little snippets of scenes from portland

I am shooting a series of silent short video clips from ordinary scenes of Portland, Oregon. You can watch them on YouTube.

Clouds forming a cross above a steeple

 

Clouds forming a cross above a steeple (2009), photography by Sarah A. Morrigan © 2009

Commercial branding and corporate identity: recent works

Recent works:

http://cli.gs/h0NG3j

• Southeast Grind, opening late April 2009 at 1223 SE Powell Blvd.


• Chinese Food and Culture Group

Space and Light

As Portland enters into the majesty and splendour of the spring in its fullness, I hope you are enjoying the lights, colours and air of this lovely city.

For those who cannot, here's a new photo series of mine, Space and Light.

Enjoy!

 

Sarah Morrigan
Iridia Creative Productions

Practice makes perfect

When I was in middle school my art teacher was a graduate school MFA intern. He always had a little notebook or sketchbook and he would draw just about anywhere -- at a coffee shop, subway station, on the train, and so on.

For an artist, this is a good habit to develop as it helps improve perceptive skills and ability to translate what one perceives onto paper in a relatively short time (which also requires the artist to discriminatingly capture "the essence" of an image). It is sort of like how a good writer tends to have a journal with her at all times. Constant journaling also helps inspire future creations.

About a week ago I was waiting outside a restaurant on an exceptionally busy evening (in the end I waited for about an hour and 20 minutes). I drew this on a notepad with a pencil and then a Sharpees -- in about five minutes.

I was in a meeting with local business owners networking. I happened to sit next to someone who was just starting a coffee shop in Portland and heard she was looking for someone to design a signage. I came up with an idea, drew something quickly and showed it to her. (And I got the project on the spot!) Note that this design differs quite a bit from the final product (of course), but the main ideas are the same.

[caption id="attachment_45" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Southeast Grind (2009) - rough sketch"][/caption]

My point is this: if you are an artist, be always ready and prepared -- you'll never know what inspires you. It's also the same with writers. You cannot be an artist or a writer only every once in a while.

fax number changed

The new number is 206-338-2201. Do not send anything to 206-222-2077, as it has already been reassigned to another user. The number is for receiving faxes only.

Two new paintings with ocean theme

[caption id="attachment_35" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Dance of Solitary Splendour, by Sarah A. Morrigan (2009); acrylic on ceramic panel, H 12.5cm x W 30.0cm"][/caption]

 

 

[caption id="attachment_36" align="aligncenter" width="340" caption="Pacific Northwest Sunset, by Sarah A. Morrigan (2009), acrylic on ceramic panel, H 12.5cm x W 30.0cm"][/caption]