Thursday

DIEM design intersects everything made

I had the opportunity to attend a really great design symposium in West Hollywood last week, and was fortunate enough to walk away inspired and reminded that I am doing what I love.

The attendees included many eager and prominent open minds in design and art in Los Angeles. Among the designers and artists and scholars within the discipline of aesthetic and value and between definition.

I go back to my studio with a renewed sense of clarity within my craft ready to hunt and create.


Tuesday

Slow and Steady.

Always making and always doing keeps my mind at ease. I truly enjoy all of the beautiful things in life. 







I love this set up. The old Lane Cedar Chest is one of my favorite pieces I have found over the years. Perhaps it is because of the idea of a HOPE chest and what it represents in our somewhat atomic age of potential fueled collecting and association with objects. 

The turquoise colored fire buckets are from the 1930's and I fell in love with them the moment I saw them. The bucket filled with oil cans is a sculpture I created based on a concept I have toiled with for quite some time. The collage on the top left is something I made. 

It says:

"Lovely to Look at Delightful to Hold, But if you Break It, Consider it Sold." 





These are some handmade wooden coasters sitting in the que in front of my typewriter. I use my typewriter to make cards.





 Paintbrushes in a glass jar.  The stack of handmade paper notebooks is part of a sculpture that I put together that has a tiny drawing and a wall piece that hangs and then a pedestal. This is just a part of the whole piece. In it's entirety, the sculpture is titled, "Made in China"





This photo is of one of a Pony collage made by Katherine Metz (right) and a white series collage by Aaron Edelson (left) and some photo proofs that I am printing.

I have a ton of work and have been super busy organizing all of it and creating a workflow that seems to suite me well. I am using a label maker to make everything even more systematic. I am almost at the point where I can hire someone to assist me. It feels so good. I love working with people I love. Slowly, but surely everything is coming together in such a great way that it is done with ease. 

I am currently designing the interior for a woman's house who is totally in love with my photography and has given me total freedom, which is always fun!

You can check out some of my paintings and collage and what not here.

Say Hello


Friday

LP Live at the Viper Room in West Hollywood



LP Live at the Viper Room

April 30, 2012


























Love, love , love her songwriting.  And wow what a voice!



SHE'S NOT THERE









PUBLIC FICTION (the museum of) >> 

749 Avenue 50 / Los Angeles CA / 90042

Suitably Arranged.



I am so happy to have somehow created a studio gallery space that is somewhere I can work and feel creative as well as open up to other artists to show their work. I for one know that it is very important to get your work out of your studio and show in spaces that fit your medium. 

The work that you see on the walls is the work of photographer and cinematographer Karl Hahn. I feel fortunate to have met him and am inspired and lucky to work with such talent. 

You can see more of his personal work at www.karlhahnphotographer.com

Suitably Arranged: The Sum of All Parts.

A Photo Survey. 

PROSTELLAR: SURVEY OF LOS ANGELES STUDENT WORK







PROTOSTELLAR
Survey of Los Angeles Student Art Work
May 4 - 20, 2012, Everyday 11am - 6pm
Opening Reception: Friday, May 4, 7 - 10pm

Studio Sereno is pleased to present PROTOSTELLAR Survey of Los Angeles Student Art Work in our Project Room.

The exhibition features 16 art students representing 9 schools in the Los Angeles area:

Monica Bello ∙ ArtCenter
Laura Cechanowicz ∙ USC
Annie Cho ∙ ArtCenter
Alexander Collins ∙ Otis
Wesley Hicks ∙ CSULB
Chuck Sung Hohng ∙ ArtCenter
Raymie Idadevaia ∙ ArtCenter
Amy Lee Ketchum ∙ USC
Elijah H. Kleeman ∙ CalArts
James Lee ∙ Platt
Nathan Munoz ∙ CSULA
Michael Nesbit ∙ SciArc
Maria del Carmen Uriarte ∙ Otis
Matthew Waller ∙ ArtCenter
Audrey Wollen ∙ CalArts
Melissa Zimmermann ∙ CGU

Projection, sound, performance, text, animation, programming, drawing, painting, printmaking, conceptual objects, and sculpture.

Studio Sereno is grateful for the opportunity to meet these exceptional artists and would like to express gratitude for the extraordinary individuals who are responsible for introducing us to the artists: Thank you to Clyde Beswick of CB1 Gallery, Lisa Mann at USC, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe at ArtCenter, Chris Wilder at Otis, Mason Cooley at CSULB, Thor Erickson at SciArc, Michael Dee at Platt, Suzanne Lacy at Otis, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions at large.

Studio Sereno is a producing art studio which provides artistic services such as project management, consultation, and fabrication for the arts and entertainment industry: we are not a gallery. Our Project Room is for finishing projects but each quarter of the year we hold the space open for curatorial projects. Please join us in supporting these artists as they begin they their circumnavigation of the art world.

Street parking is available.