Coming Soon…

I just recently started going to Art exhibitions here in Beijing, you know, just to check it out. Sooner, or later, I plan to post some pictures from the show (they allow you to take pictures everywhere in China) and a few comments of mine own here and there.

Of course, your comments are desired and anticipated. :D

More later! … … …

UPDATE 09.04.11

OK!

As I'm a slow mover, my time in Beijing allowed me to visit only a few exhibitions. Once I return (in one week), do not fret...I plan to attend more opening/closing exhibitions and adding them to THIS SITE ----> HERE artinchinatrebuchet.com

Here is the premise: An international site which provides low-commentary and high content. Do you wonder what sort of art is produced in Beijing, China? Well, here are some pictures from exhibitions I attended. The goal is to have other artists and such link to this site and provide similar content.

4 Dresses

Here are a few paintings from the past couple years. These five were finished in 2009 and were inspired by the work of my art colleague (of sorts), Sarah Jane Estes. She and I collaborated for a minute when she allowed me to paint four of her dresses. She was the wonderful model for all four dresses which inspired these five watercolor and ink paintings.

SJE All Asian - 2009

SJE In Silver - 2009

SJE Frilly Dress - 2009

SJE Pink Dress - 2009

SJE Bumble Bee - 2009

China Art

While working as a volunteer artist for a group called IFChina in the South of China, I painted and drew a number of works. These are from two series called, "Oral History" and "City Plays".

The 'Oral History' project attempted to discover the many dormant memories older Chinese people have of China's fairly tumultuous past. We interviewed a number of 老人 'Lao Ren' (older people) who had lived in and around the area during the 20's – 40's. Many of these people had served in the Red Army under Mao Ze Dong.

Old Red Guard - Jiangxi 2010

Living in the Past (1st go) - 2010

The 'City Plays' project catalogues and expounds on my different experiences living in Chinese cities. I focused on board games and on friends. It may seem strange, but there are a number of board games Chinese people can always be found playing. They are 象棋 (Chinese Chess)，麻将 (Mahjiang)，派 ("Pai" a card game). I noticed in each city I visited, one of these games would usually be more prevalent than the others. I find this very interesting. What makes one game more cherished than another?

Oh Noes - 2010

3 Do Not Gamble - 2010

As for friends, I feel that friends make up who we are and find my perceptions of my friends enlightening to look at. 'You are who you associate with' may be too strong a phrase, but I think the adage has some credence to it.

New Friends - Ji'an 2010

Kevin on the Banks - Ji'an 2010

Kang Lei - Hong Kong 2010

Mandy Cha - Ji'an 2010

This is my Happy Face - Jiangxi 

2010

Water colours

I began painting my friends and those acquaintances surrounding them using water colours. 2009 proved a fare year for painting. I view these pieces as portraits more than scenes.

Stull Reit & Girl - 2009


Morgan Nate & Sara - 2009


Robert outside CoffeA - 2009


Bam & Pa - 2009


Girl at 3AM - 2009


Katie Sings - 2009


Fleurs & Berds - 2009


Bub in Profile - 2009


Brandyn in Woodland Park - 2009

Must! Continue! Making! Art! ...aaaahhhh!

Though, this submission may not influence the average man or woman much, I do believe a few of us less than optimistic artists strruggle from time to time with perseverance.
There is a terrible amount to do. What with juried shows, group shows, solo Shows, calls to artists, open shows, open studios, online applications, application fees, Grad school searches, grad school applications bring us directly to dealing with schools, former professors, references, letters of recommendation, fellowships, T.A. positions, gallery sucking-up-tos, placating of patrons, let's not forget to dwell on making art, but finding cost-effective means for presentation, documentation and reviews, websites, geocities deleting our free websites (*shakes fist), curriculum vitae, e-mails, bloody artist's statements, catering, show cards, s/h, price lists, haggling with buyers, lacking buyers, and pushing the artistic envelope, being a professional artist can definitely seem complicated.
I want to stay in bed this afternoon. :} I'll get up though, don the black, and make my way. After all, the strong die, but not before the weak.

PICTURES! YEAH!

I have finally gotten around to photographing some older work. These pastels were created ~2003–2004, during art school. They were painted in the late Ross Zirkle's life drawing class.

A Sssober Artist

I believe that i am, truly, not a sober artist. As i coordinate this :blog, "hindered" by alcohol, directly having painted the msot part (nearly 80%?) of a new painting, i dawn on this realisation. Perhaps, most of my "good" work (the work masses enjoy, as opposed to the work I enjoy) came in to existence in a likewise state.
Tonight, i danced with two married women. T'was an odd occurance, i assume, though it lent me a perspective i did not have before. People tend to decide upn their whiles from perspectives hingeing on common situations. Meaning these two married folk had decided they had found their better halves, yet tonight, they found themselves grinding on my companions and i boasting (or reminding themselves?) they were married.
Tonight, i fing myself verbose. Nearly too drunk to type, perhaps too drunk to think as i should. I realise, however, i am not "drunk dialing" ex-s, and i am completeing (or nearly so) paintings (those things /hobbies /work i truly wish to spend my time). I have decided to no edit this posting so that i might, later on, read this drunken rabble. I've noticed that, while in this state, new perspectives reached seldom appear.
How am i to paint hindered so? Have i bethroved myself to ideal and dogma so to stifle what is only natural and artistic? Perhaps, tomorrow, I will think clearer on the matter!