artist + writer + perpetual home renovator

WASH 2012

Your text Art Fundamentals has further explanations of Gestalt in chapter 2. Check it out. I’ve also included a short excerpt from another text which you will find helpful (and brief).0

surface HW due first studio week 2 [MW 1/23; TTH 1/24] Read/Respond [VJ=surface Visual Journal] Summary of morning [refine/synthesize notes] and add your thoughts/opinions, agree/disagree and why with what was discussed Record quote and expound on why you agree/disagree or a combo Identify/explain the subject,...

goodbye winter break.

17 Jan 2012

ha! nine point nine more acres to go.

16 Jan 2012

mulch that! ok well most of those acres, thank goodness, are wooded! my 100 buck baby tractor (mower) runs like a dream. some day if I feed and water it, it may grow up! more mower and chain saw lessons from dad! :)0

15 Jan 2012

omg! found in my mom’s spice rack TODAY!!

14 Jan 2012

well at least it's not thirty years old! well at least not for 10-11 more days. omg! it may be genetic. dang.0

oh my new best friend,
where have you been for my whole tubular life

14 Jan 2012

oh scissors you I am soooo done with you!!! and sweet pink cable, you are so very pretty, tis a shame you inevitable will soon be tire tubular black with grunge. merry Christmas self! oh yay! putting a little cute in grunge!0

don’t know

surface syllabus [MW 1313.01 + TTH 1313.02]
read before first studio meeting

11 Jan 2012

WASH 2012

surface syllabus [pdf] What is WASH: WASH is an experimental studio environment that combines training in visual and critical thinking with an exploration of the ideas and practices of contemporary visual art, focusing on art as it is practiced today. This nine credit hour interdisciplinary...

WASH required material list

10 Jan 2012

WASH 2012

Spring 2012 WASH [surface + space + lecture] KIT REQUIRED SUPPLIES FOR WASH PROGRAM All of these supplies are required and we will be using ALL of them. You can choose to purchase these items anywhere you like. BearKat Books Art Supply (located at 2223...

brisk morning

10 Jan 2012

Spring WASHer new blog

10 Jan 2012

WASH 2011

www.WASHsurface.blogspot.com0

awe new under shelf LEDs for reading, writing and…

08 Jan 2012

hermitage

paint still drying. have to give the oil base 3+ days before loading with books and office stuff :) then I'll put 6' drafting table in studio instead of hermitage.0

oh yuck to mr. clean

"to make their eyes open" — Josef Albers

Albers would repeat versions of the phrase again and again over the years, never deviating from the conviction that teaching art was (is) not a matter of imparting rules, styles, or techniques, but leading students to greater awareness of what they are seeing and doing.”...

ta-da; just a little fit and finish

ie white electric stuff instead of old almond. plus final coat of paint to dry…then I'll add an under shelf LED bar and a tad of trim work.0

closet office prepped, pristine and drying

06 Jan 2012

updated a smidgen my chandelier

05 Jan 2012

with addition of central strap. like much better now. it was too floppy before…made from refuse.0

trailer cleared, movement o office closet, cracks caulked

05 Jan 2012

evening walk0

man on the moon from a country lane

04 Jan 2012

perfect walking weather

04 Jan 2012

but based on the distance bang bangs, I probably should be wearing orange0

almost cleared

04 Jan 2012

a bit of trash, haz mat, and one tubular art carcus left0

flat flat frog

03 Jan 2012

closet soon to be converted to office

03 Jan 2012

fresh coat of eggshell white; shelves cut, sanded primed and drying in prep to receive oil based finished. pick up cute light fixture tonight. now to go for walk, then sand desktop surface. finally off for early din din with most favorite (only) parental units...

pretty plumbing

30 Dec 2011

but for the life of me I can't figure out my wiring in my 4 unit (3 with double switches) light/fan wall switches. I wired it just like previous box but with new switches. understand the wiring in theory but obviously not in practice. shocking...