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We didn't have one in a while... and I've been busy painting (ok, when I wasn't screaming with pleasure in bed with my boyfriend :D ), so here's my last two paintings that I wanted to share :

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/270/4/1/Circles_by_Shenshen.jpg

Moon rise

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/275/d/f/Green_silk_by_Shenshen.jpg

Green Silk
Ok, the photo of this one didn't turn out that well, to be honest, the flashlight clearly shows.

Do any of the other artists out there have something to show? Post it here, folks! :)

I really like moon rise. It's very pretty. :) :fluffle:

I really like moon rise. It's very pretty. :) :fluffle:

Thank you :D

:fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle:

Very nice. :)

Very nice...especially the moons.

Gosh darn it...that reminds me...I used to paint several years ago.
I wonder where I put my pictures...:confused:
I shall have to hunt them out.

That's hot, Cabra West!

*loads ugly pictures of ugly paintings*

Stupid attempt at painting a pic I photoshopped..
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/CID__media3.jpg

Yes yes, I was bored.. May I present.. charcoal and baby powder.:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/CID__media1.jpg

Globs of paint and yarn.. The pic is shitty..:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/CID__media2.jpg

*shrugs*

*pats self on back for trying*

i have no new art to show :( (ie photographs cos i suck at actual 'art')

My favorite art brag: I have held in my two hands an original Monet watercolor worth a couple of million dollars.

My father works for an art dealer, and when I was little and had no school, he brought me into the office and showed me around. They just had this painting lying around, and my father let me hold it, but I wasn't impressed. I also saw a Picasso sketchy thing and a fake Andy Warhol that time, but I wasn't allowed to touch either.

We own a Sol LeWitt original sketch somewhere (My father's best friend is one of LeWitt's painters).

Some of my father's paintings since I can't do art and I feel like putting some acual art up:
carmine prance (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/carmine.html)
feeler (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/feeler.html)
equilibrium (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/equilibrium.html)
globule (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/globule.html)

or you can press one link and look through a lot of his paintings...

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/Arche.gif i call him archie. or trowelhead. it is sooo art :p

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/Arche.gif i call him archie. or trowelhead. it is sooo art :p

its awesome. i love it :D

its awesome. i love it :D

yay! ta :D

That's hot, Cabra West!

*loads ugly pictures of ugly paintings*

Stupid attempt at painting a pic I photoshopped..
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/CID__media3.jpg

Yes yes, I was bored.. May I present.. charcoal and baby powder.:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/CID__media1.jpg

Globs of paint and yarn.. The pic is shitty..:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/CID__media2.jpg

*shrugs*

*pats self on back for trying*


I love the babypowder and charcoal one... how exactly did you do it?

My favorite art brag: I have held in my two hands an original Monet watercolor worth a couple of million dollars.

My father works for an art dealer, and when I was little and had no school, he brought me into the office and showed me around. They just had this painting lying around, and my father let me hold it, but I wasn't impressed. I also saw a Picasso sketchy thing and a fake Andy Warhol that time, but I wasn't allowed to touch either.

We own a Sol LeWitt original sketch somewhere (My father's best friend is one of LeWitt's painters).

Some of my father's paintings since I can't do art and I feel like putting some acual art up:
carmine prance (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/carmine.html)
feeler (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/feeler.html)
equilibrium (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/equilibrium.html)
globule (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/globule.html)

or you can press one link and look through a lot of his paintings...


Wow... just... wow... they are amazing.

I love the babypowder and charcoal one... how exactly did you do it?

Colored the entire thing with charcoal, made a few piles of baby powder, tilted it ans tapped it a few times, then crushed up some more charcoal and let it roll down the canvas.

Sorry, I down know how to make that.. seem.. technical-ish.

Wow... just... wow... they are amazing.
If you wanna buy anything buy him, I think all of those save carmine prance are just in storage. (Trying to follow in my father's footsteps, sorta:p )
He also makes his own frames, which look cool with his paintings.
Some of his older stuff:

2005 gallery (http://users.rcn.com/yukey/2005.html)

yes, I am very proud of his art. I have however, in many, many attempts at drawing, thinking that the son of two people who got fine art degrees can draw anything, created only one thing that I am remotely proud of, but I don't have any pictures of that, and its not really good anyway.

(ps, cabra, he like your paintings and was wondering what you used)

The first frame from a cartoon I drew a short while back:

Sketch (http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4977/framesketchbn8.png)
Line Drawing (http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/329/framebwud3.png)
Colored Version (http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6152/framecolorjl4.png)

If you wanna buy anything buy him, I think all of those save carmine prance are just in storage. (Trying to follow in my father's footsteps, sorta:p )
He also makes his own frames, which look cool with his paintings.
Some of his older stuff:

2005 gallery (http://users.rcn.com/yukey/2005.html)

yes, I am very proud of his art. I have however, in many, many attempts at drawing, thinking that the son of two people who got fine art degrees can draw anything, created only one thing that I am remotely proud of, but I don't have any pictures of that, and its not really good anyway.

(ps, cabra, he like your paintings and was wondering what you used)

I don't think I'd be remotely able to afford any of his paintings, I'm afraid ;)
But I think I might give painting on wood a try, I hadn't thought of it myself.

The background of my paintings is thick acrylic on canvas, several layers to give it depth. The moons/vertical strip is aquarel colour on tin foil ;)

The first frame from a cartoon I drew a short while back:

Sketch (http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4977/framesketchbn8.png)
Line Drawing (http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/329/framebwud3.png)
Colored Version (http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6152/framecolorjl4.png)

Hey, there's more where that came from, I'm sure. Let's see it

*bump

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/Arche.gif i call him archie. or trowelhead. it is sooo art :p

its awesome. i love it :D
Yep, i guess the handle could be used in that manner...

I present
The Water Cooler
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/5602/whateveryofficeneeds119ph.jpg

Yeah yeah i killed the thread!
BUMP

*lol
I was going to revive it tomorrow anyway, I've got a new painting I was going to post, but I don't have a taken the pic yet.

*lol
I was going to revive it tomorrow anyway, I've got a new painting I was going to post, but I don't have a taken the pic yet.
I'll just have to kill it again.:p

I'll just have to kill it again.:p

Easy... just post another pic of horrible beer, that should do the trick ;)

Easy... just post another pic of horrible beer, that should do the trick ;)
I haven't posted a pic of Horrible Beer yet, though.:p

I don't understand, how can beer be horrible? It doesn't make sense!!!

I don't understand, how can beer be horrible? It doesn't make sense!!!

You've never tried Heinecken, then, have you?

You've never tried Heinecken, then, have you?
I've never tried Heinecken, either.:p

At last someone who again dares to be unabashedly aesthetic. I prefer the green silk. What's the size?

Do you sell?

Same (aesthetic, don't know about screaming ... unfortunately:D ) can be said I think of this lady whom I met a couple of years ago and whose work I've been following ever since:
www.preema.net/virtual-gallery.htm

And just thought of another friend:
www.lagalerie.be/uleyn/index.htm

You've never tried Heinecken, then, have you?

Nope but by the way you talk about it I lost my willingness to try. I drink Efes Pilsener or Tuborg usually or Tekel Beer which has an alltogether different and nostalgic taste about more socialist days of my country.

Hey, there's more where that came from, I'm sure. Let's see itThere is. Got this done yesterday. (http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2840/fencingmuralsketchcc0.jpg)

At last someone who again dares to be unabashedly aesthetic. I prefer the green silk. What's the size?

Do you sell?

Same (aesthetic, don't know about screaming ... unfortunately:D ) can be said I think of this lady whom I met a couple of years ago and whose work I've been following ever since:
www.preema.net/virtual-gallery.htm

Fascinating. Very expressive, definitely captivating. I like it. When I have a moment, I'll have a closer look at her work... it seems very comprehensive.

Green silk isn't too large (mostly because I couldn't get a larger canvas, though), it's about 40 x 60 cm (roughly 17 x 24'', I believe).

I haven't sold anything yet, but I'm considering it... I'm running out of walls at home. Would you be interested? ;)

Nope but by the way you talk about it I lost my willingness to try. I drink Efes Pilsener or Tuborg usually or Tekel Beer which has an alltogether different and nostalgic taste about more socialist days of my country.

Efes is quite good, I think. But if you seriously like Tuborg, you might like Heineken as well...

There is. Got this done yesterday. (http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2840/fencingmuralsketchcc0.jpg)

Cool!!
I love the Harry Potter bit ;)

Cabra, I believe I've said it before, but I'm a huge fan of your work. I'd totally buy one of your paintings.

Fascinating. Very expressive, definitely captivating. I like it. When I have a moment, I'll have a closer look at her work... it seems very comprehensive.

Green silk isn't too large (mostly because I couldn't get a larger canvas, though), it's about 40 x 60 cm (roughly 17 x 24'', I believe).

I haven't sold anything yet, but I'm considering it... I'm running out of walls at home. Would you be interested? ;)

And just thought of another friend:
www.lagalerie.be/uleyn/index.htm

Could you maybe fix a gallery site? I'd like to see more before buying ...;)
(Unfortunately adding a price list would be essential)

Cool!!
I love the Harry Potter bit ;)As you might notice, I ran out of space when I was about 1/3rd done, and had to start stacking...

And just thought of another friend:
www.lagalerie.be/uleyn/index.htm

Could you maybe fix a gallery site? I'd like to see more before buying ...;)
(Unfortunately adding a price list would be essential)

I'd have to figure out how to do that first ;)
And so far, I didn't realy do more than can be seen on my deviantart page (http://shenshen.deviantart.com/), except for one which I just finished yesterday and haven't put up there yet.
But if I keep going at the current rate, I'm pretty sure I'll have enough for an exhibition before the year is out ...

I'll have to sniff around a bit to see what prices I could ask for those painting, too.

As you might notice, I ran out of space when I was about 1/3rd done, and had to start stacking...

Sssshh, don't mention that. The effect is always intentional ;)

Cabra, I believe I've said it before, but I'm a huge fan of your work. I'd totally buy one of your paintings.

Thanks. :D
Maybe you could help me putting prices on the paintings, then? I've absolutely no idea how much I could be asking for them...

I'd have to figure out how to do that first ;)
And so far, I didn't realy do more than can be seen on my deviantart page (http://shenshen.deviantart.com/), except for one which I just finished yesterday and haven't put up there yet.
But if I keep going at the current rate, I'm pretty sure I'll have enough for an exhibition before the year is out ...

I'll have to sniff around a bit to see what prices I could ask for those painting, too.

Your page is just fine gallerywise. Keep posting. The abstracts are my favourite by far, but that's personal of course.

Your page is just fine gallerywise. Keep posting. The abstracts are my favourite by far, but that's personal of course.

Thanks. The abstracts are the newest ones, I love doing them right now. Lots of experimenting and possibilities. :)

Thanks. The abstracts are the newest ones, I love doing them right now. Lots of experimenting and possibilities. :)

Are you a fan of Tapies, by any chance?

Are you a fan of Tapies, by any chance?

I have to admit that I hadn't heard of him before. I just had a look at some of his work... I like some of it, but not everything. It seems very random. But I might just need some time to look at things in detail.

I have to admit that I hadn't heard of him before. I just had a look at some of his work... I like some of it, but not everything. It seems very random. But I might just need some time to look at things in detail.

He is an abstract painter, and you do need to do some research into his lifestory to understand a lot of his work. Unfortunately, seeing pictures doesn't really do it credit since his work is very textural. You need to see them to recognise how good they look.

He is an abstract painter, and you do need to do some research into his lifestory to understand a lot of his work. Unfortunately, seeing pictures doesn't really do it credit since his work is very textural. You need to see them to recognise how good they look.

I'll have to read up on him, then. And I wanted to go to Barcelona someday anyway ;)

Ok, now, here's my latest one :

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/289/8/3/Sickles_by_Shenshen.jpg

Ok, now, here's my latest one :

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/289/8/3/Sickles_by_Shenshen.jpg

Gimme.

Gimme.

*lol
I've decided to use the winter now to get some paintings done and to maybe start selling them in Merrion Sq next summer. So why not combine a lovely trip to Dublin with a little art shopping? ;)

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a277/voodoo_fairy/27thkidsclubinked.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a277/voodoo_fairy/marquisdeinsect.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a277/voodoo_fairy/carmabar.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a277/voodoo_fairy/kali.jpg
{this was for a tattoo for friend of mine. it's on her lower back}

We didn't have one in a while... and I've been busy painting (ok, when I wasn't screaming with pleasure in bed with my boyfriend :D ), so here's my last two paintings that I wanted to share :

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/270/4/1/Circles_by_Shenshen.jpg

Moon rise

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/275/d/f/Green_silk_by_Shenshen.jpg

Green Silk
Ok, the photo of this one didn't turn out that well, to be honest, the flashlight clearly shows.

Do any of the other artists out there have something to show? Post it here, folks! :)

i very much dig the texture.

That's hot, Cabra West!

*loads ugly pictures of ugly paintings*

Stupid attempt at painting a pic I photoshopped..
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/CID__media3.jpg

Yes yes, I was bored.. May I present.. charcoal and baby powder.:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/CID__media1.jpg

Globs of paint and yarn.. The pic is shitty..:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/CID__media2.jpg

*shrugs*

*pats self on back for trying*

i really like the first one. and i reallllly want to know how you did the charcoal/talc thing. so....cut it out with the self loathing.

Are you a fan of Tapies, by any chance?

I am actually, especially his later minimalistic work.

Here's another friend whose work I like:
http://foto.telenet.be/7850754355

She works behind perspex sheets, églomisé-style. They're rather impressive at 150 x 200 cm (5' x 6'8").
To give you an idea of pricing (shipping not included, of course): they used to sell for around 3000 - 4000 €. Since she has some renown in the meantime prices may have gone up quite a bit. For exact info contact her agent at jean.cornet@laposte.net.

I am actually, especially his later minimalistic work.

Here's another friend whose work I like:
http://foto.telenet.be/7850754355

She works behind perspex sheets, églomisé-style. They're rather impressive at 150 x 200 cm (5' x 6'8").
To give you an idea of pricing (shipping not included, of course): they used to sell for around 3000 - 4000 €. Since she has some renown in the meantime prices may have gone up quite a bit. For exact info contact her agent at jean.cornet@laposte.net.

Wow... I was going to start with one 0 less on those numbers... I was going to offer them for around 200-300 Euros. I want to see how they would sell, and if they sell at all, first. Then maybe I might raise prices a bit ;)

I love this one (http://foto.telenet.be/Photos/Albums/Photo.aspx?id=S4IlnHu1w8cy0a0SZyrnt4vmOe6QZxAz9Iv3AF1JJKSgKrjaIRqzxTqkPCo2e0LQXv), I wonder how she achieved those effects? Thanks for the contact :)

Wow... I was going to start with one 0 less on those numbers... I was going to offer them for around 200-300 Euros. I want to see how they would sell, and if they sell at all, first. Then maybe I might raise prices a bit ;)

I love this one (http://foto.telenet.be/Photos/Albums/Photo.aspx?id=S4IlnHu1w8cy0a0SZyrnt4vmOe6QZxAz9Iv3AF1JJKSgKrjaIRqzxTqkPCo2e0LQXv), I wonder how she achieved those effects? Thanks for the contact :)

Welcome!

She's well into her fifties, been active for about 35 years and an art teacher for about 25. Not that that's enough to have prices go up, but getting "established" does pile upon quality. So does size, rather ridiculously.

I have no idea how she does it: never seen her work at this kind of thing. I do know they take a lot of experimenting and a lot of time to make.

200 for your work would be borderline reasonable I guess. But unreasonable indeed rules. ;)

Have another look:

http://foto.telenet.be/0852724110

the sculpture is by Pierre Delaloubière, French sculptor in metal (h=90cm);
the long & narrow painting is by Belgian Jan Van Hoof, it's actually 3D as well, about 12cm/5'' deep and also metal, a kind of barge (50x200cm);
the 'traditional' one is also by JVH, partly very thickly textured (100x100cm).

Hope you like them.

Welcome!

She's well into her fifties, been active for about 35 years and an art teacher for about 25. Not that that's enough to have prices go up, but getting "established" does pile upon quality. So does size, rather ridiculously.

I have no idea how she does it: never seen her work at this kind of thing. I do know they take a lot of experimenting and a lot of time to make.

200 for your work would be borderline reasonable I guess. But unreasonable indeed rules. ;)

*lol Unreasonable all the way. I do expect people to haggle over price, that'll be half the fun of it ;)

I'd love to do some rather large pieces, simply because they have the best effect in my eyes. The largest one I have at the moment is Leaves, it's about 60 cm x 100 cm (24 x 40"), and the effect is stunning. It doesn't come across half as well on the photographs.

And, after the sketch before, the final version of my mural:
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/1824/fencingmurallinedrawinggg9.jpg

We didn't have one in a while... and I've been busy painting (ok, when I wasn't screaming with pleasure in bed with my boyfriend :D ), so here's my last two paintings that I wanted to share :

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/270/4/1/Circles_by_Shenshen.jpg

Moon rise

http://tn3-2.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/275/d/f/Green_silk_by_Shenshen.jpg

Green Silk
Ok, the photo of this one didn't turn out that well, to be honest, the flashlight clearly shows.

Do any of the other artists out there have something to show? Post it here, folks! :)
You're really coming on in your painting. Did you see the NCAD graduate show this year? The painting group was particularly excellent.

I'm studying sculpture now though.

I see you're happy with your boyfriend which is good too. :)

i have no new art to show :( (ie photographs cos i suck at actual 'art')
Well the only war to get good at traditional art (I assume this is what you're talking about) is to try it!

Skips (http://homepages.wyenet.co.uk/gdixon/skip.jpg) are an excellent, and cheap/free source of objects to create art from, you can paint them, manipulate them, use them as props, whatever you like.

mmm...Cabra, love the new stuff.

I, sadly, have not had any time to do anything new. There is an art store near me that I want to check out, but I haven't had the chance

Unless you count my room as a piece of art. Which it kinda is:p But alas...no real art

You're really coming on in your painting. Did you see the NCAD graduate show this year? The painting group was particularly excellent.

I'm studying sculpture now though.

I see you're happy with your boyfriend which is good too. :)

I haven't seen it, I'm afraid. I'm only slowly getting into art again, after all I did next to nothing for over a decade (well, aside from the occasional illustration. But that was kitsch, not art ;) )

I find sculpture fascinating, although I've never been very good at it myself...

mmm...Cabra, love the new stuff.

I, sadly, have not had any time to do anything new. There is an art store near me that I want to check out, but I haven't had the chance

Unless you count my room as a piece of art. Which it kinda is:p But alas...no real art

Thanks. :)

I've discovered that there are surprisingly few good art stores in Dublin. But I'm still looking, so maybe I just haven't found a good one yet.

Everything is art, you really ought to know that :D

And, after the sketch before, the final version of my mural:
http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/1824/fencingmurallinedrawinggg9.jpg

Looks great... take pictures once the real thing is complete :)

Thanks. :)

I've discovered that there are surprisingly few good art stores in Dublin. But I'm still looking, so maybe I just haven't found a good one yet.

Everything is art, you really ought to know that :D
EVen though I'm supposed to be a ridiculously open-minded art student, not everything is art. That causes the term "art" to lose its definition and become meaningless.

Almost anything can be art but that doesn't mean everything is art. It really depends on the context and the intention.

Dublin is lacking quality art supply shops. My three favourites are Evans (off Capel St, cheap), A4art (113 Thomas St, cheap) and O'Sullivan's (Grantham St, expensive). The shop on Crow St is great for spray paint and for casting materials RPM (http://www.rpmsupplies.com/) of Walkinstown are good.

Thanks. :)

I've discovered that there are surprisingly few good art stores in Dublin. But I'm still looking, so maybe I just haven't found a good one yet.

Everything is art, you really ought to know that :D

I'll have to take a picture of my room. for being fully IKEA furnished, it is pretty bad ass. Lots of red and black everywhere.

Everything is art, you really ought to know that :D

" ... même l'espace entre vos doigts de pied."
(Ben Vautier)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Vautier

I'll have to take a picture of my room. for being fully IKEA furnished, it is pretty bad ass. Lots of red and black everywhere.

Bad ass IKEA? I won't believe that until I see it! :D

i did this a few weeks back. didn't think it was worth posting here but glitzi thought otherwise (isn't she nice :fluffle: :))

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6399/randomthingki8.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=randomthingki8.jpg)
(thumbnail)

i did this a few weeks back. didn't think it was worth posting here but glitzi thought otherwise (isn't she nice :fluffle: :))

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6399/randomthingki8.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=randomthingki8.jpg)
(thumbnail)

Not worth posting??? Are you kidding??? That's amazing! :eek: :)

Not worth posting??? Are you kidding??? That's amazing! :eek: :)

aww thank you :)
it makes a purty wallpaper (what i've been using it as)

same technique as for this (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/new-1.jpg)

aww thank you :)
it makes a purty wallpaper (what i've been using it as)

same technique as for this (http://www.hlj.me.uk/pics/Misc/new-1.jpg)

Wow, that's great, too. But I like the first one better. Are you giving them titles, or just numbering them?

Wow, that's great, too. But I like the first one better. Are you giving them titles, or just numbering them?

huh? titles? naaaah... they're just... things :p
i tend not to title my work/photos as very rarely is any deeper meaning intended than "ooh look at the pretty colours!" ;)

My page (http://anchises868.deviantart.com) is old and mostly bare, but it's mine. :-)

huh? titles? naaaah... they're just... things :p
i tend not to title my work/photos as very rarely is any deeper meaning intended than "ooh look at the pretty colours!" ;)

That's what titles like "Metamorphosis", "Dancing Figure" and "Opus 13a" were invented for ;)

That's what titles like "Metamorphosis", "Dancing Figure" and "Opus 13a" were invented for ;)

oooh cryptic :p

ok, i'll call the first one "shiny lines" and the second one "swirly things." how's that? :D

oooh cryptic :p

ok, i'll call the first one "shiny lines" and the second one "swirly things." how's that? :D

Ah, I see what you're doing. Confusing the market for Naive Art by pushing abstract works in with traditional names...

Most of my art pieces have been given names like:

"Unfit for Human Consumption"

and

"Eye Rape".

I stick to performance art now. :(

i wish i still had all my art work to take show here, i was quite proud of some of it. but it all got appropriated by my school when i left, some of it as examples of how to do stuff (:D) the rest got chucked cuz i was on holiday at the time we were supposed to go and collect what we wanted to keep (:()

Most of my art pieces have been given names like:

"Unfit for Human Consumption"

and

"Eye Rape".

I stick to performance art now. :(

And that's fit for human consumption?

And that's fit for human consumption?

With appropriate shots, yes. :)

Most of my art pieces have been given names like:

"Unfit for Human Consumption"

and

"Eye Rape".

I stick to performance art now. :(

:D

Thats actually quite funny!

My art at GCSE was labelled, by my art teacher "genetics' little joke".

http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs12/300W/i/2006/311/2/4/Window_by_Shenshen.jpg

Inspired by a Dublin Bus window :)

Oh, and *bump*

My favorite art brag: I have held in my two hands an original Monet watercolor worth a couple of million dollars.

My father works for an art dealer, and when I was little and had no school, he brought me into the office and showed me around. They just had this painting lying around, and my father let me hold it, but I wasn't impressed. I also saw a Picasso sketchy thing and a fake Andy Warhol that time, but I wasn't allowed to touch either.

We own a Sol LeWitt original sketch somewhere (My father's best friend is one of LeWitt's painters).

Some of my father's paintings since I can't do art and I feel like putting some acual art up:
carmine prance (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/carmine.html)
feeler (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/feeler.html)
equilibrium (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/equilibrium.html)
globule (http://hiroichikawa.web.fc2.com/2006/globule.html)

or you can press one link and look through a lot of his paintings...

very nice- reminds me of "Kitaro" cover art

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Big surprise- I love your "Moons" painting.... nice work. :D

Big surprise- I love your "Moons" painting.... nice work. :D

Thanks :D

My father is in a group exhibition in the Woodward Gallery from Nov 14 - Jan 6, 2007. So yeah. If in the New York area, check it out. Maybe. If you feel like it.

476 Broome Street, 5th Fl. in soho.

free food probably for the opening!

apparently...

Woodward Gallery is honored to represent their group of twelve in the exhibition - “Gallery Artists ‘06 -’07”.
Since 1994, Woodward Gallery has deeply appreciated these individual creative forces of art that affirm beauty and excellence.

Artists: Susan Breen, Deborah Claxton, Richard Hambleton, Sarah Hauser, Hiro Ichikawa, Mark Mastroianni, Margaret Morrison, Terence Netter, Jo Ellen Van Ouwerkerk, Louise Peabody, Cristina Vergano and Charles Yoder will be together for one, final exhibition at Woodward Gallery’s present New York location.

Anticipating a move from their SoHo home of thirteen years, Woodward Gallery will feature signature new work to emphasize the future direction the gallery artists will continue to blaze in New York. The original contemporary artwork by these Acclaimed Artists will offer variety from abstract to urban to figurative on paper and on canvas.

Please join us for the Artists’ reception and meet the Gallery Artists on Tuesday, November 14th at 6-8 pm.

My father is in a group exhibition in the Woodward Gallery from Nov 14 - Jan 6, 2007. So yeah. If in the New York area, check it out. Maybe. If you feel like it.

And where's the Woodward, in case I'm in town?

And where's the Woodward, in case I'm in town?

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http://www.illspirit.co.uk/design/gunsandblood.jpghttp://www.illspirit.co.uk/design/theexplosion.jpg

Some of my more recent work. Both are on a very large scale.

i did this a few weeks back. didn't think it was worth posting here but glitzi thought otherwise (isn't she nice :fluffle: :))

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6399/randomthingki8.th.jpg (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=randomthingki8.jpg)
(thumbnail)

That's pretty fucking cool. I agree with Cabra, "swirly things" is good, but "shiny lines" is really impressive.

http://www.illspirit.co.uk/design/gunsandblood.jpghttp://www.illspirit.co.uk/design/theexplosion.jpg

Some of my more recent work. Both are on a very large scale.

Oh, I like those. Especially the second one, good work. :)

http://www.illspirit.co.uk/design/gunsandblood.jpghttp://www.illspirit.co.uk/design/theexplosion.jpg

Some of my more recent work. Both are on a very large scale.

Simply amazing.

Oh, and the second one is my favorite, not that the first one isn't good, it's amazing too. I wish I could paint/draw.

http://www.illspirit.co.uk/design/gunsandblood.jpghttp://www.illspirit.co.uk/design/theexplosion.jpg

Some of my more recent work. Both are on a very large scale.

Wow... I love the first one.
Do they have titles?

Wow... I love the first one.
Do they have titles?

Yeah, the first is "guns and blood," the second is "the explosion." Most of my work is untitled. I've been working on putting some stuff on my website at http://www.illspirit.co.uk/, but it's mostly filler for the moment. I've not had a chance to put much of my older stuff up.

Yeah, the first is "guns and blood," the second is "the explosion." Most of my work is untitled. I've been working on putting some stuff on my website at http://www.illspirit.co.uk/, but it's mostly filler for the moment. I've not had a chance to put much of my older stuff up.

That's some amazing stuff. I love Untitled #7

Simply amazing.

Oh, and the second one is my favorite, not that the first one isn't good, it's amazing too. I wish I could paint/draw.

Oh, I like those. Especially the second one, good work. :)

i actually prefer the first one for some reason... weird :)
me likey! :D

i actually prefer the first one for some reason... weird :)
me likey! :D

I prefer the first one too :) It looks better in person. The picture doesn't do it justice - it's approximately five feet tall.

I prefer the first one too :) It looks better in person. The picture doesn't do it justice - it's approximately five feet tall.

I know what you mean... it's impossible to really catch a painting in a photo.
Did you do them on canvas or paper?

I know what you mean... it's impossible to really catch a painting in a photo.
Did you do them on canvas or paper?

Some are much smaller, and taken from A3 sketchbooks. I used canvas for a few of them. That one is on plywood, though. It's made from brown wrapping paper, acetate and acrylic.

Here's something I made a while back.

http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phantommandalagx9.jpg

Here's my latest: An editorial cartoon on political apathy among youths.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/5619/mortalcongressyh9.th.jpg (http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mortalcongressyh9.jpg)

Click on Gallery (http://sleekportfolio.uni.cc/)

Will update site once I remember what my password is.

Self portrate:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/DSCF0464.jpg

Other stuff:
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/manipulate/