Attention Humans. Blog moving.

Hello. After noticing that blogger seems to be slightly silent of electronic chatter, I will be moving my blog over to Tumblr.

Where I will continue to document artist process and document studio time and other random acts of discover and knowledge.

Starting in the new year I will be attempting a piece a day sort of deal. so if there is any listeners on the other end of this transmission, please follow over to Tumblr.

I appreciate all who continue to read and support my work.

here is link to my Tumblr site.

Thanks.

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m

While working on

building frames this week end, and also while getting a splinter stuck in my eye, swelling it almost shut, I came up with a decent idea.

I have a buch of sketches and studies of figures I was to use on this new series of painting works.

They are not bad enough to stand alone them selves, but coming up with framing ideas for them, I was at a loss.

Of course, I did not want to just put them in a regular frame, as I would hope it is known by now, but I just really can not stand the standard average framing choices for my work. To m

e it just does not fit.

So after seeing some pieces lay on the studio floor of wood that would probably not be used for anything, I relized they were about the same size of th

ese drawings.

Placing one drawing on the wood, and presto, instant frame, with a unique look to it.

What makes this a double bonus, is after looking at the gallery space for the show in january , I realized that I would need to have some smaller work to make affordable as well as fill up wall space... the gallery space just does not seem large enough for all these pieces I have been working on.

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-m

the beginning of misplacing things.

For the past Four months or so I have been working on my newest series of work. Originally I had planned a series I had been wanting to produce, called 'War'. However my intentions for these pieces were rather large scale and the gallery space I have is slightly limited. After trying to paint one piece on the smaller side, I had to quickly paint over it.

Then began what I discovered an abstracted image that resembled a structure, or a temple, or what have you. . . These abstracts consumed me for some time, while reading various philosophy books, online sites and random quotes from searches. ( I prefer not name drop anything that I reference in my work. I prefer to find information staggered and mix it together, not bothering with names, I try rather hard to ignore who the writing is from. I like things more to be knowledge that has accumulated and my observation and my own take on the matter is the end result). As the months drew on and I became more focused on world happenings, things it seems that I have been bitching about for years are finally blowing up into the headlines. This began to influence some of the later works in this series.

This series, by the way, which I have titled, " Misplaced Faith in Gravity", a comment on our mass stupidity as a society, a comment on how once we learn something, that it becomes the over all absolute of the universe. In my opinion, nothing is absolute and there is no way we can possibly, really know anything. Not for sure anyway. Possibilities always exist. While doing this work, even, they have found a possibility that Einstein's Theory of the Speed of Light could be wrong, finding neutrinos speeding faster than light. . .

If they claim this has been a misunderstanding, I will only further believe humans can not stand to learn change, or the idea that they are wrong.

Anyway.

During this Time of working on this series, finding ways to frame and mount the work itself has been consuming and has kept my mind racing many nights. I did not want it to be the same as my last series of work and I did not want it to just be traditional.... and certainly not lame.

I have been searching for mediums, elements and material that I can use.

I actually found inspiration at the store Anthroplogie, of all places... I once worked there as their visual display artist, creating their seasonal displays with found or unusual things and what not... when in the store again, I saw a few displays that really were unique and individual... it is funny when ideas can come to you at the most random times. However, I think it was not all that strange that it was there... it merely reminded me of how to think further for structural ideas.

And there we go.

Ive steered away from found wood (Not all completely) this time around, as it can be too warped and bent to stretch the piece properly. Found wood works well I've found adding character and a slight design element that works really well.

I have started using only three bars to stretch three sides. leaving the bottom part of the canvas to be stretched in a different way. or adding elements onto of the piece to add to the design.

I began using pieces of canvas that were scrapped from trimming these pieces and older pieces into the structure and design work of the last piece, which has turned out decent.

11.28.2011

New series of work has so far turned out quite well. I've decided on the pieces that will be apart of the exhibition this january for my solo show, some pieces have been excluded.

I won't be posting any images until the unveiling of the series in january. this has been super difficult, with not getting any feedback, it makes one slightly paranoid as to the results.... the paintings have gone into a slightly new direction. the series is conversation of philosophy and relation of society.

Mental gateways had become a focus for a few months, resulting in abstract images sort of resembling floating temples and structures. perhaps like ancient ships hovering above the landscapes that man worshiped at or sought after to find some mental clarity.

my representation of man and society in this series plays of philosophical ideals of the ego of self and its relation to another. conflicts of what we call religion. etc. i decided not to include any of the elements of gods or aliens or what ever you really want to call them. the work is meant to deal with humans and our trials of learning what life is.

the best part of this series so far has been the finishing touches of the framing.

on the last series of work and several others i decided not to stretch my canvas in the traditional means as I've just become so tire of seeing perfectly stretched paintings in squares, rectangles or whatever else is out there. So I got a bunch of reclaimed wood and created a frame where the canvas could simply just be tacked on. this created a great presentation of the series itself and adds a unique feel to each piece, as each frame was built with the intention of continuing the paintings design aspects out into the frame.

with this new series, i wanted to go back to stretching the canvas, but again not n a traditional sense. adding elements to add to the design and structure to the work has been a challenge but adds so much more to the piece itself, making the frame and stretchers apart of the work itself.

I've got some new ideas for the last few to be done that should prove really interesting with cheese cloth and raw canvas pieces. should be fun.

In the images above you can hopefully make out what i am talking about witht he framing for last series.... need better photos of those.

well.

back.

to.

work.

-m

octiober and what not.

again, a lengthy pause between posts.

have been working a lot on several new series.

biggest one being work for my solo show at Black Bird Studios in January 2012. no prieviews for this one, other than some sneak peak close ups of progress shots that can be seen on my mailing lists.

i have released several new works this month.

my on going abstract portrait series has been growing in its collection, as well as a new set of small paintings on canvas.

some new work for the 'exile from the shore of reason' series. two of which will not be debuted electronically until november.

other things and other stuff.

some photos.

wow, a month since my last post. sheesh.

i all but forgot about blogger. well, no, but. meh.

for those listening to this broadcast,

i will have a table @ an event this saturday at the Platinum hotel. prints will be available along with some watercolor originals, etc. etc. event is called, (F.A.M. - fashion , art , music. ) by Jimi CTO.

well see how that goes.

next month (october) at 222 Imperial Gallery Las Vegas, I will have a new piece in their ' 10,000 Skeletons ' group show. that will be pretty neat. the piece came out really good.

i think i missed and failed to mention to the blog universe that i was involved with their (222 imperial ) 'geek' group show, with a portrait piece of tricia helfer as caprice 6 in battlestar galactica.

hmmm...

what else.

ah.

group show in december at Blackbird Studios, for their 'pee wee herman group show. ' and also in december i will have a collaboration piece with las vegas' 3 Bad Sheep' for their collaboration show at Alexander P. Huerta;s studio ' Peace N Art' inside the arts factory.

and then in january will be my solo show of all new work at Black Bird Studios.

phew.

yes, I've been busy.

Paranoid Backstrokes