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Friday, August 28th, 2009 |
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
When I created and designed this site I knew that I wanted
to document more than just the paintings. I also wanted to document
and share my thought process through the use of blogs, pictures
and movie clips. It’s been a little over a year now since
I posted this site and the process has finally brought me to
my first blog entry. 4-7-09
Enjoy! :-) |
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I am currently on spring break from teaching and
I thought I would mix things up a little with a break from the
traditional still-life items of apples, lemons, plums, pears,
etc. etc. For some time now, I've been wanting to paint my flea
market finds. Every Sunday my brother and I, and sometimes my
father, head out to the flea market. This has become a weekly
ritual for me and I have been doing it for about six years now.
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About four years ago, while scanning
over other people's unwanted items, I spotted a small “Woody”
doll in an over-packed and busting-at-the-seams cardboard box.
Standing there looking down at the “Woody” doll really
took me back to my anticipation of the release of Pixar’s
first full-length movie, “Toy Story." Before “Toy
Story” was released, there was a lot of buzz about computer
animation replacing traditional animation techniques. How much
would using the computer take away from the true art of animation
and hand-drawn characters and scenes? This was the big looming
question at the time. The questions were answered and tensions
were eased after the release of the movie back in 1995. The innovative
computer animation techniques used to create the film were mind-boggling.
However, the film went way beyond a new and innovative approach
to animation with a story that was heart-felt, and characters
you fell in love with. It really took us back to our childhood
days, and reminded us of the significant influence toys had on
our lives. We all had our favorite toy; we all had our “Woody”
doll. Fifty cents was all it took to save “Woody”
from the myriad of other items in the over-stuffed box at the
flea market that morning.
At the time I made that flea market purchase I was not painting,
and had been away from the process for some time, but somewhere
deep inside me I knew I would one day make a painting of my new/old
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The “Still-Life of Woody”
was one of those paintings that just seemed to flow, and I really
enjoyed the process of creating the painting from start to finish.
I decided right then and there that my next painting would be
another one of my favorite Pixar characters, “WALL-E."
This painting, just as the “Woody” painting, flowed
from start to finish and I was very happy with the end result.
My next painting will be an old tin wind-up motorcycle toy that
I purchased in an antique store about two weeks ago. |
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Saturday, April 11th, 2009
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The tin wind-up motorcycle toy was chosen as an object to paint
for its overall color palette and the detail of the painted design
on the toy. I am really drawn to the way the red, blue and green
interact with the white that is slightly tinted with a yellow
discoloration due to age. I feel I captured for the most part
the essence of the object. I think this is most evident in the
helmet and head area of the figure and the front section of the
motorcycle.
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Saturday,
April 18th, 2009
The little red Tonka truck really brings back childhood memories
of imagining and creating with a blank slate of dirt. I would
play for hours, even days, depending on the weather. The possibilities
were endless, and my imagination soared as roads, towns, and
cities were drawn out as designs in the dirt and then sculpted.
"The Little Red Tonka Truck" is an iconic symbol of
my childhood that brings to mind wonderful memories of carefree
playtime that didn't end until the sun set.
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