Memory Lane

Birds for Brains
Color pencil and and oil pastel on paper

So I decided I needed to show some of my older work. There is a variety of mediums used in these examples. These were painted right at the beginning of my bird interest. And looking at this series makes me question my sanity. I may need to find a new point of interest. Luckly I have changed my canvas material and that unavoidably changes what I paint.

Tread on Me
Acrylic on cereal boxes
The point of this painting was to be a painting on the floor and over time it would get destroyed by the people who walked over it. After a few week I would try to fix it and put it back together. This was supposed to represent cultures that have been impacted and destroyed by settlers or colonists. No matter how hard we try to cover our tracks and fix what we have broken, it will never be the same.
On the Tracks
Oil pastel and chalk
A Family Thing
Acrylic on Masonite
The Wave
Oil pastel and Color pencil on paper
Free Fall
Oil pastel on paper

Cool thing of the week

I wish I were this technically skilled. I really have nothing to say about this it is pretty self explanatory.

Out of the woodwork

I recently put together a body of work called "Out of the Woodwork". These painting were inspired by a long board that was given to to me. My boyfriend bought the board from his roommate (one of the co owners of Northern Pines Long boards). They allowed me to paint the bottom of my board however I wanted. I love the look of paint on wood so I developed a series of painting that were done on wood panel. I will talk it more in later posts but for now I want to just show the images.

When you learn the details of an issue, may it be politics, environment, or world hunger; the importance becomes clear. However, when you are presented with many issues at once it becomes overwhelming and to a degree--- they lose meaning and value.

Recently I have felt overwhelmed by conceptualism. I would attend critiques or visual lectures, and I saw each artist focus on a different crisis. Over time, none of the issues these artists were so passionate about meant anything to me. I wanted to feel the passion they had for their subject matter, but I was becoming overwhelmed. So I created a body of work that uses imagery that illustrates each issue. Yet when you look at them do you find them beautiful or meaningful? When the meaning of the Art comes out the Woodwork do you feel an emotional response or does it feel redundant surrounded by all the issues at once.


Who do you expect to raise your children

Big Problems
Civilian
Japan