pixels, light and hot wax

This piece has been stuck at work in progress for close to a year now; with the inspiration from the workshop I’m taking with David Julian at Luminous Works, I decided to bring it back out and whale on it a bit, adding a lot more color and complexity.

Model is Jaime.

There is still something I’m not happy with in the relationship of the figure to the rest of the piece, and I’ve lost all hope that my Elements series is going to be visually cohesive. Then again, if I only finish a new one every 18 months, does that really matter? (I have *sketches* for at least 5 more, but casting, scouting locations, and everything else in my very tight schedule means, well, prolific I am not.)

Bruce Fraser of my favorite Photoshop book authors, a real giant of the field, has passed on. His
“Real World Camera RAW” is one of the most useful digital photography books I have ever read.

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Taken at the Butterfly House at the Pacific Science Center.
(My favorite winter warm-up spot.)

I’m looking out at a winter wonderland, but longing for sun. This is the result:

As promised, I have done an online version of the talk I gave on the history of Fantasy Photography at Orycon. Unfortunately, I’m still having a lot of technical difficulty, so instead of the full talk, you get the slides with the a slightly fleshed skeleton of the outline I talk from. It is in a quicktime movie format, and it can be downloaded from this link: fantasy photography historical slideshow. It’s 4 MB.

The handout (in PDF form) is also available.

Since both were obviously intended to presented in a larger context, I am happy to answer questions about the vaguer points in the material. Comment here, or e-mail to jane AT JEPphoto.com

The piece I donated (Floral System II, in a gorgeous metallic gold mat) to Jay Lake’s charity auctionlet is now up for bids on eBay, and with a starting bid of $20, a total steal.

The deadline for Christmas orders is December 18th, and depending on your location, that may involve an extra charge for rush shipping.

I will be showing at the Artspawn Open Studio Party, in Woodinville, on the 9th and 10th, from 11 am - 5 pm along with artist-in-residence Lisa Sheets

(collage)

Joe Lee Davidson

(acrylic on canvas)

and Alma Chaney:

(acrylic on canvas)

And I’m really excited about it!

I will primarily be showing work from the Space Whimsy series, but possibly also some of the newer mixed-media body pieces.

Artspawn Studios
13931 Bear Creek Rd
Woodinville, WA 98077
425 881-2192
lisa@artspawn.org

Stop by to share in art, food and conversation. See Artspawn’s new facility!

(Why, yes, she is a virgo.)

Just in time for Orycon, Cosmic Cat comes out to play.

Orycon starts Thursday, and in addition to my normal art show presence, I will be on several panels and giving a presentation about Fantasy Photography.

My Art Track panel schedule:

Friday, Nov 17:
2 pm: Collecting Science Fiction Art

Saturday, Nov 18:
10 am: Creating your art portfolio
2 pm: Fantasy Photography
This one is my solo gig, full description is:
Fantasy Photography from 1850 to the present
Fairies, Aliens, and Saints, oh my! Explore the Who and the How of Fantasy Photography from its earliest practitioners to now, including a slideshow and how-tos for any tech level.

A few of the artists I’ll be showing and discussing include:
Henry Peach Robinson
Oskar Rejlender
Anne Brigman
Julia Margaret Cameron
William Mortenson
Jerry Uelsmann
Scott Mutter
Suza Scalora
Margaret Dean
Tracy Cornett
John Picacio
Timothy Lantz
…and more!