tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26916548924241303412024-03-05T07:12:06.503-07:00J R WellsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04708918767644065918noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2691654892424130341.post-67000006864103980162009-04-30T13:33:00.002-06:002009-04-30T13:35:54.555-06:00Grief<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmZJj63CCq1WgUEqtOYaCqiCyUk-YOAiBfZZmHUoKhBYTeB8aXFQP0-c_JyyduLD6mbRK0XsGT5oBaJ1SkMy6GZgh04v9wv5t-aOsXBjOq3QgL2cYnsP0Jo24LIMwToTFRPf4tQMvxzw/s1600-h/DSCN3659.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmZJj63CCq1WgUEqtOYaCqiCyUk-YOAiBfZZmHUoKhBYTeB8aXFQP0-c_JyyduLD6mbRK0XsGT5oBaJ1SkMy6GZgh04v9wv5t-aOsXBjOq3QgL2cYnsP0Jo24LIMwToTFRPf4tQMvxzw/s400/DSCN3659.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330570071895969394" border="0" /></a><br />Cast bronze with patina. Completed early fall 2008.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04708918767644065918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2691654892424130341.post-30520996354774663092009-04-30T13:20:00.002-06:002009-04-30T13:24:39.225-06:00Faces of Opression<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsjWIEwL2TMJQJBfJILBKUjIFA72PwshFuZ6Xwtytx7b6hhX_BM10g2gvUCM48j69jFRYK4A6NroG6dGZRTWvH7oE9qqcTJm1g-sKgIVDFObB9NSMO4TONbItU7pP8jHQ9UwzpkZrODI/s1600-h/DSCN3658.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsjWIEwL2TMJQJBfJILBKUjIFA72PwshFuZ6Xwtytx7b6hhX_BM10g2gvUCM48j69jFRYK4A6NroG6dGZRTWvH7oE9qqcTJm1g-sKgIVDFObB9NSMO4TONbItU7pP8jHQ9UwzpkZrODI/s400/DSCN3658.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330566924112473074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsoXa9debpWHMpFf3xM9RVhU5W0l5zTqXH4V6Dpd1J1llZr_u3-Dz_oU6fXrjD_Z-yjzAKh90L-H74B5VPWhkKVbyPeSf7lvAxDwmEO0BOIUgJnteoEzyTJUhl6VFGQvLh6-pELBW7rM/s1600-h/DSCN3656.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsoXa9debpWHMpFf3xM9RVhU5W0l5zTqXH4V6Dpd1J1llZr_u3-Dz_oU6fXrjD_Z-yjzAKh90L-H74B5VPWhkKVbyPeSf7lvAxDwmEO0BOIUgJnteoEzyTJUhl6VFGQvLh6-pELBW7rM/s400/DSCN3656.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330566920842211218" border="0" /></a><br />Cast bronze with various patinas. Completed spring 2008.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04708918767644065918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2691654892424130341.post-13991015194555725112009-04-30T13:05:00.002-06:002009-04-30T13:20:04.621-06:00Some Cards<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitICXoQqDmqpSVASEPBWOzT0AJysvfQn2QVWxDb1PhqWFxgxMBevkPvoeSJgX9QYTR41jt6sdxepnNp0Hevzjwqr2gJtmA9jm9hquZ6nBLSQmbZZQMomevJd_k72KVxGPnDIPH_7svyg0/s1600-h/DSCN3649.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitICXoQqDmqpSVASEPBWOzT0AJysvfQn2QVWxDb1PhqWFxgxMBevkPvoeSJgX9QYTR41jt6sdxepnNp0Hevzjwqr2gJtmA9jm9hquZ6nBLSQmbZZQMomevJd_k72KVxGPnDIPH_7svyg0/s320/DSCN3649.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330564898891468754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnReQSalhy3UPE5sfhisD3euR9ctFEOQ4JC_Q_3XqLTsJ90-nMMsVtG6JdtWsoNYuWeH1q9J3BdrTgk7B2U9cAOJ1uKvhtkaEhyphenhyphen1r0GKE_bNqdX37HGa0JiskTjvsGSn7coPB_1ejRSfU/s1600-h/DSCN3648.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnReQSalhy3UPE5sfhisD3euR9ctFEOQ4JC_Q_3XqLTsJ90-nMMsVtG6JdtWsoNYuWeH1q9J3BdrTgk7B2U9cAOJ1uKvhtkaEhyphenhyphen1r0GKE_bNqdX37HGa0JiskTjvsGSn7coPB_1ejRSfU/s320/DSCN3648.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330564894683332386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYvpmiC-3Cf16dUxZOU52qn0qioU_mN9ug30qV_yvpI1SYAnFQYbkIFj46aYy3VqAOI-5z53I9Sl3gJoAEQOS5XIGWX-cZ6MNodoA9EicItHvI61IScZy15TmRlMzv4eUFxs2zE6o0rM/s1600-h/DSCN3647.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYvpmiC-3Cf16dUxZOU52qn0qioU_mN9ug30qV_yvpI1SYAnFQYbkIFj46aYy3VqAOI-5z53I9Sl3gJoAEQOS5XIGWX-cZ6MNodoA9EicItHvI61IScZy15TmRlMzv4eUFxs2zE6o0rM/s320/DSCN3647.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330564892620608162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0elw0SOUaMDpun0FcgPDvODU1299ppXFx5Y9Rj7LtdYN89n0uBBlRp8IORH3aSR11ZJ8GEjXrQhmX1FNJgkcjL12-7G-r4zJd5LKIICzoHqvxQ-tJMT5Rc7slRtlxcclGkd7FLV_8GY/s1600-h/DSCN3646.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0elw0SOUaMDpun0FcgPDvODU1299ppXFx5Y9Rj7LtdYN89n0uBBlRp8IORH3aSR11ZJ8GEjXrQhmX1FNJgkcjL12-7G-r4zJd5LKIICzoHqvxQ-tJMT5Rc7slRtlxcclGkd7FLV_8GY/s320/DSCN3646.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330564887939479234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNq1tpC7a1ndqNkspJt_-tIqOlyuqHIbsM3oikBZ9j64UJ4xRJwFdZYLLWZzm4ivBAmHCAPe5sd-9wYSV5G_f0zDAJKfGM1UDiUVR8P85BNOCYroA_hGVWft-2rRhx64k-jdosju3wAo/s1600-h/DSCN3645.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNq1tpC7a1ndqNkspJt_-tIqOlyuqHIbsM3oikBZ9j64UJ4xRJwFdZYLLWZzm4ivBAmHCAPe5sd-9wYSV5G_f0zDAJKfGM1UDiUVR8P85BNOCYroA_hGVWft-2rRhx64k-jdosju3wAo/s320/DSCN3645.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330564887621900754" border="0" /></a>I made these cards while being a participant observer during a program called Arts in Medicine. I was required to attend, being enrolled in a class by the same name. It was a beautiful experience.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04708918767644065918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2691654892424130341.post-11829361404391622132009-02-22T22:03:00.005-07:002009-03-12T18:59:18.107-06:00δαμάζω<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14sYfYCzULwwbAR5OXqVL00PyTzb3lvG92uQ68-H_t9FD1quhEI1GsDL-LZSD2PaeTM2sTZml117rUUwaNuV6ZpjMeOywv3215vmqmxlAN1qEKpFRaOYYZjgEnBRFWDZT-iAbB02Ti_8/s1600-h/_DSC1121.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14sYfYCzULwwbAR5OXqVL00PyTzb3lvG92uQ68-H_t9FD1quhEI1GsDL-LZSD2PaeTM2sTZml117rUUwaNuV6ZpjMeOywv3215vmqmxlAN1qEKpFRaOYYZjgEnBRFWDZT-iAbB02Ti_8/s400/_DSC1121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305854105173134242" border="0" /></a>This piece consists of two separately cast and still unconnected bronze pieces, colored with India ink and a combination of oil pastels and Dorland's wax medium. Completed: December 2008Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04708918767644065918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2691654892424130341.post-49836104219465897472009-02-22T22:02:00.001-07:002009-03-11T16:32:10.582-06:00Till We Have Faces<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinlzYQjLKNVDrlPcEHjSECDLsHta_oHUpLyHgxsLZ1j38XQUK9brweW_PUsFyBS39uDgLACzihbNersFakWiGZgXSCp2r5WwSAd7RXu1KYzkdrDZ33JmNZYCnmTf5vYHJwn8fpW9BAgw/s1600-h/_DSC1100.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinlzYQjLKNVDrlPcEHjSECDLsHta_oHUpLyHgxsLZ1j38XQUK9brweW_PUsFyBS39uDgLACzihbNersFakWiGZgXSCp2r5WwSAd7RXu1KYzkdrDZ33JmNZYCnmTf5vYHJwn8fpW9BAgw/s400/_DSC1100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305853831085114194" border="0" /></a>This piece is one solid cast bronze piece resting on a rock. The inspiration came from the book <span style="font-style: italic;">Till We Have Faces</span> by C. S. Lewis, an adaptation of the Cupid and Psyche myth. Completed: Fall 2008Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04708918767644065918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2691654892424130341.post-62768524107056280192009-02-22T21:59:00.003-07:002009-03-11T16:29:02.271-06:00Escape<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWgswkBNmxdPC0tv3mFDX96K2Xz22x6pXbmrFFJRCp5UpCnyz3CEDpfwdSj4KlhUx6pMBX5RO7_bv6abwTabHjT741H2hBoS4SVNQkzG8QFVE0kgZpKIykPUVjrZDlElpsrDzfsMUY6Y/s1600-h/_DSC1122.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWgswkBNmxdPC0tv3mFDX96K2Xz22x6pXbmrFFJRCp5UpCnyz3CEDpfwdSj4KlhUx6pMBX5RO7_bv6abwTabHjT741H2hBoS4SVNQkzG8QFVE0kgZpKIykPUVjrZDlElpsrDzfsMUY6Y/s400/_DSC1122.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305853542080068786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This piece is composed of cast bronze pieces soldered to a thin sheet of copper with a liver of sulfur patina. Completed: Fall 2007.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04708918767644065918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2691654892424130341.post-11500643505780324612009-02-22T21:52:00.003-07:002009-03-11T16:33:29.547-06:00Fish Can Fly<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOD0Vt5RA_oY7cS18_DtclZ6Dr9fT-yGMQB_iA-ogPXHlld50xAAqiFDpk3SSVt8fuoh0GC0fq4f7mlNRE_nPuFg-5FkGTjdk89q8G77hGjDn-7ds4duc1tj8HoqXbBynfQAS-WydOk4/s1600-h/landscape+in+orange+small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOD0Vt5RA_oY7cS18_DtclZ6Dr9fT-yGMQB_iA-ogPXHlld50xAAqiFDpk3SSVt8fuoh0GC0fq4f7mlNRE_nPuFg-5FkGTjdk89q8G77hGjDn-7ds4duc1tj8HoqXbBynfQAS-WydOk4/s400/landscape+in+orange+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305851422849851794" border="0" /></a><br />Oil on canvas. Completed: December 2008. SOLD.<br /><br />My goal for this painting was to create a piece with many layers, physically as well as contextually. Using many layers of under-painting, I built up the sky, features of the landscape and fish figures into each other, so that each element is very much connected with the others. The content started in a straightforward manner: a desert landscape reminiscent of my hometown, Albuquerque, with a touch of surrealist aesthetic: koi fish swimming throughout the sky, and perhaps through the desert sand as well. It may be that this piece is a representational depiction of my current and impermanent home, but it displays a longing for another possible world where fish can fly.<br /><br />The original title I had in mind for this piece was <span style="font-style: italic;">Home: Landscape in Orange</span>, but it reminded the man who purchased it so much of a shirt design by Bono, that it has become affectionately known as <span style="font-style: italic;">Fish Can Fly</span>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04708918767644065918noreply@blogger.com1