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I’m doing some studies on small panels. the smaller panels allow me to experiment and push the boundaries i have established without the commitment to a larger panel. it feels easier to make mistakes. mistakes are good. 16″x22″
Recent Posts
- “Blaine’
- “Mike”
- “Angelin”
- “Fleeting Glance” 41×35
- “Prone” 35×41
- “Ascension” 41×35
- “Open” 35×41
- “Topside” 41×35
- “Justine”
- “Elon”
- “Protester”
- “Marcus”
- Review in Fabrik
- “Grandfather”
- “Neighbor”
- “Current and Instinct” 44×56
- “Indeterminate Depth” 12×12
- “Inflection” 12×12
- At George Billis LA Gallery thru June 24th
- “The Sound of Color” 17×23
Bryan Ida
“Ash” rediscovered her sexuality while in college and finally made the choice to come out with the support of her sister. Since then she has become a speaker, activist and advocate of the LGBTQ community. The text is Executive Order 10450 from 1953 that used broad language to ban homosexuals from working in the federal government notably the armed services. The Executive Order was part of a larger movement that included mass firings in the 1950’s and was referred to as the “Lavender Scare” which was discrimination based on sexual orientation. The “Lavender Scare” worked in parallel with the “Red Scare” of the same time period that targeted communism in the United States. #inkportrait #portrait #laart #penandinkdrawing #pen #text #executiveorder
I have a piece in this great lineup of artist’ in a group show titled Cityscape Show IX. Opens tomorrow 5-8 #groupshow #georgebillisgalleryla #culvercityartsdistrict #cityscape
11 of 12 portraits done, ready for a studio visit. #portraits #laart #ink #socialcommentary #textbased #almostdone
Outside the studio #bigassrainbow #studio
“Glass Urinary Devices” at ICA Hand blown glass #laart #glass #sculpture
“Paul” is the grandson of Juanita ”Holy-named Woman” Left-Hand. Juanita, a Native American woman was one of the last speakers of the dialect spoken by her tribe, the Assiniboine. Born around 1896, she witnessed the long battle to maintain traditional Indian life on the reservation as it was fought and lost. Juanita was overjoyed when historians came to ask her help in transcribing the dialect and the traditional Indian stories and their accompanying hand gestures. Those transcriptions, as well as her traditional beadwork designs and dolls now reside in the Smithsonian Institution Archive.
The text is the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which mandated all Indian Nations in the southern states to be relocated west of the Mississippi. This document was one of the opening salvos to the systematic dismantling of native cultures and that relocation resulted in what is known as the “Trail of Tears” which decimated the populations of the southern Indian Nations. #ink #portrait #nativeamerican #indianremovalact #defiance #inkportrait #laart #art#culvercityartsdistrict
“Mike” was drafted into the army in 1968 during the Vietnam War. He served in the 1st Calvary as a helicopter gunner and was shot down by a rocket after 8 months.
The text Is The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964 which authorized the use of conventional military forces in Vietnam without a declaration of war by congress. 1968 was the year of the Tet offensive which proved to be the turning point of US involvement in asia.
60x37 ink on panel
#vietnamveteran #thankyou #portrait #ink #pen #draw #drawing #laartist #culvercityartsdistrict
Littoral at Beyond Baroque opens Sunday April 7th 1-4pm The word “littoral” is defined as the zone where the land, air, and sea come together. In this zone three disparate worlds interact and form an environment that blends calm, serene moments with chaos and danger.
Studio shot #culvercityartsdistrict #studio #photo
Embodied:St Anthony & the Desert of Tears at MOAH: Cedar in lancaster #installation #leonardgreco #lancaster #museum
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December 21, 2013 at 5:54 AM