My work will be on display at the Eye Candy show

 

For my Graduate Seminar course, the final project is a group show put together by all the Masters candidates in the class.  I'm still not sure when my graduate solo show will be, but in the meantime, if you would like to see some of my work, please come to the Eye Candy show.  Here are all the details:

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Gallery F1617 at Governors State University
One University Parkway University Park, IL

Opening Reception: November 18 6-8 p.m.

Artist Lectures: 7:30 - 10: 30 p.m. November 25, December 2, December 9

My artist talk is scheduled for December 9th

All events are free and open to the public.

Related Links:
Eye Candy blog
Eye Candy Facebook event page

The blog is pretty much a blank slate right now, but I will be updating it soon so you can read about all the artists in the show and see their work.

Groove is in the Heart

Yesterday while a lot of people were out trick-or-treating, I was in the studio painting.

I went back over the new metallic green painting with an additional glaze. This one is bronze. I think next time I will glaze it with more green. And it warped on me again, which is absolutely infuriating. I'll try to straighten it out again.

I worked on the piece below several months ago.  I am adding some corrugated paper that Chris gave me to make it more dimensional and interesting.  I can't wait to see what it will look like once I paint it gold.

The paint on this piece was left over from the public art project I worked on.  It doesn't look like much now, but this shade of blue will be deeper and much more brilliant when it dries.

Now that it is all the same color, it seems too flat. I plan to add more objects to the surface to make it more dimensional.

And speaking of making things more dimensional, I have also added more scraps of paper to this white piece. It's getting there.

Since none of these have titles yet, I decided to just give this post the title of a song I was listening to when I was painting.

Je t'aime, Maison Française

Je ne comprend pas much of the text in Maison Française, but I read shelter magazines for the pictures, anyway. I find myself drawn to foreign interior design magazines since I can't afford to travel abroad right now, but I still want to know what the trends are in other parts of the world. Ever since I worked in the Designers Guild shop at Marshall Field's, I found myself fascinated by the ways in which European designers reconcile the often ornate interior architecture of centuries-old buildings with cutting-edge furniture, textiles, and accessories. Somehow, baroque and beaux-arts moldings don't fight with contemporary lamps and chairs. Here are a few of my favorite images from the April-May 2009 issue:

Maison Française can be hard to find in the United States. I usually see it at bookstores with a substantial international periodical section. If you want to subscribe to it, there are several dealers online that carry it.

If reading this makes you yearn to have some French style of your own, I suggest you take a look at French-Brand.com, a great source of French linens online that delivers to the United States.

Michelle plaid by Bassetti

Chan granfoulard by Bassetti

Wash blue by Diesel

Champs de mars by Robert le Héros

Regnskog by Ekelund

Tzigane bleu By José Houel

Princesse marguerite by JC de Castelbajac pour Garnier-Thiebaut

Sunrise oceane by Essix

Monochrome2 by Möve

"Chocolate Gâteau" made up of a serviette/towel by le Patissier

So often what you need to give your room that certain je ne sais quois is the right textiles, and this site has plenty of them, from bedding to tablecloths to towels. It is a great source for both Provencal and contemporary patterns.