Most human beings have a heart that looks like this:

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If you're an artist or photographer and you're not familiar with David Pringle's Art Swap, you should be.  It's a badass thing he's doing.

[From the website]

How it works:

Participating artists are randomly assigned to one-another to send each other art !
Everyone ships their package on the same day !
This time we ship on November 17, 2010
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I spent the majority of my weekend painting.  And eating.  But mostly painting, which is a most excellent thing.  It makes me all kinds of happy.  More so that I'm working on a series that I really, really like (and dare say it, might even love).  That's a big deal for me because I kind-of hate everything I've ever painted.  Not really.  But ( Read more... )

Remember when I talked about that surprise painting I was working on fighting with?  The one that hated me?  The one I had to start over on a fresh canvas, it was so awful?  And then I started to like it?  Yeah, so, it was a wedding present for my always cousin, Brad and my new cousin, Bri.  I originally wanted to create this crazy-elaborate piece ( Read more... )

With Arne Quinze.  A Belgian installation artist.  For the record, I didn't know he was Belgian when I fell in love with him.  I'm beginning to see a pattern here (*waves* hi, Honey! I love you)!


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The weekend  flew by so fast that I can barely remember any details about how I spent my time.  Except for that every free, waking moment I had, I was painting.  I didn't do much eating or sleeping or even breathing.  I was too busy slaving away over a hot stove a canvas that just... wasn't going in the direction I was desperately wanting.  It was ( Read more... )

For those few of you who are actually keeping up with this Work of Art thing I'm doing (I should probably send you a gift basket or something for being so attentive. are you the exotic popcorn type, or do you prefer chocolates wrapped in sunshine and glitter?), I'm a wee-bit nervous about this week's challenge.  Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled.  ( Read more... )

For Episode 3 of Work of Art on Bravo, the contestants were charged with recreating a classic Penguin published book cover.  For those of us following along and recreating these challenges, I posted a healthy list of Penguin classics from which to choose inspiration.  In my case, I decided upon On the Road by Jack Kerouac.  It will always be one of ( Read more... )

I've taken a note (or five) from my dear pal, Becky and her participation (for three seasons!) in completing all of the challenges presented to the contestants on Bravo's Project Runway.  And I'm applying that same tenacity to Bravo's brand new T.V. show: Work of Art.  The search for America's next great artist.  Simply put:  I'm watching the show ( Read more... )