NCMA Art of the Auction 2011



So I got an email that went something pretty much like this...

"It is my pleasure to inform you that the jury for the Art of the Auction at the North Carolina Museum of Art has selected your work, “Bookshelf” to be included."

The works of art selected for Art of the Auction will be displayed in East Building for public viewing beginning the evening of Friday, May 6, 2011, at a celebratory public kickoff event and will remain on view through Art of the Auction on May 21.

So...

YAY!!

.

Bookshelf #2



This is one of three pieces I'm getting ready for the Betty Ray McCain Gallery in Raleigh’s Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

I Don't Like To Fly!



So as soon as the captain said,"you can now turn on approved electronic devices." I fired up my iPod, cranked the tunes and started painting using Layers...



It really helped. i was very focused on these drawings, experimenting with Layers and not really thinking about falling 30,000 feet out of the air.

Seattle: A bMouse Point of View



bMouse went with me to Seattle this weekend for the NAEA 2011 conference. His name is Glued Shut because the book he is made from is so bad that I did you a favor by glueing it shut...



Here is the main entrance to Seattle. At least it was for me. I crawled up out of a hole in the ground somewhere right around here



There are a lot of people on the streets of Seattle doing stuff. Most of them are street musicians.. I saw people playing drums and guitars and saxophones and people raising money for Japan and people raising money for themselves and these guys who were very interested in making sure I go to Heaven. They were very polite and posed with bMouse.



bMouse strolled down to the Market.



and saw the original Starbucks... and saw the line and decided he could get coffee at any number of Starbucks in Seattle... which are like grains of sand at the beach. Notice: more street musicians.



They sell lots of fish at the market. Every time they sell a fish, they throw a fish. It is very entertaining. Plus the fish are all jumbo sized. This fish guy let bMouse pose with his super jumbo shrimp.. not sure how you have a jumbo shrimp but...



Now bMouse smells.



The End

More bMouses....



Been creating a few new bMouse every weekend. These will all be for the Block Gallery show.





Zonkey Stop Signs


Also been creating some Zonkey Stop signs for the unveiling of the 2011 Art-On-The-Move... as part of the celebration for the opening of the City's Transit Operations Center on May 12.

NCMA Art of the Auction 2011



I just submitted my piece for the NCMA Art of the Auction 2011. The North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc., requested original works of art to be considered for inclusion in the inaugural Art of the Auction silent and live auction event.

The works of art selected for Art of the Auction will be displayed in East Building for public viewing beginning the evening of Friday, May 6, 2011, at a celebratory public kickoff event and will remain on view through Art of the Auction on May 21.

Because of limited space, only a select number of works will be chosen for inclusion in Art of the Auction. I hope mine makes the cut!

NCMA Art of the Auction



This is a piece I'm working on for the North Carolina Museum of Art's "Art of the Auction" event.

The thrill of the auction comes to the NCMA on May 21, 2011! Say Yes! to an exciting evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, silent and live auctions, and a high-energy afterparty—with all proceeds benefiting Museum exhibitions and education programs. On the auction block are exceptional works by artists from North Carolina and across the country.



This piece is titled "Am I Art?".



Along with the book mouse, the piece also contains several other ianwrittenoverbooks including "I Like Turtles" and "Another Crappy Art Book".



bMouse of IAm Art was selected from the many bCritters available

iPad - ProKeys - Street Art

Zonkey Street Art from iansands on Vimeo.

This video is really about me learning and testing out ProKeys on the ipad. So the pics are just something to wrap around the ditty I recorded using Prokeys on my ipad.

Prokeys is pretty sweet!

Bruce Springsteen

"No retreat baby no surrender" ~Bruce



Some of the Apex HS Art students wanted to make stencil art.. at the same time, the guy who teaches my son how to play guitar asked for some art for his studio.. I thought the two would go nicely together.



Stencils really aren't my thing. They are time consuming to make and all the cutting is sort of tedious and boring. Still I thought I would try it out, at least use it as the background image.

So here is my Springsteen painting..