Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Visionary art





Cryptic series Organic Formation. I Pad drawing 2015


Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.



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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Visionary art


Pity the Planet



“Pity the planet, all joy gone
from this sweet volcanic cone;
peace to our children when they fall
in small war on the heel of small
war--until the end of time
to police the earth, a ghost
orbiting forever lost
in our monotonous sublime” 
― Robert LowellNear the Ocean: Poems





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Monday, December 8, 2014

Visionary art




The discovery of individuality


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Sunday, December 7, 2014

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Isom's theory of creative absorption






I am a basically a collage of my ancestor’s DNA, mixed with hundreds of thousands of words, images and ideas that my brain has absorbed and then releases them in the process of creating art.



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Friday, December 5, 2014

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Visionary art.


Cryptic series four. Message from a colorful bird. I Pad drawing 11/2014

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Visionary art



Cryptic series three. Carnival. I Pad drawing 2014


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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Visionary art.








Cryptic Series two. The Tree of Life. 11/2014 I Pad Drawing

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Visionary art






Cryptic series one. The voyage. I Pad drawing

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Saturday, October 25, 2014


Baroque Series No. 1 and No. 2. I pad drawings. Procreate app.









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Sunday, October 12, 2014

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Monoprint series



The monoprint series is now available for purchase. The prints are 15"X21" including the white space around the print. Each gelĂ©e print will be hand signed and numbered.  Only 25 prints in this series. The price will be 44.00 for each print. Please email me if you want to buy a print.




No. 1 Hidden landscapes of the imagination.


No. 2 Voyage into inner space.


No. 3  Elements in flux. 




No.4 Unconscious source.









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Monday, September 22, 2014

Homage to Dada series.


This series of ten prints is a homage to the Dadaists.  The Dadaists used scissors and glue rather than paint brushes and paints to express their views of modern life through images presented by the media. A variation on the collage technique, photomontage utilized actual or reproductions of real photographs printed in the popular press.  In Cologne, Max Ernst used images from World War I to illustrate messages of the destruction of war.  I find my image using Goggle much like the early Dadaist used media images.  I print the black and white images on 11”X17” presentation paper and use a Sharpie to enhance the image with personal symbolism.  The image guides my imagination and provides a starting point for the spontaneous drawing.

The GiclĂ©e prints are 9”X12”, printed on heavy archival paper.  Only fifty of each signed and numbered print will be available.  Individual prints are 25.00 each and a completed set of ten is 200.00. Shipping costs will be added to the price. Please email your interest.


Rapture of living
Life of a brain
Head Heart Help Hope Hustle Hand
Television apparatus
Time
Divination of ideas
One direction
Upside down can sometimes be right side up
A Vessel with Many Chambers
Nature vs Nurture














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Saturday, September 6, 2014

Saturday, August 16, 2014

The garden.



Garden of serenity. Sharpie pen drawing. 8"X10" 2014

"What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue."
Henri Matisse





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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Humming of the strings.



Geometry and mathematical rations
harmonics and proportionality

Ink drawing 14"X17"

"There is geometry in the humming of the strings, 
there is music in the spacing of the spheres." Pythagoras

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Viral exploration.




Viral exploration. Ink drawing 14"X17".

An artistic mind can find beauty anywhere - but what about the world's most deadly viruses and bacteria? They can spark interesting cognitive dissonance in viewers as they are both attractive and repulsive.




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Sunday, July 27, 2014

Mind oscillations.







“The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.” 
― C.G. Jung




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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Saturday, July 19, 2014



Dog catalog 11"X17" Sharpie pen drawing.
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Monday, July 7, 2014






A friend reminded me to today of the lack of original thought and the excessive use of memes on Facebook. I have preached the gospel of creativity for many years but I have fallen prey to meaningless meme postings. This posting could be a meme. It is not original thought; countless articles and research papers are available on the internet. At least my art is original. Hold on a minute! My work contains elements and ideas from other artists. There are entire internet sites dedicated to Sharpie art. I am certainly not the first person to doodle. I use quotes from books to explain my art. It is an age old story we fool ourselves into thinking we came up with an "original" idea. I guess I am just trapped in my minds meme.


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“Many myths and religions have some kind of threat of retribution from their god or gods, and their doctrines warn of the dangers of doing various forbidden things. Why? Because memes involving danger are the ones we pay attention to! As oral traditions developed, our brains were set up to amplify the dangers and give them greater significance than the rest.” 
― Richard BrodieVirus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Hobby Lobby culture...


Long before Hobby Lobby became involve in moral issues many "artsy-fartsy" stores were forcing their cultural views on the public. They always purported to have the answer of how to make art and provided their customers with "easy to follow instructions". Back when I started teaching in 1961, the "craft store" concept was limited to a few hobby stores that specialize in car, plane and train kits. Art teachers generally ordered their supplies from industrial sources and a few art supply houses. Most purchases were limited to bulk paint, paper, clay etc. Craftsmen worked materials by hand and had an intimate knowledge of manipulation of materials. "Crafty creep" soon set in and more and more kits and stencils found their way into the world of fine art. Today, big box art stores are filled with pre-made items that stifle creativity and they have become the arbiters of taste. Perhaps, it is a stretch to compare abortion issues to crafty items but I think the " I have all the answers" philosophy can be a slippery slope. Personal freedom to choose and control our moral beliefs and our artistic expression is a fundamental right.


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Friday, June 27, 2014







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