Amazing Progression of a Painting

TheARTDEPARTMENT provides an amazing series of images of the progression of a painting by David Bowers. I haven't checked TheARTDEPARTMENT in a while, my bad. For those of you unfamiliar, it's a blog run by Irene Gallo, the art director for Tor, Forge, and Starscape Books. I'm glad I didn't miss this.

The progression actually goes clockwise, so don't be confused by the order. Click on the images for larger versions.

This is great stuff, and I love to see how artists build up their work from beginning to end. I post progressions at my Flickr site. The figurative work of David Bowers is truly wonderful. It's great to get an insight into his process.

This image was featured on the cover of Spectrum 12: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, an annual of fantastic art and illustration.


Oh, I need to browse through my art-blog bookmarks more....

Amazing Progression of a Painting

TheARTDEPARTMENT provides an amazing series of images of the progression of a painting by David Bowers. I haven't checked TheARTDEPARTMENT in a while, my bad. I'm glad I didn't miss this.

(The progression actually goes clockwise, so don't be confused by the order. Click on the images for larger versions.)

This is great stuff, and I love to see how artists build up their work from beginning to end. I post progressions of my own at my Flickr site. The figurative work of David Bowers is truly wonderful. It's a treat to get some insight into his process.

This image from David Bower's website was featured on the cover of Spectrum 12: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, an annual of fantastic art and illustration.


Oh, I need to browse through my art-blog bookmarks more....

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

Charles Johnson put up a quote of Euripides last night, Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

That quote put me in mind of two verses from the Book of Proverbs.

Proverbs 26:4-5

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you will be like him yourself.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
or he will be wise in his own eyes.

This is as close as the Bible comes to saying that, in dealing with the folly of men, there are indeed "No-Win" situations.

I am tempted to make snarky remarks about politics, but I will refrain.... (No you didn't! ed.)

Best Public Service Announcement You'll See Today

Kim du Toit posts today's must read.

And there is nothing I can add to that, except maybe, say "Thank you."

Can the Press Actually Think and Do Their Jobs?

Watching the 10:00 News, and they are covering Oprah's backing of Mr. Obama.

Some reporter goes out on the street and asks a woman (only person interviewed, gee, no stereotyping or sexist thinking here) if Oprah can "tell her" how to vote.

Oprah is endorsing a candidate. She's not commanding anyone how to vote! There are candidates I like. If I share that with people, does the press think I'm telling them how to vote? Does the press think that Oprah has some strange magical compulsion over the people who watch her show? What kind of idiot asks such a gotcha question thinking that they are going to reveal some sort of truth by it?

I don't agree with Oprah, but after watching the news, I feel I have to defend her.



Well, that's one upside to the corruption and ineptitude of the press. It creates bipartisanship!

Current Show!





I've been remiss. The new show at the Glass Garage Gallery went up on the 6th. (Click on the invitation for a larger version)

If you are in the Greater LA area, take a gander. They carry a number of incredible artists, as well as myself.

Below are the two pieces I sent out for the show.





"Charon"

acrylic on canvas 16 X 20 inches, copyright 2007 MJAndrade All rights reserved





"Crossing the Jordan"

acrylic on canvas 16 X 20 inches, copyright 2007 MJAndrade All rights reserved

I've blogged on this before

...but as Walking the Berkshires has a new carnival, called "Cabinet of Curiosities" I thought it time to post this again. Besides, my Cabinet has changed a bit since moving my studio.



One part of it is contained in a miss-matched set of barrister book shelves, with a drop front desk halfway up. My parents had bought these at a junk shop before I was born. (Of course, now they are antiques.)

On the upper shelf, you can see on the left a glass jar with the finger-bones of a coyote, which I found along with its skull and much of it's skeleton in the woods. The skull is to the right (on top of the remains of a pull toy that had belonged to my mom, and may be from the 20's or before). On the second shelf, on the right, is a small jar of knucklebones from the same unfortunate beast, and one of its thigh bones is on top of a cast metal level that has passed down through the family from my great uncle. The books on the second shelf are all antiques from the library of the house I grew up in.

There are even two Halloween skull candles from when I was a little kid (some forty and more years ago).

This is the type of stuff I try to surround myself with in my office/studio.

For more notes, and related pictures, go here.

UPDATE: My wife pointed out an omission on my part. On the top shelf, right hand corner, in back, is a small Bell jar containing my ponytail from a couple of years ago.

I have long hair, it's in a jar in my office!

Hmmm....

Some guy with mental problems walks into a Hillary campaign office and makes a bomb threat. Hillary bugs the authorities on the phone till the situation wraps up, then makes a press conference.

This makes her look "Presidential."

Some guy speeding in a tanker truck flips over at 1:30 or so in the morning, igniting a neighborhood in Everett Massachusetts. Three multi-family homes are lost, dozens of cars go up in flames, a home for the elderly is evacuated. A lot of people got out with just their pajamas. The next day, as they are preparing to tear down two of the buildings, which the fire made structurally unsound, and one of the residents tells one of the emergency workers that he had ten grand in his freezer. Said emergency worker walks into the unsafe building, finds the mans cash, and gives it to him.

His name isn't even mentioned by the reporter.

What's wrong with this picture?