Jennifer Phillip Slack

Wonderful local artist...gorgeous colors. I finally found this artists website : http://www.jenniferphillipsart.com/>

Pigeon Post Part 2

More visual reference for an upcoming project.

A great website for looking at bird related postage stamps (including pigeons):
http://www.birdtheme.org/mainlyimages/index.php?comb=72001000&s=72

Amazing facts about pigeons website:
http://www.deterapigeon.com/21-amazing-facts-about-pigeons.htm

Pigeon Post

Some visual reference I've gathered from Google image searches. Its fascinating to think about the roles pigeons played carrying secret information during times past...

Chris Conn Askew

I found this artist through Corey Helford Gallery. Great stuff, wish I could get some more images to post.
http://www.sekretcity.com/

Ursula von Rydingsvard

Von Rydingsvard�s massive sculptures reveal the trace of the human hand and resemble wooden bowls, tools, and walls that seem to echo the artist's family heritage in pre-industrial Poland before World War II. Having spent her childhood in Nazi slave labor and post-war refugee camps, the artist�s earliest recollections of displacement and subsistence through humble means infuses her work with emotional potency. Von Rydingsvard builds towering cedar structures, creating an intricate network of individual beams, shaped by sharp and lyrical cuts and glued together to form sensuous, puzzle-like surfaces. While abstract at its core, Von Rydingsvard's work takes visual cues from the landscape, the human body, and utilitarian objects—such as the artist�s collection of household vessels—and demonstrates an interest in the point where the man-made meets nature.[my emphasis] - http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/vonrydingsvard/index.html]

http://www.barbarakrakowgallery.com/exhibition/exhibition_details.php/id/1009 ArtNews January 2007

Happiness is a warm piece of bread!

Some visual research for a new piece....

[Google Search: specialty bread, croissant]

Orly Cogan

Orly Cogan collaborates with women of the past by embroidering on found embroideries.

http://www.orlycogan.com
http://http://www.hammergallery.com/Artists/Cogan, Orly/Cogan.htm

Quote from "Inferno"

Something interesting I read...

"The battery lamp had fallen into a niche in the rocky bank and nearby rested an anemone that had the approximate size and oblong shade of a women's coin purse. Itt was a fancy thing, pale jade in color, beaded around it's outline with what looked like dark green florets. I was tempted to reach down and grab it, but feared it would be unpleasent to touch or sting me with its acids. Best to imagine it in hand, I thought. Smooth and firm, a living stone. On the bottom, a crab no bigger than the joint of my thumb was negotiating a rise between two collapsed strands of kelp. I stared into that shallow depth with such intensity, it seemed I became a citizen of that savage, tranquil place. [my italics]


The Ease in Which We Freed the Beast by Lucius Shepard, pg 251
Inferno, Edited by Ellen Datlow ISBN-13: 978-0765315588

Mark Ryden

I really enjoy Mark Ryden's color palette. The color is very neutral, but not muddy.
I was hoping to see one of his paintings in person at the Roq La Rue 10th Anniversary show, but unfortunately only a small drawing of his was included. I also just learned that he had a solo exhibit at the Frye in 2003 or 2004 - I imagine it was incredible!


http://www.markryden.com

Stephanie Barnes

I found this artist while surfing for photo reference of pigeons. There are lots of wonderful nature inspired plush art.
As a young artist, when I first learned to sew, I often made small stuffed works...so these brought back a lot of wonderful memories.
I also like that the artist stresses that her works are handmade, and its really evident the time and consideration put into each piece.

http://littlebirds.typepad.com/

Whitfield Lovell

I saw his work at SAM, and again in ArtNews May 2008. Haven't found any of his images to put here, will keep looking...

Jeffrey Ripple

From the gallery representing Jeffrey Ripple:

Jeffrey Ripple (b. 1962–) paints exquisitely beautiful and complex still life and landscape compositions that deftly capture the evanescent beauty of nature. Ripple's compositions, usually in oil on paper, sometimes on canvas, range from ambitious orchestrations of quotidian elements, such as flowers, fruit, and glass bottles, to spare, solitary plants or objects.

The artist often sets his elements against a golden-green-colored background with no specific plane or boundary to limit the image. This textured negative space, reminiscent not only of the influences of Chinese and Japanese art but also of the gold leaf backgrounds of medieval and early Renaissance religious painting, imbues the work with spiritual overtones.

Playing mass against void, and light against shadow, Ripple stages his dramatic 'portraits' for maximum impact while retaining the essence of his subjects. This construct, says critic Nancy Grimes, generates the aura of intimacy and religious space present in Ripple's painting.1 In this way, Ripple's paintings, with their meticulously rendered and placed forms; intense palette and edge (made possible by the paper ground); unusual perspectives (the objects are often seen from above); and concentrated realism transcend traditional botanical illustration and move into the realm of the divine.


http://www.hackettfreedman.com

Peter Woytuk

From the artist's statement:

"My work has developed from an interest in abstract imagery to a more representational exploration of natural form. For me, the subject matter is highly fertile ground, suggesting endless possibilities for three dimensional interpretation and invention. Past sculpture has been concerned with a distillation of animal shape into simpler forms and the resulting interplay of concave and convex masses. This dialectic is intensified by placing animals in groupings, creating environments where the negative space and the relationship between sculptures are as important as the sculptures themselves. I consider the grouping to be one unified sculpture that the viewer is able to walk around and within."



http://themorrisongallery.com

Jonathan M. Singer

Found this photographer in ArtNews May 2008. Wonderful website; all in Flash so I can't download any images for here.
Reminds me of Karl Blossfeldt or Joyce Tenneson's series of flower portraits.

http://http://botanicamagnifica.com/

Susan Robb

Warmth, Giant Black Toobs

This sculpture was installed today. I unfortunately got the email regarding its display too late. None the less, and excellent video. Simple materials, but an power and evocative message.

Hope Ginsburg

"Ginsburg’s work is an ongoing investigation of the way knowledge is absorbed, exchanged, and represented. Creating participatory events called Sponges and the immersive environments in which those events take place, she produces works that are part alternative school, part experimental theater, and part multimedia installation. Her projects examine relationships between experts and learners, and between divergent fields of study." -www.hopeginsburg.com 8/09/2008


http://www.hopeginsburg.com