"How Full is Your Cup?" assignment. Painting - acrylic on canvas

Painting (Color Study) -- Acrylic, Canvas

Drawing / Collage -- Pencil, Marker, Tape, Paper

Drawing / Collage -- Pencil, Pen, Compressed Charcoal, Paper

Drawing -- Powdered Charcoal, Compressed Charcoal, Vine Charcoal, Paper

Drawing -- Quill Tip Pen with India Ink, Paper

Drawing -- Ballpoint Pen, Marker, Paper

Drawing -- Pencil, Paper

Drawing -- Marker, Paper

Drawing -- Oil Pastel

Self Portrait Study III

>> reflection from car window

Self Portrait Study II

Self Portrait Study I

notes to self:

I am writing this here to remember it.

Today I imagined roadkill on the side of the road made by me out of garbage found on the side of the road. Then I imagined a group of people looking at this "roadkill", studying it. Studying what it is, and what killed it. In this scene, the road is busy with cars. Cars create roadkill. These cars slow down as they pass the concerned surveyors of the art. The people in the cars are repulsed by the scene of a dead animal and yet somewhat remorseful, further continuing the concern initiated from the crowd. More people gather. Some are passerbys finding the event attractive. Others were previously aware of the event. They came to give their regards to this "dead animal" on the side of the road. They give their regards to littering. They give their regards to the inpact of technology, the reality and responsibility of driving, and the modern relationship we have formed with animals. Further more, it is a nod to the power and authority we have issued to ourselves. The power of technology, the power of egocentricism - the power over a lesser life form.

But people are hit by cars too. Maybe there will be "roadkill" on the otherside of the street too, in human form. What more is a dead animal to a dead human? Both indicate the recklessness of power and control and uncontrolled decisions. Are we killing ourselves with indulging in technology and the set satuses we have created. Animals > humans is a cast system, traffic is a set web of rules and laws, we have created it so that cars are almost a neccessity (and to have it not, we have to completely change our lives to somehow fit inbetween the society we are fit into).

all this to think about from roadkill...

and I barely even mentioned recycling yet.

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if any one has seen art like this before by another artist, please let me know.

Fear of Greatness

undetermined title

emerging machines

Kite

>> huge dimensions

Personal Landscape

This is the outline to my first assignment for metals class. It's a personal landscape project. Our workspace is 8 1/2 x 11 x 5... 5 is the width. The idea is to create depth using layers. From front on, this will (hopefully) be a good piece. I'm worried, though working with 3dimensional space that the work will be odd from the other angles. Although, this aspect might work well with the piece as well. For my landscape I chose the stone arch bridge. I took the design from a sketch I did but then abstracted it using style that I usually draw and doodle with. Luckily this style works well with the material that we have to use for this project which is small steel wire and rods. My original sketch had the Minneapolis skyline on the back left side of the sculpture but I like the more simple design and focus on the bridge. With this being my first piece I'll have ever welded, I'm sure it will be far from what this sketch is. I'm an artist who improvises, so this idea is bound to change.