artist + writer + perpetual home renovator

finally broke down and replaced my pancake with one that rolls and occupies the same floor space. yay! ok well, truth be told, I did spill a gallon of wood glue across the control panel of my pancake and I just couldn’t rescue it from...

test run for upcoming exhibition

15 Dec 2012

art, process

a test run for a sense of scale of chair to space (11′) at art league houston (opening January 18, 2013). yay, it visually fits with the slick gray floor providing a fabulous contrast. bonus, i can see how the lighting will extend the work...

a blessing
may each year be better than the one that lay before it

10 Dec 2012

may you listen to your longing to be free. may the frames of your belonging be large enough for the dreams of your soul. may you arise each day with a voice of blessing whispering in your heart that something good is going to happen...

chubby bunnies, such an attractive game

09 Dec 2012

art foundations WASH - SHSU, original blog

a pre and post big shish kabob and marshmallow roasting thank you evening for my TAs (we call them mentors)perhaps a new mentor tradition. clearly an attractive game. naturally I lost and yet remain one of their fearless leaders. :) yes, and thank you for...

VJ content checklists
#4 surface visual journal checklist [due Dec 10-11]

08 Dec 2012

imagine collab documentation of finished project – photographs (1-2) of project five (5) things you learned from others during crit critique write up (self evaluation — cover form, concept, presentation, craft, and materials) big idea documentation of finished project – photographs (1-2) of project...

Lecture Exam #2 Review

07 Dec 2012

Download Review Sheet Readings Art Fundamentals chapters 7 (emphasis on properties, aesthetic relationships, role of color and balance)–8 (space) Themes in Contemporary Art chapters 5–8 (place, language, science) In the Making chapters 4–6 (expressing an artistic attitude, choosing a mission, measuring success) Text Images/Artists You...

The art object simply as an access point to the splintering path oftomorrow

03 Dec 2012

mundane ramblings, process

the art object, so what! the artifact itself simply residue of its making like the sound of a word hovering in space as it slowly dissapates after the conversation wans. my walls stand bare of artifacts and trinkification housing only structural breaches to allow in...

days end

seems like the right thing to do

based on the itches I got from unloading the rubber, seems like some type of fiberglass residue. don’t want to breathe that while I am cutting it. attractive! right, but tis the healthy choice.0

mì morning vehicular meander

surface crit schedule

Monday/Tuesday (12/3-4) = Big idea crit + surface project wish list for exhibition. Wednesday/Thursday (12/5-6) = Color triptych crit Friday = final review + art cards due.0

OMGosh. 3,250 pounds of rubber unloaded

01 Dec 2012

original blog, process

that is 5 pallets; 2 left on the trailer, but the stack shoulder height is about as high as I can lift each bundle, thus time for second stack. ummm…my “dealer” has 4 to 5 more trailer loads for me to pick up. ummm perhaps...

bahaahaaaa. four thousand seven hundred pounds of rubber….this trip

30 Nov 2012

original blog, process

sixty nine ready for addition of emptied silent bellows

25 Nov 2012

constructed from deconstructed domestic thresholds emptied of their welcome.0

midday break

25 Nov 2012

mmmm. homemade chili topped with fresh veggies and cheese, cold diet coke, midday fire. several hours of art. check. yard mowed/mulched. check. packets worked on. check. drop dead gorgeous weather in the woods. check. bugs buzzing, dog walked. check.0

domestic thresholds deconstructed and now ready for reconstructing

23 Nov 2012

should keep me busy for the day. cut from old discarded domestic thresholds [door and window frames] 0

ummmm. long day, but good

22 Nov 2012

trailer to H-town, loaded domestic thresholds to be deconstructed, arranged for an 18 wheeler load of rubber (waterproofing) stripped from high rises (Goodyear). bahahaaaa — though it will take me several trips to get it to the studio; loading with fork lift; unloading with chica...

tiny dent in deconstructing domestic thresholds

21 Nov 2012

and then reconstructing them in prep for potentially an 18-wheeler load of rubber. wanna be ready to crank a kazillion emptied bellowed deconstructed thresholds for January’s show, the uncontrollable nature of grief and forgiveness (or lack there of) opening January 18 @ art league Houston.0

they said they would cut them girl sized!

21 Nov 2012

bahahaaaa. whatever!!? but I guess the electric company knew what girl sized was cause I got them all loaded. may be feeling it tomorrow!for sure.0

it is like a Friday

20 Nov 2012

goal for school break: end each evening with fire important things—fire, food, sunsetting, stars, pup who keeps running off to chase the Bambis that tease her.0

hey Dopt (long pause; then beloved human and provider of food says), you wanna go for a walk before it gets dark?

20 Nov 2012

ha. her human will take the sudden pup spring like motion as a definitive yes!0

why I love what we've generated here as WASH! it's more than art; it is instead, a way to do life. naturally it includes great art and design, just something more!

20 Nov 2012

this is what I arrived to this morning. August 24,2012, they did not even know one another’s names.0

ghosts

18 Nov 2012

suspend that

18 Nov 2012

I hate the idea of surrender. tar, plaster, baling wire. 2006. Kathryn Kelley0

a bit spoiled; any questions

18 Nov 2012

but I am ok with that. naturally, she buried it! dang.0

play date with my finger and my iPad. ok

17 Nov 2012

weekEND 12 to-do checklist

14 Nov 2012

COLOR Review [p9] building mood; building with value handout Complete Found Color [phase 1] Measurements: 4″ x 12″ Color Relationship: Monochromatic {one color + shades + tints} based on one of the colors chosen for your overall color scheme Materials: Free color swatches, scissors, exacto...

pepì là peeUUUUU met my Dopt today

14 Nov 2012

and my baby is wearing it well, but shamefacedly. she STINKS! bet she won't try to play with that skunk again.0

mr bluebird clutching deadly to the grate

13 Nov 2012