tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88893766156615259222024-03-05T02:42:33.613-06:00TITLES ARE FOR PEOPLE WITH IDEASan art and idea dumping groundJP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-48919806094254723722010-12-23T21:17:00.001-06:002015-01-12T02:36:54.014-06:00This is the End, This is the Beginning...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have moved my blog to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://jpmorrisonlans.com/">JPMorrisonLans.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://jpmorrisonlans.com/" target="_blank"> </a>Please continue to follow me and my work there. and thank you all for your attention and support. Happy New Year!</span>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-82040766299398553312010-12-11T20:25:00.009-06:002010-12-13T20:39:41.485-06:00Showing in Florida, and NYC!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So this November my piece "The Sibyl Admiring Her Saturday Reflection" was accepted into a show at the Sarasota Design Center, in Florida called </span></span><a href="http://tatagala.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The TaTa Gala</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, which is an exhibit that supports breast cancer research. I drove down to Florida for the event, which was a great drive. Yes, 11 hours of driving for two days, but somehow lovely. I loved watching the trees change from state to state and watching the local color go b</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">y. The event was great and I met and showed with some wonderful artists, including </span></span><a href="http://theirison.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Erik Jones</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://kipomolade.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kip Omolade</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/laurenxiii"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lauren Rusignola</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://clintweldon.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Clint Weldon</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, </span></span><a href="http://epicbuck.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Matt Buck</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">, and several others. Then of course there was the beach, I love it so! Here are some pictures from the show:</span></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCLYT5LO3A3N3hMah21zEAVBAzdj3mLjoCpW30hrJgcD_g9gtAV-7AdtTs7wbvxkUjMdsOzg9-MPFIuGbnk52xp0GitSppAPZwCNLS6VotuIkhfN8pxAgrzXUT22WF_xJCXCigo5lF36F/s1600/IMG_3670.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCLYT5LO3A3N3hMah21zEAVBAzdj3mLjoCpW30hrJgcD_g9gtAV-7AdtTs7wbvxkUjMdsOzg9-MPFIuGbnk52xp0GitSppAPZwCNLS6VotuIkhfN8pxAgrzXUT22WF_xJCXCigo5lF36F/s320/IMG_3670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550350917774929586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc_YimgEcl3pTaTAufhnrK507y3Vkw6I5u-QEod5nEL-dBiGWAc3zyBJ783ujUACcuYv2qYnnv32BIF8iig34yXt4FBlaJQyqwpcRTjPVQTY3KqKrswb_Bd8F8q6XhMjdQMfO2UI_PLJF/s1600/IMG_3668.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc_YimgEcl3pTaTAufhnrK507y3Vkw6I5u-QEod5nEL-dBiGWAc3zyBJ783ujUACcuYv2qYnnv32BIF8iig34yXt4FBlaJQyqwpcRTjPVQTY3KqKrswb_Bd8F8q6XhMjdQMfO2UI_PLJF/s320/IMG_3668.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550350912666162210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLB4LWWpJwwYrrF3niXuSoTS9Q_7rRUTOAcgnTeFqGPfGK7usTggXg5HB2oav6gcCWccEa7nTIk62P4Z5rEne41Ge4rDGogl60PTeZNtT1itDQNyRJXv7rg7UoT0X207cCxxkSYNcl0tfR/s1600/IMG_3664.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLB4LWWpJwwYrrF3niXuSoTS9Q_7rRUTOAcgnTeFqGPfGK7usTggXg5HB2oav6gcCWccEa7nTIk62P4Z5rEne41Ge4rDGogl60PTeZNtT1itDQNyRJXv7rg7UoT0X207cCxxkSYNcl0tfR/s320/IMG_3664.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550350910100631186" /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The other big news in relation to this show is that they're having a second showing in NYC at </span></span><a href="http://www.sacredgallerynyc.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Sacred Gallery</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> which I have been chosen to participate in called "The Best Of The Breast" which showcases the 15 best pieces from Sarasota exhibition as well as a few other artists, one being </span></span><a href="http://obeygiant.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Shepard Fairey</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> (!). I'll be heading to the big apple for the opening Feb. 5th, and you'll be hearing more from me about that experience as well as lots of other big news, soon</span>.</span></span></div></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-19362792201361767432010-12-11T19:56:00.007-06:002010-12-13T16:29:55.423-06:00Prints for Sale, Limited Time!<div style="text-align: center;">I have high quality 12" x 18" digital reproductions of these original pieces for sale at $40. a pop (plus $5.00 shipping). Email me if you are interested and get them while they last! Thanks!</div><div style="text-align: center;">josephinepearl@gmail.com</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3avLiWiHw4qqrTqI_rhwJqLFQg0vPEHy3kXVRwKgsmbgtlAhr_n1_pIPVEKFaEcTYNdGqnKeZySVDiJPjzanXgkIKIp6Y1Hf-a7mj5vSwvJ3kheG1W2wCixe3sZAl4onNsm0h-6gRhYq/s1600/SleepingTiger_WEB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3avLiWiHw4qqrTqI_rhwJqLFQg0vPEHy3kXVRwKgsmbgtlAhr_n1_pIPVEKFaEcTYNdGqnKeZySVDiJPjzanXgkIKIp6Y1Hf-a7mj5vSwvJ3kheG1W2wCixe3sZAl4onNsm0h-6gRhYq/s400/SleepingTiger_WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549614342858498786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Sphinx"</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0middfdARNKUFTp0w9ITEvJbFWLgPdFZiG76P6pSS1iG1Sn4VKZgTCVO5JOaYFfxrwSRvdanWHnYom92D5zmMcne7t-YwgoCHi-yRwuYxDLsalW1LCEP38nO8mt71dEx_B_dbWFCKJdRU/s1600/Dream_WEB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0middfdARNKUFTp0w9ITEvJbFWLgPdFZiG76P6pSS1iG1Sn4VKZgTCVO5JOaYFfxrwSRvdanWHnYom92D5zmMcne7t-YwgoCHi-yRwuYxDLsalW1LCEP38nO8mt71dEx_B_dbWFCKJdRU/s400/Dream_WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549614180431500914" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Dream"</span></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvIof0pjMTwVSPsPv39iODAPVisXKJ6FBzNu66IVtePflutjhcDSDXY4hOlISbkW319RfcGYW2vrPO7ZwYfkFUIaLvHhu591gSdjPz62DurVZtI-rCh0y9uCn8iU9V7dJ4aDpPnn5eQkK/s1600/Ray_Gun_WEB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvIof0pjMTwVSPsPv39iODAPVisXKJ6FBzNu66IVtePflutjhcDSDXY4hOlISbkW319RfcGYW2vrPO7ZwYfkFUIaLvHhu591gSdjPz62DurVZtI-rCh0y9uCn8iU9V7dJ4aDpPnn5eQkK/s400/Ray_Gun_WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549614175302588530" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"preparing to protect you from yourself"</span></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRerzI7KKnKWVrstng88MECzFJX1-LRauYLQgapeLg0Fv2AJ-Q_8XZKW52P1UkwL8Mi7UaMU1cvkRZ3akMMDnBshMzHettLGrUWuAVz8pFjqn4GITYRX5nojAkfl5hTjJXycQCXwjmOsS/s1600/Water.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRerzI7KKnKWVrstng88MECzFJX1-LRauYLQgapeLg0Fv2AJ-Q_8XZKW52P1UkwL8Mi7UaMU1cvkRZ3akMMDnBshMzHettLGrUWuAVz8pFjqn4GITYRX5nojAkfl5hTjJXycQCXwjmOsS/s400/Water.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549614170496002690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Water"</span></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yvgwfGEjiLB6GdGT6kpPs9waVflTwleNKMl5shyphenhyphenBTVjuux3Ev0sLRcbHFTvXk6NOpaV4LxzW-OQPXEQ2C4mZp30BkS37hlgQOQkTql9AAbGNZRN3jZQjoUnocagQkK2U90JsOwugh45K/s1600/Fire_WEB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yvgwfGEjiLB6GdGT6kpPs9waVflTwleNKMl5shyphenhyphenBTVjuux3Ev0sLRcbHFTvXk6NOpaV4LxzW-OQPXEQ2C4mZp30BkS37hlgQOQkTql9AAbGNZRN3jZQjoUnocagQkK2U90JsOwugh45K/s400/Fire_WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549614167669076450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Fire"</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-87016424046360376012010-10-25T00:36:00.006-05:002010-10-25T23:40:30.948-05:00Charcoal Erase Studies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMB5q30LholBXCz71gbCI1x_jI0Mc7b-TwAqWHNhiYpBuiPX6rB340cXrafocFbbC-5bQtiPCcAGCcH6BUE928i4iIfchAzlG9-Xzpww-Vz7PpewkDvqMSv4StweEe50l08ZJLYM-Ov6OE/s1600/photo-3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMB5q30LholBXCz71gbCI1x_jI0Mc7b-TwAqWHNhiYpBuiPX6rB340cXrafocFbbC-5bQtiPCcAGCcH6BUE928i4iIfchAzlG9-Xzpww-Vz7PpewkDvqMSv4StweEe50l08ZJLYM-Ov6OE/s400/photo-3.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531856217120243874" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncVZ9n8NFrilfSqMdv558kmvBcnACt96AYoIUFYnCq4nyLeVxfe52T2eFEI7tXj2OXSBBhvcy08rNmtnSjvnITEj-TIdrUvG8cUOs5G9LWfYCfagJ9JbGe6ZuY6BChaUcYu2L6xBmz_6H/s1600/photo-5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncVZ9n8NFrilfSqMdv558kmvBcnACt96AYoIUFYnCq4nyLeVxfe52T2eFEI7tXj2OXSBBhvcy08rNmtnSjvnITEj-TIdrUvG8cUOs5G9LWfYCfagJ9JbGe6ZuY6BChaUcYu2L6xBmz_6H/s400/photo-5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531856210360876002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfKt3qZXlrHfIS-qlyrKjKJIfu0O0LPci2C57_t2WuXPn27liREzQP2FN7TreNVt9w7C9mp5XLYAhtmkSanvl2D7awzPnWugiFxqwK908C2sdon09A_29iZx-6E6trLIzBU8wX3Hvtku6/s1600/Charcoal_heart1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXfKt3qZXlrHfIS-qlyrKjKJIfu0O0LPci2C57_t2WuXPn27liREzQP2FN7TreNVt9w7C9mp5XLYAhtmkSanvl2D7awzPnWugiFxqwK908C2sdon09A_29iZx-6E6trLIzBU8wX3Hvtku6/s400/Charcoal_heart1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531856207038647186" /></a><br />these are for something new and special that I will talk about later. I have been getting into laying out vine charcoal on vellum, and then erasing out what I want... it's an extremely satisfying process, totally idiot proof, everything can be drawn back in like nothing happened, they're fast and they require rendering in very high contrast, something my colored pencil pieces aren't great at. I hope you enjoy them as much as I am.<div><br /></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-69959820554752928142010-10-20T04:11:00.005-05:002010-10-20T04:48:12.235-05:00JRB Small Works<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JKaKJUfm6rDB1t72hLK4E9zvczBF77i0Uq3OGNDEunsaLvcDHDEvQJPtJUMhaQXfLGw2VqBucgB_4dcA3zAXwuM1lid0YUSdiq21FX7ADF5S1z8WJQBkCRs0_rHjs3JSJttPevUNz2m2/s1600/Catharsis_WEB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0JKaKJUfm6rDB1t72hLK4E9zvczBF77i0Uq3OGNDEunsaLvcDHDEvQJPtJUMhaQXfLGw2VqBucgB_4dcA3zAXwuM1lid0YUSdiq21FX7ADF5S1z8WJQBkCRs0_rHjs3JSJttPevUNz2m2/s400/Catharsis_WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530061225923126082" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Catharsis" 8' x 8" colored pencil and paper collage on board.</span></div><div><br /></div>This is "Catharsis" my piece for the annual<a href="http://www.jrbartgallery.com/events/view_event.php?eventsID=135"> JRB Small Works Show</a> opening Nov. 5th 2010 in Oklahoma City. It will be hung on a grid with around a hundred other artists creations on 8" x 8" canvas. There is an etymological link to the word Catharsis that is "to shine light in dark places".<div><br /></div><div>I have always been fascinated by the ideas behind the word catharsis. The first time I heard the word it was because it was the title of an art show I attended. I didn't much care for the work, the artist was obviously working through I great deal of pain anger and resentment, something at fifteen I didn't really relate to. The canvases were torn and stitched back together with surgical stitching thread, they were abstract but were very obviously wounds inflicted on the waxy canvases. Perhaps the concept this artist was trying to convey was healing, but to me still to this day it just seemed like fetishizing pain. I think humans often get confused and romanticize pain. It's a very bad habit to get into, it tends to result in suffering hanging around much longer than is necessary.</div><div><br /></div><div>However since that first encounter with the word catharsis I have learned how much more it means. It is to cleans, to purge often by confronting directly the troubling issue. Perhaps to release through living, to meditate upon what might more easily be avoided. It's rather twisted really, in a good way.</div><div><br /></div><div>This piece is a little tongue in cheek, humor is the best way to address difficult ideas, issues, etc. It's hard to feel threatened if you're laughing. So this was sort of a first meditation on ideas of self reflection, and confrontation... I've been pretty self portrait-centric lately, I am always telling stories in my pieces, though don't ask me to tell you those stories, so often they are hidden to me until years after I've completed a piece, but I realize that I am telling my own story, through images, sometimes the objects in a piece are true representations of the story, other times the repetitious task of creating the work, the mark making itself is the story... one of me getting lost mentally, emotionally etcetera, in line patterns and drawing rhythms, you'd be amazing how important that is.</div><div><br /></div><div>so... that's a lot of text for such a wee piece, but it's part of the foundation of ideas that this next body of work will be built on, so... off we go!</div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-59218884349431207512010-10-09T15:16:00.004-05:002010-10-09T17:25:47.963-05:00Momentum Tulsa TONIGHTHi all, so I've gotten in the habit of being pretty 'day of' as far as notice is concerned, tis what it is, however if you're in Tulsa this evening I will be showing my piece "Dryad" in the Tulsa branch of the <a href="http://ovac-ok.org/">OVAC</a> show Momentum. Momentum is a group show for artists 30 and under, designed to initiate the newbees and also show that good art doesn't necessarily have anything to do with how long you've been on the planet. There is good music and a fun lively crowd, I look forward to seeing you.<div><br /></div><div>If you'd like to see a step by step photo demo of the creation of Dryad, <a href="http://jpmorrison.blogspot.com/2010/03/all-way-to-end.html">click me</a>.</div><div>and here's a photo from last year, where I received a juror's choice award for, "The Sibyl Admiring Her Saturday Reflection"</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hKZ0CoJce0kWmGreomdaCTfi721OMWtCBj0cSRMcHsV9TbJOdMV_ckA1SmJKmf1NJA4LS_qBDU6Gaar0iSeOH0qzRB2WD828RpmB69t0O-N8SOU4o5bZ_oozH_qACDQtPVwS8UWeZ0vA/s1600/10518_153773161181_680606181_2620759_7630360_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hKZ0CoJce0kWmGreomdaCTfi721OMWtCBj0cSRMcHsV9TbJOdMV_ckA1SmJKmf1NJA4LS_qBDU6Gaar0iSeOH0qzRB2WD828RpmB69t0O-N8SOU4o5bZ_oozH_qACDQtPVwS8UWeZ0vA/s400/10518_153773161181_680606181_2620759_7630360_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526175749254793026" /></a><div>Here is a picture taken of me and my work at last years opening, by my friend Jeff Hogue, clearly marked.</div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-1741155726302086222010-09-24T23:35:00.005-05:002010-09-24T23:47:46.624-05:0012 x 12 TOMORROW NIGHT!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYuv67zonqj8FhNYirxiUlxsz8QmezAERkpkM4PoINWBu7ZoJzAjeq3imJ8ce9e-iRiFC4io_FKQUVjRh6nmgva9jiXSIYkgTDQIaWo37AJW5iDU7_oYvFxaqIcOvmBtifovJpa6jXvOe/s1600/The_Expectant_Wife.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYuv67zonqj8FhNYirxiUlxsz8QmezAERkpkM4PoINWBu7ZoJzAjeq3imJ8ce9e-iRiFC4io_FKQUVjRh6nmgva9jiXSIYkgTDQIaWo37AJW5iDU7_oYvFxaqIcOvmBtifovJpa6jXvOe/s400/The_Expectant_Wife.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520707562028791986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"The Expectant Wife" 12" x 12" colored pencil, acrylic, silver leaf and paper collage on board.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Please come join me and 149 more outstanding artists tomorrow night for the Oklahoma Visual Artists' Coalitions yearly fund raiser </span></span><a href="http://ovac-ok.org/Events/events_12x12.cfm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The 12 x 12</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The event starts at 7pm in down town Oklahoma City at t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">he </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fred Jones Industries Building 900 W. Main St. You will have the opportunity to walk away with or more outstanding pieces of art, including mine! Check out all the information, plus pick your favorites in the online gallery </span></span><a href="http://ovac-ok.org/Events/events_12x12.cfm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">HERE!</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="http://ovac-ok.org/Events/events_12x12.cfm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://ovac-ok.org/Events/events_12x12.cfm</span></span></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-18656156567933126322010-09-07T02:49:00.003-05:002010-09-07T03:00:38.869-05:00Landscape vs. portraitI'm trying to decide which way to turn the piece I am currently working on, it just occurred to me tonight to turn it vertically, and it works well, not to mention suddenly it's so much easier to understand the structure of the nose... I don't look at many of them lying down. <div><br /></div><div>I'm rather enjoying all the white background too, this is the danger of posting in process, something I think I've said before, I as well as perhaps you may become attached to the un-finalized piece, the looseness of in process is often charming... I might leave her hair whitish in fact, we'll see... I guess since I'm not putting the pencil down y'all will just have to trust me on this one. </div><div><br /></div><div>This photo shows it turned vertically, i.e. portrait... I've been working on it for weeks with her lying down, i.e. landscape, it's terribly confusing but you will come across artists using these two terms to describe a composition, portrait = vertical canvas, landscape = horizontal canvas... try to be patient with us... we're creative.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMX6R2mhOsGN6XOWD7UQTUTwHBAt9Z-fQDQv8cZ2VgU_z00Xo5NBiz0Y0x7anjis0q0uMzsfkOEYduzb2A-jEri5ouAe7f8-Eh7_JaRONwQri5SrXR2YSbup_NfsfGz3hCNx6yIe7rOShu/s1600/IMG_0137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMX6R2mhOsGN6XOWD7UQTUTwHBAt9Z-fQDQv8cZ2VgU_z00Xo5NBiz0Y0x7anjis0q0uMzsfkOEYduzb2A-jEri5ouAe7f8-Eh7_JaRONwQri5SrXR2YSbup_NfsfGz3hCNx6yIe7rOShu/s400/IMG_0137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514078150155494210" /></a>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-65125009922973483412010-08-25T17:41:00.003-05:002010-08-25T18:01:46.313-05:00This Years 12 x 12 sneak peak<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgpaa7aatX3JxJsAGCp5ed_ZOqnnvvQy1tT40gw-xaoBwtjkbVou7lF1-OWLAILHcsxUJ3ytyWVbM0qqU2f4itI7EejQJFD6oXG_TifpT3F68741enhj2DBhlnHfqo9GyhzYmxyVoWsPx/s1600/IMG_0069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgpaa7aatX3JxJsAGCp5ed_ZOqnnvvQy1tT40gw-xaoBwtjkbVou7lF1-OWLAILHcsxUJ3ytyWVbM0qqU2f4itI7EejQJFD6oXG_TifpT3F68741enhj2DBhlnHfqo9GyhzYmxyVoWsPx/s400/IMG_0069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509485556369838850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"The Expectant Wife" *Detail* 12" x 12" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">colored pencil, ink, paper collage and silver leaf on board</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>So here we are again. I have been participating in the Oklahoma Visual Artists' Coalition's annual fund raiser, "The 12x12" for something close to a decade ... An exciting thing about this show is that the work I produce for it is very often some of my most cutting edge stuff. The piece that is the background for the title of this blog would be a good example of such a piece, as well as the one I use on my business card, and this years creation is no exception.<div><br /></div><div>"The Expectant Wife" was created using strictly the impulses and desires of my subconscious. I've been wanting to play with Dali's ants for quite sometime, but have been concerned about the inevitable creepery of such rendering... No longer! No more shall I restrain myself with worrying if something is to "disturbing". It was funny, I was almost through with the piece when I realized that I was making a "subconscious" piece, that was also very pointedly a homage to Dali... go figure. I used myself as the model, because if I'm going to cover anyones mouth with ants it ought to be my own... I may also add some quip to the title alluding to "sweet talking" something ants would be attracted to. Right now I'm just posting a wee detail shot, please stop back by for the full reveal sometime in the next month leading up to the show. </div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, and it's nice to talk to all of you again, sorry I've been less than active around these here parts... sometimes life gets in the way of art.</div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-88145406355792985882010-04-14T06:38:00.004-05:002010-04-14T06:45:10.337-05:00Good Girl/Bad Girl<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/3721574742_e128275f3a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2549/3721574742_e128275f3a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"Good Girl/Bad Girl" 48" x 36" colored pencil, gouache, ink and paper collage on board.</span><br /></div><br />Gifts from fairies are strange.<br />Rewards falling from mouths?<br /><br />A good, humble daughter, hardworking without complaint and disinterested in material gain is rewarded for her kindness: with rubies, diamonds and pearls that fall from her mouth each time she speaks!<br />Her wicked stepsister is only interested in personal gain and gratification. She is henceforth punished for her grandiosity with toads and snakes falling from her lips.<br /><br />Here the two girls are linked into one, two sides of the same coin. One side exploits the other. The Good Girl, whose immaterial nature is irreverently rewarded with material blessings, her words forever lost in the tumbling forth of jewels. Does this symbolize the value of kind words, or is it just the objectification of a girl whose is now reduced to life as a candy dispenser? The Bad Girl who unapologetically sought this verbal bounty, silently stares at us, confronting our attraction to those who seek their fortune ruthlessly, regardless of the reptilian consequences.JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-59387939191851848002010-04-14T06:17:00.003-05:002010-04-14T06:37:59.996-05:00Dryad finished, and the new work.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5HtnCQCrI_6ee1BjtDNV0BBb3V0s3mXF2hNR3W3WtRpMbbHdNwKIERxudbFSnSKhVi392NO39ZRJ_ND8iZ6ykDj7lQ-kCzTLEPEu2rVPvXonnzRo0wGwYLq0yr7tYj1NZeLI6R9d2Vbq/s1600/Dryad.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5HtnCQCrI_6ee1BjtDNV0BBb3V0s3mXF2hNR3W3WtRpMbbHdNwKIERxudbFSnSKhVi392NO39ZRJ_ND8iZ6ykDj7lQ-kCzTLEPEu2rVPvXonnzRo0wGwYLq0yr7tYj1NZeLI6R9d2Vbq/s400/Dryad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459955020175667298" border="0" /></a>"Dryad" 36" x 18" colored pencil, acrylic, and paint pen on board<br />She's hanging at JRB Gallery until the end of the month.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9JeXYYne6VqGHGsJ-iT_eF4Barmx7lhaWl3IMJO2Ir6vb-bf72ZhLxSFNM4cRy8kjwI6Llt6Z2jQSb_XzDERgkQuv6-4ZAOvwvLj-UjXTGEyuFfBaCVH-8xHCQg_Ir7ZuTGQ2py3DCTL/s1600/Photo+on+2010-04-14+at+00.31.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN9JeXYYne6VqGHGsJ-iT_eF4Barmx7lhaWl3IMJO2Ir6vb-bf72ZhLxSFNM4cRy8kjwI6Llt6Z2jQSb_XzDERgkQuv6-4ZAOvwvLj-UjXTGEyuFfBaCVH-8xHCQg_Ir7ZuTGQ2py3DCTL/s400/Photo+on+2010-04-14+at+00.31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459955022194944546" border="0" /></a>This work in progress, is based on goldielocks and the three bears, the chair is cut out of paper and I haven't decided if this is where it will end up. We'll see! the photo is also in reverse, because I took it with the photo booth application.<br /><br /></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-4297693068013166782010-03-04T03:11:00.019-06:002010-03-04T17:58:39.740-06:00All The Way To The End<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Tomorrow is my Opening Reception. I have 24 pieces hanging and I cannot wait. I've already had three pre-sales before the opening, and I'm going to feel so good seeing those red dots on the wall tomorrow! Please come join me at <a href="http://www.jrbartgallery.com/">JRB</a>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">This is the last piece I finished for the show, I haven't had it professionally photographed yet, but a very sharp image should be showing up soon on my flickr. Until then enjoy this little peek behind the curtain. These photos are a bit dark and yellow, but you get the idea. Why dark? Because incandescence lights are relaxing. And I don't like to make process shots into a big production because that creates too much pressure.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Here you can see the first three layers of the piece, the conté sketch, green pencil for shadows and blue for the first of the face paint.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40xMmQH2DO9HQcwP71UTuKgabx1al5fNxfywCsiySrLSSJCOhvGBhIvy4fSJQeL3Ao_pUwoyVVu4-9LAiwWyC_KQamFvlDecIXRx9z8cE29ctNijITa1kHV7UKKtPeY9Bt3fTFuHRyGHk/s1600-h/P1050058.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40xMmQH2DO9HQcwP71UTuKgabx1al5fNxfywCsiySrLSSJCOhvGBhIvy4fSJQeL3Ao_pUwoyVVu4-9LAiwWyC_KQamFvlDecIXRx9z8cE29ctNijITa1kHV7UKKtPeY9Bt3fTFuHRyGHk/s400/P1050058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444705371498088114" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Below I have added the yellow and pink pencil for the face paint, as well as finished laying in green for the shadows.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8U_K9lMdzMIfqnJnRu9KK9bQhVk2Hgf_CqJ7gSN3t0btwePlpSWsZ4UFswgxdXP4FmH9jFjvu54F4OBbz5BucbIAEO4v6L7EsKJjEr6rSwvRQcf3VbNa4HHEcloUSQ7Snh11OzfodERHT/s1600-h/P1050062.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8U_K9lMdzMIfqnJnRu9KK9bQhVk2Hgf_CqJ7gSN3t0btwePlpSWsZ4UFswgxdXP4FmH9jFjvu54F4OBbz5BucbIAEO4v6L7EsKJjEr6rSwvRQcf3VbNa4HHEcloUSQ7Snh11OzfodERHT/s400/P1050062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444706338645419154" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><div style="text-align: center;">Jumping ahead, below I have finished the skin tone and have moved onto sketching in the background patterns. If you would like to read more about the layering technique I use to create my skin tones, check out this entry: <a href="http://jpmorrison.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-process.html">In Process...</a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltXtS1AJ7m4nwG3WN1fHugCiFaLffN6Vz4W7xqToGXCdV0KV6vwiLIxcj93Bl7hRZM7hoSahNY9lBozUloBPAWdtzDBZPTpFEPapGFuhbGZJVZyFZkJKc9ZrPmVhCcoOjMchjNZjEjiq2/s400/P1050115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444707319233895522" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Below, I've gone ahead and thrown some underpainting into the piece so I can see past all the white, I like to think that underpainting will all be covered up so I don't get to precious, however I often like the results and end up using some of the underpainting. In this case I kept the yellow in a great deal of the piece but totally painted out the green in the dress.</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDr-ZOIhYasH7EFXGSKYieG3yh9jFQEDAAz1a92XLgFMwXWpqVW69WCjSI8vn1lHuGI-z4UaHEEHE3r39GtLT8sLdDVwIODPZcoriW_WYuIHg2qlNxF8LLTnSUW2fCTbyCM-RBoHlDXRIn/s1600-h/P1050121.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDr-ZOIhYasH7EFXGSKYieG3yh9jFQEDAAz1a92XLgFMwXWpqVW69WCjSI8vn1lHuGI-z4UaHEEHE3r39GtLT8sLdDVwIODPZcoriW_WYuIHg2qlNxF8LLTnSUW2fCTbyCM-RBoHlDXRIn/s400/P1050121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444708003799953186" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Here I've masked off portions of the background design, (see the video below for removal) and I've started adding the background details, this was all very intuitive and happened very quickly and naturally. After that I worked very slowly and over thought almost everything to avoid messing up all that was already good. I haven't sat and just stared at a piece this much in quite sometime.</span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg917Oc8hbrW4Y4I7rdlRUTUV9gtJ_bQ3NqEiQ5xCDfWQU30Y5ej1uNa4KKIICBrtSJZeOw0m_INrLn8nkfOgLvBTnlj1zLqYX51Tuu8Y0ToXI_AC-c_tHrn2-0i8GURDIgzHblR6CvJhRF/s1600-h/P1050125.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg917Oc8hbrW4Y4I7rdlRUTUV9gtJ_bQ3NqEiQ5xCDfWQU30Y5ej1uNa4KKIICBrtSJZeOw0m_INrLn8nkfOgLvBTnlj1zLqYX51Tuu8Y0ToXI_AC-c_tHrn2-0i8GURDIgzHblR6CvJhRF/s400/P1050125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444708388984405010" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Below you'll see more background details. I added the vines around the edges and settled on an under paint color for her dress, grey, which I also worked into portions of the background to tie everything together. Not only are designs in the background masked off, but so is her skin and hair so that I can paint more freely. All the splatters on the skin are actually on a layer of frisket.</span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8EyDiJNOl36reGgHvivE7FyPjaO3WyzYl3FYqaYedgcLP0Oq4iGBF0il9dpDgVq5V61T0NSzFrg3SMgB1xnKBqWmxPGlNAeDlaErvYzXcFXRJ2JC3UK-5SCvh49s6sNONSsruQrV5Gv2/s1600-h/P1050129.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8EyDiJNOl36reGgHvivE7FyPjaO3WyzYl3FYqaYedgcLP0Oq4iGBF0il9dpDgVq5V61T0NSzFrg3SMgB1xnKBqWmxPGlNAeDlaErvYzXcFXRJ2JC3UK-5SCvh49s6sNONSsruQrV5Gv2/s400/P1050129.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444708794303511234" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Below, the background and her dress are finished, consisting of many layers of translucent acrylic paint, drips and outlines of paint pen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuA52gu4whuvHipZFkDda8Pwgxl39fWtayZz27fQYWQyBMthh0y9VoxvvsIv_WU6fpGIUGEVwInuq1dpxg1u87hRT76AXTIyUWlZ35kqH8EEIDeokwwdzsh8H2r7b1f8i6q1q1mgvTHxp9/s1600-h/P1050154.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuA52gu4whuvHipZFkDda8Pwgxl39fWtayZz27fQYWQyBMthh0y9VoxvvsIv_WU6fpGIUGEVwInuq1dpxg1u87hRT76AXTIyUWlZ35kqH8EEIDeokwwdzsh8H2r7b1f8i6q1q1mgvTHxp9/s400/P1050154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444709307153620466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">Here is a video of me taking the frisket off of my piece, I'll go back into the blank spaces with paint pen. I also use frisket to block off the skin and hair, so that I can freely paint the background. Why not paint the background first you ask? Well, because I don't like to, and I find that the finished personality informs color and form in the background more.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/353752499296"><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/353752499296" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">My wonderful studio engineer and father applies the high gloss varnish to the background. He's much better with sprays than I am. *Note that the colored pencil of her skin and hair are still masked off with frisket, I will removed the mask later, revealing the pencil.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQMQIhev2INlKzlWieexGTDZdWxh_YUgEiaIvJ2Gt6dIjLztNXOKbFgkutsIgVqOggBjgCpf-FOFJQMBGxBs15ge86pmMVNc47dDC9jvUtlBjukTqtXslrh-jSpnvYKGfIBaleA4FB-eJ/s1600-h/P1050165.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQMQIhev2INlKzlWieexGTDZdWxh_YUgEiaIvJ2Gt6dIjLztNXOKbFgkutsIgVqOggBjgCpf-FOFJQMBGxBs15ge86pmMVNc47dDC9jvUtlBjukTqtXslrh-jSpnvYKGfIBaleA4FB-eJ/s400/P1050165.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444709885211360914" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">The finished piece! hanging at <a href="http://www.jrbartgallery.com/">JRB Art At The Elms</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTtooYy3vb_BIC0PFUr1DcgvxoHCs-TrVuiFTyDrUQR2gYZDdrVTf2tk4gzvusHQa-ZpVw7aZq4CrqsqQY_vNcfShO7TW_ZQWWIf3MxS7FxGgZu4zouFfv3YrHk0JFs88Xe_E8Hmv_j3P/s1600-h/P1050173.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgTtooYy3vb_BIC0PFUr1DcgvxoHCs-TrVuiFTyDrUQR2gYZDdrVTf2tk4gzvusHQa-ZpVw7aZq4CrqsqQY_vNcfShO7TW_ZQWWIf3MxS7FxGgZu4zouFfv3YrHk0JFs88Xe_E8Hmv_j3P/s400/P1050173.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444711571707948018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">"Dryad" 36" x 18" colored pencil, acrylic, gouache and paint pen on board</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-71632076923463681652010-02-24T14:36:00.003-06:002010-02-24T14:42:38.630-06:00Event TONIGHT!Come see two of my pieces, "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpmorrison/3721598596/in/set-72157603997247672/">Sphinx</a>" and my collaboration w/ <a href="http://tribalbot.com">tribalbot</a>, "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpmorrison/3235416882/in/set-72157603997247672/">Unwillingly Wilted</a>" tonight at <a href="http://www.cityartscenter.org/">City Arts Center</a> there will be wining, dining, great music and wonderful art from some of the best artists in the state. I hope you can join me.<div><br /></div><div>Event Happens,</div><div>@ City Arts Center in the OKC fairgrounds, </div><div>from 5:30 to 8:30pm Feb. 24. 2010</div><div>Check out the link for full information:</div><div><a href="http://www.cityartscenter.org/">CityArtsCenter.org</a></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-20324154965950061462010-02-14T21:37:00.005-06:002010-02-15T01:56:32.700-06:00trepanation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC_zqCYUxYfKi4HyMQ7XXKi4qr_UjmWhJvXUj5YoyZ-j1Ezpotnk6NTzSjmnUnkvp4FyWkxf_-nda2XSerGaW4p3iIEasNo9iFyGx9lUoqikXg49v_q-gkhKMtW87JsEqLHLsPa2tJtq8/s1600-h/Attempts_At_+Seeing_Into_The_Future_WEB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuC_zqCYUxYfKi4HyMQ7XXKi4qr_UjmWhJvXUj5YoyZ-j1Ezpotnk6NTzSjmnUnkvp4FyWkxf_-nda2XSerGaW4p3iIEasNo9iFyGx9lUoqikXg49v_q-gkhKMtW87JsEqLHLsPa2tJtq8/s400/Attempts_At_+Seeing_Into_The_Future_WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438310883917734018" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Attempts At Seeing Into The Future" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">graphite, acrylic, colored pencil and marker on board.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This piece was a quick choice kind of experience, it went from idea to execution within a matter of hours. I am happy. It is a raw piece, not in appearance but in feeling, there is a lot of my mind in it, a lot of what I am experiencing in my life right now is tucked into the corners, so to speak. Sometimes the best choices are the ones you make when you are not aware there are choices.</span></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-7582204630694815952010-02-11T04:12:00.004-06:002010-02-11T04:32:42.479-06:00Holding Together Our Existence<div style="text-align: center;">These are the first two in a series of elementals I am working on.</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see these first two in person at the JRB Show this March.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to create Earth and Air over the next few months.</div><div style="text-align: center;">!!! excited artist here !!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkDuT8rNBg4COj9P4oYHLTkI2wSGSyWcNqok4DFXBu9Vi8aQlTc3zzTUFh5KvmuoQ2T9F0T4CPM3bBJLVq2TSQtzF_gIn_SgIGUTT6N6iFBuAWxdi6rhlt_1FEuEq_R0maAEFZyVoz6al/s400/Water_Fire.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436931240824052450" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Water" 18" x 14" colored pencil and acrylic on board.</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Fire" 18" x 14" graphite, colored pencil and gouache on board.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-90391018551786675892010-01-07T07:10:00.003-06:002010-01-07T07:24:14.833-06:00a first go at it<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWr4l6ZEDBS-hFUuue-hZi3SRhXoM65MGNF-5z6n0Ya7c7xfHNAled69Ld5UjIzbRI6r6ZpN-aWsuEPOBedUNFGjEdFfjsVpdpCd29Yt012nCcB1B5Hhar41OKzIP6SThYN9km1BORQ6N5/s1600-h/5x7mouthHat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWr4l6ZEDBS-hFUuue-hZi3SRhXoM65MGNF-5z6n0Ya7c7xfHNAled69Ld5UjIzbRI6r6ZpN-aWsuEPOBedUNFGjEdFfjsVpdpCd29Yt012nCcB1B5Hhar41OKzIP6SThYN9km1BORQ6N5/s400/5x7mouthHat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423984777510972546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Better Than Her Bite"</div><div style="text-align: center;">7"x 5" colored pencil, gel pens and gouache on board.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Terrible Photograph. Blurring and a little Flat.</div><div style="text-align: center;">good enough for some blog-age.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>So. I've been drawing mouth hats for... well over a year now, and I love them, however I love them very stylized and graphic in my sketch books, and that esthetic has been the rock to my realistic renderings hard place. Did that make sense? I have been sitting on my hands trying to figure out how to marry the two, and been a totally chicken about it. Until now. This is the first study, I just went for it, and I'm fairly happy. I didn't allow myself to think about it much at all for fear of once again over thinking, and just dove in the with a model I liked from the 40's (thank you flickr commons) and some ink. It's very bright and carnival. I want to play with harmonizing the mediums a bit more, and get a little darker and bring the hats a bit more into the third dimension. So, now that I've taken the weight of doing it once off my shoulders, doing it again and again seems... no longer daunting, but exciting.</div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-81271690687441303052010-01-05T19:23:00.004-06:002010-01-05T19:41:57.976-06:00ray gun girl<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpER98G0yjL-DZbQ5EYFuc7L-NcoMvgowPYzJdERKMtROri9h-8pJmeACZBqIfLOL1olulWseGmxNXmlakk0Gyx1r_8pAYk8h1I4GqFgcMyMmCII3xGw4AoRkmswBlW2R34Uf5iOt6LLWz/s1600-h/Ray_Gun.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpER98G0yjL-DZbQ5EYFuc7L-NcoMvgowPYzJdERKMtROri9h-8pJmeACZBqIfLOL1olulWseGmxNXmlakk0Gyx1r_8pAYk8h1I4GqFgcMyMmCII3xGw4AoRkmswBlW2R34Uf5iOt6LLWz/s400/Ray_Gun.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423431938024329874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"still working on the right title for this piece..."</div><div style="text-align: center;">24" x 18" colored pencil, graphite and paper collage on board.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is my friend Alex, I took the source photo at a gathering that after the fact came to be known as the white face blue nose party ... baby powder/pool chalk. We all talked in Russian accents all night. I got several great shots that night, I'll be using another one soon. The collar, gun and goggles were all created by my friend Daniel. Lovely metal work, they're radical. During this particular shot and the ones surrounding it Alex was interacting with a poster of Edvard Munch's "The Scream". It was great. in fact, here's one from the set, so you can see for yourselves.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1N1BwYfZo596KQYC5MwAJ5LA_tklrx4a99y0lq3gF-r8d1H8uus4u0xuIBMNj-Xefq9zuD2EFHBFbGPSNZioi9g26ahPWNj0eimc3nRG8NozCy_Q8waT7-oy5lU0XUFOLIlztkA4RRFCr/s1600-h/3877756801_f40465e132_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1N1BwYfZo596KQYC5MwAJ5LA_tklrx4a99y0lq3gF-r8d1H8uus4u0xuIBMNj-Xefq9zuD2EFHBFbGPSNZioi9g26ahPWNj0eimc3nRG8NozCy_Q8waT7-oy5lU0XUFOLIlztkA4RRFCr/s320/3877756801_f40465e132_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423435320870013266" /></a>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-32771103079751909002009-12-31T03:53:00.005-06:002009-12-31T04:12:10.871-06:00Dream<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIq2SLc_E0KDp6M62v342d5j8QX6rDoGughiOXtaFipW3TIAwsWcnUTahUPbOfcqzmV03S4o9t-2DCDeYdTV7kHNMP-Sq9lixYjnFORm0UoAon3j8GipQTZt_k68E65G861g8Aa7g0nhF-/s1600-h/Dream.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIq2SLc_E0KDp6M62v342d5j8QX6rDoGughiOXtaFipW3TIAwsWcnUTahUPbOfcqzmV03S4o9t-2DCDeYdTV7kHNMP-Sq9lixYjnFORm0UoAon3j8GipQTZt_k68E65G861g8Aa7g0nhF-/s400/Dream.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421340861514018978" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CCCCCC;">24" x 18" colored pencil, acrylic, paint pen and paper collage on board</span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-21311726470550482892009-12-28T03:43:00.004-06:002009-12-28T04:41:11.051-06:00In Full Bloom<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-g-9SjwjgEzLG6jYHUgCPxy4eMc4zDpgUiA2nM6chtupB6-xi6wWblKYlfwoBfPBhLhkTz-_qfh4WgZN7WnKwTAjgxBfyI44U_hbGrx_d7TLolg0dB3k9nEjzdxFyoWtDo7S7_crEk8I/s1600-h/P1040895.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-g-9SjwjgEzLG6jYHUgCPxy4eMc4zDpgUiA2nM6chtupB6-xi6wWblKYlfwoBfPBhLhkTz-_qfh4WgZN7WnKwTAjgxBfyI44U_hbGrx_d7TLolg0dB3k9nEjzdxFyoWtDo7S7_crEk8I/s400/P1040895.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420233268687639186" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">--Above is a detail of a piece I just finished, while it was still in process. I have dealt with much more obvious and intense blooms, but this is the best photo I have of one thus far. If you look at the middle of the scalp you will see a strip through it running down into the leather strap, that is much more dark and rich than its surroundings, that is where I have wiped away the bloom, and revealed the original colors.--</span></div><div><br /></div>I've been wanting to write about wax bloom for several months, but I haven't been able to find any good visual examples online, and being a visual thinker, this has kept me milling about, waiting for my own blooms, because there must be an example! Well, I wait no longer, let's begin.<div><br /></div><div>Almost all my pieces bloom. what is blooming? It is a side effect of using colored pencils. After a drawing has had time to sit, one might say settle, the pigment and its carrier the wax will separate, leaving the wax resting on top in a cloudy layer with the pigment underneath. Dark colors will look dull and washed out, it won't be as detectable on lighter areas but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened and that your drawing isn't dulled.</div><div><br /></div><div>Blooming doesn't happen to all drawings, but it does especially in pieces with very thick coats, one might say burnished into the substrate, something I almost always do. I prefer to work my colored pencil surface until it will barely take any more pigment, so this is a common issue for me, but blooming may be something you never encounter. My pieces usually bloom after they have been allowed to sit three to four days. Another way I can spot a bloom on lighter work is if the surface is matt when I reflect light on it, and it shows finger prints quite clearly, I like my drawing to have a very polished shiny finish, which is the natural quality of the pencil on board, regardless of fixative.</div><div><br /></div><div>The solution to blooming is deliciously simple. You just wipe the wax off! Ta dah! I like to use a dry clean paper towel, however I work on board and my drawings are... what did I say, yes, burnished into the boards surface so I can be a bit rough, if you're working on paper you may want to use a soft cotton rag. What is important to think about while removing the wax, is to not rub a dark area into a light one, and visa versa and do not rub into any other mediums in your composition.</div><div><br /></div><div>It will probably surprise you how little pigment will be picked up when you wipe because the wax is on top and the pigment is settled into the substrate. This is especially true if you're drawing with a very waxy pencil like Prismacolor. </div><div><br /></div><div>I let my pieces bloom about three times before I seal them, once a piece is sealed, say with, workable fixative, it shouldn't bloom again, however if it does, things are not so simple, if a piece blooms underneath a seal there is no way to wipe it off... basically, you're stuck with it. This thankfully has never happened to me, and so I don't have any advice or solutions if it happens to you. This is the main reason I let my pieces bloom at least three times before sealing, because by that point most of the wax that wants to separate has. Often after I've wiped away that third bloom even if I don't seal the piece it won't bloom again.</div><div><br /></div><div>I try to avoid blooming altogether in a piece that has integrated graphite with the CP, because graphite smears all over the place. sometimes in B&W pieces I like to use graphite for my initial sketch and darkest darks, and in this case I may use workable fixative throughout the drawing process and immediately after finishing the piece, because with the graphite so integrated into the CP wiping away a bloom would smear my piece into oblivion. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now, wasn't that exciting!</div><div><br /></div><div>for more resources check out this online book:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: nowrap; "><h1 class="title" dir="ltr" style="display: inline; margin-left: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=DY3jrn3lxcEC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=wax+bloom+colored+pencil&source=bl&ots=Nn8TlkmpRl&sig=CR2zE-ZttuDVkvd8mqop-SO-C7w&hl=en&ei=4hXVSpzkL5Wutgemq9XcBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=wax%20bloom%20colored%20pencil&f=false">The Colored Pencil</a></span></span></span></h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=DY3jrn3lxcEC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=wax+bloom+colored+pencil&source=bl&ots=Nn8TlkmpRl&sig=CR2zE-ZttuDVkvd8mqop-SO-C7w&hl=en&ei=4hXVSpzkL5Wutgemq9XcBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=wax%20bloom%20colored%20pencil&f=false"> </a></span></span><span class="addmd" style="margin-left: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=DY3jrn3lxcEC&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=wax+bloom+colored+pencil&source=bl&ots=Nn8TlkmpRl&sig=CR2zE-ZttuDVkvd8mqop-SO-C7w&hl=en&ei=4hXVSpzkL5Wutgemq9XcBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=wax%20bloom%20colored%20pencil&f=false">By Bet Borgeson</a></span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-69737174548260912602009-12-28T03:25:00.003-06:002009-12-28T03:42:27.700-06:00a brief updateHello you dahling! So, here we are at the end of the year. I've been awfully tardy here in blogsville, but that is because I have been hard at work out in the real world, plugging away at work. <div><br /></div><div>There have been a few group shows I haven't promoted online whatsoever. For that I deserve a good slap on the wrist (doesn't sound unbearable...) Momentum Tulsa, The Champagne & Chocolate gala at Living Arts, and a great little underground show at Ebb & Flow Woodworks, tucked away in downtown Tulsa to name a few exhibits. These were great shows, and I hope I saw you there. Maybe I'll mention something here next time. foo.<div><br /></div><div>Shortly to come are a few new posts. You'll soon be seeing three new works for my March show at <a href="http://www.jrbartgallery.com/">JRB Gallery</a>, in OKC, and hopefully tonight I'll finish putting together a technical piece explaining the troubles with wax blooming in colored pencils and what you can do about it. Bloom what?</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for continuing to stop by during this stale period, things should be happening at a rapid pace from now until the opening in March, so, please continue to come by and see what's News. Also I promise I'll be more proactive about promoting group shows where you can see my work, and letting you know about other goodies abounding around.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you, JP Morrison</div></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-41226006529406749452009-11-04T04:14:00.001-06:002009-11-04T04:27:32.081-06:00i love my job.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW67idh2BJyCnfcVXKn4cj8tNRrj1m_OWfkKg1IgXEQDqvVj45yyYT0a2JnCwL8NDoYYFt_yXNowVxSetKVrlFDA4Nldn0_VSrRl4vrvN8hQ-ue-tMhkvdlLVIv9-eLghbsKOXY3OTz33C/s1600-h/studio_view.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW67idh2BJyCnfcVXKn4cj8tNRrj1m_OWfkKg1IgXEQDqvVj45yyYT0a2JnCwL8NDoYYFt_yXNowVxSetKVrlFDA4Nldn0_VSrRl4vrvN8hQ-ue-tMhkvdlLVIv9-eLghbsKOXY3OTz33C/s400/studio_view.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400189925484176050" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">all works in progress.</div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-60647538633367286752009-10-19T03:06:00.004-05:002009-10-19T03:17:04.282-05:00the girl in the high collar waits.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RHne11STHcRRqogkkV8ujdlS_69z7WOZZndUV3BPR_SE4kCfwK0MNHlyAp-C0ndKUbeFsmItey3y4uVSH50_2J3uI5DoJMnQwjCfrWEeIcOvbuEd4UJGloD1W8QI8PgeCLk68XnJr-o-/s1600-h/Edwardian_WEB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RHne11STHcRRqogkkV8ujdlS_69z7WOZZndUV3BPR_SE4kCfwK0MNHlyAp-C0ndKUbeFsmItey3y4uVSH50_2J3uI5DoJMnQwjCfrWEeIcOvbuEd4UJGloD1W8QI8PgeCLk68XnJr-o-/s400/Edwardian_WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394219964760998770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Edwardian" 8" x 8" colored pencil, graphite and acrylic on board.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">See her at JRB's small works show, 100 artists 8"x 8" pieces, all priced at $180. Opening Nov. 6th 6-10 pm. show runs through Nov. 29th </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jrbartgallery.com/">JRB GALLERY</a></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-29013618376203782252009-10-05T06:04:00.003-05:002009-10-13T18:45:48.260-05:00Telephone Operator Girl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TLSpXdIh1xhyphenhyphenaetmzhf23LabSuuNvkmDUmhnEXPH3t0Kco_GGusNH7Orq9Zhyphenhyphenng2hWNzpk3KnE367CpoP7bP_-kd8q4rt-_xsdCkfIGkJrUeslK7MxDSm9zsQL2I9si4vp3vZWq5pgrF/s1600-h/Telephone_Girl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TLSpXdIh1xhyphenhyphenaetmzhf23LabSuuNvkmDUmhnEXPH3t0Kco_GGusNH7Orq9Zhyphenhyphenng2hWNzpk3KnE367CpoP7bP_-kd8q4rt-_xsdCkfIGkJrUeslK7MxDSm9zsQL2I9si4vp3vZWq5pgrF/s400/Telephone_Girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389070593238518594" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"Telephone Operator Girl" 8" x 8" </div><div style="text-align: center;">colored pencil, sharpie and gouache on board.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>So, I hemmed, and I hawed, and I procrastinated and worked on pieces I shouldn't've and then I went and did something I don't like to admit I am capable of. I did the entire piece in one night. See, above. 8 hours of work, wah la. I am super super happy with her too. It was one of those effortless little undertakings, where the first choice was always the right one. I needed this boost as well, I've been moving a bit show since "Beguiled" opened, and I feel empowered. Huzah! High quality images will be posted to my flickr hopefully by the end of the week. see the link at the top of the side menu, or click here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpmorrison/">flickr</a></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-75948288588487776352009-10-02T04:16:00.003-05:002009-10-02T06:44:54.210-05:00a piece I should wait to work on... but I'm not.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_b2w-nLOPCO3oRY0ctNIyGO5Z6QIkDjwKm3ekQYU_AWYEUIoz7ebAmzDBpfobh5yfL81Nki1UMCvTsDWKYZNC3NtX7E_ZGpjvdQE0twI27OD6t-NsyaTMlRQH-8DUa-9HKSgPqxmoPDEc/s1600-h/Photo+85.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_b2w-nLOPCO3oRY0ctNIyGO5Z6QIkDjwKm3ekQYU_AWYEUIoz7ebAmzDBpfobh5yfL81Nki1UMCvTsDWKYZNC3NtX7E_ZGpjvdQE0twI27OD6t-NsyaTMlRQH-8DUa-9HKSgPqxmoPDEc/s400/Photo+85.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387930106799997938" /></a>This is a quick in progress shot of a piece I've been dabbling with for the last month or so. The shot is in reverse because I took it with the photobooth program here on my little maccy. I'm planning on adding much collage to this piece, it also includes much more invented rendering than most of my work, i.e. no photo reference for certain parts. I'm enjoying it immensely, but currently should be working on two other pieces that I have an Oct. 15th deadline for... this piece symbolizes two things I should be doing, one: not this piece, two: sleeping. for real. The foreground hand is only in its first three layers of work, very unfinished, you can see the difference in tonality and color between the two hands, and working up the wrist. The photos were taken at sunset and the colors are very rich and varied I am especially in love with the blues. I liked this particular shot because of the way the negative space in the background hand created a symbolic eye. Also it has been interesting drawing a face with gravity pushing the features sideways, since it's my own face I'm especially aware of the differences. I've been trying to avoid using myself as a model as much, but I'm right here when I need someone, and I know exactly what the artist wants. Sometimes I'm hard to pass up, what can I say.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8889376615661525922.post-87374939656525468702009-09-12T16:08:00.004-05:002009-09-12T16:31:28.533-05:00The Next Show : a brief musingI'm currently working on two pieces for my next show in March in Oklahoma City. I haven't entirely articulated what the blanket concept for this body of work is going to be, and the two works currently in process are very disparate in nature, though the mediums and styles unite them. One is a new drawing of a 'hand tree' or 'angel' an example of which is the header for this here blog, the other is me... sleeping... with airplanes... maybe...<div><br /></div><div>I built 'Beguiled' my last show on a very specific theme, and I really enjoyed having the foundation of women in folklore to build upon, but now I want to loosen the reins a bit, wiggle in new ideas that may not necessarily fit into a single box. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also in this last group of works I challenged myself to remove all nonessential information, wanting to shed my reputation for needing to fill every single space in a work with decorative material. (horror vacui) I shall restrain myself no longer! There will be airplanes... lots and lots of airplanes... in one of the two pieces currently resting on my drafting table... however I have learned some true moderation from my year of blank backgrounds and the 'hand tree' piece will have very little going on beyond the subject itself.</div><div><br /></div><div>I know I'm talking in very vague terms, with no photos as of yet to explain myself. Describing art and the ideas that surround it with no visual reference is akin to trying to describe a smell; mostly impossible and rather frustrating... but here we are. The only comfort I can give you dear reader is the knowledge that these things shall reveal themselves in time... much like the true nature of this next group of works. I can't wait, can you?</div>JP Morrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523981346727432463noreply@blogger.com0