An Art Journal: August 2009

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August 2009

08/27/2009

Imogen Heap - Canvas (Music Video)

A work of art...in my opinion.

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08/10/2009

Photography by Shannon Richardson

Low Clearance by Shannon Richardson Check out the excellent work of Shannon Richardson at shannonrichardson.com, and his photo blog "electrolite." Shannon masterfully captures the part of the world where I live ... the Texas Panhandle ... with both moving portraits of the local inhabitants and striking images of the cultural uniqueness of this area. Shannon was just interviewed by PetaPixel.

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08/08/2009

My New Art Hero - William Kentridge

Another one of my new art heroes - William Kentridge. I have seen his work before, but just found many of his animated films on YouTube (viewer discretion advised...some of his videos contain explicit content). You can read about Kentridge here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kentridge, and here is more information about his current show at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth - http://www.themodern.org/exhibitions.html.

See an interactive multimedia on Kentridge (including interviews) at SFMOMA - http://www.sfmoma.org/events/1352

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Sketch for "The Suitcase" by Victoria Taylor-Gore

The Suitcase (sketch) by Victoria Taylor-Gore This is an ink sketch for my pastel titled "The Suitcase" - see pastel below. You can see how things change from idea to completion...adjustments in shapes and arrangement are made for the larger scale as well as the modification of value and color relationships.

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New Route 66 Series Pastels by Victoria Taylor-Gore

Red Shoe by Victoria Taylor-Gore"Red Shoe" and "The Suitcase" are new pastels in my new black and white (with a touch of color) Route 66 series...more to come in the next month. These pastels are highly influenced by classic film noir, with a bit of my own imagination and symbolism thrown in...