Exhibition Photographs - Wiseman Gallery in Grants Pass, Oregon

Installation at the Wiseman Gallery

Last week I took a drive out to Grants Pass, Oregon to install You, Me, and the Rest of the World.

I can't believe this project has come full circle. It feels so great to have the work out in the world in the very way I want it to be out in the world.

Installation art is a labor of love. It always comes with its challenges because every gallery space is different. But, in the end, it's always worth it. I'm so excited to hear reactions from viewers of this exhibition.

Wiseman Gallery is beautiful. It is smack dab in the middle of a walkway in a building at the Rogue Community College. I love this gallery because the space could be wasted. It could just be a bunch of white walls. Instead, it gets filled with art every few months. And, for the next two months, it will be filled with my art!

I am lucky to have Katrina Henry as one of my best friends. She, along with her go with any flow daughter, Elsa, came with me on my installation adventure and helped in so many ways. I would not have been able to install the show without them.

Here are a few images during the installation process.

This is the interactive aspect to this art installation. Gallery viewers will be asked to add to the "TODAY I ..." chalkboard wall.

I'm headed up to the gallery once again in a few weeks to take more photographs of this art installation. If you're in the Grants Pass, Oregon area from now until August 28, 2014 check out the Wiseman Gallery and take part in this interactive art exhibit!

Exhibition: Oregon Artist Showcase 2014

One of the works from A Day in the Life will be featured in the 2014 Oregon Artist Showcase at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg, Oregon. 

I am excited to have some of the work out in the world for others to see in person!

Exhibition Dates: January 10 - February 15, 2014

I'll be attending the Artwalk Reception on February 7th from 5pm to 8pm. 

Join me if you can!

A Day in the Life of a WWII Prisoner

The bravery of Mr. Kirk enables all of us to get a glimpse into the daily life for a WWII prisoner.  

Terence Sumner Kirk was a Marine who was captured in China on the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He then spent over 1,300 days — up until the end of the war — in prison as a Japanese POW. 

While inside a camp and being used for slave labor, Kirk decided that he wanted to document the conditions inside the camp, including how malnourished he and his fellow prisoners were — so he set to work building a pinhole camera.

more here: http://petapixel.com

Stephen Shore's Everyday Epiphanies

In 1973, Stephen Shore left New York City and set out on a voyage to photograph America through the eyes of an ordinary tourist. 

Just 25, Shore was already a rising star in the art world, fresh off an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art—where, at the time, he was only the second living photographer to have had his own solo show. He was also a protege of Andy Warhol, who had taught him to appreciate the artistic value of random, everyday things—or what Warhol described as “radical inclusiveness.” 

With that aesthetic in mind, Shore, now 65, chose to document his trip the way an average person would: with a simple point-and-shoot camera aimed at the everyday banalities of the American road—where anything, he believed, could be fodder for art.

complete article here.

Stephen Shore's website here.

An exhibition is on its way!

I am so excited to announce that A Day in the Life will be installed at the Wiseman Gallery in Grants Pass, Oregon during July and August of 2014!

WHAHOO!

There are no words to explain how amazing it feels to get the opportunity to complete this project with an interactive art installation. You can read about the concept for the gallery installation here.

Mark your calendars and stop by if you can.

We are all connected.

I have a major crush on Neil deGrasse Tyson. Below is just one of the many things he's said to make me swoon.

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

Strangers on a Train

Yuriy Modlikskiy passes his commute time on the train by sketching strangers. Even cooler than that, he gives the art work to his model when he's done with it.

He's captured hundreds of New Yorkers during a time of day most of them drudge through and want to forget about. Imagine the light brought into many of those dreary eyes when an artist hands them a portrait. Mr. Modlikskiy is doing great work and has found an intriguing way to connect with humanity.

For more (and image source) visit: nypost.com

The Beatles

Coincidentally, this is one of my favorite Beatles songs.

Life in a Day

I recently watched this documentary and loved it! What a powerful movement this project has created. It's so exciting to think about the fact that so many people were involved in the same act for the same purpose on the same day. I love that the movie shows that we are all unique and yet all so alike in so many ways.


Read more about this amazing documentary here: nationalgeographic.com

The application process begins.

It's time to enter the final step of this project, the installation stage.

Here's what I propose for an art installation:

Imagine a rectangle where one side represents past moments and the other future moments. Altogether the space becomes a room full of experiences and connections. On the left hand walls of the gallery I intend to write, directly on the wall, each of the 263 different moments experienced between the 10 women during the project. The size of the text will correlate with the number of women that experienced that same moment. In the center of the room each mixed media portrait will hang from the ceiling with fishing line so the viewer can approach the work, walk around it, and watch it move as they and others interact with it. Continuing on to the right side of the room a viewer will find the “future moments” chalkboard wall that asks them to check a box next to a moment they have already experienced that day as well as add a moment that isn’t already listed. As moments, minutes, hours, and days pass during this art installation the room will grow into a space of collected moments and memories.

I'm hoping to have a solo show of this work in at least one gallery within the next year.  Fingers crossed!

A Day in the Life of Lisa

I think that Lisa's image is so interesting because it is so abstract.  Even though there are just a few lines you can still make out a face.  It adds something a little extra to the entire grouping of artworks.

A Day in the Life of Andra, Netherlands

I know, I know, why is this project taking forever?  I would apologize, but I have a wonderful excuse.  His name is Everett and he just about 3 months old.  Needless to say, I took a bit of an hiatus from this art project last year getting ready to have my first child.  But, now I'm back!  The project is just one artwork away from being complete and the final installation design has been decided on.  I'm about to submit proposals to some galleries in the area, so keep your fingers crossed.

In the meantime, here's Andra.  As you can see, her favorite color is green.  I am in love with her handwriting!

ADAY.org is asking all of us to capture our daily lives through photographs on May 15, 2012.  I just signed up and so should you!

Their schpeel:

On May 15th we ask you to photograph what is close to you. Upload a photo, share it, compare it and join others all around the world doing the same. Let a part of your life inspire generations to come.

This project involves two of my very favorite aspects: connection and participation.  Way to go ADAY.org!  I can't wait to be a part of this project.

A Day in the Life of Lindsey

 When I first started to map out Lindsey's print, I realized there were 7 pages.  No matter what I did, the canvas would be oddly shaped.  It turned out to be such a blessing in disguise.  I started to think about how much of my work is about the moment in time when I viewer stands in front of it.  At that moment the artwork is complete.  Since my viewer completes my work conceptually, I thought I'd give them the opportunity to complete it visually (in his/her own mind) as well. 

I absolutely love the expression that she is giving in this image!

I love the way this turned out.  Lindsey's favorite colors are rainbow moonstone and labradorite.  I decided to take the blue from the rainbow moonstone and use it for her image and let the white of the paper represent the white of the gem.

This next one is a doosy

The largest canvas I've worked with yet for this project.

I think the final size of this one is going to be 25" x 33." Most of it is going to be white space. That means I've got lots and lots of carving in store for myself this week!

Can't wait to show you the final piece!

Jeff Harris and more than 4,748 Self-Portraits

This is one hefty "Day in the Life" project. I adore the commitment.



To read more about this project, click here.

Or visit Jeff's website to see what he's been up to the last 5,000 or so days.  (here)

A Day in the Life of Kayla

Kayla was (and maybe still is) teaching English in South Korea when she participated in this project.  Here's a photo documentation of the steps I took to complete her piece.  I love the detail in the blanket Kayla was using when her portrait was taken.  It adds such substance to the composition.

A Day in the Life of Cindy

I would like to introduce you to Cindy.  She currently resides in Paris, France.  This is the first artwork of this series to be completely covered in ink.  When I saw that Cindy was using her bookcase as her backdrop for her self portrait, I knew I had to incorporate that into the final artwork.

Now, I haven't sewn the pages together yet, but I am just too excited and want to share it this very second.  So, imagine it is sewn together!