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Posted in Ponderings on Jun 27th, 2007
Andrea just saw the Edward Hopper show at MFA in Boston, said it was amazing. The exhibition’s info calls it, “first comprehensive survey of Edward Hopper’s career to be seen in American museums outside New York in more than 25 years.”
It is at the MFA in Boston from May 6 August 19th, 2007. [...]
Posted in Ponderings on Jun 25th, 2007
This past weekend, I stared at the above image and spent time looking at works by Matisse. Though I’ll admit it, I always quickly breeze through Henri’s cut-outs.
“You have to know how to preserve that freshness and innocence a
child has when it approaches things. You have to remain a child
you whole life long [...]
Posted in Other Openings on Jun 23rd, 2007
Artists from THE HOOK UP discussed their work at the NAAU (922 SE Ankeny St, Portland, OR) this Saturday. It was good to see the artists with their work describing some of their ideas and processes.
I took a few snaps. I saw Jeff Jahn videoing this, maybe he’ll post the the video or [...]
Posted in my art updates on Jun 23rd, 2007
I’ve been accepted into Pushdot Studio’s (830 NW 14th Ave, Portland, OR) 5th Anniversary group show. I’m happy to be part of this show as I really enjoy working with everyone at Pushdot.
Pushdot Studio’s 5th Anniversary Group Show Opens: August 1
Opening Reception: August 2, 6-9 pm
This show is themed-based on the word, [...]
Posted in my art updates on Jun 19th, 2007
I haven’t had a chance to see this publication yet, but you can see the index online. My image “Day Amalgam 5″ is part of the article. “Die Selection 2007 des Photographers:Network”, PROFIFOTO Magazine, June 2007: pp16-?, Germany. If anyone has a copy of PROFIFOTO in the Portland area, I’d like to [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 17th, 2007
The 1910 Rosefriend Apartment building was coming down as the 1883 Ladd Carriage house was being moved up the street. Both of these are tied to the creation of the Ladd Towers designed by Ankrom Moisan.
Here are images from the demo of the Rosefriend Apartment Building.
The firm in charge of this demolition work was [...]
Posted in Misc on Jun 17th, 2007
Everything has a tight fit in Portland. Here is the 1883 landmark Ladd Carriage House which barely fitting between a couple of newcomers.
The Ladd Carriage House started its three block journey in the morning on Columbia street.
We of course try to save our trees in Portland, so the trimming happened as needed during the [...]
Posted in Ponderings on Jun 13th, 2007
Last night, I was preparing the image “Multiverse” for a new postcard (it recently won a Fine Art Abstract award at Prix de la Photographie Paris, Px3).
But if colors were truly primary, I would not have been fighting with color adjustments late last night. Simply put, 3 or 4 primary pigments are not enough [...]
Posted in 1st Thurs Photos on Jun 8th, 2007
Portland’s First Thursday was pretty inspiring this month. Below are some 1st Thursday images and quick thoughts. Maybe more later.
I really enjoyed the work of Portland architect, Brad Cloepfil, at PDX Contemporary Art (925 NW Flanders St, Portland OR). I asked if I could take some snaps, which they obliged. But [...]
Posted in Ponderings on Jun 6th, 2007
When a young girl, my niece loved pink. Every piece of clothing, every toy, everything had to be pink. My mom said it was just in her
DNA.
So let’s look at the western history of what color represents male and female:
18th century Gobineau: (female=black, male=white)
1809 Philipp Otto Runge: (female=blue/violet, male=yellow/orange)
1910 Franz Marc: (female=yellow, male=blue)
1914 The [...]