My colleague, Sara, and I took 13 students to the Vancouver Art Gallery for an all-day field trip on November 3, 2010. It was an incredible time, all of us happily soaking up art (once we got the guided tour out of the way)! Highlights for me: Robert Adams: The Place We Live, A Retrospective Selection…
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More charming cats and dogs by my father
Some new drawings by my father, Roar Thorsen! Check out his current project: THE OLD APPLE TREE.
Loving this Halloween drawing by Roar Thorsen!
My dad is in creative hyper-drive and has truly found his answer to embracing his life in long-term care. Here is the latest! Check out his current project: THE OLD APPLE TREE.
My father’s stroke of luck- art therapy and traumatic brain injury
In September 2005, we nearly lost my father due to a severe bleeding stroke resulting in left-side hemiplegia. Essentially, he was left paralyzed on his left side. He cannot walk, but he can speak and his mind is clear. He is dependent on others for simple daily things such as transferring, toilet, dressing. He is…
Recalling amazing visit to @SFMOMA October 11, 2010
My daughter, Anna, my sock monkey and I visited The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art this past Monday. Despite the fact that certain levels were closed (thereby a cheaper entry fee)- the experience was on par with my visit to Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 2009 with my son, Julian. (I treasure the one…
Post modernist cat by my father, Roar
I’m IN LOVE with my dad’s latest drawing for his book THE OLD APPLE TREE!
Youth art
I am very lucky to be surrounded by so many creative youth where I work. It astounds me. The following are details of works-in-progress from a couple of pieces that caught my attention this week:
The Genius of Gareth Pugh
I encourage you to search, google, devour all and anything that is “Gareth Pugh.” Gareth Pugh Paris Fashion Week Spring Summer 2011 = TRUE MODERN ART To read about the show go to: The Clothes Whisperer Video: click on image
Twyla Tharp
Choreographer/dancer Twyla Tharp’s aesthetic, style and philosophy were a huge influence on me in the 80’s. Time to get back to Twyla. If you do only what you know and do it very well, chances are that you won’t fail. You’ll just stagnate, and your life will get less and less interesting, and that’s failure…
NEW LYNDA BARRY! AAAAAAAAHHH!
She is my GOD. She is THE ULTIMATE for me. I can stare at one of her panels for hours. PICTURE THIS ISBN: 9781897299647 See new releases from Drawn and Quarterly: LINK
When the school closes, I’m taking the art therapy door with me!
All my students are special. All of them are creative. Many of my students are beyond talented. Some are genius. I was admiring my door again today, painted by Alicia Love.
SKin is IN!
I had a great time last night at Gallery Gachet! Here are some samplings of my watercolor tattooing and other highlights from the night! Artist’s Statement: So how does a body art event tie into mental health? I would like to think that being comfortable in one’s Skin is a mental health concern and the…
5minute6Bpencilnoeraserbackofanindexcard portrait #18- Ken
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Banksy, my daughter and San Francisco = ART
My daughter, Anna, lives in San Francisco now- surrounded by extraordinary street art! In fact, I highly recommend the book STREET ART SAN FRANCISCO- Mission Muralismo. “Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo captures the essence of San Francisco: community, diversity, color, expression. It’s a city that belongs to its artists, and this book feels that…
Picasso painting fetches record $106m at auction
Tonight I feel sad and overwhelmed- missing my mom, overwhelmed by my anxiety around money, anxious about our school, staff and students and what lies ahead, struggling against the desire to cocoon and go into a funk. I pull down deep and dig out some tools. Perhaps microsteps around money is in order… and a…
Introducing the work of Vancouver photographer Alex Barker!
You know, my friends have been pushing me for YEARS to do more with my gift… – ALEX BARKER The time has come! “Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back– Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and…
Outside the Lines: Ordinary Pastimes, Extraordinary Art (article)
A version of this article originally appeared in The Outsider magazine, published by Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art. Article found at http://www.interestingideas.com/out/craftshow/crafts.htm If making art with a capital “A” is inaccessibly ambitious for most people, a whole industry of popular crafts exists to bring them expression with a small “e.” The craft chains that…
Body art
CRAIG TRACY: http://www.paintedalive.com/homepage/index.html “PaintedAlive is the first gallery in the world dedicated exclusively to fine art Bodypainted images. It is through the gallery that thousands of people have had the unique opportunity to be introduced to this most alluring, ancient and contemporary art form.” Click on the following link for an amazing “making of..” Craig…
Fantastic Mr. Fox concept art/ storyboards
CONCEPT ART BY CHRIS APPELHANS. Go to: http://criscoh.xanga.com/715426375/item/ STORYBOARDS BY CHRISTIAN DEVITA. Go to: http://drawn.ca/2009/11/09/an-interview-with-fantastic-mr-fox-storyboard-artist-christian-devita/