Inspirations

Feeling revived or excited about the art that is going to be make is always important to me. I can't produce art unless it is something that speaks to me deeply in someway or another. 

The semester during school that I was in New York, I interned for an artist; Austin Thomas. Periodically while I interned for her, she would have me do two different things, one would be to go to the image library, which is the most amazing place in the New York Library, it is a place before google or the internet existed. The Image Library contains tons of folders from any category you can think of with dozens of picture in each one, and you are able to take out these images for weeks at a time, and hang them on the wall until you require new inspirations and images. The second thing would be to go to tons of galleries or new and exciting exhibits around new york. This was amazing to look back on, although at the end of the day I was often exhausted from all the art I saw and of course standing for hours, but it was spectacular to be able to see varieties of art from up and coming artists to the old masters, it's a history class in it's self! 

So as I was thinking of past days in New York filled with inspiration, I decided to go back to some galleries I have become fond of here and view works that are up. In doing this, I forgot that not everything opens here until 11 a.m. ... haha so I didn't see as much as I would of liked too, but these two artists really stuck out! 

Micheal Jang: 

These are all part of his "The Jang" series which are all images of his family during 1972 or so. I loved how this were fairly goofy and documenting the regular family issues, from the cats and dogs fighting, to a sibling dressing up and the cat falling in the toilet. His work is currently up at Stephen Wirtz Gallery

Christine Comyn

I first saw a few of her large portrait pieces in March, but I still find her work to be very elegant, fun, and intriguing. Also the human head to me is always so much fun to depict and paint, draw and do it again. 

Here is also a link to her making other previous works... Christine Comyn 

Thanks for viewing happy Thursday!! 

Medzzz

This is new series, that started with the lung as eyes drawing last week and refers to how I have so much medication and treatments to think of daily... it is always in the back of my head, yet some how I can still forget. It's right in front of me always almost blinding, and yet I am still able to get sick and go about my business without certain meds and forget. Since I really want to be a normal 23 year old with out CF... although it does make for great art inspiration. 

This is a beginning of a new piece that will depict how I need insulin to bring my blood sugar down, but I am still madly in love with gummy bears, I would say they were my drug. So it is a balancing act of how I can take my favorite candy without making my blood sugar go crazy!! Because Gummy Bears are Delicious!! 

Back To Reality

Today I am finally able to get back to working on art!! About two weeks ago I got really sick, which at first I thought I could kick with regular antibiotics... but that was not the case, I ended up being hospitalized... Booooo!! But sometimes it has to happen and it is always for the best when it comes to CF, but I hate putting life on hold, as do most people! But life is back up and running... I went back to my internship at Mignonne, I attended the first Yankees & A's (which was was a rough game, since I am a Yankees Fan and they lost) game the other night and I finished the drawing for the New Haven benefit. 

The drawing I did of New Haven for the CF Dinner... fairly abstract really only highlighting the New Haven Green, Little Italy (Wooster street), the hospital and of course the coast line! 

What I worked on today... I had previously started it in CT before moving out here... so I have had time to debate what to do with it!! 

I received canvas from my sister, she had kept from a bachelorette weekend, where they did Canvas and Cocktails... I ended up being the lucky one to receive all the unwanted canvases!! 

New blank canvases to work on... Ideas are brewing!!