Artist Hideout

Over the last 13 years of my life, hand percussion has been a large part of my life. Drumming is more than just making music. There are many elements of art in drumming such as rhythm, symmetry, energy and movement. All have their place in drumming as well as with art. So how can one nurture the creative process of a child effectively? I think drumming is a great way to do this.
I was recently given the opportunity to review Yamaha’s new line of Real Rhythm line of hand drums. Only after I accepted …read more

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One media and form of art that continually amazes me, particularly because of it’s constant and enduring state is glass.
Glass is one of those medias that I’ve never been able to try myself, but I believe is one of the most subtle and enchanting forms of art. It can take the form of a spoon rest in your kitchen or a fine goblet. Completely art, completely unique and practical in its use and application.
Christine Masters knows this. From the above mentioned spoon rest to the glass earrings, there is a grace to the craftsmanship in …read more

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I think it was last week sometime when I got my new template for Artist Hideout. Unfortunately, they pulled the same background and gray look that I started with for the new template.
Not really what I wanted.
So, this is what it will eventually look like based on a mock-up that I did using the new template. I was eager to see what it would look like so I pulled an existing screencap and had some graphics fun.

Now, if only we can get it to be a reality soon…

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One of my favorite things is opening up my email first thing in the morning and seeing the submissions that readers send my way. Today, I found this beautiful work by artist Ralph Jones

Ralph even told me a little bit more about himself which I found interesting:

Ralph Jones, b.1954, BFA University of Wisconsin, Painting and Drawing Major, grad. 1981, history, archaeology, and museum interests and work experience.
Original multimedia drawing and painting elements combined with various materials arranged in temporary fluorescent assemblages photographed under black light by the artist and converted to digital format for further art software manipulation.

Wow, that’s …read more

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I think I constantly find myself falling into this trap. It’s a subtle trap that robs me of any creativity, ambushes my work and causes me to avoid my art desk for days at a time.
Some trap.
I get caught up in whether I should create because I enjoy the creative process or because I desire to sell my work. I think from now on, I am not going to pursue selling any work at all. This will give me room to continue to play with the creative elements and not worry about if it will sell or not.
In fact, I …read more

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Exploratory Incognitions

Originally uploaded by wesleylocust.

Sometimes in order to get things moving again you just have to get it all out. I call this painting “Exploratory Incognitions”.
Yes I know Incognition is not really a word. but it fit the mood of this piece because it’s not really something you can think about with a cognitive understanding, and it’s like exploratory surgery into that process of trying to bridge that gap into something recognizable.
I did explore some new techniques here.
Pen came first then watercolors, then acrylic, and finally pastel. …read more

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Originally uploaded by wesleylocust.

I’ve not felt the motivation to finish this drawing of the bear for the last two weeks or so. It’s been sitting open on my desk mocking me. It’s time to turn the page and come back to it later.
So what should I do now? Now here I am staring at a blank page full of possibility yet again. It’s a wonderful, terrifying feeling.

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Window kittys.

Originally uploaded by wesleylocust.

I wish life was this simple.

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Between the special effects, the colorful cast of characters and Johnny Depp’s nose taking up half of the screen in one section of the movie, there’s some lessons to be learned from the art of the latest installment of Pirates of the Caribbean, At World’s End.
This evening my wife and I caught the first showing at our local movie theater.
The beginning of the movie begins with a mass hanging where after the many charges and proclamations are read out, a lone boy facing the hangman’s noose begins to sing a pirate song. All the prisoners begin to chime in.
The symbolic …read more

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Lately, I’ve been waiting on new templates to arrive. You can see them on most of the other b5media blogs, but they have yet to arrive over here on Arts and Design.
It should happen sometime here in the next week or two.

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