Saturday, July 27, 2013
Friday, July 26, 2013
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Ego and super ego sailing thorough the void stopping occasionally to fish
Things hidden in my head"
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Monday, July 8, 2013
Friday, July 5, 2013
Horror Vacui
Framed print number 01 Horror Vacui series 450.00. Unframed signed Giclee print 150.00 only 9 available. Grafica gallery Webster Groves.
"Things hidden in my head"
Copyright 2012 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Bi-polar mind (00023)
Obsessive thought of
Christmas and coupons
Body processes and notes
Politics and losing hair
Watches and bits of string
Lost lingerie and sweeping
Cat food and pillows too soft
Strange noises and sets of keys
Bushes and dying banana trees
"Things hidden in my head" Copyright 2012 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
Monday, July 1, 2013
New Series
Finished number number 19 of the "Horror Vacui" series...one more to go. (posted on the studio wall) Each pieces is 18"X24". The medium is Sharpie permanent markers on cold press bristol paper. Giclee prints of number one in the series are now available. The prints are on Somerset Velvet paper.(archival paper and pigment) in signed editions of ten (10). The price of the print is 150.00...originals are 500.00. If you would like a print or an original, contact me or the Grafica Fine Art Gallery in Webster Groves Mo. If you would like to have your print framed, Grafica Gallery provides outstanding frame and print service. I will offer prints of the entire series (20) based on interest. I will post a picture of number 01 as soon as I receive a jpeg from the printer.
"Things hidden in my head"
Copyright 2013 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Symbolic tale (00057)
Circles, squares, triangles in a myriad of forms tell the symbolic tale of intimate encounters with the purpose of existence defined by the ever changing meanings from cultures long forgotten and clothed in mysteries that defy meaning and understanding.
"Things hidden in my head"
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Synchronicity 2:20
"Things hidden in my head"
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“Synchronicity is an ever present reality for those who have eyes to see.” Carl Jung
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013
“If we seek genuine psychological understanding of the human being of our own time, we must know his spiritual history absolutely. We cannot reduce him to mere biological data, since he is not by nature merely biological, but is a product also of spiritual presuppositions.” – -Carl Jung from a presentation at the C. G. Jung Institute Zurich, Küsnacht, 15 Nov 1953
Reciting my lines on the stage of life
"Things hidden in my head"
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Art matters. Art instructs. Art heals. Art takes us on a journey and we are changed!
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Reality that exist beyond the physical world
"Things hidden in my head"
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
"Things hidden in my head"
Copyright 2013 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
"Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these?
Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught
The dialect they speak, where melodies
Alone are the interpreters of thought?
Whose household words are songs in many keys,
Sweeter than instrument of man e'er caught!"
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'Tales of a Wayside Inn'
"Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these?
Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught
The dialect they speak, where melodies
Alone are the interpreters of thought?
Whose household words are songs in many keys,
Sweeter than instrument of man e'er caught!"
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'Tales of a Wayside Inn'
Thursday, April 25, 2013
I just don't get it.
Recently,
I have been fielding question about my art from from residents of the
independent living center where I reside. One of the most common
questions relate to where I get my ideas and occasionally someone
will mention that that my work “look like” some known artist.
Those questions are usually veiled attempts to suggest that my work
may not be original. A particularly difficult question or response
is always some form of “ I just don't get it” or I like pictures
of things I recognize.” These ego related questions are the most
annoying. The questions and opinions are not new, I have been asked
the same questions and heard the same opinions from students, family
members and friends for over sixty years.
Originality
is a ghost and one could question philosophically whether originality
really exists. What really matters is our personal approach to art
and the way in which we express our experiences and influences on a
canvas; that is the high point of art and art criticism; anything
else is a moot point and ego driven drivel.
"Things hidden in my head"
Copyright 2013 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Organic undergrowth
boscage, boskage, brake, brush,
brushwood, bush,coppice, copse,
thicket, understory, underwood
"Things hidden in my head" Copyright 2013 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Horror Vacui
Horror
vacui art is an art form that expands on Aristotle's theory of horror
vacui (that
nature abhors a vacuum, and therefore empty space will always try to
fill itself with a gas or liquid to avoid being empty) and includes
visual interpretations in artwork.
Horror vacui artwork involves the
artist leaving no piece of the canvas uncovered. There is a
fear of empty space in the works of any horror vacui art, and so
artists will cover every inch of their canvas in detail to avoid
leaving any remnants of blank space.
Horror vacui art had been practiced by ancient Greek and Islamic
artists, and was even evident among the many indigenous tribes of
Central and South America. However, with regards to the term horror
vacui,
this is credited to 20th century author, scholar, and critic Mario
Praz. Mario used the term to help describe the suffocating atmosphere
created by Victorian Age interior design.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Unconscious mind that is the unrevealed information that we collect without knowledge
"Things hidden in my head"
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