Organika

Currently I’m wearing my “simple” face with my new “Organiks”.

Sometimes I put on my OCD face when I am enthralled with ink and paper.

Then there is my joy face, when I paint.

Today I’m relaxing at the beach with my satisfied face….lol

To see my art…..

http://www.theorganicartist.com

airbrush…

Does anyone love the airbrush like I do? I did this because I have not painted with an airbrush for so long. I’m sorry but there is just no way you can blend colors and get the subtle gradations like you can when you spray! It just can’t happen with a brush. Do you know when you see a bad spray job, why it’s bad? It’s usually because they went from dark to light without mixing a few colors to get there. I saw a rose painted on a building the other day. It’s a flower shop on Ventura Blvd. just west of Sepulveda. The artist painted a red rose and then thinking they were doing the right thing to give it some life, they took I’m sure a white can of spray paint and make little highlight sprays here and there to signify light bouncing off the pedals. Well that’s o.k. but wrong color….You have to mix the steps and take it gradually back to light, not white. It is a color process of taking the main color and putting light into it to get it to a highlight shade. Understand? I use to teach beginning airbrush instruction in my studio in Venice, it’s so much easier to show someone. It’s so hard to talk it thru, you really just have to try it.

How many blues did I mix for the water…..probably around 30 !

My Oct. portrait…..tan and rested

Nirvana…..

An article written about my art, I will let you know soon with a link to the NEW ART Magazine in Los Angeles!

Surf in da bu….

So I started a little line of T’shirts, shoes, hats, of my “surf” artwork. There are those of you out there that just think my abstracts are crap. It’s o.k. I do like my old airbrush paintings. I just don’t have a space to airbrush right now, as you need an indoor protected, space. I seriously would paint more of this kind of thing. There is no other way you can get water and sky like with an airbrush. The airbrush has taught my eye to become more sensitive to the variances of color, the slight difference I can always see now. So some old surf nuts ( you know who you are) really wanted these Tshirts. Some of the stuff you may not get it’s kind of local malibu issues having to do with anti-development and all. You know I’m all about keeping the country country…..You can find my stuff at my Zazzle store…….

                                                                                                          

  http://www.zazzle.com/surfindabu

Hilarious!!!!

Funny Hilarious Pictures of Babies

Pictures source: Paul Ripke

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L.A. Art Association

On May 7, 2011, Los Angeles Art Association will present four solo exhibitions by Anne Hieronymus, Keiko Inoh, Katrina McElroy, and Marjan K. Vayghan at Gallery 825. The drawings and sculpture in Anne Hieronymus’ Bloom and Blight are inspired by both the idea of the cycle of formation, continuance, decline and disintegration, and the use of that cycle as a process to create the work. This ancient cosmology used across cultures to explain everything from biological lifecycles to software releases, gives form to what the viewer already knows and experiences. The full presentation consists of found and collected objects, party decorations, used wood, wire and drawings using broken down and rearranged text . Katrina McElroy’s 360 degree installation, Exophoric, continues her metaphoric exploration and examination of visceral emotion. In linguistics, an exophoric reference alludes to something outside the text or dialogue, which is understood based on context or mutual knowledge. In this photo-based installation, McElroy plays with this concept visually by manipulating and rearranging hundreds of video stills thus denying the viewer a linear narrative and instead presenting them with an abstracted pattern. The individual micro-expressions as well as the overall composition are clues, however it is shared human experience that becomes the basis for further interpretation and meaning. Keiko Inoh’s installation Shadow is the artist’s compelling expression of ideas through seemingly simple projections of cut-paper constructions. This cut-paper-projection becomes like a negative of a photograph and the shadow projected on the wall becomes a picture. The audience can witness a “camera- less” photograph of uncanny sophistication. Marjan Vayghan’s multi-media, cross cultural installation falling up, with the cage potently represents the women of Iran, who have been slowly and silently fighting and protesting for their rights. A powerful visualization of Vayghan’s arrest in Tehran, Iran, during the political uprising in the Summer of 2009. Vayghan’s work converges on personal memory, familial intimacy and transnational political consciousness. In particular Vayghan addresses politics & processes of “misinformation,” & draws diverse communities together to consider these misidentifications collectively within the various settings she stages. She employs the arena of “community” in her art to create solidarity and cross cultural understanding. Vayghan’s art challenges oppression, considers interconnectivity & envisions beyond borders. Reception: Friday, May 7, 2011 from 6-9pm Admission: Free Where: Gallery 825 – 825 N. La Cienega Boulevard, LA 90069 Exhibitions continue at Gallery 825 through June 3, 2011.

Airbrush photo realism

People always ask me can you paint realistically????. Can I? Yes, …….example above…. but at the moment I choose to work abstractly. There are a myriad of reasons. One being I taught how to use an airbrush for years, and after you’ve used a very technical tool for so long it’s just really great to loosen up and paint with a brush, fingers, whatever gets it done. A more hands on approach was what I really needed at this moment. I will return to the airbrush again some day. There is NO way you can get the fine gradient painting you have with an airbrush. The above painting was a remembrance I had of my grandmothers house. She had these old rose stickers that were wonderful. I like the way this one shows the evolution of the rose.

Above is ROSE…..48 x 60 acrylic on canvas done in 2004

Un giorno perfetto…..finito

I really don’t think that there is a thing called perfect art. I do believe that the act of creating art can hold that perfect moment. Yesterday was a perfect day to paint, to create, and this is what I finished. The most difficult thing I think for artists is learning to walk away from their art. I could keep working this until she was beat to death…I don’t want to take what is fresh away. I don’t want to take the spontaneous reactions away.

It is un giorno perfetto……finito!

Italian spider web….deb haugen

“Italian Spider Web”                      14×17

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