Artomatic Artwork 2012, Part Seven:

As a big fan of Joseph Cornell and pretty much any work that looks similarly influenced I was very interested in George Goetzke's art. I enjoy how in his pieces flow outside of the box structures and their dream like nature.

The encaustic pieces Jennifer Droblyen is showing at Artomatic are of particular interest to me. In my own encaustic work I try to incorporate fleshtones and organic textures. In my opinion Jennifer's art has captured this perfectly.

Brian Jerome Murphy has been so welcoming during this year's Artomatic. His sculptures look like something either out of a horror movie or a well cared for farm. I haven't decided which just yet but I like them either way!

Evan Goldman's work is lovely as is his personality. I had the pleasure of meeting Evan at Artomatic@Frederick in 2011. I'm in awe at the large scale of his detailed paintings. Not only the nudes displayed at this year's Artomatic but Evan's portraits should be seen in person!

Gloria Chapa's installation piece titled ?Imprinting? is interesting. The room smells pleasantly of baby powder which is used in her piece. I suggest seeing it in person and making your own interpretation of her work.

Emily Piccirillo's paintings are not only lovely and etherial but the way they're presented adds to the dreamlike nature, barely attached to reality. The room where they're hanging is soothing to be in.

As someone with synesthesia I find Barbara Januszkiewicz's work extremely interesting! She can describe it better than I can so I have included her artist bio as well as her description of her work.

Making Art:

I've been working on some new artwork for Artomatic. I thought about working in a series but it hasn't been very cohesive. I keep coming back to the circus tent.

Encaustic:

I've been playing around with encaustic techniques where the medium is more encaustic than anything else. I enjoy graphite transfers. I've been oil rubbing them.

 

Fabriano, Italy

Chiaroscuro, The Circus:

I've been thinking about working in a series lately. I've never really done that with my art other than in my photography while in class. It was an idea suggested by Jan Faul, and as much as a series sounds uncomfortable to me I think he has a good point about my trying it out. He has a lot of good points generally.

I've also been thinking about drawing again. Just me, some paper and a pencil. I haven't sat down and drawn anything in a while which is kind of a shame. I really love how my chiaroscuro came out, but it was so time consuming I haven't tried to do another. Maybe drawing more will help.

The only thing I seem to be thinking about art-wise lately is the circus so I'm starting there!

Chiaroscuro:

This took forever. I'm not going to lie, I almost didn't have the willpower to do it. But I'm so glad I did!

Conte on a white sheet of paper.

Drawing:

I've Never Carved A Pumpkin:

Well of course I've carved a pumpkin, you know, the kind with the triangle eyes and the toothy grin. But I had never actually carved a pumpkin as an adult, so I broke out the fine point x-acto knives and went to town! The bat and tree designs are taken from a scarification pieces I found on Google Image Search and the other pumpkin is a Big Daddy from BioShock.

Prints:

I got these two beautiful prints from Calyn Williams of Vignettenoir at the horror convention. I have some big, ornate gold frames they're going to look awesome in!