Michael Barrett
I read an essay by David Hickey about this painting - “After the Prom” by Norman Rockwell and spoke about the composition of the painting in a way I had totally forgotten about.
The top of the counter and the kick rail at the bar form two overlapping rectangles. The arms, knees, elbows and eye-lines form triangles pointed inward, focusing on the moment between the young couple. The angles leading you down from the girl’s smile, to the boys hands clutching her gloves, and back up to his grin.
Late October MegaGram. 27 images posted individually to Instagram which combine to create a single image.
I captured snapshots while out walking in the cool autumn, thinking about how to paint trees.
Matthieu Venot creates tightly cropped photographs of architecture often framed by a clear blue sky.
This article about AI trained to create novel images is silly - but the work is interesting.
They are significantly downplaying the amount human involvement in curating the training material (images or art) and the curation of the output.
Swedish artist EKTA paints “uncommissioned” murals on walls - abstract, expressive street art.
Decaying urban surfaces already look like abstract art. I love the idea of making that literal.
An October Mega-Gram. This image is a collage of photos and scribbles. Everything becomes canvas and paint when working digitally. Take a picture and draw on it.
I’m working at home a lot more often now - but I haven’t been the best at making good use of that time. It’s so easy to plunk away on the internet and waste a morning.
When I was forced to leave the house by 7am to catch a train - I was much more diligent in my use of time. But now, if I’m not careful, 9am will roll around and I haven’t accomplished much.
This week I’ve been trying to fix my behavior by getting up and doing something each day. Today I went for a run.
Sterling Bowen is making art from office supplies.
