Root Division

I do apologize for not posting on this here blog that often.

I have good news though. I am currently a part of a studio program through Root Division a non-profit in San Francisco that rents out studio spaces below market rate in exchange for volunteer hours.

I’ve actually been here since July but those first few months were more or less just me getting use to the space, the people here, and moving in furniture so that this could be more of a work space.

Now I’ve created new work (which I will post lower down) and am going to be a part of 2 awesome events this month: ArtSpan’s San Francisco Open Studios and Root Division’s Art Auction!

I’m so excited for both of these events!

Here is the piece I will have in the auction:

It’s called The Bird and is a 13x13 in cyanotype on watercolor paper. It is one of a kind of course and I plan on not making any more of this in particular so that it can be even more priceless. It’s also been varnished so it’s less likely to fade over time.

Artist Statement:

Night sky.

Birds flying high.

The sun is moving on

and so am I.

I'm on my own like

that bird in the sky.

The art auction will be on the 25th of this month at Root Division’s space. Click here to purchase tickets.

Now if $60 is a little too steep for you (that being the lowest ticket price) then ArtSpan’s Open Studios event will probably work out better for you. Open Studios in San Francisco will be happening from October 13th-November 11th, that’s 5 weekends worth of art! Root Division just happens to fall in the first weekend on October 13-14th so stop by if you want to not only see my work and studio space (amongst others) but also the work of over 150 artists who are apart of the auction on the 25th.

Here’s some other new work of mine, I’ve been playing around with encaustic painting:

This one is a 8x8in piece.

This one is a 6x6 in piece.

For now I’ve meanly been playing around with this as a medium but I have plans to incorporate photographic elements so look forward to that, I plan on posting up in progress shots and the like.

Oh I will be selling old prints of work a sample sale of sorts and whatever I don’t sell will be put on here/Etsy so look forward to that too next weekend! :)

Objects.

The following are images I had in my series tab that were a little too short to be a series.

More information coming soon.

New Project: Dying Flowers

I am still currently in the beginning stages of this project. I started it as a cyanotype project with the above image scan being one of the only prints that I actually like. 

I plan on instead going with the gum bichromate process in the future with this project.

More progress shots and behind the scenes coming soon.

New Series: 50mm

This is a new ongoing series that I am shooting in my spare time.

I started it as a way to motivate myself into taking photographs everyday. I shoot this series with a NIkon D3000 which is the first DSLR camera I started using when I entered college.

At some point this particular camera wasn't able to connect to regular lenses and I brought a new camera. I eventually realized that if I got a manual lens I would still be able to use this camera. And that manual lens was a fixed focal length of:

50mm.

This camera is a lot smaller and lightweight then the new one I got so its a lot easier to carry around with me everyday. The fixed lens works as a sort of challenge an obstacle if you will as there's only so much that can be in the frame making for interesting corps and angles.

I tend to shoot this series during sunset/night time when I'm by myself and the world seems just a bit more quiet. I like how desolate the world seems when there's no one around.