tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48320003112443470862024-02-06T22:47:19.446-05:00The Bonzo ChroniclesAn informal road trip of my current life - including friends . . .Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-9278734709064319872015-06-21T15:50:00.002-04:002015-06-21T15:51:40.497-04:00International Encaustic Conference 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="goog_1161425901">Dawn in Provincetown, MA from our hotel window. I enjoyed the conference, as usual - good conversation, good information and good company. The Atlantic Ocean on 3 sides is always a treat.</span><br />
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Laura Moriarity led a good workshop. She made us paint, without any special effects. We were asked to think before putting brush to paper or panel. Always a good way to begin. She also helped me sort out some conflicts I was having about my Oct/Nov show at WSG.<br />
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Paul and I were traveling in his red Mustang GT convertible. That was fun :-)Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-67823051339204293422015-01-30T15:28:00.003-05:002015-01-30T15:31:28.319-05:00January 2015 doingsIt's been awhile since I've addressed this blog. Things have happened. I had a visitor to my studio in early January. We worked together for 3 days. Her name is Anouk, she is 5 years old and here is her logo:<br />
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<span id="goog_55090287">To me, this looks like an Enso circle.</span><br />
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<span id="goog_55090287">After that I went to a week long silent meditation retreat in Virginia. It was wonderful. Silence is such a gift.</span><br />
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Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-44977152546327504022014-12-12T18:34:00.000-05:002014-12-12T18:34:12.849-05:00Some small Christmas workI haven't had much time in my studio lately. I hope that will change in mid-January. These are a few of the things I came up with for a Christmas small works show. They are each 12"x12", painted (the black and grey parts) with black gesso and Sumi ink. The color is added with encaustic. I displayed each one by putting 4 ferrous nails - one in the location of each corner - in the wall, I set the painting on top of the nails then put 4 magnets on top of the painting in the location of the nail. The magnets hold the painting up quite nicely. The nails sit out from the wall 1/2" so the paintings are floating. The magnets aren't in these photographs.<br />
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<br />Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-16641970207073470912014-11-25T18:42:00.000-05:002014-11-25T18:42:08.911-05:00art retreatour critique group, exhibit6, on retreat in Saugatuck Michigan - November 2014. Here are a few images of some of my mark making adventures. This week was the first time I tried searching for some wax backgrounds that would look good with these marks. I had some luck but no photos yet.<br />
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The studio space was large enough for the 6 of us in the Saugatuck Center for the Arts.Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-72511041715125237302014-11-15T16:36:00.000-05:002014-11-15T16:36:10.875-05:00Fabienne VerdierI have a new hero. She is French artist Fabienne Verdier. Here is a sample of her work and the brush she uses.<br />
website: <a href="http://www.fabienneverdier.com/">FabienneVerdier</a><br />
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<br />Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-67395422329478794382014-11-12T20:20:00.003-05:002014-11-12T20:20:40.694-05:00Secret Lives of Waves InstallSo, after much tooing and froing this piece was reinstalled. It is called <i>The Secret Lives of Waves, subtitle: Tribute to Manganese. </i>30"h x 72"w<i><br /></i><br />
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The subtitle because manganese will no longer be mined, I believe. Too bad. It's a beautiful blue. Every square in this piece that has color in it has a bit of manganese. The little stainless steel connectors are fabricated for me. The squares are 4" square, 1/4"d acrylic with encaustic painted on them.<br />
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<i>Secret Lives . . . </i> is installed in the conference room of a commercial space in downtown Ann Arbor.Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-16131264668646668992014-11-09T07:23:00.000-05:002014-11-09T07:23:09.741-05:00Dinner Nov 8, 2014I went to the Pacific Rim last night with P, D and J. I had my favorites - East meets West cocktail (2 of them), market salad and Unagi Terrine. Really good food and really good company.<br />
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- rehanging painting tomorrow<br />
- say yes to whatever the moment brings<br />
- P gets last infusion Tuesday<br />
- retreat with exhibit6Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-72291193876218514182014-11-07T19:57:00.001-05:002014-11-07T19:57:24.168-05:00Studio life November 7, 2014I had a rather difficult day at my studio today. I was trying to follow the lead of Blue Night but using some different substrates. Blue Night is on Rives paper. Today I tried encaustic on .004 DuraLar and .007 DuraLar. I also tried another blue on Rives. None of these gave me the satisfaction of Blue Night.<br />
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I haven't figured out how to exhibit Blue Night yet. It is merely a piece of heavy paper with wax on it but I don't really want to frame it. I'd like to attach it to the wall somehow with invisible mounting. We'll see. I have time to figure it out as I don't plan on sending Blue Night out the door until the January show at WSG.<br />
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I'm looking forward with enthusiasm to an art retreat I'm going on with 5 art friends - my critique group. We'll spend our days at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts in their studio space. We'll stay at a friends house. It will be a good concentrated time of creativity and we'll make good food in the evening. We did this last year also.<br />
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On Monday I will rehang a piece I sold to Ameritrade in downtown Ann Arbor. I had made a modification at their request but now it's done and I'll be happy to say good bye . . . again. The piece is The Secret Lives of Waves, subtitled Tribute to Manganese. I'll post the installed photo of it next week.Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-78672249086148155252014-11-05T11:08:00.000-05:002014-11-05T11:09:31.120-05:00Mark MillerI went to an interesting talk by Professor and jazz musician Mark Miller. It was sponsored by the Program in Creativity and Consciousness Studies at the University of Michigan. It was about using meditation in jazz and how jazz can be meditation. It was inspiring for me even though I play no instruments. I'll use some of the ideas in my painting.<br />
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Question: Is this alive or is it dead?<br />
Explore: Sense perceptions, emotions, thought, imagination<br />
An affirmation of life with whatever is here, now<br />
Prime directive: serve the paintingLynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-54662201426341684852014-11-01T16:23:00.000-04:002014-11-01T16:23:14.233-04:00Ryoji IkedaI heard and saw Ryoji Ikeda's performance of "Superpostition" at the Power Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan last night. I loved it! - especially the end of it which read rather as a finale in a fireworks show. The geometric, black and white visuals blasted the audience for a number of minutes as did the sound in a very physical way. I wore my earplugs for the whole event but that didn't stop me from hearing and feeling. Experience it if you get the chance. I will follow what this very talented Japanese artist is doing and hope to see more of his work.Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-67935440321305179282014-10-28T17:17:00.000-04:002014-10-28T17:17:11.679-04:00Inspiration by Brian EnoI'm reading a book that I find interesting and inspiring. It's by musician Brian Eno - "A Year with Swollen Appendices". It's a diary of his life as an artist, muscian and music producer in 1995. He's a very creative man.<br />
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Also Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt published a deck of cards that I go to when I'm stuck in my art life. Here are some samples of the ideas that release the glue -<br />
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- What wouldn't you do?<br />
- Make an exhaustive list of everything you might do and do the last thing on the list.<br />
- Not building a wall but making a brick.<br />
- Make a blank valuable by putting it in an exquisite frame.<br />
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The box of cards is called "Oblique Strategies".Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-28320162555294799892014-10-28T16:43:00.001-04:002014-10-28T16:45:16.920-04:00Returning - After a long hiatus I'm returning to my blog. I've been very active in my art life but I haven't talked about it much. I just read "Show Your Work" by Austin Kleon - that's what made me decide to return to this blog.<br />
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So, to begin, this is a 40" x 40" piece of BFK Rives paper painted with encaustic. I'm trying to decide how (if) to continue working on it and then how to present it. <br />
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<br />Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-46391437217553128252012-09-29T15:05:00.000-04:002012-09-29T15:11:42.848-04:00Rain - GFSSo - the commissioned piece I've been working on all year was installed last week. It's a permanent installation in Gordon Food Service's new building in Wyoming, MI. <i>Rain - GFS</i> is 10' x 10' x 15'h and made of silver leaf on polyester film squares, fabricated steel suspenders and aluminum. There are around 10,000 squares and 10,000 suspenders. Here are a few photos -<br />
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You can read it free at a number of different sites. Here is one of them -<br />
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The Pulitzer Foundation Building, Architect - Tadao Ando
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a small part of <i>Joe</i> - a permanent installation created by Richard Serra
They were both wonderful, as was the St. Louis Arch.
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I'm in St Louis to visit the Pulitzer Foundation Building designed by Tadao Ando with the associated sculpture by Richard Serra - but that is for tomorrow.
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Today I was laying in the grass looking up at the St. Louis Arch. It's a beautiful sculpture. The gigantic scale of it makes it very impressive. I was surprised as I didn't expect to think much of it . . . but I did. It's very different in person than in photos.
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This is the bottom of one of the bases - it's pretty large. The St. Louis Arch is a catenary arch designed by Eero Saarinen, finished in 1965.
Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-4802306055881356632011-10-12T12:07:00.009-04:002011-10-13T10:10:03.050-04:00Last comments on Art Prize 2011I have some thank yous to post -<br /> - Cathy and Alan Moore for a warm home and comfortable bed during the three weeks of Art Prize<br /> - Ellen Wilt - thanks Ellen, for the beautiful working space<br /> - Connie Cronenwett - thanks Connie, for the timely use of your paper cutter<br /> - Klaus Wolter - thanks Klaus, for taking pity on me and making the jig<br /> - Paul Malboeuf - thanks Paul, for food, ideas, videos, construction help, support and a million other things<br /> - Rick DeVos for the platform that allowed Art Prize to happen<br /> - the people of Grand Rapids for their warmth and understanding of <span style="font-style:italic;">Rain</span><br /><br />MLive Art Prize do over? <a href="http://www.mlive.com/artprize/index.ssf/2011/10/what_if_the_artprize_top_10_got_a_do-over.html">Here's the link</a><br /><br />My two favorite videos of <span style="font-style:italic;">Rain</span>:<br /><br />This one by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqlmWXLjvQ0&feature=related">Paul Malboeuf on YouTube</a><br /><br />And this one by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO8g4-36dAM">Dustin Dwyer on YouTube</a>Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-65091398826110962862011-09-10T08:09:00.004-04:002011-09-10T09:58:44.884-04:00"Rain - Art Prize" update Sept. 10, 2011Finally! Two days to go until we install "Rain" in Grand Rapids. Almost all the work is done. The 2' square modules are packed up in 5 boxes and the super structure is sitting ready to be transported.<br /><br />There is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQyHsXJvMwo">little video</a> of another step in the process but I'm waaaaay beyond that now.<br /><br />I'll post images of the installation next week, when it's DONE!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.artprize.org/">Art Prize</a> doesn't open to the public until September 21Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-21699311710700813802011-07-10T12:36:00.007-04:002011-07-10T15:38:59.787-04:00Art Prize - on to Silver LeafI finished bending the 7600 aluminum wire suspenders on July 4. Now it's on to the silver leaf. This is for <a href="http://www.artprize.org/">Art Prize</a> in Grand Rapids, MI, Sept 21 - Oct 9, 2011.<br /><br />I have adhered most of the silver leaf to polyester film but have a few sheets of pf to be beautified yet. Here are a few photos of the silver leaf on polyester film before I seal it and cut it into 2.5" squares. It's beautiful this way - makes me want to leave it uncut.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWufMkeSn7IkPV1zEa-dF0NT4os5F91G4VHpUX_K6Okk5qgyX039zkiFczHPN8yYa-GRQpoNH02QvMcNw8dLI5ud1F6keZ9vdzPY0WhJw6tX-7-X5uyNGFWg-gG2ZZqsS3FyNGML_8tT6/s1600/silverLeafTubes2-350wi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiWufMkeSn7IkPV1zEa-dF0NT4os5F91G4VHpUX_K6Okk5qgyX039zkiFczHPN8yYa-GRQpoNH02QvMcNw8dLI5ud1F6keZ9vdzPY0WhJw6tX-7-X5uyNGFWg-gG2ZZqsS3FyNGML_8tT6/s400/silverLeafTubes2-350wi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627807577555432530" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7sg9GDvFworXR6vUO3iDC8miCaBeao0sxBurOEjYWX65hX3nsCvFVBWxUXmU998x5Ydi4QpmeyU1LGDYp2hI7LtFzZvK9PGod46RI2EFlADIHqWnfdaewHdXfJtDuWu6AtiSaIpQsOwY/s1600/silverLeafTubeDetail-350hi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7sg9GDvFworXR6vUO3iDC8miCaBeao0sxBurOEjYWX65hX3nsCvFVBWxUXmU998x5Ydi4QpmeyU1LGDYp2hI7LtFzZvK9PGod46RI2EFlADIHqWnfdaewHdXfJtDuWu6AtiSaIpQsOwY/s400/silverLeafTubeDetail-350hi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627769661053116850" /></a>Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-59787246527876134732011-06-23T20:16:00.001-04:002011-06-23T20:20:03.121-04:00for Art Prize - a little movieHere's the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKe60ia3_8A&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL">link</a> to a little video of bending wire activity.Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-73534598405116637012011-06-09T17:39:00.004-04:002011-06-09T18:18:42.111-04:00Installation for Art Prize 20118 June 2011<br />Recently I went on a car trip from Ann Arbor, MI to Seattle, WA. While I occupied the passenger seat I bent wire to form suspenders.<br /><br />I've cut and bent 4800 aluminum suspenders. I have approximately 2600 more to do. This is all in preparation for my installation at the Grand Rapids Public Museum in Grand Rapids for <a href="http://www.artprize.org/">Art Prize 2011</a> (September 21 - October 9, 2011).<br /><br />I bent wire in the Columbia River Valley:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2avyIt8FT9NWnjDNJL_C40WgS4i7fCDx4NewYrJa2pbYtf0N4jxtlWCqKf44sdGH2_u_HfAkNavQyRrkOQAiRFKPMDjgijyCig0rwG1N8H01FY0_rUtxBv6Yx7ZUkFeDvZhD22ueJKVl/s1600/+bendingWireColumbiaRiver360hi-72dpi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf2avyIt8FT9NWnjDNJL_C40WgS4i7fCDx4NewYrJa2pbYtf0N4jxtlWCqKf44sdGH2_u_HfAkNavQyRrkOQAiRFKPMDjgijyCig0rwG1N8H01FY0_rUtxBv6Yx7ZUkFeDvZhD22ueJKVl/s400/+bendingWireColumbiaRiver360hi-72dpi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616338674804006290" /></a><br /><br />I bent wire in Missoula, Montana -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKMH55DEWOX8EwnTWT0KOZ22hs-ig8Do8Pg7W52qBwAs0p2NWj2f02JJzJbtAwY92gJ7FZh6hNnT9O7KZkejIDJzBOy0H9qXy5lmUf2yKW5O6R531VOaPhn9yyr12De2X4QtgYTYlPTPn/s1600/+bendingWireMissoula-360hi-72dpi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLKMH55DEWOX8EwnTWT0KOZ22hs-ig8Do8Pg7W52qBwAs0p2NWj2f02JJzJbtAwY92gJ7FZh6hNnT9O7KZkejIDJzBOy0H9qXy5lmUf2yKW5O6R531VOaPhn9yyr12De2X4QtgYTYlPTPn/s400/+bendingWireMissoula-360hi-72dpi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616338692547471378" /></a><br /><br />I bent wire at the Grand Coulee Dam - <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNMwA6VTmCnwv6jyre0s_HTM6DYvTEuYjI9TiRLnxhfXWAejakZE7QlH-LXLlH4l0Z2QMafEuYB8OVhwyNrIQM4EaOPIUh4Nd17UdBH9n0wU8AkOzxGce1mZgD8HcVHMDyIbgYXMRe_g4/s1600/bendingWireGrCoulDam-72dpi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNMwA6VTmCnwv6jyre0s_HTM6DYvTEuYjI9TiRLnxhfXWAejakZE7QlH-LXLlH4l0Z2QMafEuYB8OVhwyNrIQM4EaOPIUh4Nd17UdBH9n0wU8AkOzxGce1mZgD8HcVHMDyIbgYXMRe_g4/s400/bendingWireGrCoulDam-72dpi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616338693906578402" /></a><br /><br />I bent wire in the car -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYoeZq8QAJ196GU8_C_ZmsppUh7itAGiCwU22MujqoexmHx9b5zP5Ma3VISQKj-sMQc15PNrgyBxJRfVORAang4TNArLFQMO7XcsaipkKVvHWeH-v8TQlxUBPns3WLwSNRrsG_XgIiQcB/s1600/+bendingWireCar-360hi-72dpi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYoeZq8QAJ196GU8_C_ZmsppUh7itAGiCwU22MujqoexmHx9b5zP5Ma3VISQKj-sMQc15PNrgyBxJRfVORAang4TNArLFQMO7XcsaipkKVvHWeH-v8TQlxUBPns3WLwSNRrsG_XgIiQcB/s400/+bendingWireCar-360hi-72dpi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616338670618822738" /></a><br /><br />I've bent wire in hotel rooms -<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwrTkY2JL0Igqq061ia12Xg-l1sVhTqlKiX7EwJdaiF9mtko1HfQ25MlrKlXzHJVoZ4CiPOw8kbFPRc1iIL1mj44iDso5eaPc_mjCF8LyJOJ0DOSErhpnlOCHc8HElw5aQ6FcheC82nIo/s1600/+bendingWireHotelRoom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwrTkY2JL0Igqq061ia12Xg-l1sVhTqlKiX7EwJdaiF9mtko1HfQ25MlrKlXzHJVoZ4CiPOw8kbFPRc1iIL1mj44iDso5eaPc_mjCF8LyJOJ0DOSErhpnlOCHc8HElw5aQ6FcheC82nIo/s400/+bendingWireHotelRoom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616338682705010018" /></a><br /><br />This is my elevator talk about the piece (called <span style="font-style:italic;">Rain</span>)I'm making:<br /><br />"I'm taking 7000 reflective squares and arranging them within the space of an airy 10' cube. The squares will move with ambient air currents."<br /><br />In case you're wondering how the reflective squares relate to the suspenders, one suspender sits under each reflective square on lines of monofilament. A visual of a small version of this in on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euA4MOrB1JI">youtube</a>.Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-37101354703674868612011-03-17T09:12:00.003-04:002011-03-17T09:16:48.061-04:00HARMONY's StoryHARMONY has been sold to the EAI - Encaustic Art Institute. <a href="http://encausticartist.com/events/project-harmony/">Here</a> is the link for the full story.Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-26915264963889124692010-12-01T21:04:00.004-05:002010-12-01T21:17:13.744-05:00HARMONY FINISHED!Here is the <a href=" http://www.rodneythompson.com/temporary_storage/HARMONY.html">link</a> for the finished collaboration between 32 artists working in encaustic. The work is entitled HARMONY (in case you didn't know). It will travel and be for sale for $5000. The money from the sale will be donated to Habitat for Humanity.<br /><br />If you follow the link above you can see the finished artwork, the names of participants below the artwork. If you click on the individual squares in HARMONY you will be led to an image of one person's work and the story of that work.Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4832000311244347086.post-90438148154369667842010-10-30T22:28:00.005-04:002010-10-30T22:43:11.778-04:00Silver Liquid: a tribute to water - part 3<span style="font-weight:bold;">Exhibition dates: October 19 - November 28, 2010</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">"Sumi Pond"</span><br />encaustic on Sumi drawing on wood panel<br />22" x 22" x 2"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jNhthLzcQw8bVuqxfHDsVJkio2_t7KtWKKq2hrAqrlKDuG7cUXfhCn78XsuF5Fe_AOsiYqeU0IZiBsXot5FbLH5xN0Im_ewuTplZXlexK1l85U8L69dBl6dUuYKI4dvUMtiP6zPDjZDW/s1600/+sumiPond.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jNhthLzcQw8bVuqxfHDsVJkio2_t7KtWKKq2hrAqrlKDuG7cUXfhCn78XsuF5Fe_AOsiYqeU0IZiBsXot5FbLH5xN0Im_ewuTplZXlexK1l85U8L69dBl6dUuYKI4dvUMtiP6zPDjZDW/s400/+sumiPond.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534032828538607490" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />"black ink"</span><br />encaustic on Sumi drawing on wood panel<br />22" x 22" x 2"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg597-8G888SprSL6R73XsAs66WVgv_JBad07higxuRimKBfogvv_gA5R6TjNkfKo6bBJxoGzlIriMEVpkKvFB5xa7dCTzE3l7RPGpKG5NK-a4cLBzACI_Ouwbw2S_kJM7KuaFwl6Ujwg7m/s1600/+blackInk-72dpi-360.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg597-8G888SprSL6R73XsAs66WVgv_JBad07higxuRimKBfogvv_gA5R6TjNkfKo6bBJxoGzlIriMEVpkKvFB5xa7dCTzE3l7RPGpKG5NK-a4cLBzACI_Ouwbw2S_kJM7KuaFwl6Ujwg7m/s400/+blackInk-72dpi-360.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534032826484334114" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.wsg-art.com">WSG Gallery</a><br />306 S. Main Street<br />Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103<br />734.761.2287<br /><a href="http://www.wsg-art.com">WSG website</a><br /><a href="http://wsgartgallery.blogspot.com">WSG blog</a><br /><br />more to come -Lynda Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409226089804659461noreply@blogger.com0