omniscient (#57)
approx. 3.5x2.5 inches
ink, stencil, acrylic, found paper and gel pen on paper
Thursday, May 13, 2010
heart #57
i have a bunch of hearts sitting around waiting to be uploaded. posting them in order is no fun!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
hearts 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, & 47
one of the hardest things in life
approx. 3.5x2.5 inches
ink & gel pen on paper
16 february 2010
the heart wants what the heart wants
3.5x2.5 inches
watercolor, acrylic, & gel pen on paper
15 february 2010
pele
3.5x2.5 inches
acrylic, watercolor, & gel pen on paper
14 february 2010
metallic gel girl
approx. 4x4 inches
ink and gel pen on paper
13 february 2010
she painted herself purple
approx. 4x4 inches
watercolor, ink, and gel pen on paper
12 february 2010
her blue heart
approx. 4x4 inches
watercolor, ink, and gel pen on paper
11 february 2010
green-blue stars
approx. 4x4 inches
watercolor, acrylic, and gel pen on paper
10 february 2010
purple heart
approx. 4x4 inches
watercolor, ink, and gel pen on paper
09 february 2010
green
approx. 4x4 inches
watercolor and pen on paper
08 february 2010
she spoke silently
approx. 4x4 inches
watercolor and pen on paper
07 february 2010
green was never her color
approx. 4x4 inches
acrylic, watercolor, and ink on paper
06 february 2010
she rocked
approx. 4x4 inches
acrylic, watercolor, and ink on paper
05 february 2010
they practiced telepathy in their spare time
approx. 4x4 inches
acrylic, watercolor, ink, & gel pen on paper
04 february 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
hearts 25, 26, 27, 28, 28, 30, 31, 32, and 33
she didn't believe in love
3.5x2.5 inches
pencil and ink on paper
03 february 2010
i carry your heart
3.5x2.5 inches
pencil, ink, and gel pen on paper
02 february 2010
she grew roses
3.5x2.5 inches
pencil, ink, and pen on paper
01 february 2010
she only blushed when
3.5x2.5 inches
pencil, ink, and pen on paper
31 january 2010
it does not matter
3.5x2.5 inches
pencil, ink and gel pen on paper
30 january 2010
they meditated on love
3.5x2.5 inches
pencil, ink and pen on paper
29 january 2010
good things come in 3s
3.5x2.5 inches
pencil, ink and gel pen on paper
28 january 2010
my blood spattered heart
3.5x2.5 inches
ink and pencil on paper
27 january 2010
the moment his guard was down
3.5x2.5 inches
ink, pencil, and gel pen on paper
26 january 2010
she spoke of brown fish
approx. 4x4 inches
ink, gesso, pencil, chalk and crayon on paper
25 january 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
hearts 22, 23, & 24
love me love me
3.5x2.5 inches
ink and gel pen on paper
24 jan 2010
heart speak
3.5x2.5 inches
ink and gel pen on paper
23 jan 2010
love tattoo
3.5x2.5 inches
ink and gel pen on paper
22 jan 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Journaling Hearts...
once, when i was a little girl...
approx. 9 x 12 inches
acrylic, paper, gesso, watercolor, prismacolor, and pencil.
05 feb 2010
The above is a little entry into a friend's art journal for a signature swap via art42, a mail art exchange website created by some mail art friends of mine. I'm posting it here because it does include hearts, and the content of one, a little memory from childhood. This project is a collaborative journal signature swap (which is really just much cheaper to send in the mail since it's only a few nested pages). Each artist makes a signature, then we swap them in a round robin style until everyone has worked in each of the others.
http://www.artfortytwo.org/ - art42.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1256747@N24/pool/ - art42's flickr pool (art42 peeps, join it! my art is lonely!).
http://www.artfortytwo.org/projects/80 - the AJSS swap page.
The rest of the Jan and the early Feb hearts are still taped down to the painting board. Watch this space.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
hearts 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, & 21
true hot love
approx. 4x4 inches
ink & gel pen on paper
21 january 2010
she had blue hearts under her skin
approx. 4x4 inches
ink & gel pen on paper
20 january 2010
she meditated on hearts
approx. 4x4 inches
ink & gel pen on paper
19 january 2010
axe murder seemed less messy
approx. 4x4 inches
ink & gel pen on paper
18 january 2010
she couldn't hide her inkstained skin
approx. 4x4 inches
ink, gel pen, and prismacolor on paper
17 january 2010
she thought in lyrics
approx. 4x4 inches
ink, gel pen, and prismacolor on paper
16 january 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Doo doo ... doo doo
she knew her heart was coming for her
approx. 4x4 inches
pencil on paper
14 january 2010
Look out.
More hearts are coming.
They're waiting to be scanned.
And then they will get you.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
hearts 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, & 13
she spoke in kisses
approx. 4x4 inches
ink and gel pen on paper
13 january 2010
she breathed passion
approx. 4x4 inches
ink and gel pen on paper
12 january 2010
her smile is hard to detect
approx. 4x4 inches
ink and gel pen on paper
11 january 2010
her red spattered cheek
approx. 4x4 inches
ink and gel pen on paper
10 january 2010
mean blue woman
approx. 4x4 inches
ink, gel pens, and acrylic on paper
09 january 2010
she loved the sunlight on her face
approx. 4x4 inches
ink, gel pen, and acrylic on paper
08 january 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Waiting...
I had to climb over 48 4x4 bits of pressed paper, that are drying with four coats of gesso, to scan heart seven, which you can see below. That is to say it's the fourth coat of gesso that is drying on one side. There will be four more on the other side, minimum. It feels, at times, like most of my artistic life is spent watching the gesso dry. I know that several of my friends feel the same! When no inspiration will come, I like to sit down with a sponge brush and throw some coats of white onto various objects. I like to be ready when inspiration drops in, like an unexpected guest three hours early, whe you've got one hand up a turkey's butt and your hair is still in that topknot twist you put it in to keep it out of the bath water, then promptly forgot about. Yeah, it's like that.
Momo and Paco keep trying to eat the hearts, but have thus far been unsuccessful. They have, however, developed a taste for the Califoria redrood table in the livingroom. Yikes.
Do you have any fresh art this year? Please feel free to link to your blog or flickr pool in the comments. Eye candy is always welcome.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Shaped & Painted & Not Yet Scanned
Snow. So much snow (as in days it has snowed, not accumulation). I should go outside and sculpt some hearts in snow and ice, photograph them, then scamper back in and upload. If it weren't so cold, and I weren't such a pansy when it comes to cold (after a year of living in Savannah), I might just do that. This project is the excuse that might send me out there in 3 scarves. must find socks.
I was introduced to Andy Goldsworthy's work when I was 15. I still love it very much. Heart edition? Brrr.
Hearts 7 through 11 aren't scanned in yet. Coming Soon.
I dug out my large easel from behind a hulking set of shelves, and put a 15x20ish canvas on it. There are several uneven coats of gesso on it, and a friend sent me some watercolors for the holidays. Stay tuned.
You know it's only a matter of time before the heart shaped food starts happening...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
hearts four, five and six
she meditated over her broken heart
approx. 4x4 inches
ink on paper
06 January 2010
she wore her hair long and black
approx. 4 x 4 inches
ink & gel pen on paper
05 January 2010
she favored red lipstick
approx. 4 x 4 inches
ink on paper
04 January 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Challenged
Posting to a blog every day is challenging. You're probably thinking, "Uh, Nicci. This is day 3. You're already challenged?" I'm always a little challenged! LOL no, but seriously. This once a day every day thing is pretty rough. I'm more of a go nuts and make a bunch of work, then fiddle with backgrounds for a couple days, gesso everything la la la. And then it gets cat or dog hair stuck in it, so I have to pick it out, then gesso again. Animal fur is a free bonus in my artwork.
It seemed wise to start with greyscale 2D work, then progress slowly adding color as it wants to seep in. I can't resist the red forever. Crimson is pushy, you know.
Meanwhile, the acrylic ink progresses, and the canvas gets slightly larger... from 3.5 to 4 inches at the largest dimension (you'll see tomorrow)! 4x4 is surely to follow, given the number of pressed paper coasters in my possession. (Thank you, Farmboy!)
I found a couple of neat little flickr groups dedicated to the art of the heart. There's some good stuff, so eh seen it 5 thousand times before stuff, but also the occasionally really great things to be found there.
One of my adorable puppies ate my favorite flip flops while I was messing around with inks earlier. Mojito likes to nibble things in my bedroom, and leave his chewies, bones, and treats in my bed. We're having boundary issues. Paco, the other pup, ate someone's artwork the other day, when Spike (orange & white kitty), kicked it off of my desk. Art through furry adversity. You know you love a creature when they trash art and you still love them. Faith (black kitty) likes to drag things with dangly bits through her water bowl. You can imagine how my chunky book pages fare with her around...
If you make any heart related art, please feel free to leave me links in comments! I would love to go look.
Back to the art!
xox <3
edit: Just noticed my posts were going in on Pacific time! Fixed.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
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