tromp l'oeil car

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sara watson, an english art student, turned a car "invisible" with a lovely trompe l'oeil paintjob:

she is studying drawing at the university of central lancashire (uclan), took three weeks to transform the car's appearance.

she created the illusion in the car park outside her studio at uclan's hanover building in preston.

the car is now being used for advertising by the local recycling firm that donated the vehicle.

awesome.
full article here.

now here's the car from the side:

bob dylan & willie nelson

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so i finally get to cross bob dylan off my 'concerts to see' list. he's coming to syracuse with willie nelson on their tour of minor league baseball parks, and mr. matt and i are going.
it doesnt get more american than bob dylan, willie nelson, and the baseball park. all i'll need to get is a hot dog, milkshake, and a slice of apple pie and it'll seal the deal.

artist of the week :: kelly mckernan

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from kelly mckernan's website:
kelly's work is defined by internal struggle in its many forms through personal growth. she illustrates various situations for her female protagonists to interact with through symbolic elements in vague settings. these scenes often comment on the operating consequences of idealism and fantasy due to naivety and youth with two opposing forces at work: natural inclination versus cognitive reasoning. these rival dualities are further represented by stylistic differences and the contrasting mediums of photography and painting. there is deeply personal meaning to be found as the multi-layered struggles depicted in her current body of work reflect her interests and concerns as a growing woman with a penchant for idealism.

i am amazed by this work, as well as how it fits into the project we are working on now in drawing 2. a perfect fit.

new mix :: RISEN.

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new mix for april 2009.


1. phoenix : lisztomania
2. grizzly bear : two weeks
3. peter bjorn & john : nothing to worry about
4. dinosaur jr. : puke + cry
5. death cab for cutie : a diamond and a tether
6. thenewno2 : out of mind
7. kid cuti : day ‘n’ night
8. metric : twilight galaxy
9. gomez : win park slope
10. peter bjorn & john : living thing
11. the decemberists : here i dreamt i was an architect
12. phoenix : 1901
13. metric : sick muse
14. dinosaur jr. : thumb
15. gomez : little pieces
16. death cab for cutie : little bribes
17. +/- : subdued
18. grizzly bear : southern point
19. yeasayer : tightrope


pre-college summer art programs.

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if you are considering AP art for your senior year, and are going into either your junior or senior year in high school, there are a number of summer opportunities out there for you to extend your artistic thinking and abilities.

most, if not all, art colleges in the nation offer pre-college summer residence programs that you can go to (and in many cases, earn college credit through).

here is a list of ones i would recommend (linked where available):
columbus college of art & design (CCAD)
maryland institute college of art (MICA): baltimore
maryland institute college of art (MICA): tuscany
rochester institute of technology (RIT): see me for info, or call 475.4977 (this is a very cost-effective program taught by webster schroeder's AP art teacher bill stephens)
cleveland institute of art (CIA)
pratt
new york state summer school of the arts (NYSSSA)
savannah college of art & design (SCAD)
college for creative studies (CCS)
the art institute of boston (AIB)

new artist links!

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i just updated the artist links section on the right side of the page with tons of new contemporary artists for you to check out.

these artists are featured:
robert bellm, hsin-hsi chen, marco cibola, chloe early, regino gonzales, frank gonzalez, david hochbaum, matthew hollings, cody hoyt, sylvia ji, jon kassan, alex lukas, gerardo monterrubio, stina persson, bryan schutmaat, yuri shimojo, yuken teruya, jon todd, ebony truscott, word to mother, and zevs.

happy browsing!

herakut :: 'streetart' in the gallery (video)

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this artist collective (2 artists who work together on their paintings) is creating a truly new visual vocabulary. check out how they create their painting surfaces - its about more than just painting something that looks nice. it really builds up from nothing.

here is a video of finished work from the same gallery show:

you can find many more videos of them working on youtube.

artist of the week :: sylvia ji

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while looking through my newest juxtapoz magazine, it was nice to find some actual good art... i found it in the add for the corey helford gallery (thank you!) in the form of sylvia ji.
ji's art is brimming with history. you can easily see the influence of both alfonse mucha's art nouveau, maxfield parrish's illustrations, and the art of spain and the day of the dead.
they are haunting and beautiful.
check her out on the web at :: sylviaji.com

new artwork :: digital painting

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as many of you know, i have a student teacher, jackie sullivan.

she is quite an digital illustrator - but not in the traditional sense. she has been working with the ap students on a digital painting, and i was inspired and did one of my own.

the technique is as follows: start with an ink wash painting (b/w). scan it. paint the colors using photoshop and a wacom drawing tablet. add textures (in my case, pieces of my circle paintings and spray paint splatters). tweak.

jackie's knowledge of photoshop tricks and techniques was inspiring and excited the students as well as me.

the subject of this painting is the ornette coleman quartet (l-r): don cherry, charlie haden, coleman, and ed blackwell.

the title is "the shape of jazz to come". signed and numbered archival digital prints (on rives bfk) are available for sale. contact me for prices.