Art Studio Photo Essay #2
by Kristine Schomaker
(Scroll down for more information on how to be included)
santa monica CA
http://www.susancprice.com
Los Angeles CA
http://www.kaylalcloonan.com
Arroyo Grande, CA
http://www.laurelsherrie.com
I’m working on a series of small palette knife paintings in oil of the Spring blooms in Carrizo Plain National Monument, which is a couple of hours away from me. I’ve been unable to get out on location due to recovering from a fractured hip (almost there) and cataract surgery. Despite these and now the pandemic scares, I am painting every day in my studio.
MERCY
by Kevin Patrick Sullivan
This time we are living in
Corvid 19 consuming the world news
The day to day actions of our loved ones
My own battle wagged with melanoma
These past nine months
Halfway through the campaign
I have to slow down
Take in the light
The beauty offered
This March miracle
Abstractions falling
Away
My breath filling with
Gratitude and Praise
THE ALTER
For Patti
by Kevin Patrick Sullivan
The days are all over the map
The depression of living with cancer
Is knocking me down
Sleepless night after restless dawn
Still I want to sing your beauty
Splash with joy breath by breath
Grab my life
Hold onto my beauty softly snoring
In the bedroom
Beat this drum – this song – this poem
Sleep with you through the night
Continue to build this temple
This ArtLife
With you
Charleston, SC
www.katehoorayosmond.com
Los Angeles CA
https://www.kristineschomaker.net/
Redondo Beach, CA
http://www.johndinglerart.com/
Art I am working on is in the back; refurbishing a badly-constructed work table I inherited dominates the foreground. The work reminded me once again that redoing an old object often takes more effort than making it from scratch. It is why contractors may charge so much for repairs.
Santa Monica, CA, USA
http://www.jodyzellen.com
It feels like a ghost town everywhere these days: the streets are empty; the beaches and parks are closed. As we stay at home or walk in isolation, I wanted to provide an alternative experience and am enjoying a return to the “fun” of net art: exploring image text relationships, unstructured narratives, rollovers, gifs and pop up windows. “Avenue S,” (2020) and “Ghost City” (1998-2020), are works of art, not documentation or random jpgs, but an interactive experience that is engaging and interesting in these unprecedented and disconcerting times.
Links: http://www.ghostcity.com – If you click on the “S” in the homepage grid you will be able to view this new path through my virtual city. or follow this direct link to Avenue S http://www.ghostcity.com/visualchaos2020/
Everson, WA USA
https://odd-duck-press.com/
https://www.molnarcraft.com/
Brooklyn, NY
https://www.jennybelin.com
Burbank, CA
http://www.jensnoeyink.com
Bakersfield, CA
https://www.jenraven.com
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.glennwaggnerartist.com
San Francisco CA
http://www.elainetnguyen.com
Los Angeles CA
http://www.dworafried.com
Dakar, Senegal
http://www.djibrildrame.com
Los Angeles, CA
facebook.com/dianecockerill
This camera-addicted photographer picked up a paint brush and started painting. It’s a work in progress and dedicated to one artist’s life during this pandemic.
Los Angeles CA
http://www.dena-robertson.com
Santa Monica CA
http://debradisman.com/
From Los Angeles, CA but stranded in the Philippines
https://twiichii.wordpress.com/
I am an American citizen from Los Angeles, California who has been stranded in Metro Manila, Philippines since March 16, 2020. The president has ordered a country-wide lockdown, martial law (“to shoot us dead”), and other laws that make it difficult for me to survive — let alone be able to go home. In spite of pandemic-related issues, I am drawing.
San Diego CA
https://www.ashleylgnar.com/
This pandemic has been weird to say the least. I moved into my own place (as in no roommates or live-in partner) for the first time in my life last week and have made my little house into something of a live-work studio. My coffee table has turned into a war zone of my various projects and my kitten is confused as to why I am home all the time, but the high levels of anxiety I was facing at the beginning of the lockdown are finally starting to subside. Having grown up in a state of chaos, I feel oddly at home in this state of perpetual uncertainty. That’s not to say that I’m not concerned for the future or upset by the way the pandemic has been handled, or the lives that are being destroyed by it. Just accepting that I can’t do more than try to help my neighbors when I can and stay inside to fight the spread.
Burbank CA
http://www.ann-mitchell.com
Finally finished prepping my classes for the first week of “remote” teaching and have returned to the studio. It’s an escape from the jitters – and starting to think that this may become a rather long time to work steadily. One of the areas I’ll explore is working with encaustics – I’ve been pulled towards the circle shape as a starting point and am putting bases on the wood flats. Not sure what I’ll be making in terms of imagery – to address the current situation directly – or to create a space above/beyond it?
Los Angeles CA
http://www.amabelleaguiluz.com
all the days
hours
seconds
of time
I am given to create
each day
is a gift I never take for granted.
Altadena CA
http://www.dreamsbymachine.com/
Los Angeles CA
vicky@vickyhoffman.com
Los Angeles CA
http://www.suzannebudd.com
Redondo Beach CA
http://www.greeniearts.com
Los Angeles CA
www.sophiaallison.com
Los Angeles CA
http://www.sherrimadison.com
Growing up in the Army I moved every few years. We ALWAYS had boxes around. My brother and I would make everything out of them – forts, furniture, costumes, games… It literally kills me to see someone throw away a box. Now with the “amazon effect” of so much box waste piling up, especially amid the pandemic, I was inspired to use my cardboard cutting military brat skills to try to bring some awareness to the issue of recycling.
My new work is made from 100% recycled cardboard (mostly Amazon boxes). I’m also working with gouache paint which makes these pieces eco friendly and sustainable. My goal is to provide quality fine art while inspiring people to recycle, reuse and to get creative. I’ve added a lot more DIY in to my feed now too. Hoping to help people out at home a little with the “get creative” part.
Los Angeles CA
http://www.scottyeskel.com
Pacific Palisades CA
www.patricedworkin.com
The rain and social distancing have turned the studio into a moody cocoon. I’m grateful for the peace and solitude, moving between these pieces, waiting for them to tell me what they need.
Pasadena CA
http://www.marilynpaints.com
I’m working in my little studio at my home-away-from-home in Pasadena.
My full studio is in NYC. I set up this mini work space when I came to
the Pasadena area four years ago to help my ailing father. He passed
away last year and I’m still dealing with his house and estate. I
thought I would finally fly to NYC March 18, to begin to re-establish my
life there and get my studio up and running, but COVID 19 hit and I’m
back at this little table and easel.
Providence RI
http://www.marametcalf.com/
Palm Springs, CA
Lancaster CA
http://www.GeoffreyELevitt.net
Poughkeepsie, NY
http://www.patrou.com
Los Angeles, CA
https://andrewlawrence.pixels.com/
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This is an art studio photo essay.
What are you working on in your studios or homes as you are self distancing? The photo should be of your work within the studio. Not images of artwork. But work in process, on/with the easel, etc.
This also includes poets writers, songwriters. I would love to include your observations during our social distancing.
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