Maine Man’s Neighborhood

The title of this blog entry is also the title of a print portfolio in which I am participating.  The prints for the portfolio are 4"x6" and an edition of 15 (though I made 20).  I did a two-color silkscreen print in sparkly purple and glow-in-the-dark inks, and added an all-over turquoise ink wash afterward.  The effect is subtle, but I'm quite pleased:

I'm finally done with my photo project, which means I can show you all... here is the link to the album on Facebook.

Here's an example of one of the spreads:

Yesterday was my last day at home for Thanksgiving break, and also my brother's nineteenth birthday.  Before the celebration, my family went out to Harpswell to take in some scenery.  And boy, was it windy.  First we went to Stover's Point:

Then we drove over to Mitchell Field, which is a lovely coastal place with a very weird bunch of abandoned industrial buildings.  Here are a couple:
(I've been working with square crops for my photo project, which is nearing completion, so I thought I'd continue the theme with these.)

I've been doing a lot of picture-taking and editing for my final photo project, but I don't particularly want to show any of it until the whole thing is done.  So here's a random shot of some of my shoes:

A friend recently let me know about Skreened, a website that allows users to upload and print their own designs to tee shirts.  I've opened up shop there, mostly for my own fun but also to allow other people to purchase my creations.  My storefront can be found here.

Here is a photo of the print that I bought while I was in New York (it's about 8 inches square and is a two-color woodblock print):

Here are a couple of photos from my New York trip.  Fist, a random street scape, and then a shot of the Armory (where the Print Fair was held):

Last weekend I went to New York City as part of a printmaking field trip.  I went to the EAB Fair on Friday and the IFPDA Print Fair on Saturday, as well as a bunch of smaller galleries and openings.  The Print Fair was amazing!  THere were prints there by all sorts of printmakers, both extremely well-known (everyone from Andy Warhol and Sol Lewitt to Childe Hassam and Giovanni Piranesi) and up-and-coming. 

My favorite exhibitor was probably the Verne Collection, which specializes in Japanese artists and artists of other nationalities living in Japan.  Here are some of my favorite works I saw there (note that they are MUCH better in person):

I've been busy lately (and not taking many pictures), thus I've neglected this blog.  A few things have happened; among them, Halloween was most awesome.  I dyed my hair purple:

I've also been working a lot with color in my art.  For my midterm critique in printmaking, I took ten of the palettes I've been making through COLOURlovers and paired them up.  I then printed them at about 10" by 18" on fine art paper using the inkjet printer.  Here are the pairs I came up with (click to see them bigger):

...I just like taking pictures.  I recently had a critique in my photography class that really emphasized that I think more like a designer than like a photographer, whatever that means.  Here's the picture that people DID like (though apparently I misinterpreted the assignment somewhat, because the color wasn't vital to the photo):

Here are the images that were not as well-received: