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More about me:
Siren Nation Art Show
Ending this weekend.Albina Press on Hawthorne, 5012 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Commons and a Nation
an open-call, juried art showFriday, December 5, 2014 -- Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Artists' Meet Up: Friday, December 12, 2014, 5-6:30 p.m.
Red and Black Cafe, 400 SE 12th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214
Featuring the art of: Diana Karan, Alexandria Oesch, Kyle Key, and Alan Skally
Curated by Sarah A. Morrigan
Due to some miscommunication screw-up with the venue, we won't be having an opening reception for this show. However, we are designating Friday, December 12, 5-6:30 p.m. for an informal artists' meet up.
Art is to be enjoyed by all. In the 2010s, social media "sharing" can be, and is, a powerful way for artists to gain public exposure and recognition around the world, and to exchange ideas and inspirations with fellow artists without limits of borders and distances.
However, artists' works must be respected and proper credit be given if artists can afford to keep creating in this economy. I recognize that copyright laws and conventions are two-edged swords. On one hand, copyright and patent laws were devised to encourage creativity and innovation by providing creators with legal protection and economic incentives. On the other hand, copyright issues have sometimes stifled free exchange of ideas, information, and even social elements of creativity.
To this end, I would like to remind everyone that:
1. Feel free to share any art of mine that you like on social media, blog, or art review website you might own.
2. These images I make available on the web are intentionally degraded to lower resolutions to help save bandwidth and also to thwart some dishonest people from reproducing the artwork for sale (for which I would not receive a dime).
3. Use of these images are subject to the Creative Commons Public License version 3.0 (or later) BY-NC-ND. This means you are not allowed to use them for commercial purposes, or to create a derived product (including unauthorized modifications such as blurring or cropping out identifying watermarks). You are required to properly attribute the author. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ for the terms and conditions.
4. If you like my art, please consider contributing some money at http://alleycatmews.tip.me/ .
Art has been one of very few ways for me, for a number of personal reasons, to earn money through honest, legal, and ethical means. More importantly, it is one of those pursuits that I can put my spirit into. Therefore, my creativity provides me with much of my income, and I depend on it.
But I also appreciate the power of social media and the new economy of sharing. After all, the more people post my art on their timelines and blogs the more exposure I get, and it is a good promotion that does not cost me money that I cannot otherwise afford.
If you love my artwork and would like to print it out on your colour printer (recommended: print it out on a watercolour postcard stock available at any art supply store) for your own personal use, feel free to do so, but keep in mind that you cannot resell it (giving it away as a gift is fine). I would highly appreciate if you do this, contribute whatever you can.
If you are in business of making and marketing postcards, greeting cards, posters, etc., I would like to hear from you as I am always open to the idea of residual royalty income.
I am offering a personalized art instruction at an affordable price.
A four-hour session for up to 10 participants is offered for $205. The price is the same whether or not there are 10 people in your group, or if it is just yourself. This means you can have your friends sign up (you handle registration) at as low as $20.50 per person for four hours of intensive training in fundamentals of fine arts.
Subject matters:
This is geared mostly towards adults, though minors between 13 and 17 are welcome with a responsible adult.
For more information, contact me by email or phone.
About me: here's my CV and portfolio.
A four-hour session for up to 10 participants is offered for $205. The price is the same whether or not there are 10 people in your group, or if it is just yourself. This means you can have your friends sign up (you handle registration) at as low as $20.50 per person for four hours of intensive training in fundamentals of fine arts.
Subject matters:
- Basic watercolor skills
- Hand lettering and calligraphy
This is geared mostly towards adults, though minors between 13 and 17 are welcome with a responsible adult.
For more information, contact me by email or phone.
About me: here's my CV and portfolio.
http://sirennation.org/event/paint-your-art-out-2/
Opening night – Saturday, September 6
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Olympic Mills Commerce Center
107 SE Washington Portland OR
Show runs September 6 – October 18
Featuring new works for sale by: Paula Blackwell, Tara Murino-Brault, Jen Mitsuko, Ben Gilbert, Jeni Lee, Holly Beckman, James Boscole, Kayla Newell, Cheryl Eugenia, Lisa Wilde, Leslie Peterson, Liz Walker, Joanna Butterfly Chase, Jennifer Cox, Nicole Gartland, Thérèse Murdza, Lisa Griffen, Kelly Neidig, Cynthia Heise, April O’Connor, Katie Veeninga, Alea Bone, Di Pinsonault, Sarah Morrigan, Carolyn Lindberg, Tatyana Ostapenko, Suzy Kitman, Zeratha Monique Young, Rachel Beyer, Alyssa Kubitz, Laura Hippensteel, Lori Rivers Hanson, Anne Mavor, Lea Keohane, Jenn Feeney, Jacyln Evalds, Megan Valle, Nanci Pretzer, Suzy LaRuffa, Jennifer Lothrigel, Robin Lieberman, Consu Tolosa.
Silent Auction featuring live painters: Brett Superstar, Amy Stoner, Lisa Griffen and Consu Tolosa.
Paint Your Art Out is Siren Nation’s annual visual art fundraiser and celebration. This huge art show and sale features NW artists, and opening night includes live art making demos, an art auction, a kids area, a bar, snacks, and music. The show will remain up for the month of September and sold pieces will receive a red dot – a change from the one night event last year!
Opening night – Saturday, September 6
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Olympic Mills Commerce Center
107 SE Washington Portland OR
Show runs September 6 – October 18
Featuring new works for sale by: Paula Blackwell, Tara Murino-Brault, Jen Mitsuko, Ben Gilbert, Jeni Lee, Holly Beckman, James Boscole, Kayla Newell, Cheryl Eugenia, Lisa Wilde, Leslie Peterson, Liz Walker, Joanna Butterfly Chase, Jennifer Cox, Nicole Gartland, Thérèse Murdza, Lisa Griffen, Kelly Neidig, Cynthia Heise, April O’Connor, Katie Veeninga, Alea Bone, Di Pinsonault, Sarah Morrigan, Carolyn Lindberg, Tatyana Ostapenko, Suzy Kitman, Zeratha Monique Young, Rachel Beyer, Alyssa Kubitz, Laura Hippensteel, Lori Rivers Hanson, Anne Mavor, Lea Keohane, Jenn Feeney, Jacyln Evalds, Megan Valle, Nanci Pretzer, Suzy LaRuffa, Jennifer Lothrigel, Robin Lieberman, Consu Tolosa.
Silent Auction featuring live painters: Brett Superstar, Amy Stoner, Lisa Griffen and Consu Tolosa.
Paint Your Art Out is Siren Nation’s annual visual art fundraiser and celebration. This huge art show and sale features NW artists, and opening night includes live art making demos, an art auction, a kids area, a bar, snacks, and music. The show will remain up for the month of September and sold pieces will receive a red dot – a change from the one night event last year!
The Third Annual Recycled Rain Project art show will open on Saturday, May 10 with an artists' reception from 6 to 10 p.m. at the historic Olympic Mills Commerce Center, 107 SE Washington St. (in the Eastside Industrial Area). Each artist used rainwater to some extent in art.
I hope you can drop in on May 10 to say hello or see the show at some time during its run through June 14, 2014. You can check out the project's website at www.therecycledrainproject.org.
Preview: https://picup.it/u/84/148/#idViewGallery
This blog has been online since March 2009, for full five years! Before this, it was on Wordpress. As I look back, I see quite a bit of evolution in my artistic practice.
I have created a downloadable PDF e-book to commemorate the past five years of creativity.
https://db.tt/1CHDxZxI
Prefer EPUB? Here it is: https://db.tt/v0b9ibXH
There are still online portfolios also:
I have created a downloadable PDF e-book to commemorate the past five years of creativity.
https://db.tt/1CHDxZxI
Prefer EPUB? Here it is: https://db.tt/v0b9ibXH
There are still online portfolios also:
- http://www.myartplot.com/users/iriscat (up to 2012)
- http://ladywillowpdx.deviantart.com/gallery (2013 to present)
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Recently I have come to a realization that most of what I do in life, and choices I make, are my subconscious ways to leave a legacy in this world. "Making a mark," as some might say. Political scientist Francis Fukuyama, in his book, The End of History and the Last Man, asserts that the reason for human history is our deep-seated needs for recognition.
For many times over, I have chosen a path that was seemingly insane. I left a life of affluence and privilege, went to schools learning subjects that did not necessarily led to money, and honestly, even when I thought I was a selfless servant of the world, I was trying to become a hero, in building an epic legend with my own life. No one today knows or understands the extent of this, and how this led me to a place in which I am living an extraordinary -- as in truly out of ordinary -- adventure that manifests many of my youthful dreams of the past. Quixotic, maybe.
In the end, what I am doing is leaving a mark in this world, and perhaps while at it, inspire and challenge this world.
A few days before the opening of the Siren Nation Art Festival, this idea came to me in my dream -- a tongue-in-cheek prank to install a "mixed-media conceptual 3D art," which is made of a purple pushpin and a blue string. In this big world, my legacy perhaps may be small, and outright silly at times to some, but I am leaving a mark.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
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My sixth show of this year: Siren Nation Art Festival opening this Thursday
I have indeed fulfilled my goal of six art shows this year, with the opening of the Siren Nation Art Festival this Thursday!
As you see, this time around, I have decidedly taken a somewhat different approach (what?! they are still cats!!). For the previous five shows, I was primarily using line-drawing illustrations that were tinted with a bit of watercolour. For this show, I have done more traditional watercolour paintings.
The art festival's theme this year is "Then and Now."
The Siren Nation Art Festival originally began in the early 2000s, inspired by LadyFest, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, and Lilith Fair, with a purpose of showcasing women's music talent in a world that is dominated by men. A fine arts festival was later added as an adjunct event, as well as the craft fair.
This is my third time with Siren Nation, first time as part of the (now-defunct) Working Artists Network, LLC booth at the 2008 craft fair at the McMenamins Kennedy School (with Adrienne Fritze and Amy Luck!). In 2010, I made it into the juried fine arts show at Albina Press Hawthorne, and I am back this year after two years of absence.
When: Opening Thursday, November 7, 2013, 6 p.m. - Ending Tuesday, December 3, 2013.
http://www.sirennation.org/festival-art/
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| En retrospeta / In retrospect En prospeta / In prospect |
As you see, this time around, I have decidedly taken a somewhat different approach (what?! they are still cats!!). For the previous five shows, I was primarily using line-drawing illustrations that were tinted with a bit of watercolour. For this show, I have done more traditional watercolour paintings.
The art festival's theme this year is "Then and Now."
The Siren Nation Art Festival originally began in the early 2000s, inspired by LadyFest, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, and Lilith Fair, with a purpose of showcasing women's music talent in a world that is dominated by men. A fine arts festival was later added as an adjunct event, as well as the craft fair.
This is my third time with Siren Nation, first time as part of the (now-defunct) Working Artists Network, LLC booth at the 2008 craft fair at the McMenamins Kennedy School (with Adrienne Fritze and Amy Luck!). In 2010, I made it into the juried fine arts show at Albina Press Hawthorne, and I am back this year after two years of absence.
Siren Nation Art Festival information:
Where: Albina Press on Hawthorne (not the one on Albina Avenue), 5012 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97215When: Opening Thursday, November 7, 2013, 6 p.m. - Ending Tuesday, December 3, 2013.
http://www.sirennation.org/festival-art/
The Tarot Show
First Friday opening reception on October 4, 7-9 p.m.Show dates: October 4-25, 2013
Splendorporium, 3421 SE 21st Ave, Portland, Oregon 97202
As part of cost-cutting and streamlining measure, this site is now found at http://art.alleycatmews.tk/ instead of http://creative.alleycatmews.info.
The following items are from my previous (recent) art shows and are for sale. (Note: all items are unframed originals.)
From the February solo show Purrsuit of Catness, "Catnip Dreaming" is one of the online favorites thus far. This ink and watercolor illustration is on a 9"x12" Strathmore paper.
$70.00
"Kitty is very, very sleepy" contemplates on end-of-life, death, and eternity. Ink and watercolor on a 12" x 9" Strathmore paper. From February 2013 Purrsuit of Catness show.
$50.00
From April 2013 The View from Here show. $50.00
From April 2013 The View from Here show. $50.00
From April 2013 The View from Here show. $50.00
Contact Sarah if you are interested in purchasing.
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| Catnip Dreaming (9" x 12") |
$70.00
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| Kitty is very very sleepy (12" x 9") |
$50.00
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| Found is lost and lost is found (8" x 8") |
From April 2013 The View from Here show. $50.00
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| Out of mud, brightness (8" x 8") |
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| Ingenuity (8" x 8") |
Contact Sarah if you are interested in purchasing.
First of all, thank you everyone who came to the Afru Gallery to see the just-concluded View from Here show! It was great to come back to that space, previously known as the Launchpad Gallery, since the last time I showed in a group show (The Fear Show, 2010).
As if this isn't a big thing for me enough, I have two juried shows that I got in, that are coming up for May and June 2013! These will be the third and fourth shows of the year, after two full years of break from my artistic career.
The ¡Muros Abajo! show is a very timely as the U.S. Congress is slated to begin hearings and debates on the comprehensive immigration reform bill. As an artist and an immigrant rights activist, this show will be my first attempt at a political art, or an art-as-activism. It is presented by the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC), one of the long-time organizers of the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PARC) and a partner of the former Liberty Hall (aka Workers Educational Resources Center). It will open on the May First Friday.
The Portland Recycled Rain Project, opening June 1, is a brainchild of Sara Sjol. This challenge show is based on the idea of using collected local rainwater for various forms of art production.
Interestingly, all four of the shows I have had this year have been in Southeast Portland!
As if this isn't a big thing for me enough, I have two juried shows that I got in, that are coming up for May and June 2013! These will be the third and fourth shows of the year, after two full years of break from my artistic career.
The ¡Muros Abajo! show is a very timely as the U.S. Congress is slated to begin hearings and debates on the comprehensive immigration reform bill. As an artist and an immigrant rights activist, this show will be my first attempt at a political art, or an art-as-activism. It is presented by the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC), one of the long-time organizers of the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PARC) and a partner of the former Liberty Hall (aka Workers Educational Resources Center). It will open on the May First Friday.
The Portland Recycled Rain Project, opening June 1, is a brainchild of Sara Sjol. This challenge show is based on the idea of using collected local rainwater for various forms of art production.
Interestingly, all four of the shows I have had this year have been in Southeast Portland!
Monday, April 15, 2013
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Free for all downloads: Scribus templates for postcards, Avery business cards, and more
http://db.tt/tc6Bx8XV
When I first began creating Scribus templates in 2009, they were mostly made for myself out of necessity. I posted them on my blog and soon many people from around the world started downloading them. You will find some of the all-time favourites and some new ones.
When I first began creating Scribus templates in 2009, they were mostly made for myself out of necessity. I posted them on my blog and soon many people from around the world started downloading them. You will find some of the all-time favourites and some new ones.
- Avery 8879
- Avery 8371
- VistaPrint business card
- Nitroprint business card
- USPS standard postcard template (very popular!)
- Scribus blank US letter-size template
Where: AFRU Gallery, 534 SE Oak St, Portland, OR
When: Friday 12pm - 4pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm
Sunday 2pm - 6pm
Until Saturday, April 27.
When: Friday 12pm - 4pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm
Sunday 2pm - 6pm
Until Saturday, April 27.
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Show information by artist: http://s.coop/view
General show information by curator: http://launchpadgallery.org/view
Gallery information: http://www.afrugallery.com
Afru Gallery, 534 SE Oak St, Portland, Oregon
Opening Friday, April 5, 6 p.m.-midnight
Gallery open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays until April 27.
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