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Teacher Training: This is how it's really done...
As I've said in previous posts, I teach in a public high school in LA. It's a great job. I'm proud of having managed it so that I'm a pretty effective teacher: drawing, art history, etc., and I use the insights and understanding gained in the classroom to inform my art. I've been at it for awhile, since the early '90's ( Read more... ) -
I-5 Group Show
One of my paintings will be in this group show:
http://artscenecal.com/Announcements/2008/0108/I5Gallery0108.html
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Jackson takes Sculpture
So, Jackson is beginning his second semester up at Humboldt St. this week. Tuesday he entertained me by texting me about the wonders of his beginning sculpture class. In middle school, he loved woodshop - i have the jewelry box, the key caddy, the menorah..., but he lost all interest in making anything in high school. Now, up in the redwoods, he's ( Read more... ) -
Photos @ El Dorado Nature Center, LB
A couple of months ago, Debby, my SO, and I collaborated on an ephemeral sculpture during an event at the El Dorado Nature Center. It was inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy. They're having an exhibit of photos of the works at the nature center Museum from Jan. 27 to Feb. 29.
The reception is 1-3 pm on Sun, Jan. 27.
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the new year in the studio
So, Christmas is over, and now that that's out of the way, I've been working on my own stuff. My studio is cleaner than it's ever been. I think I threw away at least half of what was in there, and actually found several articles of clothing that I've been complaining about not finding for some time now. Papers have been filed, palettes cleaned, and ( Read more... ) -
A Blast from the Past
So Jackson, my kid, who's now in college, was visiting one of his grandmas on Christmas. She had framed and hung in her living room a painting that I had made in '87 or '88. Incredibly, for Jackson, this would have been Before He Was Born. This is, for him, a fascinating, almost mythological time when I was married to his father in some kind of ( Read more... ) -
Christmas song of the Day
I heard this at my dentist's office last week, and it's been reverberating inside my head ever since. I remember watching the 1977 Bing Crosby Special with my mom. Fabulously surreal. I'm becoming nostalgic for the '70's.
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Baking with Toddlers
So, Sunday, Vividee and I made cookies.
She helped with everything from rolling to cutting, and finally, was in charge of decorating. Her painting technique with icing is very Abstract Expressionist.
Pretty cool, huh?
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