The Pulse Charity Auction for Hurricane Sandy Relief

 

Long Walk Home

Hurricane Sandy has created havoc and devastation in the lives of many people in the Northeastern portion of the U.S..  New York City mixed media artist, and blogger (thealteredpage.blogspot.com), Seth Apter, feeling powerless in the face of a tragedy of this magnitude, has decided to do something to help out.  He is running auctions of several "bundles" (as of 11/7/12 there are 8, with MORE to come!) of new art books, and original artwork, by himself, and others.  I have chosen to create a piece called Long Walk Home to donate to the cause.  100% of the monies he collects from these auctions will be donated to The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, and, in turn, 100% of this fund id used to directly benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy.  (To date-11/7/12- he has collected more than $1000.00 from these auctions!)  You can view the auction items in the bundles, and get further information on his blog, The Altered Page.  You may place a bid on an auction bundle by emailing him at shap97@gmail.com.

The Perks of Creating an ATC

This is an ATC that I recently created, called "Off the Radar."  Much of my work is fairly small in size (9" x 12" or smaller), but I find it challenging, and fun, to work in the even smaller ATC 2.5" x 3.5" size, and still attempt to incorporate all of the materials and kinds of imagery I use in the larger pieces. Because of the small size, the process is frequently spontaneous, and intuitive enough that it has the ability to ameliorate some of the pressure and angst that can arise when working on a larger piece, and trying to get everything "just right."  When I have the time, I try to complete work of this smaller size, from start to finish, at one sitting.

Featuring Magazine: Theme Gallery

Preparation for travel

The Road Home

Two of my shadow box pieces (which I refer to as "scrapboxes"), are being included in the Theme Gallery section of the new quarterly mixed media arts magazine, Featuring, published in The Netherlands.  This 2nd issue's theme for the Theme Gallery was "The Road Ahead."  The pieces are Preparation for Travel, and The Road Home, seen above.

International Artwork Exchange Part 2

Lunas Negras I

Lunas Negras II

Lunas Negras III

Lunas Negras IV

 Lunas Negras V

So. . .there have been a number of things that have conspired to keep me away from posting on my blog for the past several days.  My apologies!  Here are the five pieces that Jorge Restrepo sent to me, in exchange for the five pieces in the previous post that I sent to him.  These are from a series that he calls "Lunas Negras," or "Black Moons."  Enjoy!

International Artwork Exchange

Blue Harvest

 Amber Lesson

 Grey Archive

Red Cathedral

 White Obstacle

Awhile back I participated in an artwork exchange with Jorge Restrepo, a Latin American artist with homes/studios in Tegucigalupa, Honduras, and Cali, Colombia.  We each created five pieces to exchange.  The five pieces I created are shown here.  I'll show Jorge's work in  my next post.

"North Coast Hazards"

In some ways, this recent piece represents a somewhat new direction for me.  I'm using the same materials that I generally use: found and vintage papers, gesso, acrylic paint, matte medium, and matte varnish, but have built up considerably more layers than usual.  Some of the visual elements that were quite prominent at certain points during the creative process, have become hidden, or have disappeared altogether, in the final piece.  North Coast Hazards does, however, explore a theme I have investigated before: a fascination with geography and maps. 

Three Questions Answered With Art

I've submitted pieces for all three of the questions for Seth Apter's call for 5" x 5" artwork that answers three of the questions from his book, "The Pulse of Mixed Media," using words (and images, if desired).  The pieces I created are shown, below, in the following three posts, with their corresponding questions as the title of each post.