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Hi thanks for all your interest. This blog is not being updated any more (as you probably noticed by my). I thought its a good idea to leave a message here where to pick up new posts.

Andreas' new Art Web site and blog is here:

http://web.me.com/juggle5/Art/Welcome.html

The blog is accessible from that page or you can check new posts directly by going to this to:

http://web.me.com/juggle5/Art/Blog/Blog.html

Thanks :)

Loki and Grumpy

As I haven't posted for a while I wanted to really send a quick update out. I am working an linocut that I quite like but is not completed yet. It's called "Loki and Grumpy". The design came from a rubbing I did in the hallway when I see that the wood there had some really neat texture. As I worked on it it became more and more two gnarly forest creatures in conversation.

I had planned to make only a monochrome print at first, but once I printed it I realized it really needs at least 2 colors. So I will continue to work on it. I like the idea to base prints on rubbings of wood textures or on photos of old pieces of wood so I will probably do more of these in the future...

Eye if the Whale

It has been for a while since I created new work. And output will stay slow but here is something now. But I hope you will like the result. Called Eye of the Whale because that is what it looks like, I think...

last monotypes...

these were just experiment bit started interest direction I hope I pursue some in the future...

Spring Monotypes continued...

Monotypes from the Spring

Hi everybody. Finally a bit of a new posting again. As I hinted at I had some health issues since the beginning of the year and I have barely done any art. But I had at least a few monotypes I created in February I had never a chance to show on the blog. Finally managed to photograph these and post a selection. The main issue is that I cannot type well so posting is time consuming. But I am getting better.

The series I am showing here are all monotypes I did February 08 - essentially before suddenly had to have surgery. So there is a serious break in my artwork in middle of February. Then there is three more from a week later after the first surgery (see next posting) and then there is a long break.

Sorry these are not in order. Blogger again. I start to really dislike this software... I'll have to break this post up into several...

WORKS Lives!!

I just found out that Works is actually alive and they are actually putting on a show. See the details here! To be in the show you have act quickly (in the next 3 days!) I plan to bring a piece. See you there!!!

More infos:

works, your community art and performance center, is regrouping and reopening—and you are invited to participate in the 2008 works/san josé annual members’ exhibition. the exhibition, entitled works re: group, will open august 1 and run to september 13 with a gala reception and annual meeting of membership on first friday, august 1 from 7pm until late.

all work must be hand-delivered to 451 south 1st street on thursday, july 24, 6 to 8pm, or friday and saturday, july 25 and 26, noon to 4pm. no work can be accepted after 4pm july 26.

Silence...?

sorry for not writing much lately one. I an working on some pesky health issues. Typing in particular is still difficult so don't expect too many posts in the short run. I do hope to share some of the rest of the monotypes I made in March some time soon. And maybe I can also show some new work. I have worked on a few small drawings at least but much. I hope I can show some time soon :)

But there is a show, believe it or now... The details are here:

Artists Reception and Opening
Thursday, June 26, 5:30-7:30 pm
24 N Santa Cruz Ave Gallery, Los Gatos

I am one of over 30 local artists who have shown in the museum or a LGAA Juried Show held at the Art Museum of Los Gatos, and now... in the new Got Art? Gallery at 24 N. Santa Cruz Ave in Los Gatos. The space is on loan only for the summer months. All commissions on sales go to The Museums of Los Gatos.•

Join me Thursday evening for the opening reception.
Daily Hours: Tuesday -Saturday 10:00am - 5:30pm. Some Sundays.
Info: 408-315-7573

Monotypes

Hi again, it seems that slowly by surely I am indeed starting to create a bit more art again. Over the last 2 weeks I spent a lot of time working with letterpress. Most of this was spent sorting type (a very meditative task I found even if most people would consider it mindnumbing. But when you are looking for a "mindfulness" exercise there is probably very little that can beat that). I didn't print much yet but now we have several drawers of nicely sorted and cleaned type :)

Then I decided to start a series of monotypes. Monotypes can be relatively short-term projects. If you work only in one color and really mostly play around you can do a small series in 1 1/2 - 2 hours which is just perfect (including cleanup). So here are a few samples of some of these monotypes without any further comments. Enjoy.

Untitled Abstraction

I finally finished "Untitled Abstraction", the print I was working on recently. It was planned to be a 4 color print but I liked the 3 color version so much that I decided to just print 3 colors on two of the 4 sheets, and I'm glad I did because the 3 color print is really more intersting than the 4 color one, I think. But I let you be the judge. It's a varied edition, printed on grayish recycled paper for 2 prints and on black recycled paper on 2 more. So really, each print exists only once.


The colors on the 2 black paper prints are not really exact, I have to say - everbody who has ever tried to photograph a print on black paper, especially one that is done in dark tones can tell it's very very tricky (as in almost impossible). And in this case the ink is also very shiny. Actually that's part of the appeal of this print. You don't really "see" the print really, you have to explore it by tilting the paper a bit and work with the light's reflection to really see what's going on. So, a bit tricky to photograph that one...

And, as I just noticed, I accidentially deleted the files of the previous version of the print so what you see on the last blog post is really the only record I know of of the 2 color version. Ooops!

So here we go :)

Yes, I am alive!

Greetings after a long time.

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated...

Indeed I haven't logged in a long time. And more than that, I have actually not done any serious art in even more time. One day I might blog about all of that. For now let's just say that I am taking is very easy for a while. I do a little bit of art but not much. Every now and then I might post a few lines or a new piece but don't expect regular updates every week or so for the time being.



That said, there are actually 2 new pieces I want to share today. One of them is one of the sandy / household-paint pieces I did recently. I include two versions of the piece, one of them taken right after painting it, the other 2 weeks later when it was relatively dry already. It shows well how much these pieces change in the process, in particularly when the paint wrinkles.


The other piece is actually not completed yet but I quite like it. It's (currently) a 2 color linocut and I am planning to add two more colors to it. It will be a 2 plate elimination print when it is completed. I really like the piece as it is now already, though, so here is a photo for this current state.

This print is done on recycled paper (the last pieces of that particular paper I had, sadly). There is also a version of the same print done in black. It also looks very nice but just doesn't photograph well...

Christmas and stuff...

Thanks for showing up for all of you who visited me and Mahoney when we had our informal art gathering this week. It was a surprisingly smashing success as there happened to be a second event at the same time and suddenly the place was just packed. It was a bit hard to have a good conversation towards the end but it sure made our art look very very popular ;)

The show will be at Cafe Pomegranate till the end of the year, at the same, usual opening hours.

I'll take that opportunity to wish you all happy holidays and a happy new year!

Reception / Gathering at Cafe Pomegranate next Tuesday - UPDATE

There is an important change of plans for the informal reception at Cafe Pomegranate next Tuesday! It turns out that the current week is actually the last week of classes at SJSU (I thought it was a week later). Therefore there won't be any student galleries open on that day and that means that we also cannot do a gallery crawl. All other plans stay the same. Sorry about that :(

Informal reception & Gallery Crawl next Tuesday

This is an update and a correction to the previous post: There will be just a very informal reception for "Grids". The reason is timing and planning issues, unfortunately.

"Grids" will show till the end of the month. But the informal reception is next Tuesday, that is Tuesday December 11th, from 5:30pm till 7pm approximately. I know this is a bit early but the cafe closes then and unfortunately they cannot stay open later for us.

However, if you didn't get your fill of art by that point I'd like to invite you to join me on a little gallery crawl acrolls SJSU, just across the street! Every Tuesday there are the student shows at the Art Department, just a few minute's walk away. So, after Pomegranate closes, just join me for a little gallery crawl!

So here is the complete information once more:
"Grids" - showing at Cafe Pomegranate all December.
Informal Reception on Tuesday December 11th from 5:30pm till 7pm.
Location: Cafe Pomegranate, 221 E. San Fernando Street, San Jose, CA 95112

"GRIDS" - show at Cafe Pomegranate

I apologize for the lack up updates, lately.

Well, I have completely been silent for a while although I actually have another show running at this very moment! Right after the previous show at the Los Gatos Coffee Roaster was taken down, the next show went up at Cafe Pomegranate in downdown San Jose. This one is a collaboration with Mahoney Perkins and focuses on the theme of grids. This shouldn't come as a complete surprise if you have read my blog this year, because many of my pieces were grid based.

The grid theme started with painting exercises we did in Don Feasel's class earlier this year. Something about these grid exercises really resonated and I kept doing them and developed these pieces much further and I think the results are quite interesting. This show contains several of the early grids along with some of the very latest ones, interspersed with pieces by my friend Mahoney who also happened to think a lot about grids this year.

The show will be up till the end of the year. We are planning to have a reception early in December, probably on the 7th, but this is not confirmed yet. So stay tuned for updates after Thanksgiving!

Cafe Pomegranate is across the street from SJSU (San Jose State University): 221 E. San Fernando Street, San Jose, CA 95112. Their regular hours are 7:30 am - 7pm (Mon - Thu) and 7:30 am - 5pm (Fri)