tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post115933023895409079..comments2024-02-24T09:52:14.054-08:00Comments on Notes from Halfland: Side Bar: Clare's Wall-Sized Canvas Works!Shelley Noblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159428798360691512006-09-28T00:33:00.000-07:002006-09-28T00:33:00.000-07:00Thanks Mike, Yeah, I'm not sure what Clare will co...Thanks Mike, Yeah, I'm not sure what Clare will come up with for the unstretched finished canvases. I mean, if he wanted them to be on stretcher bars he would have made them for it in the first place, eh? (He makes most of his own, or at least CAN do.) I dunno. It'll be fun anyway.Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159428523302743022006-09-28T00:28:00.000-07:002006-09-28T00:28:00.000-07:00You got it, Mark, that's the idea, canvases as big...You got it, Mark, that's the idea, canvases as big as will fit in that huge wooden frame.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, that avatar is a computer generated portrait of me from a very cool site I came across last year. <A HREF="http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~morph/Transformer/" REL="nofollow">Face Transformer</A> from the The Perception Lab at the University of St Andrews in the UK. Using the site was kind of life changing actually. You upload a photo of yourself, or someone else, and the genius software aligns key features to racial or artist-style models then melds the two together. I tried them all and found it shattering to view me, as it registers in my phyche, looking back at me as a black woman, Asian woman, East Indian woman, and even a male! It rocked me. It made what I identify with as myself meaningless in a cool way. They effect was so trompe l'oi it was consciousness raising. I was tempted to send the image of me as a male to my father telling him that a long lost brother had turned up! I tried tonight to get back into the transformer area of the site but I couldn't see the interface, maybe they've changed software since I last visited. The avatar was the <A HREF="http://images.google.com/images?q=Modigliani&hl=en&lr=&client=safari&rls=en&sa=X&oi=images&ct=title" REL="nofollow">Modigliani</A> artist transformation and it doesn't look like me directly but does somehow remind me of something about how I look.Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159424319421040452006-09-27T23:18:00.000-07:002006-09-27T23:18:00.000-07:00I kinda sorta made it up... well, the specifics an...I kinda sorta made it up... well, the specifics anyway. I read that somewhere, but I couldn't remember the setup so I just winged it. <BR/><BR/>Hey, about framing a canvass that's already painted, I once saw a guy at a show with a stack of unstretched - but painted - canvasses. He was using a staple gun to mount them one by one into frames for the show. I think he painted them unstretched... not sure how well that would work. But he wasn't stretching them much as he framed them either. I don't think it's recommended fine art practice.Darkmattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410415900992364189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159419977313703832006-09-27T22:06:00.000-07:002006-09-27T22:06:00.000-07:00Thanks for that, its a cool way to do it, seem lik...Thanks for that, its a cool way to do it, seem like it could work with any size canvas that is smaller than the wall mounted frame.<BR/><BR/>I really like your new avatar - self portrait?mefullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027902750016300876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159417848454611572006-09-27T21:30:00.000-07:002006-09-27T21:30:00.000-07:00Thanks for the interest, Mark! Great idea, I will ...Thanks for the interest, Mark! Great idea, I will definitely post progressive shots. Clare's technique is fascinating to watch. Lots of layers!<BR/><BR/>And a great question, the beauty of Clare's contraption is that it can accommodate nearly any jumbo size canvas and then be unhooked to be, I dunno. He'll cross that bridge I guess. If it were me, and I told him so, I'd paint on giant canvas drop cloths, 9' x 12' jobs, primed or not, maybe with unusual primers like black gesso, and then install the finished paintings directly to display walls with hardware of some kind. I like the unconventional in art, a just do what you need to attitude works for me. But Clare knows the real Fine Art rules.<BR/><BR/>The reason he didn't just tack the canvases to his wall with hardware or heavy duty staples, etc. to paint them (I asked) is because after a few canvases, the wall would be to hole-y to keep doing more. This way he can do as many as he likes.Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159416040894885882006-09-27T21:00:00.000-07:002006-09-27T21:00:00.000-07:00I would love to see the painting when it's done, h...I would love to see the painting when it's done, <BR/>heck I would love to see progressive shots of it.<BR/><BR/>That is a clever way to stretch jumbo canvases,<BR/>my question is what does Clare do when the<BR/>painting is done or is it a permanent installation?mefullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027902750016300876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159396623283219682006-09-27T15:37:00.000-07:002006-09-27T15:37:00.000-07:00Thanks Corey, I absolutely will post Clare's finis...Thanks Corey, I absolutely will post Clare's finished painting, with or without his permission, as I am so the boss of him.<BR/><BR/>Space we both have! Clare and I are so lucky. We each have a whole floor in a friend's old building in which to play for as long as our good fortune can last! We are loving every minute of it, there's some pinching involved.<BR/><BR/>Mike, did you make that up?! That is frickin' hilarious!<BR/><BR/>I know you have seen the inner joy in Clare for 30+ years, Jeane, and I see him he laugh hardily often and easily, and his wacky humor is always there. I just hadn't really ever seen him that unreservedly silly before. I loved it! It was nice to see him truly happy and excited to paint.Shelley Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968333057020378002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159378914938361802006-09-27T10:41:00.000-07:002006-09-27T10:41:00.000-07:00thanx Clare's fairy godmother for your partin brin...thanx Clare's fairy godmother for your part<BR/>in bringing out Clare's glee. He is such a joy and i love it when his joy escapesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159355531899037172006-09-27T04:12:00.000-07:002006-09-27T04:12:00.000-07:00Origin of the word Gesso:Interviewer: "So, do you ...Origin of the word Gesso:<BR/><BR/>Interviewer: "So, do you consider yourself a proto existential abstract individualist working in a materialistic void and commenting on the condition of a mankind no longer in touch with its spiritual base?"<BR/><BR/>Artist: "uh.... sure. Gesso."Darkmattershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410415900992364189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159341082116532742006-09-27T00:11:00.000-07:002006-09-27T00:11:00.000-07:00I love the studio shots in "Pearl Earring" (Scarle...I love the studio shots in "Pearl Earring" (Scarlet Johannsen ain't bad either :)<BR/><BR/>This looks fantastic, I may have to try it out someday when I have the space!UbaTuberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15777541540454167277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25158433.post-1159340279841302832006-09-26T23:57:00.000-07:002006-09-26T23:57:00.000-07:00I love seeing the process unfold!! Go Gesso and sh...I love seeing the process unfold!! Go Gesso and share the next stage too!! Clever idea!!Tongue in Cheek Antiqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03750859132595134235noreply@blogger.com