A link for inspiration today since it’s Friday.
This makes my head spin… something to aspire to.
Wow.
Equal Time March 20, 2008
Regarding the love of shoes, women don’t have the monopoly on their love affair with how they decorate their feet. I think everyone has met at least one guy who has countless pairs of sneakers. And no other sneaker has captivated the sneaker lover’s fashion footprint than the Converse Chuck Taylor All Star
Shoes, as art March 19, 2008
There’s a popular school of thought that all women are obsessed with footwear.
And actually, I know quite a few females that have a collection of shoes that would make even Imelda Marcos jealous. I am probably one of those people, merely for the fact that I have more shoes than my closet can hold – however, I don’t consider it a fetish – my purse collection is actually more expansive.
My fascination with shoes is a bit different than most. I have always found the shape of shoes and their designs to be more along the lines of a piece of sculpture. Don’t believe me? Check out the footwear of Salvatore Ferragamo or the ever popular Manolo Blahnik, popularized by Carrie Bradshaw of “Sex and the City” — even the most drab of outfit can be jazzed up by a pair of stop in your tracks stilettos. Shoes can be formal or merely utilitarian.
Which leads me to my latest illustration: tap shoes. I’ve always found beauty in the cast off items of artists — whether it is used film canisters, paint spattered paintbrushes or a worn out pair of ballet or tap shoes. The fact that these everyday items are used and abused tells a story of the life they have helped their owner live.
A tossed out pair of tapshoes might not get a second look from some, but to me, they are a worthy subject of illustration.
World without color March 14, 2008
Now that I’ve gotten the first post out of the way, on to more illustration.
I feel like I’ve been suffering from some sort of artistic amnesia when it comes
to me drawing and creating art by hand, as I have gotten so tied to technology.
I had forgotten, for example, how when I draw or paint, there is nothing else in the world. Whatever I am focused on at that moment, is all that exists for me. The lemons below — I had a totally clear mind drawing those because I was so focused on getting the shape just right. I’m really loving this renewed love affair with drawing & painting.
I’ve often wondered what non-artistic people do to center themselves and get away from their mind ramblings. Is it drinking? drugs? Intense expensive therapists? Are they the people that buy all those Hummels on the home shopping networks? I wonder about that like I wonder about those strange people who aren’t affected by music. How do they get through life without all those great songs running through their heads – or songs to relate to when life gets hard?
I can’t imagine my life without art for the ear or the eye… because, to me, it would be like a world without color.
Jumping in March 13, 2008
After dabbling around on the internet and thinking about starting a blog about my design and drawing work, I’ve finally jumped in feet first. So, here goes nothing…I started drawing and painting again recently, after a bit of trepidation — there’s something scary about staring at that blank page. But I bit the bullet the other night and just did it, and what I came up with wasn’t terrible. So I kept at it.
After completing a few design projects today, I spent the rest of the afternoon drawing, random stuff – I can’t draw people or animals, so I generally focus on inanimate objects – and today I drew fruit and vegetables
