"Chief's Road" 10 X 10 Lori LaBerge 2012
The piece above came about as I studied photos of chief blankets. Since my Nomadic Series has mainly focused on roadways, I decided to bring my own version of a chief blanket into the series. The old jewelry piece attached to the top is reminiscent of a dream catcher and fit perfect with the work.
"Vineyard Road" 10 X 10 Lori LaBerge 2012
I finished framing and adding metal to this piece which was hooked earlier. The purple and green remind me of rows of grapes in a vineyard setting. I am hoping to complete a few more of these size pieces for the exhibit.
My journal activity this week was to tackle a boring subject. Everyone has a different idea of what bores them in art and mine is pears. I have seen more pear paintings than I can mention. It just seems they are always shown the same way, in the same setting. I would like to see something different done with them. Here is what I did:
I searched my collection of photos and found the one above of the side of an old deserted warehouse a few towns over from where I live. The thought came to place a giant pear in the warehouse. This came from the great "What if?" question. Through photoshop, I created the piece below by adjusting the photo above and drawing a pear into the photo.
"The Giant Red Pear Warehouse" Lori LaBerge 2012
I really enjoyed this activity as it led me down a different road playing with neutrals and bright color combined. I don't often use black and white or other neutrals as a backdrop and may try it in my hooking. I would actually not mind hooking the above piece and testing out if I could make the various grays work in the piece.
Here are a few links to paintings of pears which I really love. Each artist created something different with the pear as the subject. They took what could be a boring subject and created something for the viewer to think about.
Jacob Pfeiffer--This painting is wonderful. I love the way the artist depicts nature and technology side by side. Notice the small butterfly on top of the light bulbs.
Sara Jane Doberstein--I love the way the crates the pears are on are worn and the artist also portrays pears that are not perfect. I also like the couple of pears on top, the group below them and the odd pear out on the bottom. It reminds me of a family grouping.
John Whalley--This is intriguing. The pear who wants to be a shell, but as the understudy is capable, but not the star. A very creative take on the subject matter.
What is your idea of a boring subject? Experiment, try to come up with a different way to approach that subject and have a great day.
Studio update-- No work was done this week as the weather was rain, rain and more rain. I did, however, receive the new sign for the studio. It will go in storage until the building is ready for it.
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