Monday, April 12, 2004

Unison Invite March 13, 2004 This is the invite I designed for the two-person show I am in with my friend, Gail Gregg. I've been so into design since I picked up a copy of Non-designer's Design Book by Rogin Williams. Since then, I've read four other books by her and am waiting for another one. Learning about design was my huge missing piece. There is something really powerful and magical about using simple visual codes to enhance communication skills by ten-fold. And "getting" it was like learning to ride a bicycle. Her book made me see, practically over night, the order within what seemed to be a totally random, mysterious world. It is like one-part doing a puzzle, one-part changing Barbie's clothes, and one part accounting. What a great counter weight to balance the intensity of painting! As in design, CONTRAST is vital in life...especially that of an artist. (As I committ one of the worst sins according to RW - using all caps.) 2:54:15 AM    comment []

Sunday, April 11, 2004

Gregg and Sono at Unison Thank you all to those who came to our opening. It was a beautiful day, and I really appreciate your sharing the gorgeous afternoon with us. It was truly a positive and valuable experience for me and I think for Gail as well to put this show together. Our main goal was to break out of the superficial categorization and to focus on the visual, textural, and perhaps even spiritual elements of our works, which are what painting is all about. Gail and I both work in styles that seem to be, at first, strongly associated with established genres - "abstract" and "landscape" - but I feel that our works, as with many other artists' perhaps, are more deeply appreciated when freed from such genres. Unfortunately such contextualization is not always possible, but our show was our take on such a challenge. Many of you seemed to agree with us, but I would love to hear all comments, positive and negative. By the way, the images are of the installation process. I am learning to use this blog application as I write each entry, so there are going to be lots of going back and forth in the chronological order in addition to technical difficulties. I'll get it sometime - thanks for being patient with me. 11:37:43 PM    comment []

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