Petra Cortright Art & Lecture

Feature image is my remix of 3 of Petra’s artworks – it seemed like the right thing to do. In April, 2018 I attended a lecture by UCSB Department of Creative Studies for their Spring 2018 Visiting Artist Colloquium where digital artist, Petra Cortright, was presenting. Her husband, artist Marc Horowitz also was on stage and…

Process Video & Waveforms

While at San Cresci, I wanted to try to record my screen as I worked on a new project. I went down to the studio and set up on the big round table made from a giant wine barrel head. It seats at least ten people around. My set up was a 15″ MacBook Pro…

La Macina di San Cresci Artist Residency

The month-long artist-in-residency in Tuscany was an incredible experience. Founded by Duccio Trassinelli, Designer (his objects are in the permanent collection of MoMA, NY; Centre Pompidou, Paris and Vitra Design Museum, Germany) and Demetria “Mimma” Verduci, Architect. La Macina di San Cresci is a place for creation, presentation and documentation of contemporary art in all…

Fiercefull

This is a new piece that I created from different images. I wanted to work on a piece of a woman of African descent as a tribute to “Claudia,” the woman who was hired as a helper to my mother and became a surrogate mother after she died. I think of her often and remember…

Inspired by Marielle Franco

This morning in my news feed, I read about the murder of Marielle Franco. “Prominent human rights advocate and councilwoman Marielle Franco was fatally shot while in her car by unknown assailants”. Mariella was a human rights activist and councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro and was part of a generation of young Black Brazilians who are becoming increasingly vocal inside and…

17:59 – One Minute to Six

All that I am surrounded by inspires my art; whether it is a memory, an experience with current or cultural events, moments captured on the street art or experiments with technology. I am fascinated by the interconnections created when disjointed realities are brought together to form and define my experience. I am motivated to continue…

Hybrid Art Research & Painting

“Hybrid art resides in between, around, above and below what is generally accepted as “culture” and usually is experimental and exploring new ideas that require collaboration with other disciplines. Many times it is not even considered art by the established art world because hybridity does not subscribe the usual, established categories or definitions.  –  Victoria…

Tutorial Reflections

I was looking forward to this conversation with Jonathan, especially after the Low Residency and the MidPoint Assessment. New art had been created and uploaded, so that gave us a starting point for the discussion. The first topic was the term “Kitsch” in reference to the article I mentioned by art critic Jonathan Jones who…

In and out and in again

Floating I am experimenting with images that interact in ways that allow for unpredictable results. Asking myself, this way or that? Keep it or change it? What happens if? One of my favorite things is to visit museums or galleries and take photos on my phone of the work shown on the walls. That way, I can revisit…

Kitsch

I found an article by Jonathan Jones, “Kitsch Art: love it or loathe it”. He asks “Why is this term for garish or sentimental objects surrounded by such snobbery?” and references two paintings. One is by artist Vladimir Tretchikoff, who was hated by art critics who had thought he was a brilliant artist but then, turned against him…

Tutorial March 29th, 2017

This tutorial was a conversation with Johnathan where we discussed the Mid-Point Assessment video/critique and the impact of the Low Residency on my practice. We started by reviewing the comments from the one-on-one critique that happened on the 2nd day of the Low Residency. Kaori Homma, the professor, commented that my work had stylistic aspects of Pre-Raphaelite art…

Painting with Photography

This painting of a Flamenco dancer has been moving forward from the back of my mind for a while. I grabbed a still from a video, found the dress, a feather wreath, and took an evening photo near the London Eye one night during the Low Residency. I remixed them all and painted on many…