February 2012
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Recent Development
I’m going to be showing my rocking chairs illustrations at Atomic Cafe in Beverly, MA! Atomic is one of my favorite places and I am very excited! When I lived in Beverly I would go to Atomic at the very least once a week. Usually more. Like 2 or 3 times a week. No wonder I was broke when I graduated.
I’ll post more details when I know them.
http://atomicgallery.wordpress.com/
I have something to admit. I am really hesitant about breaking the status quo that has been established as of late. the status quo being living with my parents and working in retail. and that hesitation, my dislike of change, is prohibiting me from making art, moving forward. why am I hesitating? nothing original. I am scared. terrified that once someone gives me a chance I’ll blow it and no...
January 2012
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don't talk on your cell phone while you are...
stores are not appropriate places to have personal conversations. a quick conversation is okay, but other than that, just don’t. please.
a customer today was talking on her phone while she was walking towards the fitting rooms, hoping to try on her selected apparel. she did not stop talking to politely ask me if she could try on said items. instead, with hardly a look in my direction, she...
December 2011
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robots
here are some robots that I’ve drawn while on break at work:
November 2011
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christmas music
the store where I work has been playing christmas music since november 1st. at first it was just one song every 5 or so non-christmas songs. but now that is over. for a whole week it has been the opposite, only instead of catching a break every 5 or so songs, I swear it is probably 10. and this is tough. to make it even worse, there is no variety. every day I hear “sleigh ride,”...
collaboration!
so my friend tim lewis is doing a not-so-dry-and boring retelling of the bible over on his blog and he asked me if I would like to contribute some illustrations. I said yes, so now you should go check out the first installment.
September 2011
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current things
I got a job earlier this month. I’m working retail. It is interesting. One thing that is particularly interesting is how much more exhausting being on your feet for 5+ hours a day can be. I’ve been sleeping a lot more than I’m used to. I told my mom yesterday that I think I need more sleep working retail than I did being an art student. She told me that maybe I just have more...
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keyboard malfunctions
Recently the keyboard of my macbook has been giving me great difficulty. Specifically, some of the keys have stopped working. The keys in question, chronologically as best as I can remember, are the “esc”, “p”, “;”, “:”, “/”, “?”, “-“, “_”, “" , “|”, and “return”.
All...
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August 2011
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I decided to make an infograph for Primer, the 2004 ultra-low budget sci-fi directorial debut of Shane Carruth. This is a time-travel, greed, and manipulation. It is also incredibly hard to follow. Perhaps this snazzy timeline will help your brain process the convoluted storyline.
There are not very many characters: the plot centers around two characters and through their interactions we are...
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Buffy vs. The Gilmores
I have been thinking about the similarities between Gilmore Girls and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. While there are not that many, there are some striking ones that made me wonder. They didn’t make me wonder very much, but nevertheless, wonder I did. Lets go through a list:
7 seasons?
check
mother and daughter with absentee father?
check - Lorelai & Rory, Joyce & Buffy
[note: ...
July 2011
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EELS
Last night my sister and I saw Eels at the Paradise in Boston. it was incredible. I had seen them once before, back in March 2008. As I expected, the two shows were completely different.
In 2008 it was a more personal, intimate experience with just E and the Chet performing. Both dressed in denim jumpsuits, one particularly memorable experience was when they seamlessly switched instruments...
June 2011
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wallpaper
this is the wallpaper in the downstairs bathroom of my parent’s house. I have always liked it. one thing always confused me:
the beaufort sea is always displayed this way. the “b” on the edge of one sheet and the “eaubord sea” on the edge of another. I never knew if they lined up like that on purpose or if was just the way the metaphorical cookie crumbled, the...
May 2011
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transitions
I hate transitional periods. I haven’t experienced one like this before. at the end of every school year I knew that a new year would begin at the end of the summer. but now it is summer again and I know that no new semester is waiting for me at the end of august. the buzzword is uncertain. I have never felt this uncertain before. at the end of the month my lease is up and I have to move...
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blah blah blah
I’m graduating from college this saturday.
so insert some sentimental dribble about these last four years being incredible and all the people that I met are amazing and I’ll never forget anyone and blah blah blah.
one great thing about graduating with a degree in art: first major to receive diplomas/empty folder. I will be the 8th name called.
one not so great thing about graduating...
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An Undulating Course: Rocking Chairs and the...
since my show opened yesterday I thought it would be appropriate to post pictures from the gallery and of my actual work. I’m very happy with how everything came out!
this is my artist statement. I typed it up on my typewriter.
this is what the gallery looks like, four pictures on each wall with a little living room set up with a rocking chair at the far wall.
here are the...
today was the opening for my show! it went wonderfully! now I have a lot of sleep to catch up on.
April 2011
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soon...
my exhibit opens on saturday. oh goodness gracious I am just a big puddle of nerves right now. it is currently after one in the morning on wednesday. I have not slept since I woke up at noon on monday. and I didn’t sleep last saturday night either. frankly, at this rate, I’ll be surprised if I’m alive come saturday.
it’s not even like I’ve been pulling all nighters,...
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on monday evenings I have an intaglio printmaking class that lasts five hours. normally for studio classes the five hours is split up between two days throughout the week, three hours on the first and two on the second. but for this class all five hours are on mondays from 5 to 10.
after monday at 10:00 I usually don’t think about that class for the rest of the week. I am usually trying to...
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I thought it would be fun to upload a couple of pictures of my studio space. So here they are:
I may have mentioned this before, but whatever. my studio space is in a classroom that my advisor is using to teach a course on art and liturgy. despite the smallness of it all, it has been really fun. the building normally used for senior thesis studio space hasn’t had running water all...
March 2011
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a frustrating turn of events
something terrible has happened. last week my arthritis flared up.
4 years ago I was given the diagnosis of undifferentiated spondyloarthropy, which basically meant that my rheumatologist knew the pain I was suffering with was due to one of the diseases in the spondylitis family but it was too early to tell exactly which one. spondylitis, which is autoimmune, can be bluntly defined as...
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Update
things are progressing. I finally figured out what I was doing. now it is just a matter of getting together enough pieces to make a complete show. I have three so far. now that I have more confidence in what I am doing I should be able to work faster.
exciting news: I have my post card all designed and ready to be printed! here is the front.
I am really happy with the way it came out! the...
February 2011
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radiohead is the perfect music to listen to while doing tiny, repetitive detail work.
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I’m taking an intaglio printmaking class this semester. It is a five hour class on monday nights. It’s pretty rough.
The professor has us using water-based etching ink, trying to stay as non-toxic as possible. I don’t like it. Looking back at the intaglio prints I did in the intro class, the blacks are just so much richer with oil-based. And people are struggling getting really...
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so you have an art show coming up?
yes
what are you doing for it?
I’m illustrating some short stories I’ve written.
cool, what are they about?
um, they are revisionist historical accounts about how rocking chairs have affected the history of the world around the context of holidays.
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a pleasant turn of events
After three weeks of producing crap I think I have finally come to a place where I can start making actual work for my show. Things have been frustrating lately, but Tanja, my advisor, has been so encouraging and helpful in my search to find my “voice,” as it were. Hooray for a sense of direction!
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some stuff
I’m in my last semester of college, which means I get to do a senior thesis exhibit at the end of this semester. and that means I get to be a nervous wreck until everything is over. my exhibit opens april 30th. yes. I know the precise date. that is not terrifying at all.
I attend a small liberal arts school on the north shore of massachusetts. it is okay, I guess. I love the art department,...