Jason Hallman and Stephen Stum = Stallman

Today I stumbled upon the art of Hallmann and Stum. And if you know the art I produce a little bit, you know why I just have to love their work. This is stunningly beautiful design using very organic shapes, gradual color changes ... and on top of it ... it is 3D. The titles of their works support it: organelle, chlorophyll, tidal pool, the narrows ... imply the biology behind the shapes.

Hallman and Stum - South Pacific

The description on their website reads: "Canvas on Edge – Stallman is pioneering a new technique using paint and canvas as sculpture, naming this body of work Canvas on Edge. They are taking canvas and paint and giving it a creative edge. Now the canvas has the leading role, creating form, highlight and movement.

The cut edge of the canvas creates an elevated line drawing and when seen at an angle, fields of color emerge as your perspective to the piece changes. Each length of painted canvas is bonded to itself and to the background creating a rigid structure within the frame. The hue of the painted canvas reflects on the background creating a spectrum of color. By using reflecting light, pigment and structure they can multiply the hues and tones within each sculpture."

Hallman and Stum - Shadow Dancing

A more closeup view shows that all the shapes are made by canvas on its edge:

Hallman and Stum - Solar flare

I already think how I can incorporate some of these ideas into my work.

George Redhawk's animated gifs

The first image I happened to stumble upon already created this feeling of incredible beauty mixed with slightly creepy. George Redhawk takes original artwork from other artists and creates looping gifs with incredible detail. Judge for yourself:

Original “Nice To Meet You” by Werner Hornung – Gif by DarkAngel0ne aka Georg Redhawk

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    Original “The Remains of a Memory” by Adam Martinakis – Gif by DarkAngel0ne aka Georg Redhawk     http://ovacen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/hombre-en-movimiento.gif

Original by Janusz Jurek, gif by George RedHawk

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    Original “I had no earthly idea” by Werner Hornung – Gif by DarkAngel0ne aka Georg Redhawk

    Check out his scrapbook for many more images and let him and me know which you love most. 

    DarkAngel0ne Scrapbook Images 

New works - September

My job keeps me busy, so mainly I have to show some sketches, tries (and errors) for this month.
Meine Arbeit hält mich beschäftigt, deshalb habe ich vor allem kleine Skizzen, Versuche (und Irrtümer) vorzuweisen, diesen Monat.
Two little more or less abstract figures - doodled during meetings:
Zwei kleine mehr oder weniger abstrakte Figuren - gekritzelt während Vorträgen:

 

The next two follow a topic, I am exploring a little bit right now. How layers of information in a picture can influence the perception of space and time. Layers in this case is very literal ... as I draw on both sides of Kevlar sheets. Many thanks to Guy Kinnear, who demonstrated the possibilities to me first.
Die nächsten zwei folgen einem Thema. Ich erarbeite ein wenig wie verschiedene Ebenen von Information den Eindruck von Raum und auch Zeit in einem Bild verändern können. Ebenen ist in diesem Fall sehr wörtlich zu nehmen - ich zeichne auf Vorder- und Rückseite von Kevlar Bögen.
Vielen Dank an Guy Kinnear, der mir vorgemacht hat, wie das aussehen kann.

Guy's work can be found here: http://www.guykinnear.com/

 

And finally one for just the fun of drawing - also is by far the largest (30 by 10 inch). Und schliesslich eines einfach aus Spass am Zeichnen - ist auch mit Abstand das Grösste (75 x 25 cm) :

"Hand Made" Stop Motion Videos

All you need is some empty wall (or paper), black and white paint, and a camera ... and you are ready to create amazing stop motion videos.

They can quite haunting ... (some of the scenes really stick with me) ... like this one:

Tempus Fugit by Karolien Soete 

Karolien Soete's stop-motion film of nearly two thousand separate images was painted and photographed from April through July, 2013 in an empty furniture factory in Belgium. 

With a haunting score from composer Alexander Berne and his Abandoned Orchestra, the predominant meditation is on the passage of time. Life and Death. Creation and Dissolution. Talking Walls is an ongoing project, where the artist is invited to create life-size animations in spaces, private or public.


They of course also can be quite funny ... like the ones where the world seems to be inhabited surprisingly by  whole universe of formerly unknown animate objects:

Aug(de)mented Reality

by ombre_McSteez All he uses are traditional animation cels and his iphone 5s
(and loads of imagination).

Recent work Aug 2015

12. September 15 Here is the new status report on this one. A few additions. Hier der neue Status : 

This is the picture I am working on since weeks ... with interruptions.
Dies ist das Bild an dem ich seit Wochen arbeite ... allerdings mit Unterbrechungen.

A madala in watercolor on kevlar. 

Hi all,
finally have enough reasons to try blogging. So here we go. Or better here I go, as right now I am all alone here in Lynchburg. Let's see what comes out of my sometimes twisted and sometimes knotted up brain.

The blog will be about my art, art of my friends, what I see here in Lynchburg (and wherever my feet will carry me), and what catches my attention on the web.

Here I little mandala that I made a few weeks ago. Just can't stop making them. Something about them is absolutely intriguing for me.