Moving…

I’ve moved the weblog to

http://nicolenorthwaystudio.blogspot.com/

 

cutandpasteplease…

From the Mustard Seed Garden

Brushstrokes

like spread out hemp fibers, entangled hemp fibers

like sesame seeds, big ax cuts

like cloudheads, like raindrops, like a whirlpool

 

like the veins of a lotus leaf

like lumps of aluminum

like skull bones, wrinkles on the devil’s face

like raveled rope, like brushwood

like hair of cattle, like horses teeth

 

Blue is soooooo last year

As the new year begins, I thought I would share (some of) the works that I finished in 2010.

 

 

 

 

Prints!

So I haven’t posted in a long time.  I’ve been very busy with the holidays and some studio detours…  We had a our 6th Guerrilla Dinner, where we showed Adam Grossi’s paintings and shared a deliciously decadent four course meal.

I’ve also been spending a lot of time becoming obsessed once more with screenprinting.  It has been a great way to indulge myself in some super flat, graphic imagery that I have always been interested in.

Here is a link to my Etsy shop.

It is: www.etsy.com/shop/thatisonestrangebird

Wall Flower

Screen print Sunday!  22 hours later, I have “wallpaper”.  (to be installed on a non-rainy day.)

Department of Beautification: Report #1

Sketchbook Update

Here are some sketchbook/journal pages…I am officially obsessed with colored India ink.

Line work…

Line work=Complete

On to the next layer…coming soon

Avalanche

Proposal for a Dystopic Avalanche

Here are some sculptural “sketches” I’ve been doing in the studio.  I’d like to do an installation piece where the work emanates from the corner and spills onto the gallery floor.  Everything is built from architectural scale lumber and hot glue.  The tree is an experiment with wire, spray snow, and L.E.D. lights.  Since 2007 in graduate school at UIC, I’ve been making these little models to use as an observational reference  for the paintings.  I think it would be

an interesting move for me to create an installation alongside the paintings.  Now I just need a space…

 

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Here is the rough start of a new piece in progress.  It’s about 20 hours in.  All the white lines are being done with a 5/0 brush.  (My hand hurts.)