Paul Richmond

I haven't made a blog entry in awhile and I really don't have any of my own work to post so I have decided to post a painter and maybe a couple other artists I am interested in.  This is Paul Richmond he is an amazing painter.  I like that he takes the traditional pin-up style but uses it with men instead of women.  His work prior to that is full of sexuality and religious undertones which I also find very evocative.  Let me know what you think.

Inspiration. Patrick Dougherty and Sean Guerrero.

I like making sculptures out of things that aren't very ordinary so when I saw these two sculptors I was really intrigued.  The first, Patrick Dougherty, makes huge sculptures out of sticks and tree branches.  They range from very abstract to large objects or shelters.  They are intricately woven together. 

The second, Sean Guerrero, creates sculptures out of old chrome car bumpers.  He has tons of different subjects, but my favorites are the animals.  They look so live and passionate. 

I want to do something that combines the intricately woven branches used by Dougherty and the animal subjects used by Guerrero.  I think I can pull off something very interesting...I just have to figure out what.

Jessica Joslin

I just found this artist that creates sculptures of animals using bone, some real and some fake, and brass/antique hardwares.  Her work combines mom's ceramic figures and dad's taxidermy animals in a way that is breathtaking. Not only do the animals have many various parts all attached in different ways but some of them even have mechanisms in them so their heads, mouths, tails or body can be put in different positions.

I think what draws me to her work the most is the use of birds.  I have always had this weird attraction to birds and insects ever since I was little.  I also love the fact that her sculptures range in size from 1 inch to almost 6 feet tall.

If you would like to check out more of her work, here is her website:

http://www.jessicajoslin.com/jessica/index.html

Andy Warhol

This is a film called, "Blow Job" by Andy Warhol that I saw a few years ago and was reminded of this weekend. Check it out.

Keith Haring

I went on a trip to Pittsburgh this weekend with my sculpture class.  It was exciting and we went to the Andy Warhol Museum.  There I saw this sculpture of an elephant by one of my favorite artists, Keith Haring.  I love his take on the human shape with a more stylized stick figure and his use of color was obviously inspired by Warhol's pop art but still has a sense of something different, his own take on them.  He has also conquer tons of art forms from canvas paintings and murals to sculpture and ceramic work.  He  has even painted on live models and had his work turned into tons of clothing.  I love it and I hope you enjoy it too!

Robert Bateman

I came across Robert Bateman's work a few years ago.  I love the realism he brings to his paintings and the research he does to get each animal and thier environment correct.  His work is simply beautiful.

Kenneth Anger

I saw this film in my time class last year and I fell in love.  I love the undertones of homosexuality.  Even though his other films get a little sadistic, I really like this one.  Enjoy!

David Hockney

This artist is an oldie but a goodie.  Well I guess he's not that old since he is still alive but you know what I mean.  He has became famous not only for his beautiful photo collages but also for his naturalistic paintings.  He is one of my all time fav's so enjoy!

This last painting of a tree is one of his latest works.  He also has invested in an iTouch that he uses to paint a digital picture everyday, that he sends to his friends.  Below is an example of this...