These are the elevation views of the mural. The detailed drawings will follow soon.
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Dundee Library Mural
This Autumn I will be executing four large murals in the cavernous library of Dundee Elementary. I just got the final go-ahead today and I'm very excited about it all. There will be plenty of work (I'm anticipating to be in the library every day for the next three months), but it will be fun and should look good when I leave. It will also be seen by hundreds of kids every day for a long long time.
These are the elevation views of the mural. The detailed drawings will follow soon.
These are the elevation views of the mural. The detailed drawings will follow soon.
Oratorio in Retrospect
This past weekend "The Blizzard Voices" oratorio was performed twice. For me, it marked a number of firsts, which was pretty exciting. I'd never been involved with a theatrical production like that, never gotten to take a bow on stage (even though I felt a little out of place, but honored), never collaborated with people I knew (and thought famous) that went well.
I think it went well. The Holland center was full. I liked it...although in no small part because I was so familiar with it and the parts that were totally out of my control (music, singers, etc) sounded much better than I had been thinking they would.
I got a lot of press out of the deal, a nice mention in all the articles about the production. My picture with Ted Kooser in a couple of papers. Lots of reproductions of the drawings. nice nice nice.
I'm sometimes worried about praise, tho, because I don't think people would actually tell me if they hated it or thought my part of it sucked.
But even with that grain of doubt, I had a great time. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. The opera folks were a pleasure to deal with and often had very good input on what I was coming up with.
I think it went well. The Holland center was full. I liked it...although in no small part because I was so familiar with it and the parts that were totally out of my control (music, singers, etc) sounded much better than I had been thinking they would.
I got a lot of press out of the deal, a nice mention in all the articles about the production. My picture with Ted Kooser in a couple of papers. Lots of reproductions of the drawings. nice nice nice.
I'm sometimes worried about praise, tho, because I don't think people would actually tell me if they hated it or thought my part of it sucked.
But even with that grain of doubt, I had a great time. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. The opera folks were a pleasure to deal with and often had very good input on what I was coming up with.
Friday, 5 September 2008
Dewey Park mural proposal
This is a proposal for a mural on the side of a handball court in Dewey Park. If executed, it would be 20'x40'.
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Blizzard Voices
So I am currently doing a project which is very exciting for me. I'm designing the visual component for a new Operetta to be produced by Opera Omaha. Its based on a book of poems by Ted Kooser about the Blizzard of 1888 (lots of kids die). For The Blizzard Voices, I am producing 50 or so drawings which illustrate (in some cases) or make counter-points to the action in the libretto.
Down sides to the project?
1. I've only heard the music once, because the music director played it for me on the piano in his office.
2. I will have less than a month to be introduced to the project, plan it and execute it. It premiers on Sept 12.
3. doesn't hardly pay anything.
Still, it is a very fun job and hopefully I'll get some good publicity.
Down sides to the project?
1. I've only heard the music once, because the music director played it for me on the piano in his office.
2. I will have less than a month to be introduced to the project, plan it and execute it. It premiers on Sept 12.
3. doesn't hardly pay anything.
Still, it is a very fun job and hopefully I'll get some good publicity.
Friday, 11 July 2008
Call for artists
“Adornment”--Print Exhibit Prospectus
Dear Print Artists,
The Omaha Print Guild at Hot Shops Art Center has reserved January 10, to February 9, 2009 for a juried print exhibit at Creighton Lied Fine Arts Gallery. We anticipate a huge variety of print approaches, all on paper, including etching, wood block, linocut, monoprints, lithography, hand produced books, and digitally manipulated prints.
The “Adornment” theme suggests many possibilities: costume, rituals, uniforms, personal identity, social statement... The size maximum is 22”x30” paper, with no minimum. Artists may enter up to three print images for a jpeg judging, due by November 15, 2008. Artists will be notified of accepted artwork by November 22nd.. Accepted work must be framed and delivered to the Creighton Gallery by January 5th. All framed work must be under glass, with wire for hanging. Dimensional print objects will be presented on gallery bases.
Contacts: Watie White, watiew@yahoo.com
Amy Haney, amyelhaney@yahoo.com
Eddith Buis, ebuis@cox.net (930-0029)
Relevant thoughts: “Clothing may simply provide a symbolic shelter, but it may also draw the lines of social relationships. Through the coding operations that allow an individual to view another’s attire as a signifier of rank, clothing is a means of classifying other people, and therefore it qualifies as a ritual activity. Whereas clothing reflects a primarily social need, fashion expresses an individual need as well: psychic gratification through competitive display; however, by this sometimes aggressive and rebellious statement about the self, faxhion also provides similar marking services. Whereas garments themselves are neutral, their use, in this sense, is political. They can be used as fences or bridges, in strategies of intrusion (in imitating the next higher reference group), or exclusion (which includes upscale counter-consumption).”
From The Psychology of Fashion.
And: “ In China’s past, the woman’s desirability was in direct proportion to her inability to walk.” From: The Unfashionable Human Body.
Due by November 15, 2008:
Email up to three jpegs of actual printed work, with list of titles and sizes--vertical first, horizontal second-- clearly stated in body of email to Watie White, watiew@yahoo.com
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Due by November 17th by snail-mail:
Please send this part of form to: Eddith Buis, 1018 So. 36th Street, Omaha, 68105, along with the $15.00 entry fee,
(Made to The Omaha Print Guild), as well as the list of titles and their sizes, vertical first, horizontal second:
Name:__________________________email:_______________ phone:___________chosen technique:_________________
2-d? or 3-d?:
1) title: 1) vertical size: 1) horizontal size:
2) title: 2)vert. size: 2) horiz. size:
3) title: 3)vert. size: 3) horiz. size:
Dear Print Artists,
The Omaha Print Guild at Hot Shops Art Center has reserved January 10, to February 9, 2009 for a juried print exhibit at Creighton Lied Fine Arts Gallery. We anticipate a huge variety of print approaches, all on paper, including etching, wood block, linocut, monoprints, lithography, hand produced books, and digitally manipulated prints.
The “Adornment” theme suggests many possibilities: costume, rituals, uniforms, personal identity, social statement... The size maximum is 22”x30” paper, with no minimum. Artists may enter up to three print images for a jpeg judging, due by November 15, 2008. Artists will be notified of accepted artwork by November 22nd.. Accepted work must be framed and delivered to the Creighton Gallery by January 5th. All framed work must be under glass, with wire for hanging. Dimensional print objects will be presented on gallery bases.
Contacts: Watie White, watiew@yahoo.com
Amy Haney, amyelhaney@yahoo.com
Eddith Buis, ebuis@cox.net (930-0029)
Relevant thoughts: “Clothing may simply provide a symbolic shelter, but it may also draw the lines of social relationships. Through the coding operations that allow an individual to view another’s attire as a signifier of rank, clothing is a means of classifying other people, and therefore it qualifies as a ritual activity. Whereas clothing reflects a primarily social need, fashion expresses an individual need as well: psychic gratification through competitive display; however, by this sometimes aggressive and rebellious statement about the self, faxhion also provides similar marking services. Whereas garments themselves are neutral, their use, in this sense, is political. They can be used as fences or bridges, in strategies of intrusion (in imitating the next higher reference group), or exclusion (which includes upscale counter-consumption).”
From The Psychology of Fashion.
And: “ In China’s past, the woman’s desirability was in direct proportion to her inability to walk.” From: The Unfashionable Human Body.
Due by November 15, 2008:
Email up to three jpegs of actual printed work, with list of titles and sizes--vertical first, horizontal second-- clearly stated in body of email to Watie White, watiew@yahoo.com
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Due by November 17th by snail-mail:
Please send this part of form to: Eddith Buis, 1018 So. 36th Street, Omaha, 68105, along with the $15.00 entry fee,
(Made to The Omaha Print Guild), as well as the list of titles and their sizes, vertical first, horizontal second:
Name:__________________________email:_______________ phone:___________chosen technique:_________________
2-d? or 3-d?:
1) title: 1) vertical size: 1) horizontal size:
2) title: 2)vert. size: 2) horiz. size:
3) title: 3)vert. size: 3) horiz. size:
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Monday, 2 June 2008
Friday, 30 May 2008
Friday, 2 May 2008
open studio
My open studio officially started six minutes ago. I'm at the stage where I'm nervously straightening everything and pacing the floor. I'm happy when I find something that I absurdly left in the middle of the floor, but the returns on that are diminishing.
I'm probably about 15 minutes from the nervousness induced wine drinking on an empty stomach, which never is a bad idea.
I've no idea when anyone is going to show up at all. Right now I'm really hoping that the fine folks at La Buvette show up. They have supplied me with my favorite meal of the moment--as open studio food: trays heaping with fine cheese and cured meats, a big basket of fresh bread and a small tub of hot mustard. Couple that with the nervous wine I have in my near future, and I should be pretty good to go.
Somehow I have spent the past week straightening and cleaning my studio and it would appear to be much the same as it always does. Maybe when katie comes, she will be astounded and the remarkable makeover the studio has had. To me it is hard to tell what I have been doing for the past week except NOT making anything new.
My hope is that people lie the pulp series. They are incredibly indulgent and I'm always hoping that everyone will like the most indulgent things I do, so I will have no choice but to make more of them.
In part, I am having this opening now because it coincides with the berkshire Hathaway meeting, although I have a very hard time believing that out of town fat cats loaded down with art-buying ducats will make the trek all the way down the road to my studio.
OK, now I'm sounding silly
I'm probably about 15 minutes from the nervousness induced wine drinking on an empty stomach, which never is a bad idea.
I've no idea when anyone is going to show up at all. Right now I'm really hoping that the fine folks at La Buvette show up. They have supplied me with my favorite meal of the moment--as open studio food: trays heaping with fine cheese and cured meats, a big basket of fresh bread and a small tub of hot mustard. Couple that with the nervous wine I have in my near future, and I should be pretty good to go.
Somehow I have spent the past week straightening and cleaning my studio and it would appear to be much the same as it always does. Maybe when katie comes, she will be astounded and the remarkable makeover the studio has had. To me it is hard to tell what I have been doing for the past week except NOT making anything new.
My hope is that people lie the pulp series. They are incredibly indulgent and I'm always hoping that everyone will like the most indulgent things I do, so I will have no choice but to make more of them.
In part, I am having this opening now because it coincides with the berkshire Hathaway meeting, although I have a very hard time believing that out of town fat cats loaded down with art-buying ducats will make the trek all the way down the road to my studio.
OK, now I'm sounding silly
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Alligators, anyone?
OK, so this sunday is Simon's Sixth Birthday and I am duty bound to make a compilation CD for it. The Theme? Alligators.
Help.
OK, Crocodile Rock, check. Iguana Man from the Gear Daddies, check. See you later, Alligator, check.
Again, HELP!
Please bear in mind that I will have to listen to this cd hundreds of times in the car, driving to and fro. Please save my sanity.
Help.
OK, Crocodile Rock, check. Iguana Man from the Gear Daddies, check. See you later, Alligator, check.
Again, HELP!
Please bear in mind that I will have to listen to this cd hundreds of times in the car, driving to and fro. Please save my sanity.
Monday, 24 March 2008
Friday, 21 March 2008
Work in Progress
Its been too long since I posted, but that's in large part because I have many blocks which have been carved, but yet to be printed. I also have a project going which I haven't figured out the finishing part of.
It started like this: I have these postcards of politely smutty 50's pulp novels. They are a guilty pleasure, certainly. But seem ripe for something. I've always been nervous about using text in my work, its hard for me to use well. Recently I did a series of portrait prints and laid text from interviews with the subjects on top. This seemed to work well to allow a second point of view in the portrait. Anyway, it has emboldened me. So I've done watercolors of these pulpy novels (the cards and other novels) and plan on layering it with text.
The only issue is that I don't know what kind of text to be using yet. What to use? What should it do? I am thinking areas of uncomfortable harmony and pointed contrast. I'm looking at a Linda Lovelace autobiography, which is pretty depressing. Excerpts from smutty novels, but with Male rather than female sexy characters. Or high minded criticism drawing out the manipulative signs in these images from someone like Susan Sontag.
Anyone have suggestions?
It started like this: I have these postcards of politely smutty 50's pulp novels. They are a guilty pleasure, certainly. But seem ripe for something. I've always been nervous about using text in my work, its hard for me to use well. Recently I did a series of portrait prints and laid text from interviews with the subjects on top. This seemed to work well to allow a second point of view in the portrait. Anyway, it has emboldened me. So I've done watercolors of these pulpy novels (the cards and other novels) and plan on layering it with text.
The only issue is that I don't know what kind of text to be using yet. What to use? What should it do? I am thinking areas of uncomfortable harmony and pointed contrast. I'm looking at a Linda Lovelace autobiography, which is pretty depressing. Excerpts from smutty novels, but with Male rather than female sexy characters. Or high minded criticism drawing out the manipulative signs in these images from someone like Susan Sontag.
Anyone have suggestions?
Monday, 14 January 2008
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