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On Twitterscapes

In: Conceptual Art, Conceptual Art Examples, Conceptual Art Theory

Excited to announce a brand new conceptual art form founded in both my desk and painting studio: Twitterscapes.

My career has a whole has been comprised of two distinct pieces: the web/technology driven side, and the art studio side; the art side having existed all along, became a career as soon as I was aware of myself needing one. It wasn’t, however, one that would support me for years. It was for this reason that I began to learn web development, in order to market myself, at the very least, and hopefully expedite the process of my getting ‘discovered’ by a collector or gallery that would lead to happily ever after. As it tends to happen, at least for artists, the skills I acquired in my search for building myself a website became job-marketable and have lead to my current career as a web developer. In conceptualizing my studio paintings, I have attempted through painting compositions of pixels to bring the electronically based portion of my creativity full-circle back to the studio, and at some point set a goal for myself to arrive at an art form that suited both my conceptual studio art creativity with my knowledge of web technologies. I’m pleased to announce that I’ve landed on the beginnings of an art form that does just …

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Those BAAstuds

In: Conceptual Art, Conceptual Art Examples

Extreme sheep art? well - yeah its been done. But would you call it Art?

To know about which I speak, you must, you must, you MUST check this out:

"We took to the hills of Wales armed to the teeth with sheep, LEDs and a camera, to create a huge amazing LED display. Of sorts. "





Whether or not they meant this as a simple commercial stunt (I think I noticed samsung in there somewhere), these BAAstuds may have really stumbled upon a truly unique outlet of expression. They use the formations of these sheep to mimic other known entities- the "Pong" formation, and the fountains/fireworks. They even take it out of context to create a Mona Lisa image from their lights. (Srsly, how do they do that?)

In my opinion, the most poetic thing about this is that their medium, their method of delivery, was the age-old technique of sheepherding. Trained sheep herders used dogs through their vocal commands to direct these groups of animals to these unique ends. Its Art that is not only modern for media (LED lights, digital video) …

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Reflections on a Painting

In: Conceptual Art, Conceptual Art Examples, Studio

One sign of up and coming success is watching the earliest and most earnest of work be appreciated with unprecedented focus.

I feel both grateful and melancholy to think about one of my very first babies flying the coop to go back home to St. Louis and live with its very first and most devout fan, a lovely woman who has been tracking it for three years. Since the time of our first communication, I have moved to two different states, learned focus in the studio, and slugged around these huge paintings of my early career with me - changing their dressings periodically (really - the plaster "framing" around the edges) making sure they are always hung straight and look their best. An effort like this is not unlike raising heavy, bulky children with needs for maintenance as well as their creators personal growth and expansion of audience and capability, not to mention the drive to continue and finish and start over each effort without reinforcement from the world and without any good reason to keep going.

The departure of Reflections …

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