The Torpid Porpoise Art Studio: Excellent Artists

Earlier this summer my daughter decided to reenact a Greek myth and rolled a boulder up a hill. I say boulder because it easily weighed as much as she did.
"It would be easier from that way." I told her as she grunted. She was on the steepest part of the sledding hill. The place where she was too scared to go down this past winter.
Nope. Nearly vertical or nothing, ma.
Her target was a stump. She rolled the boulder onto it, and spent considerable time adjusting the position.
And it rolled over her pinky.

Much wailing and gnashing of teeth later, she became fascinated with the idea that her fingernail might fall off. I was constantly peppered with questions regarding timelines, color changes, and the benefits of band-aids.

You guys.

She made a journal recording her pinky nail at all stages of onychomadesis. I cannot even, right now, cause of all the awww.

Awwww! She's confronting unexpected bodily changes by sequential cataloging in minimalist line drawings!

6.29.2016

Williams Prize

I've currently got work at the Silpe Gallery in West Hartford, CT, as part of the Williams Prize in Drawing for Emerging Artists competition.

This is very exciting, and I am not at all devastated by the cost of shipping an over-sized package from Minnesota to Connecticut.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO SHIP AN OVER-SIZED PACKAGE TO CONNECTICUT?!

Check out a slideshow of all the work here!

7.21.2015

Random Artsy Links of the Day

Enjoy.
http://www.ladyaiko.com/
https://www.behance.net/gallery/hand-lettering-inon-my-sketchbooks/6063941
http://www.kashink.com/

And here is a rad picture.

Girl in a Green Dress, Tamara De Lempicka

6.17.2012

Excellent Artists - Terri Huro

Check out another excellent artist. Terri Huro is a Mora local, and crazy-involved in the arts scene around these parts. But more importantly,- great art!

Monticello in January, Terri Huro

I started to say a bit here about my feelings on photography in general, but it kind of turned into a raving diatribe about photographic elements and how so many people who call themselves professional photographers aren't even dimly aware of these, and it makes me sad. But that's not the point. The point is that Terri is a Good Photographer™, and her pictures make me happy.

Look a birdie!

Slow shutter speed red-winged black bird, Terri Huro

There's an incredible amount of experimentation happening in her work, and not necessarily in the digital sector. We're talking old-school photographic investigation. With dark rooms and chemicals and eighty-year old cameras. Way commendable.

In the Garden, Terri Huro

Her experimentation is not remotely restricted to photography, however. Lately Terri has been creating some beautifully colored watercolors with very engaging linework. It's the colors that get me; vibrant and blended without getting muddy.

Terri Huro

Watercolor #10, Terri Huro

View Terri Huro's FB page, MNartists page, and Prizm Tattoo's page.

6.01.2012

Excellent Artists - Martha LeDuc

Browsing mnartists in search of fabulous art I came across Martha LeDuc's work.

Lincoln Park, Martha LeDuc

This style of painting gets me all weak in the knees. Interesting, solid shapes of color applied with a painterly brush. It is, in my humble opinion, the only way to make a landscape engaging.

Train Tracks, Martha LeDuc

N.E. Minneapolis Viaduct, Martha LeDuc

And there's a few abstract pieces thrown in there for good measure. Good abstract art is, in my opinion, one of the hardest things to do. It's not like you know when you're done; you just have to work until it's as good as it can possibly get, and identifying that point is challenging. People who do abstract well have my undying admiration.

Abstract Monoprint, Martha LeDuc

View her full gallery here.

The Torpid Porpoise Art Studio

8.03.2020

Links for Artists IX

7.31.2020

Links for Artists VIII

7.26.2020

Links for Artists VII

7.22.2020

Links for Artists VI

7.08.2020

Links for Artists V

7.01.2020

Links for Artists IV

6.15.2020

Links for Artists III

6.11.2020

Links for Artists II

6.08.2020

Links for Artists I

2.11.2020

Reference books!

8.14.2019

New Work