A stone with circular inverted mounds formed by swirling grains of sand
Costa Rica is known for its holes, and in particular following the rainy season on the roads. I have a fondness for holes and a collection of mounds. These mounds range in material composition, but they tend to be made from organic matter. In composition they are created and range from additive to subtractive processes. (more…)
This painting is just roughed in. I start them all on location, and get the foundations down. Then when I get them back to my studio, I make changes to the composition, colors, and details. As I look at this jpeg, I already see changes I will make to the clouds. This sight was interesting to me because of the way that the grove of palm trees stood out in front of the green hill behind which was obscured by the salt spray rolling in off the ocean. There is also a stunning field dotted with white and yellow flowers that leads your eye into the picture (I have yet to paint it in detail). As I was painting, a streak of silver light kept steaming through the clouds illuminating the horizon, and casting the foreground into shade, creating a stark contrast between the brilliant white caps in the distance, and the pale blue froth in the foreground.
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Amazing footage by Australian cinematographer, Chris Bryan.
For Shutter Interface I wanted a sound rhythm and a visual rhythm that would have something to do with high-amplitude alpha waves. I think that’s why it’s such a pleasant film. I did some biofeedback to listen to the sound of my alpha rhythm and I tried to approximate it in the piece. I wanted that sound to fit with the flicker and it does exactly. Every series of frames of colour – which are each from two to eight frames long – is separated by one black frame and the sound is in direct correspondence to those black frames. The black frames are like little punctuation points.
–From a 1976 interview with Linda Cathcart.
Sharits’s work is currently on view at Greene Naftali Gallery.
Lemongrass ginger drink and baby greens salad with lemongrass-cashew dressing
Lemongrass is one of my favorite herbs, well grasses I should say. It grows prolifically wherever we seem to plant it (on the farm in Garza, Costa Rica). Two great culinary applications are pictured above and you can check out the growing process below. 🙂 (more…)
Andrew Geller's Reese House in Long Island, New York
In 1955, the letter A was used as the form for a structure by the architect Andrew Geller for the Reese House, a beach residence in Long Island, New York. The New York Times published the house on May 5, 1957. Following the publication of the house, the form went viral across the globe. Today, one can see this familiar typology… (more…)
Once again, I found a site not far from home. The surfboards on the beach along with the palm covered beach shack and the lone palm make for a good entrance into the painting.
Here’s a short glimpse of the creative madness from this year’s Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. This is the first of a two part series. Part two is still in the making. Credits to Ahmed.
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