Art & Craft Studio Sale

what: a sale of drawings, paintings, jewelry and more
when: nov 16th from noon until four
where: at my studio

please rsvp if you can by emailing me at dailchambers@gmail.com for address and directions. think christmas gifts. think holiday newbies. think for your friends and family's gifts. think for yourself. for each friend you bring get five dollars off your total purchase. the.re will be wine, appetizers, music and a great time

diego rivera quote

"An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can't feel everything that humanity feels, if the artist isn't capable of loving until he forgets himself and sacrifices himself if necessary, if he won't put down his magic brush and head the fight against the oppressor, then he isn't a great artist." -Diego Rivera

Jewelry

If you are interested in purchasing any of these or seeing more like them feel free to email me. Think holiday gifts or for your self. And tell a friend to tell a friend and i'll give a referral price... & yes I do barter.
-peace

Small Drawings.

sometimes I indulge. and especially since the weather has been getting cooler. these are smallies..thread, pastel, charcoal.. oh, but these drawings are their own entity, separate from the body of work that Im building up.

...and academia tells you to focus on one idea, one cohesive body of work... etc. etc. blah blah blah. thats just not how I am, it depends on... well, everything: my mood, my choice of topic, my list of studio "to-do's"... many factors. and yes I think its important to dedicate to the work, in the real world I can cater to my own mode. Skip around, work things out in my head, pick back up, let it go for awhile, whatever. that's a great thing.

so these are just in betweens i guess, nothing highly conceptual but pleasing to me none the less.

aviva...

lend me your hair (seriously) I want to stick with this but I am running out of hair. I can be patient and wait it out if I need because I am having crazy plans for these. Thanks to one other friend I will at least have a set of two...





Load Shield of Tears(aviva)... is my train of thought right now.

Yet I still need to straighten her out a little in the middle. Actually it may be best for me to do that once I get it somewhere where it will be hanged. In my studio I am constantly moving it around to fit or change spots with something else.

Its a shame though that I do not have a better digital camera. I have fought it for so long but I have undoubtedly been defeated. I could scan the negatives but thats another step... and more $$$. sooo... I am only going to turn digital for recording and cataloging... and well, all the extra things outside of the "fine" art area. Its impractical not to. damn.

Addressing Documentation...

... in my work. the more i relate each piece from my present work in progress, i boomerang back to documentation. abstractly.

actually all art is documentation, abstractly.

yet right now I reflect on my first real aquaintance with imagery. Viewing photos from every gallery I could bus to. After growing comfortable with photography I began to venture towards sculpture and paintings... most of whom we would consider contemporary artists. Exploring the arts from a documentarian eye, maybe? I dunno.

How I explored art back then is mirrored to my art practice now, as I bounce back and forth between the photograph and physical representation. Somehow I am still pulled to the photo as my favorite artists are those like keba konte and renee cox

I reach to my photographic background for the documentarian spirit in my present works. I use the photo as a "stand in" for a person, action or idea. Its the same deal with my sculptural works. "But the body makes all the difference," I say. Seems there is no difference (in that sense) between the two. Well I be darned. .. Ill have to knock down that division line.

The question that I ask myself is, "how can I incorporate the two with balance...?"