Fingerprints: 2008

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Leonardo's Mona Lisa is just a thousand smears of paint. Michelangelo's David is just a million hits with a hammer. We're all of us a million bits put together the right way. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create something that will...Chuck Palahniuk

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Students working on Mural

3rd Grade-Milwaukee Community Mural

Students learned about the history of Milwaukee and discussed what their community in Milwaukee is like. Students then created this collaborative mural that now is displayed outside of Hartford University for Urban Exploration (Across from UW Milwaukee)

Stained Glass Project (Hartford-6th graders)

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Community Installation

Adam & Eve Show-Fish Creek, WI

Love

...is all you need.

Monday, February 25, 2008

A Closer Look At Kiki Smith

This website gives a good description of the printmaking process & also the artwork of Kiki Smith. Kiki Smith is a printmaker/sculptor whose themes focus on human anatomy, nature & female iconography. Good stuff....

http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2003/kikismith/

Printfever

The Printshop of Blood, Sweat & Tears (Lax)

http://www.printfever.blogspot.com/

&

The Hot Plate

http://thehotplateatuwlprintmaking.blogspot.com/

Connecting Print Freaks to the World of Printmaking

art in the 21st century....

Kiki Smith & other artists

Check it-

http://www.pbs.org/art21/

Artists Websites to check out:

Yann Arthus Bertrand (my favorite photographer!!)

Earth from Above:

http://www.yannarthusbertrand.com/

"When your up, it's never as good as it seems and when your down you never think your gonna be up again but life goes on"- Blow

Imperfections

"Imperfections is beauty, maddness is genius and it's better to be absolutely rediculous than absolutely boring."-Marilyn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2gD80jv5ZQ

Bound to Cover Just a Little More Ground

The Ministers Cat is an....Aboriginal Cat

This is my Aboriginal Art assignment. First students learn about Australia and the artwork of the Aboriginies. Students then pick an animal from a collection of black & white graphic images. After viewing a series of Aboriginal paintings, students begin creating designs with dots over their animal & also in the background. The final product is then copied & rotated to achieved a finished product such as the one above. A gradient is then applied to the background to unify the artwork.

Expressionism Assignment

This lesson analyzes the artwork of Edward Munch and other expressionistic painters. The lesson is focused around the painting "The Scream" and encourages students to study how line/color/etc. can elicit a sense of emotion. Students first take a photograph of themselves showing an emotion (anger, sadness, happiness, etc.) Students then use Photoshop to liquify their facial features & use other filters to enhance the sense of emotion they are trying to portray. Students then add pictures/text, etc. that coincide with the emotion the student has chosen to convey in their self-portrait. My example illustrates the stress that I feel while driving through Milwaukee during rush hour!! (UCK)

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Life is Calling-How far will you go?

http://www.peacecorps.gov/

I have just been nominated for primary education/teacher education in the Pacific Islands!

Tattoos

The tattoo to the left is mine. It is a sketch done by Pablo Picasso. "Dove of Peace"

This tattoo is a symbolic reminder for me to continually search for love, inner peace and happiness in my life.

The tattoo on the right is a tattoo I designed for Mrs. Staelens in memory of my friend Sean who passed away this fall. Sean's name is written in the trunk of the tree. His sisters names (Mariah,

Molly, & Katie) are all written in the branches. I will miss Sean & his infectious smile. He always made me laugh.