Train Day

National Train Day is coming up. I think that the best way to celebrate is to complain to anyone who will listen about how expensive it is to travel by rail. New Haven to Charlotte is $580 round trip. You can add a sleeping car for $720

ER

Another piece from Emily Rickard. As usual, a great palette and inspired composition.

Cake

new painting

This collage/painting is the latest piece at Evo. The Artist is Emily Rickard. Here is what she had to say about it: "Art is the means by which I present my affinity for gathering, saving, and reconstituting found objects.  Working with abstraction allows me to focus exclusively on composition, texture, and the organization of color and pattern within the piece.  The combination of tactile materials from non-art origins, both old and new, creates a personal history specific to that work of art.  When combined and presented within a fine art context these elements exhibit a warm, joyful quality that surrounds the viewer with vibrant color.

With this piece, my goal was to use the scale of the canvas as a place where large, bold patches of color could take center stage in the composition.  The vivid brights and patterns have the ability to draw a viewer in from across the room, while the more subtle, supporting interactions of the collage materials act as the reward for approaching the canvas."   

fire truck 2

Cool technique. Looks like it was done quickly even if the proportions and scale do not necessarily work

future firetruck

A fire truck would be an amazing project. The combination of all of the types of functionality and ergonomics combined with the durability and utility would also make it an enormous assignment. This concept looks a bit like the Haven concept done by DiTullo and me for Architecture for Humanity

Vapur bottle

This is the Vapur bottle artist series. They have some interesting things in their line but this series is lost. The graphics and colors are so weak. The generic top looks totally out of place and dated and the form is poorly proportioned and uncomfortable to hold. Also, the new items they had at the Housewares Show were oddly positioned. Still, you can see the potential.