Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Category: Art and Photography

Individual scraps, acrylic on canvas, each around 2 inches big in one dimension or other.

Currently listening : Roots By Curtis Mayfield Release date: 1999-01-19

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Mirage
Category: Art and Photography

 26" x 12" Acrylic on Canvas with Safety Pins

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16 Dualities
Category: Art and Photography

16 Separate pieces combined together on a common frame.  Each is comprised of acrylic paintings that are torn up and safety pinnned into new configurations.  41" x 41"  

Details: 

Currently listening : Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below By OutKast Release date: 2003-09-23

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Whitney
Category: Art and Photography

I did this for a friend at work. I forget the precise dimensions but I think it's around 4" x 4".  Acrylic on Canvas, graphite on paper, safety pins.

Currently listening : Lifeline By Roy Ayers Ubiquity Release date: 09 October, 2007

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Stinky
Category: Art and Photography

I realized that I have some stuff I've forgotten to post recently.  This is a portrait of a friend's cat.

This is a method I'm still experimenting with. Lessons have been learned, but overall I'm happy with it. Here's a shot of the component pieces:

And here's something I made as a lark:

Currently listening : Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2 By Madlib Release date: 21 March, 2006

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Happy Birthday, Laura
Category: Art and Photography

Uh, yeah, maybe a week late.  For my sister's birthday.

16 x 12 acrylic on canvas, with safety pins, stretched over several min[[iframe]]s that are then connected.

Currently listening : These Songs for You, Live! By Donny Hathaway Release date: 08 June, 2004

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New Scraps
Category: Art and Photography

You know the drill.  Acrylic on Canvas, each 1.5" x 1.5"

Currently listening : Attica Blues (Dig) By Archie Shepp Release date: 11 March, 2003

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"Children" pt. 1: Booker Little
Category: Art and Photography

8.25" x 11" Acrylic on masking tape on paper, cut up and reassemble with ample amounts of matte medium

 Here's a photograph from the side to get a sense of the depth of the layers.

Currently listening : Booker Little and Friend By Booker Little Release date: 17 October, 1995

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Nested Squares
Category: Art and Photography

Or rectangles.  Whatever.  Acrylic on Canas with Safety Pins.  Each piece is ~16" x 15.5"

Here's a detail Shot:

Currently listening : Olé Coltrane By John Coltrane Release date: 25 October, 1990

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I'll be in New York this week

Tomorrow until Thursday.

I have a piece in this show:

(My name is two lines under "Third Prize.")

I'll be at the reception too.

This is the piece in the show:

See you all next week. 

Actually I probably still won't, but that doesn't mean I don't love you.

-???

Currently listening : The Predator By Ice Cube Release date: 11 March, 2003

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Test 2: Take 2 (aka Test Two Baby)
Category: Art and Photography

I took apart the second "Test" piece (i.e. this:

and redid it with better planning to make this:

Does it work better?  Worse?  The same?  Since these are experiments, all feedback is useful!

Currently listening : Mary Jane Girls By The Mary Jane Girls Release date: 03 February, 1992

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3rd Test
Category: Art and Photography

This guy is only 10" x 10".  I wanted to see what happens if you try to weave scurved scraps of canvas together.  Answer: chaos ensues. 

This photo is darker but captures the texture better:

Currently listening : Curtis By Curtis Mayfield Release date: 15 August, 2000

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Testing part 2
Category: Art and Photography

This is also 24" x 18", acrylic on canvas.  This is a shoddy photograph.

Detail 1

Detail 2

Currently listening : Pax By Andrew Hill Release date: 06 June, 2006

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Testing Testing
Category: Art and Photography

Been trying some new methods out this weekend.  I'll post them through the week. 

1: Acrylic and watercolor on canvas, safety pins.  24" x 18"

Detail 1

Detail 2

Currently listening : Communication By Bobby Womack Release date: 17 May, 1994

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My new office
Category: Art and Photography

I just changed offices at work.  I used to sit alone in a windowless hole, but now I share a window office with another paralegal.  So far I'd have to say the window beats all other considerations by far.  Most attorneys here face away from their windows and close their curtains.  They are insane.  Here are three photos from my desk.

The problem with photos is you don't get the sense of motion that really makes the visual stimulation make the day a million times better.  You can watch the weather change from sunny to foggy and back, see jet trails diffuse, birds chase each other.  It suddenly make work worth going to.

Currently listening : Vs. By Pearl Jam Release date: 19 October, 1993

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