prep++

dvd:

watch documentary on florida's "highwayman" outsider art. was not what i think of as outsider art, yet at the time they started (1950's) it may have been. their key influence was a local guy that trained in the hudson river school at parsons... (got from blockbuster online)

readings:

spent time in "the spiritual in art..." i have been heavily influenced for many years by the stuff in this book (the book is new to me), and i am trying to determine if i buy into the premise of this book > if the thesis is true for me or just a construction of the author. what is said in it is true, yet may not be for me/my work. can i be doing one thing & think i am another? it could be a subjective view that is embraced by few. i hope it has written documentation/validation by the artists of the images referenced since it is pretty easy to spin anything to fit one's agenda - humans do it nonstop in all interactions or to self all the time (almost anyway).

paintings:

work ideas for digital qualities -experimented in photoshop. not sure what i am doing < which is good, that way i hopefully end up somewhere new (to me & others).

thoughts:

1)rather than paint on digital, create image in 3d software as subject to paint?

2)pending cost, play with lensticular over suitable digital image composites printed on clear with mirror/chrome-ish/reflective/lightweight back. then maybe paint some on plastic surface to enhance digital image & enhance visual depth. mirror/reflective is for illumination/add depth+ maybe make lenticular behave differently

school/aib:

reviewed aib stuff to make sure i was on board & on schedule. + look for questions to ask academic adviser (deborah davidson) when she calls monday night.

books: one more left to buy; relational aesthetics/bourriaud

tried to renew the danto books (unnatural wonders & after the end of art) to no avail. will have to go in, ck in & ck out again.

studio:

paint surface:
sanded & gessoed hardboard for unique arched frame (w48xh(48straight+5 inches at center/arc)

frame:
was a frame built for a mirror & very deep at the sides & 8 inches wide. pine with a slight blonde/white washed finish. frame looks like a show piece for a large home or hotel. shape reflects the calif/spanish architecture of this area. if all goes well i will have it done in time for my solo show i hang next week in pebble beach.

repaired frame:
glue/screws/gussets/clamps/straps to stabilize
+
reviewed my sketches for this project. started sketching about 6 weeks ago. still like them, had narrowed it down to 2 solution, yet now have decided to do a weed painting on it & if it does not sell during this show will go back to the previous plan. the reason for the change that i have decided to hang my "weed" stuff rather than abstract/expressionistic landscapes due to family stuff that hindered everything getting framed (none were of ready-made ratios).