Art - new and old

I've been going through a lot of introspection, reading and a regaining of health of late.  It has had a positive influence on my creativity and I have again taken up painting.  Here are some new pieces:

Modigliani study

No Such Thing As No Hope

Fly Home

Here is an older painting that I still have to finish - see if you can see where! 

7-13-11

Here are a couple of photographs I've done recently.  I'm becoming fond of half images, taken on the first or last exposures on a roll of film like in the cup of tea.  It's esthetically pleasing to me and both a bit iconic and humorous. 

   

'A Look Through The Forest' has been featured in Surreal Arts Weekly!

Isn't this cool?!  I'm so excited!!!  It will be up on the website for a week.  I'm not sure if there is a print version.  Here's a link to their site.  

Here's the image and a link to it in my etsy shop: 

A Look Through The Forest

My most beloved art form is experimental video.  Currently unable to edit due to a lack of a working camcorder, I wanted to bring that talent into my photography.  Here's a print called 'A Look Through The Forest.'  It's surreal, sort of creepy, dreamy and implies that there's more going on than the viewer is knowledgeable of.  I like that.  Let's create together, write your own story!   Let me know what you think! 

Snuggle Bunny

I'm doing a series entitled 'Silly Wabbit,' the first of which is 'Snuggle Bunny.'  It's up on my etsy site.  

I'm hoping that my allergies calm down enough for me to go out and take some new photos of flowers!  The past few days have seen an abundance of new blooms....and that means an abundance of pollen.  Argh.  Got some new bits for my dremel tool, and so I am planning on playing with that.  I have a box of bass wood that I want to play with - I'm thinking dolls, but who knows exactly what will be created!  During my time indoors, I might also try and finish up some of the other projects previously featured on this blog.  Oddly, my photographs get a lot more hits on Etsy than anything else, which is why I've been focusing on them.  That, and photography doesn't make a mess of our one bedroom apartment.  Sometimes it's just nice to have a clean place, you know? 

Deterioration Detective

Title: Deterioration Detective
Medium: Acrylics
Artist: Jennifer Schmidt
previously featured in Tzeta Gallery

This is a painting that I'm quite proud of.  Done in earth tones, it portrays the battle between nature and man.  Yet, it also shows a new incorporation of nature within man's cities.  There's hope.  Our deterioration detective is observant, yet calm and positive.

Aged Roses Prints

I love the look of aged rose prints, but they're so hard to come by!  Whenever I've found one that I've liked, the cost has been enormous.  This led me to create my own.  I've just made two!  Here are a couple photos I've taken of a beautiful arrangement of flowers cut from the garden.  I took them digitally and then loaded them into Photoshop to add some aging before professionally printing them.  Each probably has six or seven separate layers, not counting the actual image. These two images are very exciting for me, I love the way they came out and may - at some point - print them on a much larger scale. 

Evident Difference Print

I often feel like a little oddball, but it doesn't bother me.  Because of this, I did an acrylic painting of this cute little character I've come up with.  The painting is entitled 'Evident Difference', and it may become a series. 

In other news, I think I've kicked the depression.  I've had two good days and am quite happy about it!  Sorry for being such a downer in my last post.

The Winter Berry Lanterns 8x10 Photograph

Here's another photograph that I took of the Winter Berry/Chinese Lantern plant.  I can't get over how gorgeous this plant is!!  The colors of the husk are amazing.  I really like how saturated everything is in this photo. 

Deteriorating Lantern

I love this plant!  It goes by the names Winter Berry, Chinese Lantern, Japanese Lantern, Winter Cherry.  What you see is the husk that surrounds the fruit.  The husk starts out a bright orange-red.  It deteriorates to what you see, a gorgeous mixture of tan, red, orange with dark green splotches.

New Photograph is in the store!!!

I just added an 8x10 matte print of my photograph 'Curling Thoughts' to my etsy store.  CLICK HERE for a direct link! 

I used a Pentax K10D for this shot and printed it on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper that will last forever.  

New item in my store!

Hi Awesome People,

My new glasses should be in pretty soon, so expect much more activity very soon!  Thankfully, being offline has brought an end to most of the migraines. 

I was able to add a photograph entitled 'Catching Glimmer, Reaching Stardust' in my Etsy store.  Here is a direct link.  It was done with true black and white film, but I printed it this time in color so that it has a toned hue.  That's my hand, with a still life set up in the background with intense light bouncing up.  It's sort of an esoteric, hopeful, dreamy piece and I quite like it.  It is professionally printed on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper - and, if you don't know, when something it professionally printed that means it is a real photograph.  This is not done with a computer and a home printer.

I'm not sure why Blogger is doing this, but there are no white borders on the top and bottom of the print - only on the sides.  Print is on 8x10 paper, actual image size is 6 3/4" x 10".