DRAWING MY SHIP IN
On the 1st day of a Kickstarter Campaign, no pledges. Nor the 2nd day. So, I tried offering the P_roject Image as an Original Give-a-way to the 6th pledge, no takers. Then, I made it the 1st pledge, still no taker. So, I popped up another image, from an oil painting I donated to the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey for their annual fundraiser, the 3rd time I participated. This image today, May 3rd, is of an incarnation of myself as a child sitting at a lunch with a curator of drawings from the Whitney - we are sharing lunch in a promotion where Best in Show prize is "Lunch with a Curator." I'm painting my art story on the plates offered by the curator's assistant. A bit of soul food. My ship in the right corner comes in.
It seems Kickstarter may rely on friends support a little, or a lot. But, they are going to love your offerings because its from you, most often - that's support, albeit, a bit based on favoritism. So, what about critical attention by strangers looking for art of merit. That is the support this project needs. I need a show on a museum wall, with a little freedom to lay out the vision, like any other artist displayed in the thousands of museums. It's about an art journey that looked at from an over-all perspective has a composition complete with symmetry. Most art has a composition, but the journey itself, where is the composition in that, especially with a powerful symmetry. It's message is powerful and encouraging to anyone looking for the rewards of persevering. The closet pattern is the monomyth that Joseph Campbell outlines in his Hero's Journey, but that would make me seem like a hero, as much as an artist. Really, the only way I could be a hero is by my story benefiting others, then I could feel worthy of feeling I have contributed to humankind. But, stored in boxes, my story has little point.
Saturday, May 03, 2014
Sunday, June 12, 2011
THE BOON OF STICKING WITH IT
This drawing "Lance-lot," is indicative of my drawing style that finally arrived, thousands of drawings later. Like other recent drawings, it carries with it the torch of the past, a dream that, although just sputtering along at times, finally blossomed. Never abandoning the journey after answering the Call's soft murmur in a noisy door plant in the mid-80's, I have finally developed a voice - even if it resembles fighting one's way out of a paper bag - it is mine and a testament that not giving up has its rewards. Still harboring the sense of urgency that attended my earliest efforts to tenaciously hold on and not put that little pen to rest in the fast-paced environment of an industrialized assembly-line. Don't give up!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Architectural renderings festiva
Imagine having the land and money to see one's working sketches come to life. Fantasy renderings they are, a little more than a fleeting idea.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Corner Bug copyright 1996
Imagine all the ideas that uncreative people with creative job titiles steal from creative people with uncreative jobs .
Marketing Bug Products
Marketing bugs as a lovable creature? I've seen worse - what about the pet stones of the 70's?
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Sports Endorsements Consulting
If only we could attach a third leg to our sports figures, Nike would be even richer.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Sports Endorsements
Obtaining sports endorsements can be quite lucrative, altering one's very appearance.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Totem pole and electricity
A local psychic had asked me to create a cover for her first edition of a newsletter for her business. She was doing live readings on radio and at fairs. Here is the cover from 1993.
Friday, May 01, 2009
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