My Big Event

I was lucky to be part of a large fashion show art event at a local gallery last week. I have been working on my pieces all summer and I was so excited to be accepted to participate in the show.

It was a long process of finding models, choosing music, creating a runway plan, and getting everything coordinated for the event. Who knew there was so much working in prepping for something that only lasts for about 20 minutes.

It was a very long day of rehearsal, getting hair and make up done, and waiting around for the show to start. I think the waiting around was the hardest part.

Here are a few photos of the day and the event.

The runway

Waiting around to rehearse 

Hair and makeup

Ready for the runway

The main event

Here are the three pieces I created for the runway show.

All and all it turned out to be a fantastic day. I was really tired when I got home (and the next day) but it was worth all the work I put into participating.

I am still honored to have my three pieces selected. I think I will apply again next year :)

Artist to Know - Robert Longo

Today's artist to know works with charcoal. All of the artwork featured are drawings, even though they look like amazing photographs.

Robert Longo

Robert Longo was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Long Island. He had a childhood fascination with mass media: movies, television, magazines, and comic books, which continue to influence his art today.

Although he studied sculpture, drawing remained Longo's favorite form of self-expression. Longo's "portraits" have a distinctive chiseled line that seems to give the drawings a three-dimensional quality.

Longo projects photographs of his subjects onto paper and traces the figures in graphite, removing all details of the background. After he records the basic contours, his long-time illustrator, Diane Shea, works on the figure for about a week, filling in the details. Next, Longo goes back into the drawing, using graphite and charcoal to provide finishing details.

His work has been displayed in museums all over the world, in books, magazines, film, and on an album cover. See more of his work on his website.

Books as Art

I could never imagine using a book to create art since I'm a crazy bookoholic, but there are some amazing artists who use books as their medium and create art that is visually stunning. Enjoy this collection of unique book sculptures.

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Have you ever used an old book to create art?

Art That Feels the Music

Artists amaze me.  Today's artist creates a collection of abstract photographs with the use of paint, music, and his camera.

Martin Klimas

Martin Klimas begins his process with splatters of paint positioned over a speaker. Then the volume is turned up.

The vibration of the speaker sends the paint aloft in patterns that reveal themselves through the lens of his camera.

Klimas spent six months and about 1,000 shots to produce the final images from his studio in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The resulting images are Klimas’s attempt to answer the question “What does music look like?”

What do you think? Can you see the music?

Artist to Know - Andrew Meyers

Andrew Meyers

As a child Andrew Myers was artistically influenced by european life and culture. Born in Braunshweig, Germany and raised in Ciudad Real, Spain, his exposure to classical architecture inspired the modern design found in his artwork.

He trained at the Art Instuite of Southern California where he cultivated his style and passion for the work that he creates.

His blend of modern materials and classical technique featuring a universal subject matter are prevalent throughout his work.

Office Art

Today's collection is not art for your office, but art made with things found in your office. This collection of creative and inspiring artists have turned our everyday objects into amazing recycled/upcycled/repurposed art.

Sticker art by Alison Foshee

Push Pin art by Ran Hwang

Packing tape art by Mark Khaisman

Pencil Mirror by Karen Johnston

Pencil shaving sculpture by Helga Nicola

sticker art by Alison Foshee

What office supplies would you try to create art?

Shadow Art

Simple ordinary objects, wire shape, and even trash are used to create the unexpected art form of shadow art.

It is a unique form of sculptural art where a 2D shadows cast by a 3D sculpture create an amazing artistic effect.

See more examples at 21 Amazing Examples of Shadow Art.

What do you think of shadow art?

Street Art

I recently found this website full of street art and I was amazed! I choose a few of my favorites to share and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. 

I wish I could see this art in real life. I don't know if I could just walk past them without examining every detail. Want to see more check out Street Art Utopia.

What would you do if you saw one of these pieces of art while you were walking down the street?