Yesterday in the office, Roscoe really got into a bowl of grits. There wasn’t much to see while his face was in there, but when he took it out…
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Visiting the Getty Center
I visited the Getty Center while I was in Los Angeles a couple weeks ago and very much enjoyed the grounds in particular.
Or should I say, “the ground.”
Solar dragonfly
Fossil. August 2005
Fossil is a vary large solar powered mechanical dragon fly.
In sunshine the wings will periodicly flutter and the mouth section twitches.
Length: 28cm. Wing Span: 33cm.
Fossil is so named because as I constructed it I was thinking of Meganeura,
a huge 320 million years old dragonfly-like insect belonging to the Protodonata group,
which had a wing span of around 70cm.
See larger photos and more at James G Watt’s site.
Daily Thing #7
Ok, this is kind of a cheat. Today I made Rice Krispie treats. No points for guessing what else I “accomplished” today.
Daily Thing #5
Thursday I was at odds.
Daily Thing #3
Today I went out at lunchtime looking for something you don’t see every day. I didn’t have a lot of time, so I was surprised when I found it.
I mean, I’m sure some people see this every day. It’s just not a common sight over in the little square near my office.
Lisey in the Park with Chorizo
This is a Weekly Shot that I took weeks ago, but here it is now. The goal here was to show ownership, that is, ownership of the dog. It didn’t turn out quite that way.
Seven Deadly Sins
Galleries 1988 puts on a large show called “Crazy 4 Cult,” an annual show in which artists pay tribute to cult classics.
This piece will be featured:
It’s a modern adaptation of Heironymus Bosch’s 1485 painting, “The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things,” also in wheel form, but look closely at Dan Lydersen’s depictions (OK, go to the G 1988 blog entry about it or to the page at Dan Lydersen’s website to get large enough images to see detail).
The original is 30 inches across and will be shown at G 1988 LA through August 8. Learn about the other artists and what works and prints are available at the Crazy 4 Cult website.
I’m feeling particularly intrigued by this piece right now, because when I’m not at my job, I’m home watching movies (or worse, TV shows on DVD) and wallowing in one of the classics: Sloth. So I have deliberated over this work of Lydersen’s and decided it is time for another month of Thing-a-Day, here in August. As a nod to my slothful ways, though, I’m not actually producing anything until tomorrow.
Wish me luck. I’ll need it.
Tiny Art Director
Dad draws on spec for daughter and takes her critiques like a true professional. He calls her “Tiny Art Director,” but after about 15 years in marketing and advertising, I recognize her as more of a Tiny Client. Either way, it’s wonderful. Start at the bottom.
The Brief: A Dragon
The Critique: It’s dumb Daddy. You should erase it. Grow up Daddy.
Job Status: Rejected
Some prints are available, and in 2010 a book (published by Chronicle Books) will be out, too.