Kismet Arts Tangent

Been working a lot… less energy for art. Austin left and no further characters of inspiration around, until recently. Went to Bumbershoot and fell in love with Jason Webley. Charismatic accordionist. He encouraged the audience to accompany him by pretending to be vioins and trombones. He divided the room into the two sections of which became natural enemies. I liked that idea that if musical instruments were out in the wild, what nonsense would it look like. Here’s the result. The trombones scattered off, scared by the unicorn.

I feel like this concept is not new, but still very pretty wall hangings. It’s nice having “pre-made”* backgrounds just lying about. Stuff like this takes no time at all.

*Painting for the sake of painting involves background landscapes with no ideas or connections to the foreground.

A childhood friend starred in an independent film showing in Los Angeles this weekend. Reminded me of a little magic I felt as a chid looking up to her. This painting, I wanted to represent that land of enchantment. I feel like I fell short, but I want to play with the blond/brunette roles like that German artist with Marguerite and … I forget her name and the artist’s name for that matter.

Using up smaller canvases I have lying around… will buy more tomorrow. Perhaps get shirts made tomorrow. Pretty expensive, but I suspect worth it. Feeling like it needs to be taken to the next level. Quote for the series: (In French) a quantity so small, it’s safe to ignore. From my 2007 journal. I like it’s realism, kind of explaining the little bits of flower floating in the paintings. Almost cynical. The small amounts of beauty being spread in the world are neglible.

More of the sea creatures today… Tried to incorporate multiple figures… It’s kind of not the same. I like the lonely feeling of a single animal drifting in the dark. But, they’re fish, so they are kind of mindless, lacking personality. I like the background. I have a hard time slitting open my narwhals. They are so cute and pure looking. Unicorns of the sea. I definitely get a Wyland feel from the series. It probably comes from growing up in Hawaii and being around his work a lot.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=62389415 <——–aninmation because wordpress doesn’t like wmv.  Thanks to Don Hertzfeldt and the people in my life who have recommended the viewing of his work (you know who you are…), I thought I would put my new scanner to the test. C– .  Passed, but maybe user error… I don’t know… Anywho, this piece feels like a test run for something a bit more… just more, I guess in all categories. But, I enjoyed the process somewhat and the end result, somewhat. Check out  more animations at myspace.com/impatientdreamer (See the Video section of profile).  Where I or scanner fails is that I didn’t want to have to edit the scans in the computer. What you see is what the scanner scanned. And yes for reasons of convenience I drew all of this portrait oriented. Thanks to my coworker for a little inspiration.