Reflections

I found this really neat photography show of reflections by an artist named Tom Hussey. It is a really neat way of studying reflections by using older people and they are reflecting on their lives and what they had done earlier. It is kind of sad the more I look at it. 😦 This is the … Continue reading

Michael Page Paintings

These are really cool.. you can look at more here : http://www.michaelpageart.com/

Jason Lee Creatively Captures His Daughters

Jason Lee, who on an everyday basis, spends his time as a wedding photographer, picked up an interesting hobby on the side. The proud father too two beautiful girls creatively captures his girls doing hilarious things. He first started advertising his work on the popular Flickr photo site, but his work has started spreading all … Continue reading

Amy Bennett

Amy Bennett was born in 1977 in Portland, Maine.  Her work is of painting and her medium is oil painting. She has attended college at St. Edmunds Hall, Oxford University, University of Georgia Art School, and obtained a BFA from University of Hartford in 1999 and received a MFA from New York Academy of Ar. … Continue reading

Sally Mankus, Mixed Media Artist

Sally  Mankus is an artist that I have come to  know and admire in the last year.  She has the ability to combine many extremes in her use of media such as metal and cloth. She especially likes lifting  rust, carbon and markings from charred surfaces  by  her own special and unique process.  She uses … Continue reading

Hi Fructose magazine

I subscribe to this magazine called Hi Fructose. It’s full of really interesting, new contemporary art. In this most recent issue there was an article about Wayne White, who was just at Herron doing an artist lecture. I thought it was really cool because it talks about the same work that he displayed here. Anyway, … Continue reading

Artist of the week

Be Indypendent, we have all seen that bumper sticker. Well this week the artist featured is a former Herron student. Bobby Gilbreath who is now at the Art Institute of Chicago, has some mixed media/painting artworks featured on  indyarts.org. A bit from his description of his work: “My paintings capture time. They’re never really finished, … Continue reading

Tara Donovan- Untitled(mylar)

After seeing this piece at the IMA last week, I really wanted to blog about it. I was completely taken away by it. Tara Donovan, who uses mostly everyday objects to create beautiful sculptures, created a piece out of mylar by rolling numerous amounts of sheets into cones that create organic towering structures. The structures … Continue reading

Broad Ripple Art Fair

Hey just to let everyone know the Broad Ripple Art Fair is coming up in May on the 21 and 22. They will have a whole lot of art, food entertainment and some great activities for children to participate in. If you ant more information on it go to http://www.indplsartcenter.org/braf/art_fair.shtml

Mr. Brainwash: artist?!?

Since we have been just discussing and working on image appropriation, I thought that I’d bring up the subject of Mr. Brainwash, a.k.a. Thierry Guetta, the central figure of the critically acclaimed and Oscar nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop. The movie is directed by Banksy (which is interesting in itself) but the movie … Continue reading