La Jolla on Prospect St. Black & White

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Medium: Digital Art.  Inkjet on Archival Paper
Size:  8" h x 10" w
Dated:  8/9/2010

This morning I received notice that one of the four pieces I submitted to La Jolla Art Association's new Black & White show was accepted. I had submitted La Jolla on Prospect St., Digital David Hockney, Telephone and Typewriter. La Jolla on Prospect St. was selected.  These are all pieces I had posted earlier in full color.   The idea of seeing how they would look in black and white was intriguing and I was not a little surprised at how much I liked them.  Please do click on the image to get the best view.

As a part of its 92nd anniversary celebration, The La Jolla Art Association is presenting the 1st Annual Black & White Juried Art Exhibition. Renowned sculptress Manuelita Brown is the juror. The exhibition runs from September 15 through October 10, 2010. Reception: September 24, 6-9PM.

Piano, #1/10 Ltd. Ed.

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Title: Piano
Size:  32w x 18h up to 56 x 33".
Medium: Giclee
Dated:  8/23/2010
Limited Edition #1/10

Today's piece was drawn and painted as a large file;  32" x 18" at 300 dpi.  This was so that if I wanted to send the file to a professional printer to produce in this large format,   the image would retain its crispness.  The trouble is that on my older computer, this makes the work go VERY slowly.   The computer needs to slowly digest each stroke I make before I can create the next one.  And there are quite a few strokes in this picture!

Here's s some happy news; my two entries for the next SDAI Regional show (Typewriter and Three Golden Apples) were juried into the show!     

Typewriter #5 of 10 with Background Color

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Title: Typewriter. #2/10
Size: 8x10
Medium: Hand-drawn digital art. Inkjet, with PH neutral HP Vivera Ink to last. Treated with UV protection and printed on archival paper.
Dated: 8/16/2010

A few times ago I posted Retro Typewriter.   It did not yet have a background color. Here it is with the color I chose. After searching and trying other options I ended up framing it in a clear, box frame as with Digital David Hockney. The sides are poppy red. It is my entry for the next SDAI Regional show along with Three Golden Apples for the small exhibition piece.  I will know on Tuesday whether either was chosen.   Finally I have the inspiration and time for the next piece, which I began yesterday. It is a piano.

Update: Awards and Poster Pictures

In answer to your questions about what the SDAI awards look like and the poster for the last show (which included Digital David Hockney), here are pictures of them. Click to enlarge.

The next regional show features Guest Juror Ed Fosmire: Executive Director, Oceanside Museum of Art. You can see the museum has an interesting architectural history, which includes noted architect Irving Gill. Click here to see some examples from their current and past shows.

Oh, and I submitted four pieces to the juried Black & White show at a gallery I just discovered in La Jolla called La Jolla Art Association. I won't know until Sept. 3rd. whether anything was accepted.

The next SDAI Show runs from August 27, 2010 to September 26, 2010. Artist Reception: Friday, September 3, 2010 from 6 to 8 pm. SDAI members free, non members $3.

Pancakes, #1/10 Ltd. Ed.

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Title: Pancakes
Size: 5 5/8 x 7 5/8
Medium: Digital, Inkjet on archival paper
Dated: 8/4/2010

In the past few months my family has met for breakfast several times at Harry's Coffee Shop in La Jolla. It's been there for at least 50 years and is still very popular. I had not had pancakes in ages and they were so good that I have continued to order them each time we meet there. As you can see, I am still thinking about them.

The Swimmer. #4/10

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Size: 9.5 x 6.5
Medium:  Inkjet Giclee on archival paper.
Dated: 7/22/2010

All I wanted to do last night was print my little folk art swimmer for the buyer, allow it the 24 hours required drying-time before spraying it with a protective UV coating in time for a Saturday morning shipment. I had purchased and installed 2 new HP Vivera ink cartridges, which gives Giclee prints a very long life.

Hours of troubleshooting last night plus 10 pages of archival paper, setting adjustments and cleanings etc.-later and still I was seeing streaks on the print. More hours of tech support with HP this morning still did not resolve the issue. (At least HP still offers tech support and helped me although I am beyond the tech support time limit with my 5 year old printer!) Finally, I tried replacing the new cartridges with the old ones and voila, problem solved. Another call to HP to arrange the return of the new cartridges and AT LAST I am ready to ship my little print!

Woman with Dog. #1/10 SOLD

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Original Digital Art.
Size 6.5 x 10.5
Ph neutral inkjet ink on archival paper and treated with UV protection.
1/10 original print.
Dated: 7/8/10



Good news! For the current Regional Show at SDAI I entered San Diego Harbor, posted April 15th and La Jolla Shores in the 1950s, posted April 21st. Tuesday I learned that the former had been juried into the show. Although I do wish they had both been chosen, I am still very happy that even one made it in.

The current SDAI Regional Show, runs from July 23, 2010 to August 22, 2010. Reception July 30, 6-8PM.

Retro Typewriter #1/10-SOLD and Alarm clock

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Retro Digital Typewriter
Size: 9 x 12
Medium: Drawn on Computer. Inkjet on Paper
Date: 7/7/2010

lesson #1. When working on the computer, remember, always save your work, at least every few minutes! If you don't, this can happen: After hours of painstaking efforts had added the details to this picture; the keys, letters, numbers, levers, suddenly the program froze. That's when I realized I had been so involved in my work I had not been saving it as I went along. That left me with two choices: Redo about 6 hours of work (UGGG) or forget the piece. I decided to redo it and complete it. The background is as yet undecided.

Retro Digital Alarm Clock
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Size: 12 x 12
Medium: Drawn on Computer. Inkjet on Paper
Date: 7/8/10



One advantage of purchasing the full Photoshop program, rather than the Elements 4 I use, is that there is a tool called a Pen Tool that enables the drawing of curved lines. Since my program doesn't offer this feature, I either have to string together a series of small, strait lines, angling them slightly to create a curve or try to work with the Elliptical Marquee Tool, which can be tricky when using an angled view. For the clock I used both methods.

Retro Telephone #4/10-SOLD

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Size: 8 x 10
Medium: Drawn on Computer. Inkjet on Paper
date: 7/1/10



Here is one more for today.

The Polygonal tool I used for most of the telephone is meant for straight and angled lines. I thought it would be interesting to take advantage of this characteristic to make a abstract telephone.

Primal Dance et. al.

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Medium: Drawn on Computer. Inkjet on Paper
Size: 12x12

On April 19 I began working on this Primal, multi-view piece, just finishing today. The digital medium continues to attract me, as does minimal art.

Primal Dance.

Primal Landscape

Primal Grand Canyon

Primal Earth