#Studio Practice

[stephensheffield]

Atrial Flutter

Atrial Flutter Atrial Flutter, 14×11”, collage.

[calcifiedred]

in progress

[puutterings]

a kind of running in place, doing my lengths; petty distractions

  The contemporary artist Michael Smith talks of his tendency for puttering ‘a kind of running in place’ as he describes it. ‘I embrace distraction’, he comments. Smith moves about the studio space touching things, walking, postponing starting the work in hand. This act of putting things off by using petty distractions may be a form of limbering up, mentally, creatively, and through seeing and touching, in readiness for conscious focus in the work (Jacob and Grabner 2010 : 28).       As proposed by Oppezzo, the notion of moving while thinking creatively is not bound to a specific environment. The British painter Katy Moran provides this example where thinking and moving while swimming has provided a creative solution for a problematic painting”         “I had made a painting, and there were interesting parts of it, but it wasn’t working as a whole. I was doing my lengths [swimming] and I thought, I could take the painting off the canvas and cut it up, cut it in half, and then start playing around with those two half bits of canvas . . . that just came to me when I was swimming. I don’t know if I would have thought of it if I’d been in the studio looking at the work.” (Amiersadeghi 2012 : 158)

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ex Pip [Philippa Anne] Dickens, “A Choreography of the Senses — The Painter’s Studio,” in Ian Heywood, ed., Sensory Arts and Design (2017) : 239-253 google books preview (pp249-250) : link direct to publisher page (and abstract) : link

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Pip Dickens, artist’s website : link  

[madamemachikonew]

"Go to hell" is basic. "Hope your favourite anime movie sequel gets cancelled after seven years in production AND getting an animated teaser." is smart. It's possible. It's terrifying. It's happened.

[rebecca-nolda]

Starting point

A year of selling a house, buying a house, and moving cross country kind of put me in artmaking purgatory. And I wondered how to jump start my studio practice again…or whether that was even the right question. I recognize that I work best when I am researching a theme, writing about it, drawing a bit, reading; but I have been questioning the motivation behind what I see as my, sometimes,…

[sl1ckn01]

Embracing a Non-Stop Work Ethic

  In the heart of every successful artist’s studio lies a powerful tool often overlooked: a non-stop work ethic. This relentless drive is not just a trait but a foundational pillar for any creative individual aiming to make a significant impact in the art world. For artists, the studio is a sacred space where ideas take shape and visions come to life. But what fuels these transformative processes…

[delicatefury]

Look. I have literally no horse in this race when it comes to the WGA/SAG Hollywood strike. I do not watch enough TV or movies to be affected and I’m not a part of the industry. I really haven’t cared.

As a lawyer and orchardist, however, I am now utterly entranced by the fact that some Universal Studios exec thought it was a good idea to cut down city-owned trees in the middle of summer.

There is no way to get around the absolute clusterfuck they have brought down upon themselves.

First, the ownership question. These trees are not owned by Universal. They’re the City of Los Angeles’ trees. That means the responsibility, and the right, to maintain them belongs to the city government. If you want to touch city property like that, you better have their permission. If not, you’re looking at anything from fines, to replacement/maintenance costs, to jail time.

Now, I don’t know LA, and I’m not licensed in California, but a lot of cities also require permits for any massive trimming like that that can affect public property (like the roads and sidewalks).

Second, they have zero excuses that can even remotely minimize the trouble they’re in. Anything that justifies that kind of pruning at this time of year would have likely required the full removal and destruction of the trees.

Because that level of pruning? You don’t do that in summer. You absolutely do not do that in summer unless the trees are dying or infested with something. Why? Because summer is healthy growth time. Summer is when your trees need all the energy they can get so they can grow and strengthen their branches and roots.

It’s also when they’re susceptible to diseases. Various bacteria, fungi, and insects strike during the summer and can cause severe damage. By trimming those trees so severely, not only are there a ton of gapping wounds for diseases to enter the tree, they’re now stressed by trying to replace that lost growth, which makes it even harder for them to survive any further damage.

Basically, Universal Studios might end up accidentally killing the trees. Which will make everything so much worse.

So, yeah. Now I’m invested.

[cirkkaa]

learn to trust

[haliaiii]

drew some of the new sprites :)

[stephensheffield]

Under Surveillance

Under Surveillance Under Surveillance, 11×14”, cut paper and ink

[calcifiedred]

[swordy-da-goat]

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bonus character stuff

two robot siblings who like to sing

[nouverx]

The Light Bringer 💫

[itsajollyjester]

"No I've got it!"

[mattaty]