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Labor Day Weekend

Posted in My Paintings UTPA MFA, Studio, UTPA MFA, tagged , , , , , on September 5, 2011| 2 Comments »

Labor Day Art

Labor Day Art

Labor Day Weekend … and labor I did!  Saturday, and today, Sunday, the studio was abandoned by all other students leaving blessed quiet … so I worked painting the sculpture of Adry Salcedo.

First Painting

First Painting

There is a small doll wearing a paper hula skirt, two large mannequins with a faint trace of lingerie, a child’s overalls attached to shoes, and a pair of yellow rain boots .. .an odd group to paint but here it is !  To see these items look at my first post of the studio.

Teapot Sculpture

Teapot Sculpture

Returning to The Winter Palace … what to my wondering eyes should appear but a sculpture set up outside my neighbors RV.  Quite inventive and amusing!

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The Land of the Crested Cara Cara

Posted in Birding, Inca Pottery, Texas Birds, UTPA MFA, tagged , , on September 3, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Crested Cara Cara

Crested Cara Cara

The land of the Crested Cara Cara … This powerful hunter ( 4 foot wingspan ) is in the Falcon family and appears in a few Texas locations and down into Central and South America.  Last night we had a seminar on the ancient art of Peru. The Cara Cara seems the perfect symbol for that culture …he is strong, (look at those feet!),  and has that piercing stare seen on pottery of Inca and Maya warriors … Our Prof., Bob Bradley, gave us a PowerPoint presentation of his research trips to Peru filled with amazing images of their art and artifacts.
Inca Pottery

Inca Pottery

Looks like Art History is going to cover all kinds of stimulating subjects!

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Marcel Duchamp on Studios

Posted in Marcel Duchamp, Studio, tagged , , , on September 1, 2011| 1 Comment »

First view of my new studio

First view of my new studio

Marcel Duchamp spoke about the lighting in his studio in 1910-1911 …”You know that gaslight from the old Aver jet is green; I wanted to see what the changing of colors would do. When you paint in green light and then, the next day, you look at it in daylight, its a lot more mauve, gray, and more like what the Cubists were painting at the time.”    An experiment in how the environment affects the finished painting.   Perception is tricky …  This should be fun !

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First Day

Posted in Birding, Studio, tagged , , on August 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Golden-Fronted Woodpecker

Golden-Fronted Woodpecker

Outside my window sits the Golden-Fronted Woodpecker demolishing half a grapefruit … it is not time for the grapefruits to get big and ripen so he is delighted with my store-purchased fruit which I stuck to the tree 2 feet from The Winter Palace.  The hummingbird feeder is also receiving a steady stream of visitors.  Now to drive to class …

Drawing 3 with Prof. Jerry Lyles !  It sounds exciting as he plans on outside excursions all semester … we will draw some of the hidden places on this campus. Later I am to meet with Prof. Karen Sanders and get a studio key and have a room of my own! However … it develops that her plane from the east is delayed by Hurricane Irene and Prof. Donna Sweigert meets us and tells us we all have to share a studio.   Disappointment! My share-mate is Adrianna Salecedo and she has been using the studio all summer.  She is not present tonight … can’t meet her.  I open the door hesitantly and … it is SMALL … and filled with her pottery equipment already … I must squeeze in somehow …. Guess I will paint her ceramic sculpture … which is curious and may make a unique painting!  Tomorrow !!

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