tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69567869214803166242024-03-05T01:14:03.985-08:00Four Seasons in a LifeThe musings of an artist's life, working in mixed-medium and digital photography.Four Seasons in a Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515078635782464939noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956786921480316624.post-77464897770765654072012-05-24T00:00:00.000-07:002012-05-24T00:00:05.288-07:00Fifth of May adventures in Hipstaland<br />
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I have not abandoned painting, rather I have been exploring a new tool most of us carry around but not necessarily think of as a camera, as it is an iPhone. So the last several months I have been busy developing a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-iPhone-Arts/185825298186155" target="_blank">FaceBook fan page</a>, along with a website, <a href="http://www.theiphonearts.com/" target="_blank">The iPhone Arts</a>, which is dedicated to the iPhone and its capabilities to create fine art despite some limitations, as I have demonstrated with my previous post of the <a href="http://fourseasonsinalife.blogspot.com/2012/05/first-mpa-international-exhibit.html" target="_blank">MPA International Exhibit</a>.<br />
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So recently I was invited by <a href="http://hipstamatic.com/" target="_blank">Synthetic</a> software company to attend one of their private functions, a Cinco de Mayo party at their headquarters. Synthetic is best known as Hipstamatic, a popular camera application for the iPhone available at <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hipstamatic/id342115564?mt=8" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. One passed through heavy wooden hacienda style doors into a small reception area and then through another wide door into a waiting area that opens up to a large room. There the Limousines DJ’s had set up a sound system just in front the Hipstamatic marquee post sign. </div>
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The area had filled quickly with guests and conversation ensued, and many pictures were taken with an iPhone to capture the moment.</div>
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A number of guests headed up to the roof patio, as it was a perfect night and a full moon appeared that evening larger then usual, as it was the closest to the earth all year.</div>
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On another lever, passed the Macintosh work stations is the conference room, where Hipstamatic had set up a staging area with two studio lights and plenty of south of the border props. </div>
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Throughout the evening, guest ventured into the conference room for some silly fun, as others and myself took part in capturing the merriment.</div>
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People moved back and forth between the floors, the roof patio and back to the dance floor, which by now had filled up nicely.</div>
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Even during festive moments ones iPhone keeps others abreast of the evenings progress and though the iPhone’s camera was king, a few took the LoFi Lomography approach in recording the evening.</div>
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In the meantime, I head back once more to the dance floor, to further test the iPhone under constant movement in combination to low light conditions, something the iPhone and other smartphones fall short in providing acceptable results, mostly due to a major increase in grain.</div>
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I had a wonderful evening and it was a pleasure to see Douglas Lambert again and engage in conversation before duty called him away. In the meantime, have a look out for their free on-line monthly magazine for the iPad called <i>Snap</i>, which is being launched this coming June.</div>
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<br /></div>Four Seasons in a Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515078635782464939noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956786921480316624.post-41757725888719882302012-05-01T00:00:00.000-07:002012-05-23T19:31:17.843-07:00First MPA International Exhibit<br />
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I recently attended the 15 member juried first International Mobile Photography Awards Exhibit with my good friend Monica, which is now held at the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i><a href="http://www.arthaus-sf.com/" target="_blank">ArtHaus gallery</a></i></span> in San Francisco for a three month run. The exhibition was envisioned and organized by fine art photographer, TV producer, filmmaker and mobile photographer, including the Founder of Mobile Photography Award, Daniel Berman, in partnership with <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i><a href="http://www.fotomoto.com/" target="_blank">FotoMoto</a></i></span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i><a href="http://www.canvaspop.com/" target="_blank">CanvasPop</a></i></span>, smartphone application developers, and others.</div>
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There are 59 photographs in the exhibit, of which a few were displayed on canvas, with the majority in the photographic traditional manner, as a framed and matted print. The winning entries were categorized into three categories, beginning with Daniel Berman’s founders choices, winners for their specific use of a photographic application, and the third section based upon a specific subject matter categories, as ‘Beach Life’, ‘Self-Portrait’ and so forth.</div>
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Though one perceives all images were created using the iPhone, any mobile phone device, from iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Nolia, etc; iOS devises such as iPod Touch and iPad was accepted in this competition.</div>
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Processing of each photo had to be accomplished on a mobile device, no desktop computer editing was permitted. Any photo editing application could be used, provided it runs directly on the mobile device, anything else would disqualify the photographers entree.</div>
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This limitation placed upon the photographer by the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i><a href="http://www.photographycompetitions.net/2011/09/mobile-photography-awards/" target="_blank">MPA submission guidelines</a></i></span>, has revealed some amazing surprises, especially as to the individual creative ability and what actually is possible when one applies their imagination. One might say this alone is a good reason for seeing the exhibit and discovering how artists are merging technology with what the photographer sees and envisions their end results should be.</div>
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There were numerous reasons for both Monica and I in seeing this mobile phone exhibit. Though I am new to iPhoneography, I am not to the field of photography, having engaged as a professional commercial advertising and editorial photographer for more than thirty years. So my interest in this exhibit ranged from the creative use of a smartphone, with minimal use of a photo/camera post processing application to numerous applications in achieving a desired effect. This included closer examination of the artists technical results to the final presentation, the photographic art print itself.</div>
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Since there was a good range in print size, the quality spectrum was also greatly varied. Those photographs with minimal post production had the best results, producing sharp, full tone range prints. This is mostly due to the manipulation of digital pixel, causing a softer edge and generally a more muted look.</div>
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This was not necessarily a negative when one considers the subject matter or what the photographer was trying to achieve, which in most cases was a photographic illustration.</div>
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<i>The rules and selection process</i></div>
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The exhibit was narrowed down from more than 2200 submissions, coming from 114 countries, resulting in the winning entries and a number of honorable mentions. This was “the world’s largest paid open call in the short history of mobile art and photography,” according to James Bacchi, gallerist of ArtHaus. </div>
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With an entree of fee of $20 for three images and $30 for five, with every image allowed to enter three categories. The entry fees for the Mobile Photo Awards are used to offset the costs of prizes, prints, framing, display, shipping, infrastructure, and a three city gallery tour, with “no further cost to the selected entrance.” </div>
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The roll of the smartphone, in particular the iPhone plays in the development and direction of photography cannot be dismissed as child’s play, for it is reshaping the meaning and interpretation of photography itself. Even if and when film makes a comeback as a medium, the iPhone will have changed how we view photography as a serious art form. </div>
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When we will look back on these times in a couple of decades form now, it will be no different, then when George Eastman first introduced in 1910 his box camera. Known as the Kodak No. 2 Brownie, it was a very simple box camera with a fixed-focus lens and single shutter speed. Though it underwent design changes, the Kodak Brownie remained very popular until the 1960s.</div>
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The exhibit proved beyond any doubt, the iPhone and its rivals are a viable instrument with which to capture an image and turn it into a serious work of art. Though the photographer still faces hurdles as to a certain technical limitations itself, especially that by software developers, we most not lose sight, iPhoneography and smartphone cameras are here to stay. </div>
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It is now up to the end user to demand software developers to step up to the plate as <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i><a href="http://jag.gr/" target="_blank">jag.jr</a> </i></span>has started to do with their release this month of <u><i><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/645-pro/id518235205?mt=8" target="_blank">645 PRO</a></i></u>, one of the most advance applications for taking pictures. Though this is a first step in the right direction, there is still a long way to go.</div>
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Still, the majority of developers need to start providing smartphone software that addresses how photographers use this new technology in the creation of fine art. Providing the photographer with software that addresses not only the taking of the the initial exposure, but also serious post production, with a little less emphasis on LoFi special effects, that after a time, one will only tire of.</div>
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In the hands of creative artists, the leading smartphone, the iPhone will continue to push the photographic boundaries, from the traditional to the abstract, while continuously exploring new ways to merge vision and technology with the artist’s end result.</div>
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With smart phones reaching the level of fine art proportions, this exhibit should not be missed. The show brings attention to mobile photography and its promise that the art world can no longer ignore. </div>
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The exhibit runs from April 5 through June 30, 2012. ArtHaus gallerists are James Bacchi and Annette Schutz. The gallery is located at 411 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94107. Their hours are; Tuesday – Friday, 11am-6pm and Saturday, Noon-5pm. For other information, please visit the website ArtHaus-SF.</div>
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MPA complete <i><u><a href="http://the-mpas.com/mobile-photo-awards-exhibit-at-arthaus/" target="_blank">First International MPA</a></u> </i>exhibit</div>
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The last ten days or so, I have been exploring further the potential of the iPhone 4S camera as an artistic tool, including the many different applications available at iTunes to manipulate and enhance those images.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Though there are obvious limitations, there are also many other advantages allowing for spontaneities without having to carry around a bulky load hanging from ones shoulder. So on a recent walk I came across a magnolia tree just begging to be examined more closely for that interesting flower.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">With the desired end results achieved, there is the wish for some to know how the final image was achieved and as one can see from the collage, the original photo is rather drab in appearance. Though it is not a fair representation of iPhone’s capabilities, I should note that image was taken at dusk, hence the drab colors, which proved advantages in the end for achieving an old masters painting look.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">In order to achieve the appearance of the final image, all post work but one were done within the iPhone, using <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/snapseed/id439438619?affId=1860684&mt=8&u1=web" target="_blank">Snapseed</a> and <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/app/scratchcam/id430226774" target="_blank">ScratchCam</a>, both available at iTunes. After saving several versions I wanted to blend the black/white old age emulated results with a more colorful version to attain a painterly quality of an old master, whose painting has been covered with decades of neglect.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Though there are applications available for merging two images within the iPhone, I elected to import both images into Photoshop for this final step, primarily because I wish to find a suitable program for the iPhone and not be rushed into it. In the meantime I continue looking for my next iPhoneography or Instagram photo.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">This renewed vigor in photography has not only been a bust creatively but also kept the dark clouds from invading the mind, collapsing ones daily routine.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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As most posts require the accompaniment of images, either for demonstration or simply enhancement to ones words, achieving that photograph can be a work of art in itself. With the recent post to a <a href="http://acatsgoldenyears.blogspot.com/2012/03/darkness-within-storm.html" target="_blank">Cats Golden Years</a>, an image was needed to illustrate several of my notebooks being used for the <a href="http://familysecretsrevisited.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Family Secrets Revisited</a> project.</div>
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Apart from pulling together the elements and background props with which to compose a mini set, a stage that not only re-creates a personal environment, but also evokes an emotion, a mood in the visiting viewer, thereby bridging the authors words with the reader/visitor.</div>
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The following several photographs show a set assembled on a large table near a window with northern light exposure, as this has become my favorite method of photographing, even though I have studio flash lighting equipment.</div>
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Whenever I need a still-life type photograph, I approach the project the same way as if I were painting a scene, setting up first the easel to establish a point of view. In photography, I use a tripod with which to set up my point of view. While using the camera’s view finder, I begin placing the elements on the table, adding, removing, putting back into the frame an element, building the set.</div>
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During the first phase of building the set, I will also be fine tuning the tripods position, height and angle to achieve the desired composition, while in phase two the main focus is in building the set and how it appears through the viewfinder.</div>
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Phase three is controlling and adjusting the lighting, using a gobo to block of any light where it is not wanted and using a fill card or a reflector to add more light back into the set, making shadows not only lighter but also more gradual, while giving a little punch of light to other areas.</div>
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When you think you have everything in place, we enter phase four. It is now time to take several different exposures, some that are normal and a little over, including varying the ƒ-stop to change the focal point of the photograph.</div>
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Since having added the iPhone 4S smartphone’s camera to my arsenal for taking pictures, the Nikon D70 is still my main workhorse, the iPhone 4S allows me to do things with ease, especially experiment with different angles and points of view in tight surroundings, as is evident in these images here. </div>
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Phase five is editing the selection of images to a handful and optimizing their appearance in programs like PhotoShop and making our final selection. The final process can be the most difficult, as I finally settled for the Nikon version, though I prefer the iPhone's <a href="http://theiphonearts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">iPhoneography</a> image. In the end, one needs to approach the selection process from an editor’s editorial point of view.</div>
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This last Monday, the <a href="http://www.elcerritoart.org/" target="_blank">El Cerrito Art Association</a> had its first meeting for the new year. We hosted guest artist Mira White demonstrated her painting technique to a pact crowd, revealing the many stages her paintings undergoing.</div>
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Her painting process is more meditative and intuitive then predictable, as she states “<i>I have to be able to take a journey with my work</i>.” Her work evolves over time, sometimes as much as four year before a painting is considered complete.</div>
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Influenced by Eastern philosophy, Mira has developed a number of visual symbols, which are found in many of her paintings that build on a very personal mythology. After a trip to Europe a few years back, she was captivated by the many clusters of small villages and their houses, that it also has become part of her visual symbolism.</div>
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In addition to the symbol of homes, there are ladders, square and triangles, which establish a personal the language, reflecting her mythology, all of which is transformed and accomplished through the many layers a painting goes through. There are as many as fifteen to twenty or more layers, in which Mira combines numerous medium technique. Each layer a subtle expression of her thoughts.</div>
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Her primary medium is combining watercolor and pastels, including acrylic, oil sticks and graphite powder, and possible offset with collage material. Apart from using multiple mediums to layer her work, Mira also employs various techniques with which she applies her medium and always searching for different methods with which to work. </div>
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Currently she has been expanding her visual expressions by experimenting with encaustic painting, exploring her visual mythology by translating it in a new medium.</div>
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All the paintings in this post, I used acrylic paints, except for one, were I used spray paint on a portion of the canvas. Some of the canvases had a portion of there surface area painted not with a brush, but applying a technique used by etchers preparing their plates for printing, by wiping off the ink, including using either a cloth or paper towel to remove some paint, only to use it also like a rubber stamp. This allows for the paint that was removed to be transferred back in a different area and by only covering the top surface, it leaves the crevasses untouched.</div>
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We can faintly see this method of transfer of off-white paint having been used on the larger area of the canvas to finish the painting. While a more dramatic effects are aimed for in the next sample by using brush and the etching method of cleaning ones plate.</div>
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The etcher’s method is when one uses either the edge of ones palm to wipe the surface of the copper plate and remove the excess ink. By using the side palm of ones hand, paper towel or a piece of soft cloths shaped in a ball and then carefully wiping the surface of the canvas and removing the wet acrylic paint so that it only portions remains in the crevasses of the papers textures. This can be clearly seen in the image above, were multiple colors remain scattered randomly about, building numerous layers of color amidst the texture.</div>
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The following painting uses a number of different combinations. First the right portion is sealed with painters tape so that I can brush the color yellow, followed by orange that is wiped off. However next I add a little orange acrylic directly to a ball of cloth and then with the same motion of removing paint from the surface, I am now striking the raised ridges of the paper texture and leaving behind concentrated amounts of random color.</div>
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Ones this portion of the painting is completely dried—I usually wait a full day—this area is taped off to protect the surface from the other area being worked.</div>
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Now instead of using brush or cloth subtract or transfer method, I employ spray paint, containing a fine texture to emulate a particular surface of stone. It was first given a light pass before a second one to firmly cover the area evenly with paint and texture.</div>
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Upon the completion of this study, I fell in love with the limited color selection and how the paper’s texture reacted to it that I would have to attempt a larger size painting. Doing so would also reveal how the idea on a much smaller canvas translates to a larger medium size one.</div>
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On a technical note, the upper left area was first worked, meaning that the rest of the canvas was covered to protect the area. Instead of painting the exposed section, I applied some paint to the cloth and using the etcher’s method in reverse by applying the paint. However at the same time I also wiped the section clean. </div>
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Using this technique, permitted me to color softy the paper, while at the same time leaving ample amount of paint against the raised ridges of the papers texture. This process was repeated several times until the desired visual effect was achieved.</div>
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After a few days the section just completed was covered and work on the opposite side began. One would think it were easier since it was black, but after three coats of acrylic paint, there was enough variation to balance the two sections.</div>
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The last area to be painted was the grey. This area too required several coats of paint before evenness and the loss of paint brush tracks disappeared. Several weeks later the painted was sealed with a matt varnish.</div>
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In the end, this painting was presented to my son for his twenty-third birthday.</div>
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It seems my creativity has taken a long silent absence, in part due to the holidays, but now that they it is over with the year end celebrations, it is time to go back to work.</div>
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Every artist seeks to define themselves through style and materials employed in their work and I am no different and while the last six years has produced a major body of photographic work being <i><a href="http://www.theartistwithinus.blogspot.com/2010/11/typography-graveyard.html" target="_blank">Typography Graveyard</a></i>, I had been experimenting with different materials for painting. The main material source being modeling paste and paper, specifically newsprint, in order to create a distressed surfaces to paint on as well as a collage painting, as with <i><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1uSrOct_G9c/Tx0EBBGs6BI/AAAAAAAADyc/WbnM8xLfjVU/s800/N08831M1c-FNL-675w.jpg" target="_blank">Orderly Confusion</a></i> or<i> <a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ylSX_kp_J9o/Tx0EA5AFN4I/AAAAAAAADyc/6dR44ahQPjQ/s800/N08298M1c-FNL-675w.jpg" target="_blank">Beauty Re-defined</a></i>.</div>
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The second half of last year was mostly spent focusing on developing texture using different kinds of paper since newsprint was limited to just a flat surface, then came a major break through with the painting <i><a href="http://fourseasonsinalife.blogspot.com/2011/03/making-of-white-on-white.html" target="_blank">White on White</a>.</i> This painting used paper grocery bags to achieve the desired texture and recaptured the desire first discovered with <a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RwJrB5APeS4/Tx0EBFSuz2I/AAAAAAAADyc/Fnue_ttmL-4/s800/file_1515370.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><i>Symphony #3 </i></span><i>The Nocturnal Suite</i></a>, a painting that comes to life as the room light changes.</div>
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Trying to merge the concept of a canvas changing its appearance without being as overt as with <i>White on White</i>, while also going in two different directions, one that emulates <i><a href="http://www.theartistwithinus.blogspot.com/2010/11/typography-graveyard.html" target="_blank">Typography Graveyard</a></i>, as well as a distinctive new look.</div>
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This has me cutting strips of Vellum Bristle drawing paper at different widths and lengths, then soaking it into a bowl of warm water, anywhere from thirty-seconds to two minutes. Once removed, excess water is wiped, then the paper is crumpled to the desired degree of texture before carefully unfolding and laying it out to dry or depending on the desired effect, applied damp to the canvas with medium gel. Just remember, one can also use a spray bottle, applying a fine mist to re-adjust a dried piece of paper into the desired position.</div>
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When applying the paper to the canvas, it is possible to blend the edges of the paper with those next to it for a smoother, almost seamless finish as pictured below.</div>
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<i>First 20 x 20 inch unpainted canvas in this new series for 2012</i></div>
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After the paper pieces dry on the canvas, one can fill any gaps with regular medium gel or, depending on the desired texture, use heavy medium gel for better transition, since it will be painted over. The image below features more distinctive lines between the pieces, including a more overall rougher appearance, creating more distinctive shadows that will alter the paintings appearance with the changing room light once it is finished and displayed properly.</div>
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<i>Second 20 x 20 inch unpainted canvas in this new series for 2012</i></div>
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With another four to five paintings planned, I am searching for ways to make each canvas stand out, while remaining homogenous to the series core and since I wish to build texture on texture. I am looking at including paper with a much rougher texture, one that is also softer and more applicable than the Vellum Bristle. To the rescue, egg container cartons, made from paper pulp.</div>
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I also have another piece of pre-formed paper form used in packaging I plan to use, along with purchasing pulp paper from an art store. However one must not forget that when using any wet paper products, they must be allowed to dry before sealing with medium gel, so that deterioration does not occur.</div>
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As this series continues, I continue to look at different ways to include other products into the mix of creating texture. Items as modeling paste, heavy medium gel, tissue paper and <a href="http://www.goldenpaints.com/products/color/index.php" target="_blank">Golden Artist Colors</a> product, fiber paste. Other items one might consider is crackle paste, fine pumice gel or for a little more texture, I have a collection of additives I have gathered and filtered for size constancy that would be mixed with medium gel before applying to the canvas.</div>
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In the coming months I will share with you further results from this series, along with other smaller projects being developed and some of the pieces completed from last year. In the meantime, I wish you all the best, including a creative and productive year.</div>
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our perfect christmas tree, a superior noble was found and finally decorated.</div>
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For the last 14-16 years that I have been making it, the recipe has undergone an evolution from when it was first discovered in a Martha Stewart’s magazine. Over the years, numerous changes have been applied to it and now it has become more my recipe. With this years version, it may also just be my best, so I better write it down in order that I know or next year.</div>
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This salsa is not only good on Thanksgiving Day, but also later in the year on cold cuts instead of mayonnaise. I even had it today while it was cooking with tortilla rounds and it was delicious. Give it a try and let me know your thoughts on this. </div>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(Note: <i>this year the can is 2 oz. smaller and the whole cranberries almost invisible when compared to the previous years.</i>)</div>
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Once in a while there comes along a commercial that appears more like a movie clip, a trailer if you will, to bring its message to you. British Airways “To Fly - To Serve” is executed as if it were a major motion picture.
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This is not an endorsement for British Airways, rather the desire to share a masterful and superbly crafted film, which embodies the companies heritage with the history of aviation. These elements were brought together through people, the aircraft, and CGI.
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After watching the commercial, I know you will agree with me, that this is indeed a visual gem of nostalgia, which captures the romance of early flight, including the men who who not only pioneered aviation, but dared the unknown.
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Those first young men, the pioneers, the aviators building super highways in an unknown sky. Leaving wives and children in their snug homes, with just a kiss and a promise to return.
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Roaring into the clouds to battle wind and stars.
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Their safety systems built of brain and heart. They landed where there were no lights. Transforming strange names from tall tales into pictures on postcards home. And those next young men, traveling further, faster, higher than any in history and the ones who followed them, who skimmed the edge of space, the edge of heaven, the edge of dreams.
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The making of the British Airways ‘<i>To Fly. To Serve</i>’ commercial
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Last Friday I attended the 15th annual Art for AIDS 2011 Auction in San Francisco, held at the San Francisco Design Center Galleria. This event had its beginning back in 1997, when a group of friends wanted to give back to their community and so Art for AIDS was born.</div>
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In the early years the planning committee consisted of a small group of artists, a teacher, a mental health program manager and a sales person. The days and nights were filled with soliciting artists, searching for sponsors, creating marketing materials, publicizing the event, pleading for sponsors, and driving to Napa Valley for wine donations and seeking sponsors. Since then each year Art for AIDS has gained in stature and notoriety, and continues as an event that follows its original mission—to raise much needed funds for those with, and at risk for, HIV.</div>
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Jock Sturges, <i>Except for Clarke, LA Jenny</i>, 2009 print being auctioned</div>
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</div>Four Seasons in a Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515078635782464939noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956786921480316624.post-27179537273106504272011-06-28T00:01:00.000-07:002011-06-28T00:06:06.694-07:00A gift<div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Upon retrieving the mail, I held in my hands a small, almost square package from a person who’s name or address was unfamiliar. It was a book about heart shaped stones and only after reading the accompanying enclosed letter, did I realized it came from a person I met April 4th at Bean Hollow State Park beach, which lies between San Francisco and Santa Cruz.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Her name is Elizabeth and she was traveling down along the Pacific coast taking photographs of the scenery. We struck up a conversation and after an introduction I told her that a little further south was <i>Whitehouse Cliff</i> trail that leads to a cove I have considered my pirates/smugglers cove, my place to escape to. The place I discovered my first two heart shaped stones during a storm.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Deep down inside me I wanted to share that spot with her, since it was a public spot, but that was not to be. During the course of taking pictures, Elizabeth called out to me and gestured I come to her, for she had discovered a heart shaped opening in the rock formation. Elizabeth continued photographing the varied stone structures as did I and before I left, giving her the name of my web site that she wrote down in her notebook.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">When I learned the gift came from her, three months after our initial contact and that she remembered how personally important heart shaped stones are to me, I was deeply touched by her kindness, especially as her correspondence contained some sad news, the kind we all face at one point or another.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">The brief hour we shared at a public beach, each fulfilling our creative vision, while sharing a conversation, has now become a permanent memory through the gift. Maybe our paths will cross again and we meet once more, for it would be something I would look forward to with pleasure.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Thank you Elizabeth for brightening my day.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Four Seasons in a Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515078635782464939noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956786921480316624.post-13719684134017499922011-04-30T00:05:00.000-07:002011-04-30T10:10:03.321-07:00Celebrating a royal wedding with a cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">In honor of the occasion of the event in England, I set out to bake a Bunt cake, shaped in a crown for my British neighbor Valerie, who was hosting a brunch for some of the ladies in the area.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Unfortunately I was unable to photograph Valerie’s beautiful table setting as I had a cardiologist appointment and when I was there not all the food was set up. Nevertheless I can tell you that there was a portrait of William and Kate just below the flower arrangement. A beautiful light and airy fabric cascaded down from the elevated flower arrangement, creating wonderful hills and valleys. In between the rolling material was set a typical British silver tea service and dishes.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Valerie honored me by having reserved the center of the table for my cake, that too was elevated by a glass pedestal. I had also dropped of a plate of mini blueberry muffins, decorated by two different Dutch irises, a number of Borge and yellow Daisy flowers.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">I hope that you all had a great time sharing the event with friends as we have so little to celebrate these days.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>8 tbsp./40 oz. unsalted butter</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 cup of sugar</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4 large organic brown eggs</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3 1/2 cups of flour</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 1/2 cups of firm Greek yogurt</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 tsp. baking soda</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1 tsp. baking powder</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2 tsp. orange extract</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2 tsp. vanilla extract</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3/4 cup dried apricots - diced</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3/4 cup yellow raisins</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3/4 cup dried cranberries</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1/2 cup pecans, cut into small pieces</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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</div><ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"><li style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">On a large dish or medium bowl mix the apricots, raisins, cranberries and pecans, then dust with flower to prevent them from sining to the bottom during baking</li>
<li style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Mix the soft butter with sugar until well blended</li>
<li style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Add one egg at a time and blend</li>
<li style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Add orange and vanilla extract and briefly blend</li>
<li style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Slowly add the flour with the mixer at low to medium speed. After half of the flower has been added, add the yogurt and mix, then resume adding the remaining flour. If the dough feels to thick and not elastic enough, add a dash of milk.</li>
<li style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Using a spatula, fold in the dried fruit and nut mixture until well distributed. Do not use the hand blender or mixer for this step.</li>
<li style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Now add the mixture to a Bunt pan that was buttered and dusted with flour.</li>
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</div></div>Four Seasons in a Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515078635782464939noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956786921480316624.post-7662211261000448222011-04-19T00:05:00.000-07:002012-01-23T00:30:48.791-08:00A leap of faith<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Since I finished the painting “White on White”—<a href="http://fourseasonsinalife.blogspot.com/2011/03/making-of-white-on-white.html">my last post</a>—more than a month ago, I felt I had only scratched the surface when it came to interpreting <i><a href="http://theartistwithinus.blogspot.com/search/label/Typography%20Graveyard">Typography Graveyard</a></i>, a collection of photographs taken over a period of more than five years of the Berkeley telephone poles and the remains of fliers and posters.</div>
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So after taking a leap of faith these last weeks, I have set out upon a journey with the idea of creating a collection of paintings that would take my visual interpretation from a photograph to another level and with no less than thirty-five canvases. A huge undertaking even if these canvases are only 5 x 5” inches (12.7 x 12.7 cm), with an additional undisclosed number that are 8 x 8” inch (20.32 x 20.32 cm).</div>
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This undertaking of mine is now in its third week and during this time many technical discovers have been made as I experiment with different kinds of archival art papers, including vintage book pages, something I thought I would never do, since I love books too much to actually be cutting one up. Once the first cut was made, the next several were easier and now I not only have vintage book pages, but also plenty of interesting binding material and fibers for use in another project, with a few ideas already percolating in the back of my mind.</div>
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<i>Unfinished and in progress, stage 1</i></div>
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With each new canvas that is started I take another leap of faith in how I use the materials so that there are plenty of differences and yet enough similarities from one canvas to the next, including going back to those I first considered finished and ready for their last two stages, making further adjustments. </div>
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With the first twelve canvases ready for their last two stages, I have opted to first build the foundation to which all layers are added, this way I can maintain control over quality and the look of the series, which otherwise could be jeopardized. This most likely will take two weeks with an additional three to six weeks for building the layers that will represent the <i><a href="http://theartistwithinus.blogspot.com/search/label/Typography%20Graveyard">Typography Graveyard</a></i>, with an equal amount for painting the layers in acrylic and then finishing the painting in oil.</div>
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This will be only the second time in which I have set out to do a series, the other time was in 2000 and took eighteen months, over seven hundred sketches to complete 8 (?) 36 x 36” inch paintings based on Russian Reconstructivism and German Bauhaus.</div>
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A little over two weeks ago I pulled a canvas from storage and started my first painting in twenty-one months. My inspiration came from the Berkeley telephone poles I had been covering for more than five years in a series named “<a href="http://theartistwithinus.blogspot.com/2009/07/discovery-turns-into-artistic-vision.html">Typography Graveyard</a>.”</div>
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The canvas was first covered with grocery shopping bag paper because of its strength, secured with medium gel, then a second layer of paper was applied. This application served to recreate the three-dimensional shapes that were captured in my photographs. Afterwards when the entire area was given another application of medium gel before everything was covered with gesso, including the underside of the exposed paper forms.</div>
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Now with the canvas surface prepared and ready for paint, the area was painted with three different shades of white acrylic paint, followed by one more application of acrylic colours so that I had the colourations I was after. A few days later it would receive a layer of oil paint, mixed with a high percentage of Winsor & Newton’s Liquin; this would function as a glaze and allow some of the acrylic painting to blend through, for a richer but still subtle colour range.</div>
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One of the features in this painting is how changing light within room affect the paintings surface. The many shadows that seem to come to life and chance the paintings appearance throughout the day. It is this added—not noticeable at first—nuance that turns a minimalistic painting into a contradiction of riches.</div>
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Stage one: covering the canvas with a layer of paper</div>
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Stage one: completed</div>
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Stage two, partial completion of the texture layer</div>
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Last month I attend <a href="http://www.elcerritoart.org/">El Cerrito Art Association’s</a> first meeting of the year, which featured guest speaker <a href="http://davidsavellano.com/">David Savellano</a>, it was also my first exposure to the ECAA group. The large room was filled to capacity and a large number of the audience brought along their sketchbook and paints to follow along.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">David favors urban settings that requires adaptability and above all great speed. This means that one must focus on the essentials and know what to eliminate since everything at best is temporary. By focusing on the important elements of a scene, ones art work reflects the energy of spontaneity in this particular art form of expression.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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Earlier this month we had record high temperatures as if it were mid-August, now it has been raining most of the week and by tomorrow the temperatures are to drop so low that if the rain continues, we are expecting the possible of snow in the lower elevations. The last time the Bay Area had any snow was in 1976, however I was in Europe at the time and therefore have no recollection of the event. </div>
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Right now I welcome the rain as there is nothing better to do than to paint, continuing the work I started about a week ago on my first painting in more than a year ago. in the meantime I look forward to the possibility of a little snow.</div>
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After applying the sculptured material to the canvas, it was time to prepare the entire surface for painting by applying gesso. Doing so with a brush which which I will be painting in Acrylic and then using oils, helps me to contact mow directly with the surface and get a feel for the type of brush work I will need to apply for the desired effect.</div>
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Upon the completion of the painting I will share with you the entire evolution and process, along with plenty of photographs that have documented the process through the various stages. So stay tuned.</div>
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</div>Four Seasons in a Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515078635782464939noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956786921480316624.post-5284683547038111382011-02-12T00:02:00.000-08:002011-02-13T18:24:53.720-08:00An altered orchid<div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">For the last two months I have been itching to paint, especially after my return visit to cardiovascular rehabilitation that lasted till mid-December. Knowing that I would not be abe to paint for a few more weeks, I just had to satisfy my creative urges and so decided to the camera and photograph one of our blooming orchids. </div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">After uploading the images and working on a select few in Photoshop, I decided to explore other options to its appearance. That same day when visiting my friend Christiane’s blog <a href="http://doesikatzen.blogspot.com/">Ninifees DosiNews</a> from Germany, she had posted samples of her recent work of image alterations she was working with, because she is taking part in <a href="http://mon-alice.blogspot.com/2011/02/photography-project.html">Alice’s ‘Magic Light’ Workshop</a>. </div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Considering I was working on the following altered images, I was intrigued and after looking in on Alice’s blog, I also decided to participate and share my process.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Though Alice choose the theme a 'Winter Landscape' or a 'Winter Theme' for the pictures, I have little choice, living in Northern California where snow fall at my altitude is rare. For any snow covered landscape I would need to travel where the mountains are, five hours away from home. So I apologize to the other participants in this workshop with my offering of an orchid growing in our garden and hope that it will bring the viewer not only pleasure but also a sign that spring is not far off for them too.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">After the unprocessed RAW file has been has pre-treated in Photoshop (PS) it is saved and reimported into PS and given a new name. The next two steps are adjustments in LEVELS and CURVES, followed by COLOUR adjustments and CONTRAST if necessary. Regarding this image, COLOUR and CONTRAST changes were not needed.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Though I like the image of the orchids by itself, I desired to manipulate it only moderately, enhancing the photography by adding a textural overlay. I tried several textures before settling on this one. The process of selecting a texture is not taken lightly, as it will make or cause failure in the photographs final appearance.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">One of the things I do routinely is to converted a photo to a Black/White, this allows me to evaluate the contrast range of an image. The settings for the Black/White Layer: ‘Normal’, ‘Opacity’ 100%; Red: 75; Yellow: 75; Green: 00; Cyan: 00; Blue: 00; Magenta: 00.<br />
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After doing this, another layer was added, a duotone tint composed of C030/M060/Y100/K020 to give the over all photo a tinted appearance. Reviewing the results, I tried a few combinations and then settled keeping the duotone but unselect the Black/White. </div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Now I begin to fine-tune the percentages for the duotone so that there would be the right visual balance between the tint and the texture, while also permitting the orchid to achieve its optimum appearance.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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The RAW files were first individually treated in PS before importing them into Photomatix Pro for the final assemblage. Re-imported into PS where adjustment in 'LEVLES' and "Curves' was made before adding any texture or colour tint layer.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">Though I liked the golden effect that countered nicely with the grunge in the previous example, my next step is once again to see the contrast range by adding a Black/White conversion layer, which turned down the colour tones but only partially since the layers was set to 50%, making the flowers appear more faded. Settings for the first Black/White are: Layer: ‘Normal’, ‘Opacity’ 50%; Red: 60; Yellow: 60; Green: 40; Cyan: 60; Blue: 20; Magenta: 80.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">After I had a cup of tea, I under took one last serious critical observation of the image I had created, when after a few minutes I began to wonder if not all the tones were too muted and that the picture would need an airing, given a bit more life to it. By removing of the second layer of duotone, the photograph appeared was as if it had been cleaned by a conservator, retrieving some of the faded colours an removing decades of dirt.<br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">This truly was what I had pre-visualized, a picture post card whose age had been tempered by the decades of fluctuations in temperatures and moisture. A post card with softly faded colours that still had a story to tell.<br />
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What I hope you take away from this lesson, is that by keeping it simple and yet experimenting and trying various combinations of settings, we can achieve numerous versions from which to choose what pleases our senses and artistic interpretations. </div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">For me the final version reflects an image taken decades earlier, around the 1920’s and printed on post card stock for mailing. At that time the post card stock was mostly a warm buff colour, which over the years became darker and the single layer of duotone reflects this. Since time and moisture had altered the post card's paper, a single layer of texture was used to achieved this, while minimally changing the look of the orchid. The flowers faded colours keep us guessing as to if this was a colour photograph or a Black/White that had been hand colored, all of which only adding to the mystery of the image.<br />
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Before printing the file, another closer look is taken and any dust that was on the cameras image sensor, that now appears as little soft grey specks, is touched up and removed with the clone tool of PS.</div><div style="font: 10.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 12.0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Four Seasons in a Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515078635782464939noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956786921480316624.post-30728626417895879582010-09-18T00:05:00.000-07:002011-02-11T14:56:03.113-08:00My first heart walk<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This last Thursday I participated in my first American Heart Association Walk for 2010, joining the staff of Alta Bates Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Center and patients. <o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The weather could not have been any better, considering Friday was overcast and there is a forecast for light showers today. We were a small group of 23 individuals when considering Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo volunteers and other groups who participated in the annual event.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">We meet at the clinic where Susan made sure we all had our Alta Bates T-shirts and red caps from the American Heart Association. Alta Bates Hospital provided two shuttle buses to take us to Lake Merritt in Oakland, where the festivities where being held.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Our group was divided into two, those who could manage the entire distance, while the other group did the one-mile route. As you see by the images, I choose the distance.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Lake Merritt is a focal point, as it stands out as a jewel of Oakland, with its unique combination of fresh and salt-water, it is the larges such lake in an urban area; consisting of 3.4 miles around the circumference of the lake and covering 155 acres of land.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Four Seasons in a Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515078635782464939noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956786921480316624.post-84645691698232651612010-08-21T00:50:00.000-07:002011-02-11T14:57:27.045-08:00As one chapter closes, another one opens<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">As I continue to cope with the disruption to my previous routine and life style, the past two months have felt like being stranded, isolated in a time warp from which there appears to be no escape. I have missed visiting your blogs, to see what you have been up to and leaving a comment, wile sharing with you my own creative events.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">As I bring this update to my ‘<i>Leave of Absence</i><span style="font-style: normal;">’ to a close, I wish to express my sincerest gratitude to those who have sent me letters, cards and emails, checking up on my progress, sending me encouragements and wishing me well, I also desire to say thank you to those who have stopped by either of my blogs, just to see if there was anything new.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">I would also like to say thank you to those who have decided to become a follower during my absence and in due time I shall also return the honour and list your blog at my blog roll and resource blog, <i><a href="http://fourseasonsinalifedirectory.blogspot.com/">The DIRECTORY</a></i>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Four Seasons in a Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16515078635782464939noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956786921480316624.post-48740701034788318652010-05-01T00:01:00.000-07:002011-02-11T15:02:07.077-08:00A leave of absence<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the last two months I have fallen considerable behind on many levels, this includes responding to those who have commented and especially my visiting your blogs with any regularity. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Many of you also know of my medical challenges that have been a major distraction, particularly the previous month learning after an angiogram that the reason for always feeling tired and short of breath was due to a collapsed graft from the open heart surgery three years earlier. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Since some of the lateral veins to the artery have tried to take over, the current method of dealing with this is through medication and a three-day a week’s cardiac rehabilitation program that will last for three months,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">Because this program occupies a large portion of my day, I would only fall further behind and so I have no option other than to take a leave of absence while I am in cardio rehabilitation.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">This does not mean I will not be looking in now and then on your blogs, just that I shall not be posting. The decision was not taken lightly as I have worked hard these passed months building my blogs.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">in two days from now it is the fortieth anniversary of Earth Day<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">and though change has begun, we are far from the end.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Today we are still facing global warming, pollution,<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">species endangered of extinction and more; it is<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">therefore imperative that we make further<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">change in our habits and our life style.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">More over our government needs<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">to take charge, setting an<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">example for other<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">nations to<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">follow.<o:p></o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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