Studio En Paz

Amen.

LOL!

SO adorable 🥰🥰

A picture can be worth a thousand words... ❤️

Sweet girl ❤️ big heart

Two new pieces... simple geometrical works. More to come.

Spot the studio dog. Jax is quite the rascal. LOL!

New ink from Studio 1891 in Hayesville. Thank you Joel Bauer!

I have long since been drawn to street art, especially works done in vibrant colors. Once referred to as graffiti, guerrilla art, and urban art, tagging, vandalism and defacement, street art is now being widely accepted as a marketable form of visual art. Cities such as New York, Detroit, Chicago, Nashville, Miami, Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Montreal, London, Paris, Buenos Aires and Melbourne are embracing it as a means for re-beautification. Some artists can even be found in high dollar galleries hosted by the same cities.

While street art can be esthetically pleasing, it is typically connected to activism, bringing with it a social or political message. The works are meant to create awareness and bring about discussion on any given topic. If anything, when done legally, I cannot think of a more positive way in which to create awareness and ignite a constructive movement for change.

According to Wikipedia, Banksy is the pseudonymous for the England based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. You will not find him on Facebook, or Twitter and he is not represented by any other gallery or institution other than his own. You will find his work in cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, London, Bethlehem and even the West Bank, going back as far as the year 2000. While most of his works are not done in vivacious in your face colors, his messages can be. They can be thought provoking, and sometimes humorous.

~ Doc Coleman

Photos courtesy of banksy.co.uk
https://www.banksy.co.uk

A mask I made for Covenant Hospice in Panama City, FL.

Love…

A Must Read. Read, Love and Learn
At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, was walking through a park one day in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully.

Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back to look for her.

The next day, when they had not yet found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter "written" by the doll saying "please don't cry. I took a trip to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures."

Thus began a story which continued until the end of Kafka's life.

During their meetings, Kafka read the letters of the doll carefully written with adventures and conversations that the girl found adorable.

Finally, Kafka brought back the doll (he bought one) that had returned to Berlin.

"It doesn't look like my doll at all," said the girl.

Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: "my travels have changed me." The little girl hugged the new doll and brought the doll with her to her happy home.

A year later Kafka died.

Many years later, the now-adult girl found a letter inside the doll. In the tiny letter signed by Kafka it was written:

"Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way."

Embrace change. It's inevitable for growth. Together we can shift pain into wonder and love, but it is up to us to consciously and intentionally create that connection.

I have long since been drawn to vibrant colors, and shapes, using them to create works in minimalist form. Today I pulled out a box of broken Talavera tiles I bought them a few years ago. I see inspiration. I see inspiration.

While this painting has not yet told me that it is done... it was good to get in the studio today and just LET GO.

Ready to go...

Brian's Song is considered one of the greatest sports films ever. There was even more to Brian Piccolo than we learned in the movie. Click here for his story. https://thesouthernvoice.com/beyond-brians-song/

An interesting article about artist Johnny Watts. Have a creative day! ~ Doc

Johnny Watts and his paintbrush colored his corner of the world. Read his story here. https://thesouthernvoice.com/johnny-watts-painting-his-world/

"Twisted" [acrylics/oils on 30"x40" gallery wrapped canvas] - 3rd installment of the Martini Series.

Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier Mural
1659 W North Ave

Distinguished Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra painted a unique and engaging mural of one of Chicago’s famed photographers, Vivian Maier. She was a prolific street photographer in the 20th century whose talent was only discovered after her death when her pieces were auctioned off during an estate sale. This mural is meant to be a tribute to her work.

traverse-blog.com
eduardokobra.com

Chicago’s Wicker Park Neighborhood
1640 N Damen Avenue

Created by Hebru Brantley, one of the most prolific artists in Chicago, Nike Running is the next street art mural to discover in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. Brantley’s work always contains his iconic glass-clad characters typically depicting scenes of nostalgia, power and hope.

hebrubrantley.com
traverse-blog.com

"Pieces of Eight I" (2014) - acrylics on 30"x40" archival canvas

Throw Back Thursday - "Celebration" (2014) - acrylics on 30"x40" on archival canvas