:: Useful Articles, Essays and How to Archive ::

Useful Articles, Essays and How to Archive:

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New Essay:: 5/26/12 “A Lost Drawing, Process & Technique part 1″

In late 2009 after visiting several cathedrals and museums abroad, I began to re-revisit a lot of renaissance art.  I do reference such time periods in a lot of my teaching, but I usually tend to have a specific relevance in mind with the projects we are working on. Unconsciously I believe, I was seeking something else of a personal nature. In my examinations both online and through library research, I started to collect a series of renaissance images that inspired me. I very rarely feel the need to duplicate anything that already exists, but I do enjoy exercising the inspiration into other “suchness.” Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper had always captured my interest. I enjoy looking at the piece, and love how it holds my attention for long periods of time consistently. I took action…..

Read the full essay here:: http://wp.me/p2SFO-Hx

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New Essay : 5/20/2012:: “What to do when you’re ART is NOT selling or moving”

OK, you are super productive, your ART is amazing, and you have total confidence in yourself and your work…BUT, it’s not selling at the moment, in fact it has not moved in months now! No sales, or showing opportunities. You see it, its collecting dust, its piling up, its getting in the way of creating new work, you are stacking other things on top of it and no longer know where or what is there… Guess what? You have got yourself a GOOD problem. I know, I know, How so? First of all, you get to continue your education on resourcefulness and stretch that mind of yours. As an artist you are already a creative surge of problem solving energy!

Read the full essay here :: http://wp.me/p2SFO-GX

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Essay:: 4/17/2012 :: “2D design project. A Shared Idea, Inspiration, Transcendence, Evolution, & Collaboration.”

The images below are the result of two single images. Pablo Picasso and Kurt Schwitters are two of my favorite artists. I wanted to use them as inspiration for this series of collage works. These are the first few pieces from my experiments.  Each piece is sized at 8.5″X11″. The desire to create a body of works like this came from my interest in a series of works created by the students one of my colleague at CUNY QCC….

Read the full essay here::  http://wp.me/p2SFO-Ez

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Essay:: 4/15/12, “On Color, Painting & Style Building”

This painting above is almost complete. I posted this progress image onto my flickr page in late January of 2012. I will soon post the final piece, as well as the 6 others that have evolved as a result. This blog post has taken several different directions already. I love that about process in general, one idea expands another, and before you know it, you are onto several other topics. Let me start here, and try to pull this together as we read on….

Read the full essay here:: http://wp.me/p2SFO-Ah

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Essay 2/26/12 :: “A Self Portrait & a Moment of Satori.“

Above is an image of me. I’m holding up a mirror and looking into it. OK, perhaps not exactly, but it is one potentiality of how I see and perceive myself. This is a watered down acrylic painting mixed with some colored pencil over it. I layered it with a nice thick clear acrylic medium. It is mounted on a sturdy illustration board. I may frame it. I may not. I think Ill let my friends and followers on TWITTER help me decide WHAT to do with it next.

Read the full essay here:: http://wp.me/p2SFO-DB

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Essay 1/11/2012:: “Explaining My Installation Work.”

I’m over-stimulated, I admit it. I also admit that I love that part of myself. My case of  over-stimulation, which was once claimed be to be “hyperactive” seems to have transcended itself nicely. I can’t blame the doctors of the 1970′s who’s misdiagnosis of my early symptoms of radical creativity were in fact something else…

Read the Full Essay here:: http://wp.me/p2SFO-yM

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Essay 1/5/12 :: “Symbols+Icons+Avatars+Codes=Branding Ourselves“

Consciously and unconsciously we are branding ourselves! This is the fact
of the matter, as I perceive of course. Indeed, some people are doing this
intentionally with much energy and enthusiasm. Others are becoming
aware as the process unfolds. I am one of those people…..

Read the Full Essay here:: http://wp.me/p2SFO-zj

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Essay 12/29/11 “Something New to Dictate the Habitual.”

We all love the fact that we need to control things. It’s a part of our human make up. Every so often, I feel that it is important to let ourselves “go a bit” as a result of that. Go, meaning, allow for something new to dictate to the habitual way that we do things. In this case…..

Read the full Essay here:: http://wp.me/p2SFO-zh

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Essay 12/25/11 “Thoughts on Content, Materiality, & Video Art.”

The choices made upon selecting content and materiality are endless, profound and simply brilliant! Especially when a breakthrough has been made, materials communicate meaning…..

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Eassy 12/24/11 “Something about Method and Procedure.”

As an artist, I have learned that method and procedure must never cease. Our general knowledge of materiality can go deeper than we may have ever known, but we have to allow for it. I spend more than 10 hours each week …

Read the Full Essay here now :: http://wp.me/p2SFO-yB

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 Essay 12/22/11:: Stretching ideas for new works. 

What could, or might happen? This is a good question that I like to begin with when creating new works. The image here is based on a tiny photographic reference that I found on the street while living in Antwerp, Belgium for a month 2 years ago. 

Read the Full Essay here:: http://wp.me/p2SFO-9i

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Essay:: 12/17/11 “Keeping a digital image idea archive is useful, here’s why.” 

Artists and creatives, how do you keep track of all of your ideas? How do you record and document your works in progress? What about a concise record of all of your completed works? How about all of those endless brainstorms and idea fragments that are so quickly lost if you do not record them in some way shape or form? …

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Essay:: 12/15/11 “A relationship with Immediacy, the Unconscious, & Drawing.”

This drawing took about 2 hours to execute. It’s a nice reminder for me. It’s yet another tangible example…

Read the full essay here:: http://wp.me/p2SFO-fW

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Essay 12/12/2011: “What I learned from Melting Ice.” 

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Essay 12/8/11:: “How to transplant your Energy into others through Story-telling.“

Read it here now :: http://theongoingrms.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/how-to-transplant-your-energy-into-others-through-story-telling/

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Imagination, is derived from the word, Imagine.

Insight 12/5/2011 : Imagination, is derived from the word Imagine.

This means, the faculty or power of the mind “to actually imagine”. To imagine, means to form an image in the mind. An “image” means, a likeness, a picture, a representation, a copy, or an appearance. More briefly, IMAGINATION IS SCIENTIFICALLY DEFINED AS THE FACULTY OF FORMING AN IMAGE.

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Essay 12/2/2011 : “Insights on Form”-

I stand before something ancient today, the structure is aesthetically beautiful, but I have a hard time getting my head around it. There are several other structures like it, some older, some younger.

Read the full essay here::  http://wp.me/p2SFO-aY

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Essay 11/28/2011: “On drawing and seeing, more.”

Read the full essay here:: http://theongoingrms.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/on-drawing-and-seeing-more/

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