A DAY IN RABBIT'S MOON STUDIO

ARTIST LOVE NATURE

IN MY ASHEVILLE STUDIO I AM SURROUNDED BY ALL 

THINGS NATURAL

THE LIGHTS AT NIGHT ATTRACT MOTHS AND JUNE BUGS

SPIDERS ARE CONSTANTLY WEAVING WEBS EVERY 

NIGHT SPUN BY THE MOONLIGHT, TREES HOUSE HUGE HORNETS NETS,

AND LICHEN GROW ON BARK AND LIMB.  

 THE STUDIO DOORS OPEN

AND I CAN SEE LEAVES DANCE IN THE WIND, BIRDS LOOKING TO SEE IF I FILLED 

THE FEEDERS AND HOP ABOUT

I START MY DANCE OF ART AND COLLAGE 

LIKE A PUZZLE THAT NEEDS TO BE PONDERED AND SOLVED.

 I ARRANGE AND ORGANIZE, THEN 

MEAURE AND THNK AND ARANGE 

AGAIN, CUT, SAW, AND GLUE.    VINCI, THE STUDIO DOG, KEEPS 

ME CONSTANT COMPANY.

Studio Shop

view outside…the red Japanese maple is growing

 RAVENS AND CROWS ARE THE SMARTEST SPECIES NEXT TO MAN ACCORDING TO 

THE LATEST STUDIES.  THEY FASCINATE ME EVEN IN THE 


EARLY VIKING FOLKLORE RAVENS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE

FUNGI, RUSTED METAL, SPIDERS, JUNE BUGS AND








MOTHS ALL LAY ON THE STUDIO TABLE TO FIND 








THEIR WAY INTO THE NEXT PIECE OF JUST TO ADD











 TO THE BEAUTY OF THE ROOM

TRANSFER IMAGE

transfer didn't work on some material, so I drew it myself

DOING AN ASSEMBLAGE OR COLAGE IS LIKE A PUZZLE WHERE THOUSANDS OF 

POSSIBLE ARRANGEMENTS OPEN TO YOUR TOUCH, MOVE HERE, ADD THIS, TURN 

THAT, AND SO IT GOES UNTIL THERE IS CLICK IN MY MIND THAT SAYS DONE.

WHAT IS ART?

PHOTOS OF FACES INTERPRETED BY DIFFERENT CULTURAL PERCEPTIONS OF BEAUTY.

R. Mutt 1947 Duchamp

Duchamp challenged us with R.e. Mutt,

many artists to day challenge us even Thomas Kinkade

Thomas Kinkade 

with his realistic light pictures that he literally mass produced.  Many people not in the art world might think any realistic picture is art sitting next to a

Jackson Pollock, Abstract Painter

Pollack or Kandinsky, but in my opinion they would be very wrong. Art is not about realism, nor do we need it to be after the invention of the camera that was no longer necessary as a prime function.

Karen Honig is a journalist from Kansas City.  She got an idea about sending a photo of her self to many different countries and asking them to make her beautiful.  (as in for a magazine shot or advertisement).  The result shows vividly our differing views of beauty depending on our own cultural background.  

The differences in culture continue to mesmerize me.  I have lived in other cultures for extended periods of time in my life.  It has led me to want to study and explore the differences of all cultures, and how those differences effect us. Colors, images, sound, and even how close you stand to a person when you are talking to them can have such different meanings.  I think it is part of what led to the idea of the "Ugly American".  Americans, at one time, were not interested or nor sensitive to cultural differences when traveling and many misunderstandings ensued. There were many a time in Asia I just wanted to crawl under a rock and hide because the horrible behavior of some Americans overseas. To me Karen's idea is a work of art, as in a conceptual view of culture.  It help us see and understand how other peoples view beauty. And I present it here as such, a conceptual work of art.  

25 FACES IN CULTURE

Karen Honig, 25 faces of beauty in culture              google image for express purpose of art advocacy

"The project, titled Before & After, originally came to Honig while she was working as a social media manager for a small startup. Her boss introduced her to Fiverr, an international freelancing website where anyone can hire freelancers from around the globe to complete almost any task imaginable. While browsing the site, Honig realized the prevalence of those offering Photoshop skills. “It immediately occurred to me that in this pool of workers, each individual likely had an aesthetic preference particular to their own culture,” Honig told BuzzFeed. Thus, the idea for Before & After was born." from Buz Feed, Ashley Perez 

6 WOMEN ARTIST WHO ARE CHANGING THE AR WORLD

Continuation of post 1

Six women who are changing art 

4. Camille Henrot
Camille is a video artist who is making an impact on the art world.

click to on arrow to view film

5. Julie Mehretu

   Julie is originally from Ethiopia though she now lives in new work with her partner and artist Jessica.   He abstract work is layers and layers on contemplation throughout abstraction in painting and drawing.

6. Kara Walker

 

from google for art advocacy only

Kara covers the themes of race, gender, sexuality, and violence through silhouette  like images calling back the past by method with an almost ironic twist.  The black cut outs lend to a dramatic display and presentation.

6 Women Who are Changing the Art World

6 Outstanding Women Artist Who Are Making a Difference!

from google for art advocacy

1. Yayoi Kusama 
     85 year old Grand Dame of Women arts.  One   of her pieces recently sold for $960,000. Yayoi fascinates me for many reasons. She has mental disabilities that keep her(by choice) in a facility where she feels safe and protected.  He ability to concentrate on one facet of art is interesting.  Dots of all kind and size cover canvas and sculpture like a non ending musical score that plays over every surface. 

2. Sara Greenberger Rafferty

from google

Sara Greenberger Rafferty   photographer

A photographer who expires the themes much like Stieglitz and the Pictorialist photographers who through the manipulation of their photo's could create the imagery of a painting.  It is in the form of presenting photography as an art form.  Sara's work seems almost impressionistic and the intent is not accidental. She prints a digital image from public sources and then slashes water on it, then in a very abstract way lets he inks bleed and run in no particular pattern. She then rephotographs the end product.


3. Bambi

Bambi, London Artist 

You are very familiar with Banksy and his murals in London, but there is also a woman who plasters London's walls with her art, her name is Bambi. 
 

Bambi, graffiti on the streets of London

AMAZING DISPLAY OF WOMEN IN ART

500 WOMEN IN ART OVER TIME!

This is quite amazing to watch.  I can't imagine the time and effort it took to put this together.  So just click on the arrow and enjoy.

I SEE THINGS

GOOGLE GLASS

Mona wears Google Glass           from google image only for educational purposes.

We are hearing amazing things about google glass and some weird things like people wearing them into bars in San Francisco and people getting really upset. 
But in the arts it opens up an array of possibilities that are fascinating.

from google image

Google glass allows us to see things in a different and new way. And with art, well that can be a really unique experience  through
google glass.  As you view an exhibit , you could actually see the writing on the wall or interact with art work in a new way.  The Smithsonian is now exhibiting a piece of at that involves interaction with google glass and the art work.(click for article)

The future and technology will determine how we interact with art…Google glass looks as if the future is here!

The Biggest Art Work in the World

It is called the Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam

It is Arno Coenen's Horn of Plenty

Arno  Coenen's Horn of Plenty

Pixar Studio's worked with Coenen to create an image sharp enough to create 4,000 tile pieces. Two full soccer fields!  Ii is reminiscent of Rosenquist three football length studio.  His images were bright and sections of visual images, but all painted by hand.  Now our times progress and technology takes hold.  Coenen's enlists pixar to help with his expansive design.

from google image for art advocacy only

 ‘It is a work with a spiritual, religious feel to it. However, its larger-than-life size is not a tale of religion; it’s about nature. In the scientific way, more an ode to Stephen Hawking’s atheist way of looking at the origin of life."

I lost the original reference to the quote, but I believe it is Katherine Brooks with Huffington Post

Outside view 

Art intuitively apprehends coming changes in the collective unconsciousness. 

 Carl Jung

AN ASTOUNDING FACT FOR THE ARTS!

There are more museums than McDonalds and Starbucks combined! Wow!
This fact comes from the article in the Washington Post.(click for article)

 Dali Museum                    St. Petersburg                                            from google for education only

ART FOR POSITIVE CHANGE

THE IMPORTANCE OF ART ADVOCACY

I am a life long artist, art teacher and art advocate.  I worked with Art Advocacy programs in local and state levels.  The importance of art in our lives is paramount.  In our homes, in our every day lives, in our schools, in our recreation and in our country's cultural development.  There is not any part of our lives that is not effected by one of the arts, whether it be design, music, drama, dance, advertisement, film, etc.  Americans think of sports as the one of the best money makers in a community, but it is not so, once again it is the arts.  The arts bring in more money than any sport in any town because they are so all encompassing.
I recently ran across this article in TruthOut by Robert Reich on the Importance of Art in our world(click for article) and thought  I would share it with you.

"Art is an often-overlooked yet powerful tool for long-lasting, positive change. Yet in America, on the national level, there's at least one strong professional advocate for the arts unwavering in his creative convictions and advocacy.

The arts provide a way for people better to understand "who they are in a time in history where that is desperately needed," says Robert Lynch. The progenitor of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the nonprofit Americans for the Arts, is"the nation's leading advocate for the arts and arts education," and Lynch is the organization's CEO." 

Robert Reich 

A NEW DISCOVERY FOR NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN ART WORKSHOPS!

Cullowhee Mountain Arts Center(click for link)

Penland and Arrowmont are well known centers for taking craft workshops in the Southern Mountain Highland, but there are some excellent alternative choices and this is one of them!  Just looking at the workshops I was intrigued by quite a few very quickly.  Also not all of the workshops are crafts, some are fine arts oriented as well.

Wonderful workshops

ART AND NATURE 

from google image for art advocacy 

book arts workshops

Cold wax workshops, Painting with wax and printmaking with cold was were just a few of the workshops that excited me.

Cold wax painting

LYNN WHIPPLE(click), AWARD WINNING ARTIST OFFERS ON LINE COLLAGE WORKSHOPS.

I have looked at Lynn's work for years at art shows and galleries and I have always been an admirer.  Collage is a wonderful way to express yourself creatively and to learn techniques from a master…..well what could be greater. Lynn is a wonderful lovely person, who is energetic and passionate about art. Join her for an on line collage workshop and feel as if you are right in the studio with her.

Lynn Whipple   Family   from google image for art advocacy only

LINK TO CLASS INFORMRATION(CLICK)

Studio Reflections

In Rabbits's Moon Asheville studio the early morning light provides wonderful reflections on the large two story windows .  Nature abounds on our 3 acre lot, trees, flowers, and little critters.  Mr. Raccoon visits nightly looking for a handout.  The Hummingbirds haven't dissevered we are back yet.  After 5 months in Florida they seems to forget we are really here and they have to rediscover us all over again. When we get here it always takes a week or so to set up studio's again and acclimate. And one must take time to enjoy such beauty.  Artist have always preferred to work in places that inspire them, and for many of us that is nature.

Asheville Studio                Elizabeth Gordon

Banksy Sums Up New York Residency

INSTEAD OF  APPEARING FOR HIS AWARD, Banksy sent this video on experience instead. I though I would share it with you.  Click on either screen.

RABBIT'S MOON ASHEVILLE STUDIO

GETTING SET UP FOR THE SUMMER.

THE STUDIO IS SURROUNDED BY NATURE.  THERE IS NOT A VIEW THAT DOES NOT CALL OF LUSH GREEN NEWLY LEAFING TREES.  BIRD FEEDERS SET OUT, IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THE BIRDS TO REALIZE WE ARE BACK.



 A EARLY VISITOR TO GREET US,  ROCKY RACCON, SO NAMED.  HE APPEARS TO BE FOND OF BIRD SEED.  HE IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY FRIENDLY, A YOUNG FELLOW I THINK.

THIS IS THE UPPER STUDIO, THERE IS A WORKSHOP IN THE GARAGE FOR SAWING, PAINTING, AND CONSTRUCTION.  THIS IS FOR PLANNING AND FINE WORK.  THE HORNETS NEST WAS FOUND BY A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THIS AREA.  ON HIS WALKS IN THE WOODS HE FINDS TREASURES HE BRINGS BACK FOR ME.  ONCE IT WAS SNAKE SKINS, ANOTHER TIME A BIRDS NEST OR AN UNUSUAL FUNGI OR INSECT.

IN THE DRAWERS OF MY TOOL BOX ARE A COLLECTION OF YEARS OF FINDS, OBJECTS OF DELIGHT.  SOME THINGS APPEAR ON THE STREET, OR ALLEY, SOME IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP OR THRIFT SHOP AND SOME ARE GIVE BY FRIENDS WHO KNOW I LOVES RUST AND INTERESTING FOUND OBJECTS.

NATURE INSPIRES ARTISTS, IT INSPIRES ME.  TO LOOK OUT AND SEE SUCH BEAUTY WHILE YOU CREATE CANNOT HELP BUT LEND TO THE WHOLE PROCESS.   

I WILL ADD PICTURES OF THE DOWNSTAIR WORKSHOP LATER SO YOU CAN GET A FEEL FOR THE WHOLE AREA.

VINCI, LEONARDO DA VINCI, IS THE STUDIO DOG.  HE KEEPS ME COMPANY AND GUARDS THE AREA FROM CAT INTERFERENCE AND THE LIKE.  HE TAKES HIS JOB VERY SERIOUSLY, KEEPING THE CAT AWAY THAT IS!