Monday, February 25, 2008

dog drawings




Here is what they will look like. Dolly is finished. Hovita is in progress.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Blue


Blue belongs to my friend Katie Decker. He is 8 yrs old.

Maxi.


Maxi is an 8 week old terrier mix. She is very playful.

Hovi


Hovi is Posies dog. Hovi lives in Seattle. Sometimes she comes to Portland to visit.

Dolly


Dolly is a pit bull, lab, boston terrier mix. She was found at a truck stop in delaware with a broken leg. Now that her leg has healed she loves to run and play at Emerson Dog Park.

Jackson


Jackson also goes by Frederick Nelson and Boo. He is a gemini. His birthday is June 14th. He had a hard time staying still for the photo.

Romeo


Ashley is taking care of Romeo for her brother. Romeo is a golden retriever. He fancies boy dogs especially boodog.

peppy and rudy


Rudy is a Jack Russel Terrier. He like to dance for treats! "Peppy is my moms dog she is a pomeranian. My mom likes to keep her hair short. Peppy is sometimes snotty with other dogs."

oh!

on friday, the class critiqued my artist statement. I've always hated writing them! Someone suggested ( I think it was Shelby) that I imagine what my audience might like to hear. At that moment I realized I could write an artist statement as if I were tell a friend about a project that I'm working on. What a relief!

Monday, February 11, 2008

what i would like to be doing

“ The artist, artwork, the arts institution, or art vehicle has nearly always been cast in the role of bestowing... Is there another equation for art in which both artist and audience each give and receive, in equal or unequal parts? And if so, don’t we need to consider more fully the identities of the recipients of the art experience since they play an important role too, in this process. Acknowledging, identifying, meeting the audience face-to-face, we begin to eliminate the barriers of distance, difference, and power that anonymity otherwise allows.”
“… art is the means of facilitating a dialogue or exchange in which all parties have something to contribute, and again. Everyone is in possession of something valuable and it is critical to respect their knowledge, as we gain from it in order to ensure that it will not be expoited, coopted, or devalued, once offered. A mutual relationship to facilitate generosity has often, for me, taken the form of listening, speaking, and reflecting.”
-mary jane jacob