Juliawlensky: Dark Blue Turban

Another entree in my art imitates art series, this is pretty much a direct copy of Alexej von Jawlensky's Dark Blue Turban (Helene with Dark Blue Turban).

iDraw: In Neri's Studio

That's Bay Area painter & sculptor Manuel Neri, of course. This was based loosely on his "Untitled Figure Study No. 5, 1957".

iDraw: Sunglasses

In The Night Studio: 3:00 AM

Sitting Quietly

iDraw: Dizzy

I imagined myself as one of the horizontal riders on one of Marino Marini's near-vertical horses. He usually called these pieces "The Miracle" but dizzy is how I imagined it.

iDraw: Something Every Woman Can Relate To

I was listening to an interesting program on the radio about providing prom dresses to homeless young women, when I was quite surprised to hear the following assertion, "It's something every woman can relate to, putting on a dress that makes you feel good and beautiful." I dare say some of us feel good and beautiful without a dress, some don't desire to feel good and beautiful, and others feel better in a suit (a tux is best!).

iDraw: Back to Giacometti

iDraw: Harlequin

iDraw: Transparent Layers

iDraw: A Face

I downloaded a new drawing program for my iPod Touch, Paintbook, and one interesting feature it has is saving your image at very high resolution. The detail is the right corner of the mouth.

End of Semester Conference

This painting was done from a photo of the last end of semester conference in The Alexander Education Center's previous location, about a year ago.

Last night I went on a painting spree and also made these 5 riffs on Giacometti' 1964 painting of James Lord.

In Giacometti's Studio

eyeDraw: Cockeyed

iDraw: Juliametti

Giacojulia

Artist of the month? Alberto Giacometti. This was based on his "Portrait of Madame Marguerite Maeght, 1961", which (gasp) does not seem to be available on the internet for me to link to.

And Chaos Ensues

de Kartooning

Invented Color

Wild Ride

Sometimes I Almost Get It

However, I Don't Smoke

Easter Sunday

Still really enjoying my de Kooning immersion....

Sanity is Over-rated

Be Afraid, Very Afraid

I can look at a de Kooning and make these sort of interesting images that don't actually look like de Koonings. But if I look at myself, or at nothing, and try to make a similar drawing - well, it doesn't work. I can see what he drew, and how it relates to reality. But when I look at reality, I can't see what he might have drawn. And I can't see what I might draw in response to what he might have drawn... Never mind, this is getting too complicated.

de Kooning Week Continues

Still Crazy After All These Years

(Left-handed De Kooning)

Trying to Channel De Kooning

...but definitely not getting it. That's Willem de Kooning, though Elaine de Kooning was also an interesting painter. If he was a misogynist, as the feminists claim based on his imagery, not his actions, then I guess I am too. He was a fabulous painter and I think his images of women are really great.

iDraw: Little Bootsie

An homage to Liz Mamorsky's Big Bootsie. They say Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so you already know I think her sculptures are fantastic and you should check them out!

Self-Portrait as a Dancing Swirly Girl

My goal was to draw a face using the Doodle Top Dottie gave Ann, however something else happened, no doubt influenced by this morning's perusal of David Friedheim's Scribble & Wiggle

iDraw: I Cast my Shadow on my Digital Monet

Kay's Monets

There are some things I really can't figure out about how he made these... I may be obsessed with this painting for awhile.

That Monet was a Brilliant Dude

Brilliant use of color anyway!

In the process of moving things around to accommodate ongoing construction on the house and my studio, I unearthed some of my mother's art books... soon all the art books will have a proper home built-in between studio and bedroom - I can't wait. In any event, Monet seemed to fit right in with my recent foliage explorations.

There Were Many Interesting Things to Look At

You can see what David and Trisha's sculptures really look like on their website. The paintings in the background are two of my paintings of dogs.

Today We Got a Puppy!

But of course, it's not your usual puppy. Please check out all of Liz Mamorsky's fabulous creations!

And thank you to the many people who came to last night's reception!

Triple Portrait - for El Daf!

This portrayal of David Friedheim's sculptures of me does not do his work justice, so take a look on his website for actual photos of his fabulous work.