11:34 AM, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA. “Get out?! Not while we can! The light at the end of the tunnel was full of smoke.” Raymond Pettibon’s cover was a knockout!
2-1-13
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5-27-13
#592, 4:11 PM. This was an iPad digital drawing using my technique of visual fragments in a narrative. My idea was to simply revisit older photos and drawings and orchestrate them to make an alternative narrative. These “cannibalized” fragments were from earlier blog posts.
5-24-13
#591, 12:01 PM. I did a combination of a digital photo and drawing on the spot. This was a mild intervention. Quiet, understated, and restrained at its core. Captured the vibe at the moment.
5-22-13
#590, 7:54 PM. This is a visual mash up from several reference points. I was working from images on a Chinese package design, a Japanese comic book, and a Japanese monster movie. For me, the experience of drawing this was like a conductor orchestrating an ensemble of different events in order to make a cohesive whole. In the foreground, I’ve added an orange rickshaw. By the way, I’ve never been on a rickshaw and my guess is that I would feel uncomfortable having someone pull me around at his or her expense.
5-14-13
#587, 8:43 AM. I’m calling this a hybrid because it’s a union of two separate observational drawings done on my iPad in two cities, Glendale and Silver Lake that are both in Southern California. If you get a chance, Silver Lake has a great pizza joint called Tomato Pie just off of Hyperion Avenue .
6-9-13
10:25 AM, Glendale, CA. Another shop window display from the same bookstore. I found the painted shooting star an intriguing graphic element “surprinted” over the rows of vintage books. On a side note, the store employee is from Kyoto so that led to an interesting conversation.
6-9-13
10:23 AM, Glendale, CA. I’m a fan of used bookstores and this caught my eye in a bookshop’s window. There’s a competition between the visage of Liz Taylor and the Japanese doll that brings additional meaning to a banal event. I also noticed the interplay of the shop’s display and the reflection on the glass that echoed a view through a veil. It was also an accidental way of creating a double exposure technique that was commonly used in film cameras.
5-8-13
#585, 9:09AM. In creating images, I will often look for combinations of elements that work well with each other. This one with the flying figure and vintage hot rod works for me because of their similar directions of angles.
5-5-13
10:28 AM, Los Angeles, CA. I spotted the Man of Steel in front of the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles the other day. It was an unplanned opportunity for several of us as you can see from the other photographer getting in her own shot.
5-7-13
#582, 8:53 AM. This is an appropriation of sorts using digitally drawing from various references such as the “Magnum Force” title sequence, several pulp paperback book covers, and digital snapshots that I shot on a trip to Dallas earlier this year. More guns.