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The Flashlight turns 30 Juried Anniversary Exhibition

Recently UNLV had an exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the installation of the Flashlight, by Claes Oldenburg and Coojse Van Bruggen.

The theme was: "Respond to Flashlight with an original work of art. We are looking for your response be it an interpretation, adaptation, modification, alteration, incorporation, deviation, transformation…"
I did 3 entries. A diptych oil painting, a wire sculpture (inspired by Alexander Calder) and a collage/painting (using the escort cards found on the Las Vegas Strip).

I won 2nd place for the wire sculpture, her are judge's comment:
 This person took time to craft an object which looks like a 3-d drawing of the flashlight where the negative spaces have as much to say as the positive ones. I am hopeful that this sculpture looks as good in person.

Below are photos of the actual monumental sculpture, and my artworks.

Get Your Paint On

Some of my fellow "Lillastrators" are doing a painting class, called "Get your Paint on"

The first assignment was to do a painting inspired by the Ghee's Bend quilts. This is mine.

And the different views:

illostribute

illostribute.com is collaborative illustration blog ,created by Toby Neighbors, in which contemporary illustrators pay tribute to “master” illustrators of yore. This round it was Earl Oliver Hurst.

I based my work on these Hurst works:

Seattle Met: Agents of Chaos

The top house is the boat house from Sleepless in Seattle.

Wine Spectator: Consumers Opinions Uncorked

I did an illustration for the Oct 15 issue of Wine Spectator for a readers' poll on best wine values.
Note in the sketch I have the hand holding the bowl of the glass. I learned that you should only hold the glass by the stem. So I changed it in the final.

Iron Orchard CD Design

CD design for my friend Bill Harroun's band, Iron Orchard. Apparently the name Iron Orchard refers to ancient rusting machinery out in the field.

Illustration Friday: Spooky

Gap logo Re-design

Scott Hansen at the iso50 blog had a Gap logo redesign contest

I kept seeing mention that people liked the "old" logo better. But I never heard anyone mention the original logo.

I dug up a photo and copied it.