Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas, 1963, oil on canvas, 64.5 X 121.75 inches.
Norm’s, La Cienega, on Fire, 1964, oil on canvas, 64.25 X 124.5 inches.
I read Alexandra Schwartz’s new book Ed Ruscha’s Los Angeles a few weeks ago. It didn’t leave me wanting to talk about it so, I’ll post these images instead.
The images were taken from Ed Ruscha’s website
I made this today out of some super sculpey.
This is the latest edit.
My grandmother built this Hot Wheel town for my brother and me when we were little. Yes, there are lots of sharp edges. All the buildings are metal. Talking to my brother, we assume we must have gotten cut once in a while, but nothing memorable. He said it was a good way to learn not to get cut.
There are several things I can point to that have led me down my aesthetic path—growing up on military installations (their lack of signage, no corporate branding and simple architecture), Wayne Thiebaud sketches, and this toy are among them.
these little carnivores are hopefully going to make their home in the garden after they are done crawling around my black photo set.
Samples of the first bus shelter model.
I glued up the bus shelter model today; I will shoot it properly tonight.
This was far from difficult to make, nor something I have much need of, but I wanted to see it—a simple topographic hill.
One into four with the use of two mirrors.
oil on panel, 9 by 16 inches
Here is an experiment in drawing and painting. I laid down a dark ground, then a white layer of oil and drew into it and brushed over it. It is based off a thumbnail sketch in a recent notebook.