from Cairo on Twitpic; love sent back

صورة لميدان التحرير في القاهرة قب... on Twitpic

This is one of the best pictures I've ever seen. Robin (my son) who had spent several weeks studying in Cairo spring 2009 is familiar with Tahrir and its history. Despite the suffering today, the past week's report of the amazing resistance of the people of Egypt should inspire us all. Let's keep pressuring the US government to support these people, not repression.

Protest at Amazon HQ today

Couldn't post a sound file so I can tweet it. Instead of protest cheers, people blew whistles to protest Amazon's removal of Wikileaks site from their cloud servers.

In the studio on #101010 – artwork for North Cascades National Park

Part of my work at North Cascades National Park during the residency involved presentations to local schools in Sedro Woolley, the library in Concrete and making a work for the Park's collection. I'm preparing this work to show at the open studio here at Planet Art on October 31 before delivering it to the Park. Here's how it looked yesterday while working on #101010, the global work party coordinated by 350.org along with a detail of a crackle paste study of trilobites. The maps were created digitally and printed on handmade paper using USGS topographical maps made by park staff in 1976. Here, you see washes I have laid on them, and I will continue to paint on top of them as well as on the crackle paste. As a result of weather effects such as landslides and vegetative growth, the landscape has changed since then. Now the underpainting and digital image reflect historic landscapes, and not the current one.

Planet Art Open Studio and Hallowe'en devotion making

12-5pm

October 31, 2010
2811 NW 93rd Street
Seattle 98117
206.782.7455
http://www.planetart.us/

see new works, prints, paintings, catalogs
special prices on prints and small works
books and small works by other artists available
bring memorabilia of loved ones passed to create your own devotion
refreshments and treats

International Exhibition in Portland

Join me and 83 other artists from 24 countries on August 5, 5-7pm at the Littman Gallery, Portland State University Building, 1825 Broadway for USA 2010: Her Presence in Colours IX, International Women Artists' Exhibition as part of week long events surrounding a conference of women artists.

The Oregon Women’s Caucus for Art (OWCA), a chapter of the National Women’s Caucus for Art, welcomes to Portland international visitors for the 9th biannual conference of the International Women’s Art Council (INWAC) based in Panang, Malaysia. This is the first such conference held in the United States and Portland will be opening its doors to welcome the artists during the first week in August. The public is invited to the week long series of free events, offering an opportunity to interact with the artists and to help promote world peace and harmony through communication and meaningful interaction.

Public Events:
Mon, Aug 2, 4 PM – MAYOR’S OFFICE WELCOMING RECEPTION
Location: Portland City Hall, 1221 SW 4th Ave

Tues, Aug 3, 10AM-4PM – INWAC International Artists’ Forum.
Artists from Asia, Europe, Australia, and Americas will give presentations, sharing their experience as artists.
Location: Ecotrust Building, Billy Frank, Jr. Conference Center. 721 NW Ninth Ave.

Thurs, Aug 5, 9AM-12noon – ARTIST TALKS
Location: Littman Gallery, PSU Smith Building, 1825 Broadway
1:30-4PM ARTISTS SEMINAR: Art Made Out of Desperate Need,
Location: PSU, Shattuck Hall Annex, 1914 SW Park Ave
5-7PM, EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION
Location: Littman Gallery, PSU Smith Building, 1825 Broadway
Note: Exhibition dates at Littman Gallery Aug 5-27, Gallery hours: Mon– Fri, 12-4PM


BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
 In 2008, OWCA members Madeline Janovec and Una Kim were asked in Beijing at the 8th INWAC conference, where they were participants, to host the 9th conference in Portland. OWCA agreed to host this important event. Previous conferences have been held in Australia, England, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Korea. The conference is the vision of
 Dr. Yuen Chee Ling, Director of the Conservancy of Fine Art of Malaysia and founder/president of the International Council of Women’s Art.
Her Presence in Colours reflects the cohesive spirit of women artists and their inner passion for life and art, their concern and awareness, their emotions and aspirations.

For more information: Contact: Co-Chair Karen Swallow, 503.231.7624, swallowtales@comcast.net
Co-Chair Una Kim, 503.358.8891 unakim1@yahoo.com

Crackle Paste notes

Applied crackle paste to boards, both with immediate water spray and not: not really different. Main criteria for problem cracking is thickness (or thinness) of application.
Fix: pieces were falling out: poured mixture of 2/3 matte regular gel and 1/3 self leveling gel. Smoothed in with spatula palette knife, but ridges still show. Nice satin finish. Palette knife also seems to wipe edges of paint. (ran it over many times to reduce ridges). So be cautious about palette knife.
Try: soft gel matte instead of regular gel, and less wiping.
The thinner crackle paste doesn't require the coat for surface integrity and leaves surface for absorbent.
Trying to figure out whether to scrape the small door since paste was so thick. However, there are really cool little spot indentations perhaps from bubbles or water spray. Perhaps not entirely scraping. Need to get more board material.

Also, photoshopped fossil and collaged onto canvas.
used: film grain, glowing edges tweaked, then diffuse glow, tweaked
Looks very fern like. Paint over with iridescent/interference? Certainly around border, or extending the picture...
These could work really well for chine colle.

changes in Biocenosis exhibition dates NOT!

After lengthy email correspondence, Phinney Center is keeping Biocenosis until April 29 at 5pm despite their scheduling conflict, preparing for their annual auction. I hope that you are able to see the show before this scheduled close. Exhibition information is still below.