Kismet Arts Tangent
Art Collective
Author: KC
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This is me drinking coffee at the Panera Bread across the street from the school before class. I needed it. It turns out my Graphic Design History class is none other than a teacher lecturing in front of a class, putting together words like “shaman” and “cuneiform” into a narrative we can all relate to……
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This is me in the concrete stairwell at the school. The program’s facilities are on the top (fifth) floor of the building and the elevators are awkward to use because I have to cram into a small room with a bunch of people who are in school because that means some income from Financial Aid…
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This is me on my way out the door at 8:41 in the morning for my first class this decade. Does my face express the simultaneous uncertainty and optimism that I was feeling? I have a school schedule containing the following classes: Drawing 1, graphic production 1, History of Graphic Design 1 and New Media. As per some strange…
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Right before making these paintings, I was shocked and a little dejected at the Amtrak station in Portland. I had planned on leaving that evening, but timing would have another plan for me: painting in the park. I am really glad it worked out this way. It was first thursday in Portland and the Pearl district…
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Painting in Ed Benidict Memorial Park in Portland. I found this cool tree. Yeah… It feels weird painting in such suburbanity. It’s a really uncaptured, yet perfectly pleasant ordinariness that us city folk forget.
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This is my first time (1) painting in plein air (2) painting in a state that’s not Washington. Yay. I painted this with one paintbrush to save on cleanup and I think it would have been better to use more paintbrushes, but I do appreciate this messy effect.
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Goin to Sandy’s River and a Glass museum in Portland
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I felt something was needed to be added to the Montana painting. The interesting thing about painting is that it abstracts reality with texture. And when you see painterly clouds in real life. Painting them doesn’t convey the initial awe and dumbfoundment when you see clouds that look strangely heavy and smooth, more like skipping…
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