10 posts tagged “art”
I've been working on a new painting. It's been awhile since I've been inspired to do something but I saw a Monet in the window of a bookstore and decided I wanted to do flowers. Cherry blossoms rather than his lilies and in a brighter turquoise than the painting's pale blues. The thing with oil painting though is that it's a process. A process of layering on several shades of gray, then complimentary colors, and then redrawing the objects in charcoal. With each layer, you add more and more paint until you're at 90/10 ratio of paint to mineral spirits.
Initially you'll have a lot of "runs" in the paint which is good because it allows the varying levels of color to mix. You can see a lot of them to on the right side of my painting. While I'm not close to being done (there's a lot of highlighting to do and well it's not turquoise :P), I kind of like where it's at. Maybe I should start on another until I'm inspired to change this one? That's the brilliance of oil. Retouch it with paint in a few weeks and it'll come back to life.
I discovered the loveliest photos by Michael Eastman on Young Gallery today. He's been producing fine-art photography for over 30 years with work that covers European and American architecture. Not sure where I've been but I love his style. It's a look at the old through new eyes. This is a photo from his "Cuba" collection. The photo makes me ache just a bit for a time that once was..
The other set of photos from "Vanishing America" are just as dark and endearing. He documents the decaying and abandoned towns across the heartland of America. The "Vanishing America" collection was also just released in a book, which I'm going to have to purchase since I really can't afford any of his prints.
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Faucets by Joakim Lloyd Raboff found on Wired
According to Design Sponge these chandeliers have made the internet-rounds but this is the first time I've seen them. They are f-in fabulous. I love, love, love furniture and decor that mixes feminine glam with industrial materials - to please my inner Goth girl of course.
Chandeliers especially have been something that I've been drawn to in recent years. In the past they may have been considered a decadent piece for particular tastes, but in modern design they are much more whimsical and add flair to sterile, urban spaces. Though I don't have that tri-level industrial loft space with dark teal walls and brown leather chairs, I have imagined a chandelier such as this in that space.
These Brooklyn-made chandeliers from Michael Mchale marry together the unlikely components of new and old. Distressed brass pipes and fittings, many of which were re-claimed from various building sites in Louisiana and New York, make up the bones of the chandelier. They are then draped with Swarovski's crystal (though you can get a cheaper crystal for about $1000 less) and common light sources such as low-wattage refrigerator bulbs are used in the center and main axes which generates the warm glow that you see.
Every piece is handmade and never mass produced. Therefore no two are alike. I adore this 13-watt Mini Billiards Chandelier. It's going for the low, low price of $4700. :D
My friend Jenny Wehrt celebrated her 30th birthday last night with an art showing at Descend in the Marina. I really wanted to stay home after spending Friday and most of Saturday comforting a newly single friend. But Jenn and Ronnie dragged me out with a can of Red Bull and the promise that it wouldn't be a long evening. Well it was a really long night because aftewards we headed to El Rio to see Nishon's band, the Struts. I was drained mentally and found myself falling asleep at the bar and rubbing my face to stay awake. Not fun.
At a Sotheby's auction in London, there was a bidding frenzy over Graffit artist Bansky's work. This series of Kate Moss prints, imitating Warhol's portraits went for $95,000.
How many times have you looked at art and said, "I totally thought of that first?"
