From Yesterday 14

oh nice. the collapsible treat exhibit is still open.

Wood, acrylic paint, paper, recycled rusted tin can metal
9.25 x 11.5 x 2.75 inches (23.5 x 29.2 x 7 cm)
1991

Abstract-072023

I had a panel that I started a painting on almost two years ago and didn’t care for the direction it was going so it hung on the studio wall for some time then was moved to an out of the way place in the studio where it stayed for almost a year. I finally decided to scrap the painting that was started and do something different. Here is the result with reservations that I might make some changes in time to come. Since it is summer and outside working weather and because this one is larger than what I normally work on, I used the table on the balcony.

Before I buy more paint I am trying to get through paint that I have had for several years some of which is starting to thicken and become unusable or almost unusable. It’s an exercise in making do only with what is on hand.

Abstract-072023

Acrylic paint on cradled wood panel
24 x 18 x 1.5 inches (61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm)
July 2023

From Yesterday 10

i’d write a book about those biscuits up there if i could get home.

Wood, acrylic paint, pasted and painted paper from a book, copper wire, metal from rusted tin can
1992

From Yesterday 07

ah well the library hasn’t gone to all the dogs.

Wood, acrylic paint, graphite, copper wire, painted pasted paper, plaster
8 x 9 inches (22.8 x 20.3 cm)
1991

From Yesterday 04

i tell you the knucklehead jackass fish loves the carpet the most.

Wood, acrylic paint, plaster, pasted painted paper, copper wire
5.5 x 10 inches (14 x 25.4 cm)
1990

From Yesterday 01

I got to thinking about the old 35mm slides I took of art that I created before this digital age we're in. I remembered that the city library has a slide scanner that I can use to digitize some of those slides. Here is a scanned image of one of the slides of a piece I created back when I was having more fun in a looser way than I have in the past decade. Unfortunately I don’t have the dimensions of most of them.

i’m not using it since i didn’t pay the property tax.

Wood, acrylic paint graphite, pasted paper.
4 x 8.75 x 1.5 inches (10 x 22.2 x 3.8 cm)
1990

I used to use an old German portable typewriter that I don't have any more to create the title strips..Now I create them with a graphics app on my computer.

My Translation App

More design than art work. I wanted to try working with MIT App Inventor again and thought I would create my own simple translation app that translates English to Spanish. I based it on a tutorial in a book I got from the library and added a few more features. I created the title bar TranslateDroid in Affinity Designer. I added a feature where I can click the Say button and speak something into the enter text field instead of having to key in what I want to have translated. I also added a clear button. It was fun to create.

Finding a home

I thought I was going to be hanging on to this one for some time like a few other works but I believe it has found a home.

Two doubled shots of cotton candy sauce were ordered.

Acrylic paint and paper on cradled wood panel
10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
June 2021

Going Nowhere

Here are a few works hanging out on the studio walls waiting to be completed. They have been that way for weeks and even months.

This one has only gotten as far as several layers of thinned and watered down acrylic paint. It just needs the hanging piece added and the title.

I started this one over a year ago and can’t bring myself to completing it. There is still lots to do with it. Acrylic paint and graphite.

This is a recycled piece that I started reworking last year and am hung on what I need to do with it. Acrylic paint and pasted tissue paper.

This one needs a few hanging pieces added to it. Acrylic paint.

Another recycled piece. I’m not quite sure what to add to this. Acrylic paint.

This one is hanging out waiting for me to decide if the original concept will happen or not. Acrylic paint. The two panels will be bolted together after they are finished.