, or maybe