6.15.08
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June 14, 2008
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June 13, 2008
6.12.08
June 12, 2008Garlic. This one was tough….I did a bunch of versions of little garlic bulbs, but didn’t like any of them enough to post. Once I changed the scale and eliminated the repetition, I liked it much better. Maybe a tea towel?
6.11.08
June 11, 2008I’m still experimenting with the variable weight line and abstracted botanical shapes. I think I like the last one best—the result of subtracting almost all the elements. These look a little more Arts & Crafts than 50s. I’m trying to put my finger on what makes a shape evoke a particular period in time. Iconic decorative arts pieces?
6.10.08
June 10, 2008I’m enamored of these 50s-ish shapes. Here’s another pattern using abstract florals, shown on both a dark and a light background.
6.09.08
June 9, 2008This one was inspired by a 50s or 60s pattern I saw.
6.08.08
June 8, 2008Another concrete block wall.
6.07.08
June 7, 2008I’ve always liked concrete blocks, especially the ones from the 50s that were poured with the different patterns left hollow. I took a pic of a big wall of them in NYC:
And here is my interpretation of the concrete blocks. It’s interesting how changing the foreground/background colors and moving the shapes around can create such different looking patterns.
6.06.08
June 6, 2008Today I have many cantaloupes. I did them in a few different colorways and sizes, but I was unable to break away from the semi-realistic cantaloupe colors.
6.5.08
June 5, 2008Revised protective mandala. I liked the idea of the previous one, but wasn’t crazy about the way it looked. This one is a little closer to what I was imagining.
6.04.08
June 4, 2008
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June 3, 2008When I was worried or frightened as a kid, my (new agey, ex-hippie) parents told me to visualize a white light or bubble around myself or whomever I was worried about. I spent quite a bit of time visualizing white protective bubbles….around myself, my sister, my parents, the cat, airplanes, my friends. It gave me a measure of security, a feeling of having some power to control my destiny.
I don’t get the same secure feeling now that I’m a skeptical adult, but the protective visualization can still be a comforting exercise. I googled “protective colors” and came up with this site, which has some info about how to create various kinds of protective forces around oneself. So here’s my distillation and abstraction of the information, in the form of a protective mandala, for Kelton and Sarah.
6.2.08
June 2, 2008First official day of summer.
6/01/08
June 1, 2008Thinking about snow again.
5.31.08
May 31, 2008
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May 30, 2008Two variations of circles spreading.
5.29.08
May 29, 2008Some mushroomish shapes, inspired by a painting that hung in our house when I was a kid. My mom has it now.
5.28.08
May 28, 2008Here’s how Gus’ Easy Mac came out of the microwave:
So I did a little macaroni-from-the-top pattern today.
5.27.08
May 27, 2008Today was one of the rare rainy, dreary days in Denver, so instead of baking chocolate chip cookies (which I really wanted to do) I made some bright happy patterns. I’m still wishing I had the cookies.
