I got a bad habit and I got it bad.
I take photos out of moving vehicles that I am driving.
Yes, it is not safe and yes, I need to stop doing this.
I will try. I promise.
I got a bad habit and I got it bad.
I take photos out of moving vehicles that I am driving.
Yes, it is not safe and yes, I need to stop doing this.
I will try. I promise.
We have been really privileged to have some exceptional pieces of art come through the shop in the past couple of weeks.
Joan Miró has always been a particularly fascinating artist. Miró explored surrealism and this piece is from the early 1960’s.
We took a quick break last week to recharge our creative batteries.
We like to go where others ain’t and Oregon in the off-season was a good choice.
Portland, the coast and the gorge are awesome. We didn’t get to Crater Lake, but someday we will.
Ok, the break is over. Let’s get back to work.
We are so excited to have two pieces of original art by Cynthia Weitzel. The piece on the left is called “Enculturation” and the companion piece on the right is called “Resilience”.
Each piece measures 26″x26″5″ (deep) and the medium are screws. The art is very heavy and because of the dimensionality if the screws, it encourages being touched.
Cynthia is inspired by Andrew Myers, who is another screw artist. This is a time-consuming process. Each screw must be mapped and the heights are carefully planned.
It is physically demanding and is hard on the artist, especially if the pieces are large.
We have had these in the front window for several weeks and it literally has been stopping traffic.
Is it vain to get excited to see your name in a magazine article?
I hope not.
Anyway, we been blessed with some terrific press this last week and we got excited.
Click on the magazine cover or click here for the complete article.
“Study for a Construction in Wood” – by Charles Biederman, 1952,11″x14″, paper in relief, 1952.
These types of projects are especially enjoyable. It is a privilege to design and build a framing presentation package for significant works of art by significant artists. Biederman qualifies on both accounts.
Biederman was an independent personality (read: difficult to get to know) who lived in a rural Red Wing home when he died in 2004 at the age of 98. He was a prominent American Modernist painter and sculptor. He was predisposed to using geometric subjects in his art.
Because he lived the last fifty years of his life in Red Wing, there are many locals who came to know him over the years. He lived a quiet and almost reclusive life, except he was a prolific letter writer. It is in these letters that Biederman would share his strong opinions about all matters and topics.
The materials for this project just arrived this week and photos of the finished packaged will be posted.
We welcome e-mail!