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For Colored Girls.

Elisha Dasenbrock — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:52:00 +0000

Last night I dragged Joe to see Secretariat. (Don’t judge, sometimes a feel good movie is just what I want.) I went to get Joe a slushee (he did agree to see the movie with me after all) and I was stopped in my tracks by the movie poster directly outside of our theater. (Just skip the intro, I couldn’t click and drag with that one.)

As I was seaching for that image, I came across this lovely as well.

I love me some watercolor.

First Solo Show

Elisha Dasenbrock — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 21:56:40 +0000

The morning of the show my Grandma and I sat in her living room painting our nails together. We hadn’t done that since I was tiny.

Next up was the pizza party my Uncle put together for me. Delicious food and wonderful people gathered at my other Grandma’s to hang out before my show. My niece and I stood at the bathroom mirror doing our make-up together and laughing before getting in the car. We rocked out all the way to Flavors Cafe and Wine Bar, music blaring and back windows rolled down (had to be careful with the hair.)

The next day. Yep, that’ s me. Glad the arrow cleared things up.

People who I hadn’t seen in 12 years showed up.

I talked about my work, learned some new information and now I have my first solo show under my belt. Not to mention a few articles.

This is about a quarter of the space. (Psst, that’s Blaine’s pottery on the table. It’s amazing)

There’s not much else to say. It was a great time and I am sure I will be working with Lynn and Flavors again in the future.

The day after the show Joe and his mom came down to see how everything was set up (and take photos.) They brought down their friend Blaine so he could finally deliver some of his work to Lynn. I have quite a few pieces from him and I love them all.

So…Yay for me!

What is art? (w/ edit)

Elisha Dasenbrock — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:58:56 +0000

This question is discussed to death in the classes of art schools. It is asked over and over, each student striving to find the answer for herself (himself).

Dictionary.com has several definitions, however I think the first two apply to us:

1.the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
2.the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.

However, I still find these to be so limiting. Whose aesthetic principles? What criteria? Of course we would like to say of the artist, but is it more the audience? Then comes to question, which audience, the one in the time of the work or future audiences? Both?

These definitions still seem very vague and I believe that is the problem art students/artists have in defining what they do.

I feel the definition is so much more than what is stated above. Art is a communication between the artist and audience, bridging time and cultures. In my case it is a visual, 2-D representation of my experiences, feelings, and thoughts on what the world is. My artwork is a way for me to process what is around me while explaining what I can not necessarily say with words. It’s a way to talk to people I will never meet, share with others who may never experience, and pull closer those I cherish.

What is your definition of art?

*After I posted this I headed over to see what the great MBK was up to and low and behold…….

Tuesday Links!

Elisha Dasenbrock — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:37:30 +0000

Why? Because what else are you going to do on a Tuesday.

Just for fun:

Fresh baked chocolate chip cookies in a minute and a half? Sign me up, please.

http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/oatmeal-chocolate-chip-waffle.aspx

Marketing:

http://emptyeasel.com/2007/04/30/7-tips-for-selling-art-online-how-to-help-buyers-find-your-artwork/

(Katie, Sharon, lurking Artists at large, et al ^^^^check this site out^^^^, on the home page you can submit your art for review, i.e. publicity.)

http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/2009/11/marketing-mondays-youve-been-asked-to.html

Contests:

http://artistsonline.biz/wordpress/?p=61

Art:

http://danidraws.com/2009/11/09/why-i-share/#more-2110 (blog)

http://www.dailypainters.com/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p4gq5 (So You Think You Can Make Art?)