Eric tells us a bit more about making his first film, “Visual Acoustics”.  If you haven’t seen it, hit Netflix now and snag it!

It was in 1999 when in need of vintage photos of San Francisco that Eric was led to Julius Shulman. At the outset, an enduring friendship between the two began. Recognizing the extraordinary amount of humanity and profundity Shulman and his work possessed, Eric put into motion his inspiration for Visual Acoustics.

Eric is currently at work on a narrative feature film exploring the contemporary art world while running Kaleidoscope Mediaworks.

LeAna Clifton is an artist and photographer originally from South Africa that was captivated by Marfa on a trip to the area in 1996 visiting the Chinati/ Judd installations. She has been in love ever since.  LeAna makes Austin her home now, but her heart may belong to Marfa.  Take a few minutes to watch and find out more.

Daniel Brents is an emerging artist who, following a career as an architect and urban planner, returned to painting. In 2005, he began studies at the Glassell School of Art in Houston. During each year of his enrollment, his paintings were chosen to be included in the annual exhibitions of student art, as well as other juried group exhibitions.

In 2008, Chevron purchased three of his paintings and commissioned a fourth for their permanent collection. In the first quarter of 2009, collectors purchased three additional works by the artist.  Take a few minutes to learn more about Daniel and his art.

Carol Lyon has a love of animals and photography, and when she put the two together, beautiful abstract art was one of the outcomes.  Watch and learn how she started and the path she took to her abstract photos from bird feathers.

Austin-Artists.com offers artists the opportunity to promote themselves and share their work via guest blog post. We have another wonderful guest this week, Barbara Lugge, describing how she created “Faces of David”.  Barbara is a fiber and paper artist, and as you’ll see, creates incredible art with these materials.  Barbara will be exhibiting this and other artwork at Austin ArtSpace from September 27 to October 10.  Be sure to visit Barbara’s website at www.barbaralugge.com.

TIP–>click on the photos for a larger version.

I spent the summer of 2010 on scaffolding built around and above Michelangelo’s 23-foot statue of David in the Galleria dell’ Accademia in Florence, Italy. I set up lights and took photographs for my Faces of David portrait series (pictured below). I did all of this from my home in Austin, Texas with the help of Stanford University’s Digital Michelangelo Project.

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