outerspacein

SP for Jan. 14/2011

1:12AM Jan 15

"when black holes open to red portals"

ink and water colour

SP for Jan 16/2011

1:36AM Jan 17

"with fingerprint and fighting hands of jupiter"

pen

Transition between colour and black

      Self Portrait as bird       Self portrait caged by eyes

     Jan 11/2011                      for Jan 13/2011

       9:37PM                            5:02AM Jan 14

in want ive

in want ive looked

finally    those eyes been away, I

dream the always again.

g r i n d i n g  bones my tracing

 softening, baby palms
ride back to internal warmth of centre, as it
alligns and calmly lifts little breathing,
eag-er fing-ers catch ing hum ming words in
ancient tongues

never surpassing the still-ing stunn-ing
accuracy of chance

10:28pm
Jan 3/2011
Edited by: A.Baron and E.Portelance
Jan 9/2011


I credit much inspiration for this to e.e cummings.

an idea

"An idea once formed does not limit itself just to being, it reflects upon itself: it exists."
pg 30
A Wave of Dreams
Louis Aragon

red and blue, pointillism and line

Self Portrait I for Jan 6/2011

1:18AM Jan 7

Self Portrait II for Jan 6/2011

3:10AM Jan 7

Self Portrait I

Jan 8/2011

7:54PM

Self Portait II

Jan 8/2011

closing and opening

When one book closes, another opens.

My sketchbook acts as a diary of my life, thoughts, words, images, everything.  When I finished my first Florence book I realized where I've come and where I am going, at the same time acknowledging I'll never know exactly where I am going to go.

But it feels good to know I will fill these new pages.

spaces in other places

spaces in other places

Self portrait for Jan 3/2011

1:21AM Jan 4

Gaudi in Barcelona

 

Park Guell

Sagrada Familia

Casa Batllo

If you are ever going to Barcelona it is a must that you check out Gaudi's Modernisme architecture.  It is some of the most whimsical and organic architecture I have ever seen. Park Guell is where Gaudi turned to landscape, the winding paths will take you up hills and points where you can see the whole city.  There is also a cafe where you can sit and have a beer or sangria and take in the colourful nature around you.  Definitely one of my favorite places from my trip.  As well it would do you well to see the Sagrada Familia, the unfinished church in Barcelona, you can see the construction and the two obvious styles, where they start and end.  It really is a beautiful mash up of old and new.  Your money will be well spent to check out Casa Batllo as well, a house which Gaudi had renovated.  It is absolutely stunning, winding staircases and huge arches which make you feel as if you are inside a whale's skeleton! Even the exterior has a boney-beastly appearance.  The whole house is hinted with stained glass as well.  If you go to the roof top you will be able to see twisting mosaic forms, as well as a great view of all rooftops in the area.

I did some research before I left for my trip on architecture and Surrealism, and I can say that the Modernisme architecture throughout Barcelona ties in very closely to what the Surrealists looked for in architecture, space and mood.  As well as the importance of contrasting light and dark, straight and curving.  You really realize the impact of architecture in a city as I felt very happy, uplifted and even colourful as my surroundings filled me with delight and amazement.

Barcelona

Church with bullet holes.

Vespa date

mirage on the beach

                                                             Montjuic

Barcelona was a great finish to my winter vacation extravaganza! We checked out a lot of Gaudi architecture, like Park Guell, Casa Batlló, and the unfinished church of Sagrada Familia. As well as Montjuic and the Miro Foundation, where they had an excellent collection of his paintings as well as sculptures donated by his friends and family. The foundation also shows exhibitions which rotate all year. There is also a small Dali museum filled with his early prints, ceramics, bronze sculptures, as well as sketches and water colour paintings.  It really shows a side of Dali never seen from his well established work. We also rented Vespas on the last day, toured the city and hit the beach!

Faces in December

Self Portrait under the ruling planet of Jupiter

10:00PM

December 13/2010

Self portrait for December 6/2010 

1:05AM Dec 7

Bath

 

The Roman Baths, Bath, England

The Roman Baths is literally, a gigantic Bath that fills up the whole courtyard, it was mainly a common area for common people to pamper themselves or worship, meet, etc. It was rebuilt and turned into a museum since then. The museum did a great job of rebuilding a model of the city with many artifacts leaving clues to their way of life.  In the architecture there was a distinct celtic influence I haven't seen in many other places.

Bristol

"not to adorn the body but to preserve the spirit"

St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, England

"This morning after we checked out we went to the local chapel called St. Mary Redcliffe, which has beautiful stained glass windows, and a cross, with a pole that could dispense water out of either side.  It could not be predicted certainly by science which side the pole would turn every time.  The message was that no matter how much we can know through science, there is always something we will never predict.  Thus the never-ending struggle between religion and science." Dec 13/2010