Kismet Arts Tangent
Art Collective
Author: KC
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When I was living in the red room, I started the Russian series. I specifically sought out a book about Traditional Russian Art to feel closer to a boy I had a crush on at the time. I was inspired by the ornate flourishes on the old ceramics and metal working. I thought one day…
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I was missing Brando who moved back to Michigan right around this time (Early April 2008). I had found his ticket stup to the Seattle Aquarium and I was inspired to make these. I added sand that I’ve been keeping with me from my trip to Hawaii back in 2004.
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My first living space in Seattle was pretty sketchy. I had a room to myself in a run down part of the U-district with disreputable housemates I never saw. However, I thought the room was gorgeous. It had a faux fireplace and red carpeting and red curtains. I bought red blankets and red pillows to match.…
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INCOMPLETE work. On my birthday, Nicole gave me a bright yellow Chrysantemum. Most people know that I love the color purple and I take any other gesture that is unpurple to be an indication the giver doesn’t know me well. However, new friends are given mercy. It is actually quite a beautiful flower and I…
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I’ve been interior decorating around the apartment. I just love themed rooms. When I was little I would imagine really great interior designs based around themes. My friend Andromeda had a really great Rainforest themed room and I just thought that was the coolest. I’ve been working on something for the bathroom. There’s a dragonfly…
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This was a couple of weeks after Bumbershoot, where I saw Daniel Danger’s Screenprints. I took a postcard from his booth, the one shown here with the rising skeletons from a tumultuous sea. I wanted to have that similar dark palate with a little light objects for contrast. When coming up with the actuall setting,…
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One night I asked Dan an idea for a painting. He said squid and do my blotchy backgrounds. I looked online for pictures, and found this really great octopus picture. This was the week after I graduated college. March 25ish.
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This was my first attempt at what has been referred to as a “Bocretion.” Coined by Stephen and his artsy friend, this is a collage process, where in the cut-up style of Bill Burroughs, one takes phrases, jumbles it up into a “poem” and then is further inspired by it to create a surreal cut-up…
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