art: photo collage

Even better than the Silverbow, Rick and I have secured the Canvas for exhibition in October of this year! Very exciting! Already I have several sketches of scenes for our around the clock comic adventure and Rick has already started writing. I am thinking that a fun way to unite the disparate sections of the gallery space would be to use red tape from floor to ceiling that divides the space into 24 hour segments. This would also help move the viewer around the room with less confusion. I also envision the comic “strip” segments as individually and uniquely framed and maybe 4 or 5 of them to go with each hour-segment. This would leave a lot of white wall space above and below the pictures... maybe the words to the comic could be giant-lettered and take up several feet of wall space, as seen in large exhibits (ex. the bodies). Any thoughts?

In other news, and as briefly mentioned in my previous post, I have been working on more art photo album pages as a way to reduce the copious piles of photographs, personal mementos, and magazine clippings that I can’t bring myself to throw away. As might be expected, the theme has revolved around Danel and the annihilation of our life together. I like to think the process is therapeutic (but I can also recognize that sometimes its hard to see the full picture when your so close up to and in the middle of things). The pictures in this post are just a sampling; I realize some are largely egocentric and perhaps angry also, but I hope you can enjoy nonetheless.

process: theme

Rick and I have been plotting madly at a prospective art/writing exhibit at the Silverbow (or elsewhere) for this fall. We are thinking comic strips (that could also stand alone as art segments) about a person (or a couple) going about their daily (maybe yearly) business in Juneau Alaska. And we would like to turn it into a small book also. Maybe the best could be made into playing cards?

I have been fascinated lately with miniature frames (probably due to the fact that I have been trying to fit my most precious belongings into the small space of 6 flat rate boxes), and I love the idea of fitting the comic art sections into eclectic frames I find around town. Now I have a great excuse to find and buy more! As many already know, my work tends to be small anyway, and I have been more interested in drawing than painting recently. I have even been thinking about doing a comic series for the day habilitation art class I teach and Rick has been thinking about creating a web comic for a long time now. The ideas are all fitting nicely, if a bit scattered at times!

Making the theme something that applies to Juneau life and something a little less emotional than my October “Evensong” exhibit will likely appeal to a larger audience and will be a relieving break for me. As I will likely post later this weekend, most of my artistic endeavors of late have been creating collages involving more personal photographs (the last 2 years or so), an emotional process for me to be sure.

Stay tuned as the evolution of the exhibit progresses. More thoughts and details soon to come.