The Cup

Little Betty Jane stars in "The Cup."

Experimentation: Stop Action Video

I have been thinking of how to make a paper doll video. I made this paper doll of "Little Betty Jane." Then I was just playing around trying to see what she can do. I need to refine my method but I think there is something interesting about her - she wants to dance.

Adorable big brother

My new grandson

Here he is! Isn't he adorable! He was born on May 7th weighing in at 6 lbs. 5 oz. He is beautiful. My daughter Christine and her husband Julian are very blessed.

New Gouachies

In the studio today:

I finished another set of gouachy and ppc of the primroses. This time I think I kind of like the gouachy better.

These are small - around 5 x 3 1/2 inches. The top one is the gouachy and this one is painted paper collage. I have been enjoyed doing these. This will probably be the last set because the primroses are dying. Oh well.

Combo

I made some changes to the second found source collage of Pumpkin. I added painted paper. Now I would call this a "combo" piece. It combines the found source and painted paper collage. I thank everyone for their feedback. As a result of that feedback and a lot of thought - I made these changes. Let me know what you think.
It's approximately 8 x 9 inches (including the tail).

Strange and Stranger

My studio time was spent experimenting. I made another small gouachy of the primroses. And, a corresponding ppc version.

I also made two collages of Pumpkin - our cat. The 'found' source was the April 2009 edition of ArtNews. The first began on blue painted paper. I cut out the shape of the cat's body out of a reproduction of a painting by an abstract expressionist painting. There was a reproduction of a painting by Picasso on the reverse side of the page. When I turned over the cutout cat body, I saw the shape in reverse made from the Picasso. At this point I had already placed Pumpkin's face on the paper and given her eyes (cut from a repro of a Sargent portrait) facing the original direction. I decided to use the Picasso side anyway and the body is therefore disjuntive. I put a Burchfield painting in as the rippled blanket - but then added it as the space around the window? And, then put a picture of a big white horse sculpture out the window. It is strange - but somehow I like it.

I decided to make another run at the idea. This Pumpkin is made from a Sargent portrait and her face from an African ceramic. I put the rest of the image of the African ceramics behind the cat. The people on the right are from an ad for travel to Spain. The folded arms come from a picture of an Indian artist and echoes the figure used for the cat's body. The tale ends in the face of the Sargent portrait. Another Sargent portrait was place behind the Spanish tourists. She is missing her eyes because they were used in the first Pumkin collage. This one's eyes are from a repro of the famous Fairey poster of Obama. For some reason I like the first one better. It has less rhyme or reason, but just works better. I have no idea what it means.