On this foggy Northwest day, I am inspired by how great landscape photography can be: Great Landscape Photos of the Lake District and Scotland by Mark Littlejohn.
Category: Inspiration
Artists, concepts, themes, or quotes that I’m inspired by
Local Landscapes
Stumbled across these scraped paintings by Todd Horton while I was checking out Smith & Vallee Gallery in Edison recently. He talks about the element of chance being an integral part of his process, something I can relate to!
Hurray for Andy Goldsworthy
One of my favorite artists. Enjoy! Unexpected Land Art Beautifully Formed in Nature – My Modern Metropolis.
From Wind and Rain, Beauty
From photographyblogger.net, enjoy these lovely images: 16 Wonderful Pictures of Floating Leaves.
Technology, the Modern Art Tool
From Paul Sietsema’s show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago: Although there is quite a bit of hand labor in my work, the working processes involve many eras of tools, including of-the-moment ones, and keystrokes as well. I think this kind of interactivity is, importantly, a two-way street: using the hand this way…
Otherworldly Iceland
Another brilliant set of images from Irene Suchocki: http://is-theblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/ordinary-silence.html
Technique: Microscopic Details
For some of the detail layers in my collage, I’m using a new toy: a microscope! A far cry from what I remember in science lab, this is just a wee thing, plugging into my computer’s USB port. And what fun details I can see! So far, I’ve had the most success with currency: bank…
The Purpose of Art
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. — Cesar Cruz, via brooksbecky on Twitter