Daniel Dust

Of Majesty and Malice by Daniel Dust

Flower and Flame by Daniel Dust

(Currently featured at the Sparks Gallery in San Diego, CA.)

Dust's works are mind-blowing when seen in person. His "hyper-real" paintings are strikingly honest and accessible in what they are trying to say to the public. 

http://danieldust.com/

Seher Shah

The Complete Oracles by Seher Shah



Jihad Pop Progression 4 by Seher Shah

http://www.sehershah.net/

tchmo (a little collage inspiration)

tchmo, Untitled (Landscape) 20100401

Outside Lies Adventures

(my journal entry)

Outside Lies Magic photos

A simple and rarely used cement staircase leading up a residential hill.

Getting to the top of the stairs was a tiresome adventure but the lovely views of downtown Portland was well worth the trek.

Miss Van

Artwork by international street artist Miss Van. I love seeing how her work evolves as it develops from street art to oil on canvas. I've never seen her work in person but I've seen tattoos of her work once or twice that are simply lovely, her work translates well into body art. Miss Van started doing street art over twenty years ago and her work has really evolved over the years.

www.missvan.com

Miss Tic

French street artist, Miss Tic, most famous for her work in the 80s that still remains throughout Paris, is fantastic. A tour-guide in Paris told us a story of how she was brutally dumped by some boyfriend who told her he never wanted to see her face again, so in revenge she painted a stencil of her face all throughout Paris, near his favorite bars, his house etc. This spurred an art career leading to gallery shows and broader recognition. 

Cezanne

Young Italian Woman at a Table by Paul Cezanne, oil on canvas

LA Getty Museum

I love this painting. I've seen this in person twice now at the LA Getty. My dad lives in San Diego, CA, so when I visit we often drive to LA together just to go to the Getty and go straight to the Impressionism gallery room. There is something about how organic yet also geometric his shapes feel that amazes me. I am also often lured into thinking since his shapes are so simplified that his methods are effortless in converting reality into these simple brushstrokes... but it is super difficult to recreate in studies. 

Pony Reinhardt

 

Images are property of the (amazing) tattoo artist Pony Reinhardt. She was a student of Forbidden Body Art in Portland, OR. Her work employs such beautiful use of line. I've never seen tattoos like hers before, they remind me of old-fashioned ink pen illustrations in old books.

http://ponyreinhardt.tumblr.com/

Ten Hundred

Motivation by Seattle artist Ten Hundred

I often like to draw upon art that I've had the pleasure of seeing in person for inspiration. I saw this at Cupcake Royale in West Seattle sometime during the winter before I moved to Portland, OR. I remember trying to figure out if I could fit purchasing some of Ten Hundred's work into my budget but unfortunately moving can be expensive. I love the background's simple structure of lines and how one would expect pure white to be negative space but instead it creates positive space. I highly recommend seeing his work in person! It's extremely lively in person and I think intense color-harmonies like his can be compromised on computer screens.

Check out NW Artist Ten Hundred: http://tenhundredart.com/

Senju Horimatsu

Irezumi (tattoo) by Swedish artist Senju Horimatsu

See more of his work here: http://www.horimatsu.com/

I am entranced by the lovely use of value and line in this remarkable work of art.

Hush

Twin Light & Special Paster by Japanese artist Hush

2011, screen print on silk, 54x74cm

Concealing/Revealing process

This is an image I took for my content-driven 2D design line drawing. My idea is about living in downtown Portland being a stark contrast from my previous experiences. I used to live in Seattle but rent was so expensive that I ended up living technically in city limits but far from the beating pulse of the city. This view of Portland is from the vantage point of my boyfriend's office in the U.S. Bancorp Tower, from only the 9th floor! Portland might be a big city but the buildings are relatively old and short compared to other major cities. 

Images of the Floating World

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150409-the-wave-that-swept-the-world

This is a fascinating art article about how the influences of Japanese ukiyo-e (images of the floating world) heavily influenced European impressionism when Japan dropped its isolationist policies in 1850s. 

Divan Japonais, 1892–93
Henri de Toulouse–Lautrec

Concealing and Revealing

As I erase more lines, the process of becomes more difficult and meditative. When I was creating the 8.5"x10" box, I made the mistake of doing 8"x10" but I chose not to fully erase the line in top part of the box hoping that it will somehow play into my composition.

Zack Johnsen

"Secretary of the Interior" 24"x30" smokebomb, spray paint, watercolor and acrylic on canvas, 2013

by Zack Johnsen, a Portland, OR based painter

I had the privilege of seeing this painting in person, displayed at a bar in Central Eastside Portland called Rontoms. It's difficult to not stare and become entranced by Johnsen's work. I love seeing Eastern folklore influences in painting, so his work is certainly an inspiration. He also utilizes very expressive lines which is worth noting as it relates to the 2D design class.

http://www.zachjohnsen.com/

Stencil Layering

This was my process of choosing how to layer my image-stencils. I enjoyed having the lines created by the bookcase stencil contrast with the more organic lines of my furry cat stencils. I played around with having the cat stencils of various size layered over each other in the hopes that it would imply motion.

Stencil Images cont.

Here are a few more images I plan to use for my photo stencils in my 2D-Design project. For some reason I like to keep dried roses around. For design purposes, I like the crinkly edges at the top of each rose that will make them interesting shapes to draw for my project. The green parts at the base of reach rose also present unique shapes for art-making.

Taking Photos for Stencils

I'm working on my photo-stencil project for 2D-Design this weekend. My intent was to only take one photo of my cat, Lyudmila, but she moves around a lot when I take pictures of her, so I realized I could take many of her and still have a variety of shapes. I am still going to take photos of other subjects to have variety. But, I thought it was interesting that you probably won't be able to see a myriad of cat shapes when I am done with this project since it will likely be pretty abstract.

Audrey Kawasaki

Ponderer by Audrey Kawasaki

I think this piece by Japanese-American artist Aubrey Kawasaki is particularly beautiful because of the creative use of negative space

Le Japon

A title page of Paris Illustre Le Japon featuring Keisai Eisen

vol 4 May 1886, no 45-46

Vincent van Gogh's process of tracing of Keisai Eisen's print

Standing Courtesan, a woodblock print by Keisai Eisen, features intricate patterns, a composition that implies graceful movement, and a bold use of negative space. 

Van Gogh

The Courtesan (after Eisen)

by Vincent van Gogh

Oil on canvas, 1887

Some say that Japanese woodblock prints majorly influenced European Impressionism and Art Nouveau. I find this fusion of art cultures to be very inspiring. Some of the best aspects of Japanese woodblock prints,  such as the use of negative space, compositions, and a decorative quality, meet with some great aspects of European art, like emotive loose brush strokes and strong color palettes. I hope to create some designs that inspired by this collaboration.