Stab City
Monday 1.3.2011
Get ‘em while its hot. I’m debating whether to get one or not. The entire six series is also pretty tempting. I’m just glad I got to see these guys live when I could.
green hues
Sunday 10.17.2010
paper crafty
Friday 8.13.2010
Another Hattie Newman inspiration piece. When it gets cooler here, I will test out some of these lovely paper trees for my sister’s bridal shower. It’s going to be a quirky cute garden theme and these trees might just be the thing for the deck area. In the meantime, I’ve been busy working on some paper crafts to send out to my old classmates and friends. Aren’t these paper creations by Sarah Illenberger the beez neez!
a waving banner
Saturday 7.10.2010
.. a little fun with Japanese washi paper tape.
…and I found this awesome painting in a cluster of old canvases I had hidden in the back of my closet today. I don’t know who painted it, but it was probably from a friend or a fellow student from high school. I remember taking a stack of canvases that nobody wanted at the end of the school year. Looting for art is the best. (But don’t try it at home kids.)
art party
Monday 6.7.2010
Another round of La capacidad at the El Rincon Social. Art and food, music and LoneStar goes hand in hand. There were some pretty good local musicians performing, including a trio of guys who kept the crowd going for the better part of the night with some good ol’ El Salvadorian tunes. I’m considering teaching a photography course for the LACAP organization. Maybe next summer…if the dengue fever doesn’t scare me off.
Close-up of a lovely watercolor sketch by one of the warehouse roommates.
This is what I purchased. Another one of Oscar’s prints. It reminds me of my mom and her sister.
an excess of automobiles
Sunday 1.10.2010
An excerpt (and coincidentally, also one of my favorite parts). Started off Friday night with an Aurora screening of Sufjan Steven’s feature, The BQE. It was amazing. I love it. And even though the film is inspired by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, there was something so generic about those images of never ending highways and cars and gray buildings. If being stuck in traffic looks and sounds this good, I’d be on I-45 everyday during traffic hour. I think this is one of those films you have to experience on the big screen for sure.
Reinterpretation
Tuesday 11.24.2009
a fine delicacy
Saturday 10.3.2009
Gabriela de la Mora. You might want to adjust your monitor screen settings for this one. The images can be tough to see since they are actually made out of fine human and synthetic hair. Even in person, I had a hard time seeing the images. If I blinked, a line would fade into white. But, these are really quite beautiful pieces. I especially love his Memoria III series, in which he incorporates computer generated images of each member’s skull and hair pieces of their signature and fingerprints.
