Category: Art
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An expat in my own hometown.
April 22nd, 2013 This was not my plan. I had a great product I was developing in London. I was going to stay there, build the business, become wealthy and eventually a dual citizen. Somewhere around the time my U.K. Visa expired the plan started to de-rail. I came back to the States (at the…
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Identity update
May 22nd, 2012 After the purge of words on my previous identity art, I posted a question on Facebook for my friends to contribute positive verbiage in order for me to reconstruct a view of myself that was healthy. I took these words and quotes and painted over the sad, painful imprints of my past.
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Stranded on a Sandbar
or I need a Holliday February 25th, 2012 Sunrise, Casa Carabeña, Tulum Mexico I haven’t been writing much. In Mexico on my first real grown-up holiday EVER, I realized that I’ve been hanging onto my sandbar. In the ocean, but not in the swim. Calculating and pondering my next route, but I hadn’t quite taken…
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Identity reprint
August 1st, 2011 After my MA, I realized that the constant thread through much of my fine art and through the projects for my MA was a concept of identity and community. My tethers to different communities have faded and others become strong bonds. My definition of family has shifted and grown to include a…
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Congratulations to Jane Carroll
Posted on February 10, 2011 on designerstuff.net Art and Poetry by Jane H. Carroll And to me! On rare occasions I get to design something that is absolute confection. I designed this book, a collection of art and poetry by Jane H. Carroll. The book won “First Place, Art Book” in the shows of both the National…
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Don’t Cry for Me
November 23rd, 2008 Last year, for the first time, I showed my fine artwork publicly. Because my design career requires that so much of my work is about others, I have guarded my fine art as private. At parties, my painting studio has been a popular place for people who are interested in art. There…