november 29th!!!!

have not been here for some time...

the update:

studio: lots of computer images, prints, paint

aib academic adviser: finished & submitted 2 papers (research/reflections) & spoke on the phone with deborah davidson. all is well :)

aib studio mentor: met with glenn hirsch at sfai. he was happy with my efforts & offered insight/ideas for this last leg + replication & presentation possibilities for these images.


what i learned:
print outputs > that i needed to change my images even more for print & transparency use. spent days manipulating the images i had been using to translate to transparency. did this by clarifing the darks/midtones that would go black/high contrast when printed. added film grain/noise to allow light to pass. killed black & anything close as i can add that if needed. added a grid pattern that inverts for dark/light. took so long cuz of the filesize. to get all 3 images alike it made more sense to work with them on the same layer. so it was 9ft wide at 300 rez. even as a grayscale my laptop choked often>>> had to clear 1/3 of my hard drive & use the purge all option between each filter. could have setup/recorded actions, yet would have wasted more time trying to remember how to do it + having to tweak individual images after.

paint>
to have a huge stash of materials prior to starting a project. had a 1/2 gal of gel medium when i started & am now at the bottom of my 3rd gal. had to buy from texas as the stuff was backordered bigtime in northern calif. art stores now days only special order this size.

did learn a lot through using the same images over & over. have never done that in paint. taking each round in a new direction/scale/process got me to new places > which has fuel yet more directions/ideas to explore. forcing myself to work with a palette i tend to skirt was good for me as well. think it was jasper johns that talked about forcing himself to do this & the payoffs he got from it.

research> will write a blog for this as there is way too much to mention.
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next:
do more printouts. mentor glenn wants me to bring the stuff i presented as is to present to his class. so in the meantime i plan to do some more & take them further. + have new project idea i want to gather images for & experiment on before i forget it/loose my groove.

meet for final with mentor next week. will bring the same art + new + brief artist statement (1/2pg) + food (potluck!)

write artist statement & reading list > due dec 14th

figure out shipping of artwork

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every is going great. exhausted at the moment from the whirlwind tempo for the past 3 weeks. the past 5 days have been intense on the studio work as i presented them yesterday.
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none aib stuff:

my poster & buttons come out for first night monterey this week. there was a local feature on it i missed a few days ago (tv died & was painting)

tomorrow: opening/reception for a groupshow i am in at the monterey museum of art

maria motherwell book: finally going to print!!! trying to get a release to use one of his paintings of her for the cover.

really need to deep my clean house :( life get in the way of art (& apparently vise versa) need to catch up on all the other fronts.

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