Circumstances dictate that I will be in France and Italy until the middle of August. I am keeping a journal in Paper by 53 images will be posted on my Tumblr dougsamu.Tumblr.com because there is a direct share out of that app. Filed under: art
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PostArctica: Strandbeests by Theo Jansen
Theo Jansen (born 1948) is a Dutch artist. In 1990, he began what he is known for today: building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on their own, known as Strandbeest. His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering; in a car company (BMW)
Continue readingThings Are Good: Suburbia Gone Wild
The idealized version of the American suburb has spread around the world and can be found in nearly every country. The banality of the spread has been ignored by artists, at least that’s the feeling of Martin Adolfsson who set out to document this changing global landscape. For example, it’s
Continue readingPostArctica: FAMADIHANA
Conceived and created by Devin McDermott and Ethan Folk. Movement created and performed by Devin McDermott. Filmed and edited by Ethan Folk. Score: Rolled Together – The Antlers Many, many thanks to Ryan Law, Jessica Robinson, Sarah Jo Ward, Alice Gosti, and Darcey Zoller. Famadihana is a funerary tradition of
Continue readingwmtc: a people’s history of british columbia, and a chance to preserve it for the future
Here’s a chance to preserve Canadian history – the real history, not the government-approved kind – and to preserve art and creativity and alternative media, all at the same time. Please consider giving $7.00 – or any amount – and sharing this excellent campaign with your friends and on social
Continue readingcartoon life: Water lily today 2
Tighter crop. Much better Filed under: art Tagged: bright, cool, dark, hot, water lily
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Even the water lilies are looking for some shade. Filed under: art Tagged: cool, hot, water lily
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Even the water lilies are looking for some shade.
Continue readingcartoon life: Sleeping black cat
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, graphite
Continue readingPostArctica: Duane Michals
“Who gives a fuck about what he had for breakfast? These are stylistic ticks. The digital has changed the paradigms of photography. I had an opening in Boston and this woman had a little camera with her and kept exclaiming, ‘Everything is a photograph!’ That’s the problem. The bar has
Continue readingsamupress: Updated 100 cats ebook is up.
Okay, Cool! The updated 100 cats ebook is live in the iTunes bookstore! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/100-cats/id559121901?mt=11
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Okay, Cool! The updated 100 cats ebook is live in the iTunes bookstore! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/100-cats/id559121901?mt=11 Filed under: art Tagged: 100, 100 cats, cats, ebook, update
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Okay, Cool! The updated 100 cats ebook is live in the iTunes bookstore! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/100-cats/id559121901?mt=11
Continue readingPostArctica: Christy Lee Rogers – Into The PostArctic
From her website “Christy Lee Rogers is a fine art photographer from Kailua, Hawaii. Her obsession with water as a medium for breaking the conventions of contemporary photography has led to her work being compared to Baroque painting masters like Caravaggio. Boisterous in color and complexity, Rogers applies her cunning
Continue readingcartoon life: Updated 100 cats eBook
I’m uploading just now, an updated version of the 100 cats eBook to the iTunes book store, with over 40 new drawings, and an animation file. Keep your furry toes crossed that all goes well. Filed under: art, book, iPad Tagged: 100 cats, cats, ebook
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I’m uploading just now, an updated version of the 100 cats eBook to the iTunes book store, with over 40 new drawings, and an animation file. Keep your furry toes crossed that all goes well.
Continue readingsamupress: Updated 100 cats eBook
I’m uploading just now, an updated version of the 100 cats eBook to the iTunes book store, with over 40 new drawings, and an animation file. Keep your furry toes crossed that all goes well.
Continue readingcartoon life: Our Tuxedo Prince
Sketches app, once again, is very nice. Zoom is a bit bouncy though. Once or twice I lost my place, but scrolled around the page a bit and found it again. I don’t think it’s anymore problematic than Paper zooming into a blank place on the page and having to
Continue readingsamupress: Our Tuxedo Prince
Sketches app, once again, is very nice. Zoom is a bit bouncy though. Once or twice I lost my place, but scrolled around the page a bit and found it again. I don’t think it’s anymore problematic than Paper zooming into a blank place on the page and having to
Continue readingcartoon life: Today’s Water Lilies
Filed under: art Tagged: blue, closeup, green, water, Water Lilies
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