Art on Purpose
Another year has gone by, yet again filled with travel and adventure. I spent January in Europe, touching down in Spain, Turkey and Romania, dodging the virus carefully, February back in Berkeley, weaving, and March back in Eastern Washington, in … Continued
2021 saw me traveling quite a bit, and the unsteadiness made it difficult to gather myself enough to create elaborate compositions. I did meet a few wonderful people, and kept them in ink portraits alongside the ones of my oldest … Continued
Visual Art My visual artwork is figurative, which means it is almost entirely based on the nude human figure. I can rattle off good reasons for that, as well as unreasoned, visceral motivation. At the end of the day, I’m … Continued
It was a summer day, hot and bright. It was a Saturday. It was a Saturday in July. It was yesterday that I moved my tiny house to a location where I don’t have to worry about the law coming … Continued
Today I had the much awaited candidacy review, an important critique with a group of faculty from different departments in the School of Visual Arts. The candidacy is the test one must pass before one can call herself an MFA … Continued
I tried out the laser printer at school yesterday. Every run of the laser produced a little tiny flame and a lot of smoke, but the wooden plate that got engraved came out really well, smelling like the outdoors. After … Continued
The sixth module of the Making of an Idea series is finished. I used a very different kind of paper for this one: oil paper, or paper treated especially to withstand oil painting without having to be primed. It’s very … Continued
This drawing was created as the first in the Consciousness project series, the first in the spring before I started graduate school, so of course, the school will not accept this drawing as part of my work, and I can’t … Continued
