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.
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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.
Austin-Artists.com offers artists the opportunity to promote themselves and share their work via guest blog post. We’re really pleased to have Paul Borelli as our guest this week, telling us how he created “Squaresville”. Paul will be exhibiting this and other artwork at Austin ArtSpace from September 27 to October 10. Be sure to visit Paul’s website www.borelliart.com. You can also hear Paul on his KOOP radio show, “The Swinger”, each Saturday afternoon.
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“Squaresville” is an installation of 16 portraits, each 12 x 12 x 1.5 inches, acrylic on canvas, depicting famous “squares” from the ’60′s.
From upper left, going across:
Row 1:
“Liberace Square,” “Godfrey Square,” “Campbell Square,” “Nabors Square”
Row 2:
“Faith Square,” “Welk Square,” “Miller Square,” “Como Square”
Row 3:
“Griffin Square,” “Boone Square,” “Humperdinck Square,” “Webb Square”
Row 4:
“Newton Square,” “Harris Square,” “Lombardo Square,” “Goulet Square”
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When we visited the UT Visual Arts Center recently, we had the opportunity to visit Ry Rocklen, a Los Angeles-based artist that is in residency at the VAC. Ry’s exhibit entitled “ZZZs” is based around the idea of sleep. He talks about it during the interview, so have a listen, and go out to the exhibit at the opening on September 24-26.
Austin is getting ready to welcome another great art facility, the UT Visual Arts Center. The VAC is part of the Art + Art History Department and is located on the UT-Austin campus. Gallery Director, Jade Walker, tells us about the VAC and their upcoming opening. Enjoy!
“That’s the power of the smile”. Kathleen speaks these words during this video, and she’s seen it firsthand. How a smile can turn a stranger into a friend. How a smile can warm a cold bus or train. She continues to forge links between people with her art and presence. Take a few minutes to get to know her.
