Damien Hirst is a parody of himself

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A "gallery cleaner" mistakenly thought an installation piece by Damien Hirst was random trash left over from a party, and threw it away. Happily, the mistake was discovered in time, and the work was re-created from photos that had been taken. The piece is valued at £5,000.

Of course, trash as art is nothing new, decades old in fact. I imagine that Hirst was laughing at the idiots that take this seriously. I hope.

Poster art by RJ

This is a poster I recently created for my good friend Randy Tessier.

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Here is last year's poster:

AAW 10th Annual Spring Art Show

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This show features work by my students-- drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, and jewelry. Also featuring work from Audrey Mantey's students-- Photography and Multimedia. If you are in the Detroit area, come and join us-- you wont' be disappointed!


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Map and directions

New Painting: Vesica

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Jacobi, Vesica, 18" x 24", acrlylic, 2011

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This painting uses as its inspiration the Vesica Piscis, which is comprised of the intersection of two circles with the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each circle lies on the circumference of the other. (Wikipedia) The Vesica Piscis has mystical significance in a number of areas-- Christianity, Kabbalah, Freemasonry, "sacred geometry", and more.

This painting has deep meaning for me personally. What exactly that is, I can't really put into words. Much of how I relate to this painting takes place at the subconscious level; in my conscious mind, I'm not sure that I fully understand it. This is what drives me to paint images like this. It's like meditation, therapy, and a search for spiritual and metaphysical understanding all rolled into one. 

Below you will find the process I went through to arrive at the final image. The sketches were done in Photoshop with a Wacom Intuos 2 tablet.

 

If you like this painting, you might enjoy taking a look at my paintings Nava Yoni, and The Opener of the Way.

Student Figure Drawing from my HS class

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I posted some figure drawings from my high school students over on the student blog. Here is a sample, and a link to that blog (click here).

My back yard, Feb. 13, 2001, 7:18 p.m.

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My students srike Gold

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Three of my high school art students have received Gold Key awards from the Scholastic Art competition. Their full portfolios can be seen over on the AAW 2D Art blog:

Click here to see their portfolios.

Here are a few samples of their work.


Lindsey Burcar






Celia Eddy






Sydney Wright