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In the interest of conservative scrolling and reduced boredom, I have decided to omit the bulk of past newsletter content and leave you with the fun links! September 2001, stopped doing links June 2001, no links
And now presenting: The past's Highly Subjective Website Listings. Each month I shared with you a few of the more interesting places I visited on the web. Most are not stamp related, as I'm assuming you all know places with a gazillion stamping links; these sites are an adventure. All will open in a new window so when you're done you are right back here!
Artist's pages seemed to fill my month of surfing again, so here's a sampling: 1. Kevin Nakagawa. Kevin is the owner of Stampscapes, a rubber stamp company located in California. His collection of images, which he personally draws, are wonderful landscape stamps that work seamlessly together. I have always loved his images and last year we traded some rubber. A few weeks ago Kevin emailed me this link to show me what he'd been up to with the stamps I'd sent him. I was blown away! Our images worked wonderfully together and I'm excited to share this very cool stamped "story" with you. 2. Bradford Brenner. An accomplished painter living in San Diego, CA, Bradford's work was great fun to view on his well laid out website. Work was divided into subject categories, my favorite being "contemporary", and I was impressed with the number of works represented within each category. His use of paints tactile quality engaged me, particularly in viewing his portraits, in which the paint itself seemed to create the emotions of the sitter. 3. Michael Bullas. This site is wonderful! Those who like mixed media will especially enjoy the egg series. Viewing the artists sketchbooks was an interesting way for him to let the viewer in on his world a bit more. I really liked the archives section for the overview it gave. Michael's use of the diptych to explore seemingly unrelated subjects works well and the visual use of space that the rigid line creates is an interesting element of the work. 4. Rooms of the mind. The sculptures of Roger Hines. I ran into this site last week and book marked it for those of you who like assemblage. I enjoyed reading his philosophy which broke down the elements of his "buildings" and made viewing the work more interesting.
1. Sabine Magazine This online publication is a quarterly zine for Artists and those interested in art. It's been around for quite awhile on the web and therefore has built up quite a large resource section of links and many interesting archived articles. Links to artist's sites are a strong point here, as well as the portfolios for artwork, photography, and stories. The salon section has a few fun games, I love anagrams and the contest aspect sucks you in! Navigation is slightly annoying in places, so be prepared to utilize your back button. 2. Visualize Recently this catalog company combined efforts with Next Monet, and the site is a commercial one for purchasing mostly Giclee artwork (a type of limited edition print). I really enjoy however the selection of artwork. The site is wonderful to browse through and I think Stampers will find many of the pieces inspirational for their own work. 3. Eyestorm This slick artworld site offers a great gallery section of artists work, many quite famous names in the NYC artworld. For a fun tour of the contemporary art scene, check out the Buy and Browse section and the Artists at Eyestorm page. 4. Ann Baldwin I've saved my favorite for last this month! I first saw Ann's work in Somerset Studio magazine a few months ago and then just recently, by accident came across her website. Please, if you have time to check out only one site, see this. Her work is gorgeous, and the site showcases many many pieces so you can really see the full breath of this artist's portfolio. One very interesting section of the site shows you the work in various stages of completion. You really must see this site!
This month it's Gallery sites. Viewing artwork online, for those new to this site, is one of my favorite pastimes. Last month was all about individual artist's sites, so herešs the group thing: 1. The Ballard Fetherston Gallery. This Gallery from Seattle, WA is one of my favorites. I would love to live near enough to see this work in person! The gallery represents many artists, all featured on the site with numerous examples of their work. I like the easy navigation and the artists bio that's included. Some don't miss work on this site; David Konigsberg, Bernd Haussmann, Ines kramer, kathy moss, Alex Ohge, and Ben Mahmoud. 2. Passionworks. Passion Works Studio provides artistic and collaborative opportunities for people with developmental disabilities. The studio is located in Athens OH, home of 100 Proof Press! Passion Works director Patty Mitchell and Myself teamed up to develop a line of rubber stamps using clients artwork. Passion Works employees are now producing the stamps themselves! When you visit the site be sure to view the Passion Flowers that the Studio produces! These gorgeous, one of a kind works, are truly unique. In our production room here at 100 Proof Press we have many of these flowers hanging from the walls and ceilings. We love them!! 3. Fiber Scene. Fiber Scene Gallery is an online place to view the work of 35 San Francisco area fiber artists. All professional artists, this site showcases some of the most innovative talent in this field today. The site shows three works by each artist and gives an extensive bio for each. Don't miss the Gallery Section and view some of the archived shows, links for them occur at the bottom of the current gallery show. 4. The Chiaroscuro Gallery At work I sail the internet on a speedy DSL line, while at home I crawl through the tangled web on the slowest connection ever experienced! This site is for those of you who sail. The Chiaroscuro Gallery has some wonderful artwork that reveals itself to you only after cumbersome and not necessary graphics load onto every page. A nice site, but if your crawling, I'd crawl someplace else.
I decided to share some individual artist's websites this month. Viewing art is one of my favorite leisure activities and I feel one of the best opportunities the web has opened up for those of us living outside of access to major museums or privately owned galleries. 1. Robert S. Wright. Robert has a wonderfully constructed site that showcase his paintings of abstracted figures in motion. Imagery that actully resembles elegant Asian script. I particularly enjoy viewing the Victoria series which gives viewers wonderful inspiration for color work. 2. James Michael Starr. I LOVE this site. All of you who are into college, ala Joesph Cornell will definitely want to check it out!! This is a small and easy to navigate site. Micheal's short essays on his work really add depth to the viewing experience, don't miss reading them. Always one to notice design elements on a site, I particularly liked his use of large type as a design element. First class work. 3. Marlene London. This site contains paintings, prints and writing. Marlene's paintings are a riot of color. In her visual images I really enjoyed the unique way that she frames the subject matter, filling the canvas right to the edge or cutting off certain elements. I also found the writing be be particularly image evoking, the artists intent seeming to be creating a painting in the readers mind. 4. Masashi Harada. Masashi is a photographer that creates "paintings" in ice and snow and then photographs them. Very dreamy and abstract, I was not surprised to find out that the artist is also a musician! Very original work.
1. The seaworm institute. Don't even ask how I ended up at this site! And some of you will call me easily amused, but I found this bizarre version of a virtual pet quite absorbing. The idea is you get this aquarium, "hatch" seaworms, and maintain their environment. A healthy environment creates healthy worms which will then preform tricks for you. My personal favorite being the "gathering" trick. Learning curve for this thing is about five minutes, reading the directions is essential, and patience through the hatching stage is rewarded! Not a site for those who's every minute must be productive. 2. collagetown.us This site appears to offer the viewer galleries of various college artists. Currently however, the only artist represented is Brain Robertson, who works in photomontage. But for me that is enough! His work is gorgeous. Just click on his gallery link.
3. These two sites are more closely related to stamping: Megan
Noel works in a wide variety
of medium, and her site is a great inspirational spot on the web.
Barb
is a stamper from Melbourne, Australia. and this homepape showcases
art. Be sure to view her 4. screenit.com This is a great site for parents. Very easy to navigate, with reviews on all popular movies that children and teens want to see. The reviews rate the movies in a dozen or so categories like: scarry music, violence, sex, bad language, etc. What amazes me is the thoroughness of the reviews. If you are a parent concerned we the content of movies that your kids see, this site is a great resource. If not, than this site will kill any suprise one may enjoy in seeing a film.
1. naia-artists.org I just recently came across this well organized site that showcases artists work in a wide variety of media. NAIA stand for National Association of Independent Artists. Members receive a gallery page with space for bio and artwork. The Random Gallery serves as a starting point for searching the site. You can look by medium type or for a particular artist. I really get inspired by looking at artwork on the web and this site serves as a great starting point for an evening of viewing! 2. lileks.com This Hilarious site was recommended to me by John Lefelhocz, our latest grand prize winner in the Press It Out! contest. Actually John recommended a subsection titled the Institute Of Official Cheer. Don't miss the Bad Publicity section or the Gallery of Regrettable Food. From the sites home page check out the Bureau of Corporate Allegory which is in the Curious Lucre section. This site is best viewed at the end of the day, or be prepared to reapply your mascara! Hours of mindless fun.
1. salon.com This is a great home page (for me anyway). News with attitude, a left attitude that is. I particularly like the movie reviews and some article always catches my eye before I skip off to my final destination! Caution, if you like your web squeaky clean you may want to bypass the section titled sex, the rest is a much more interesting version of Excite. 2. theonion.com The Onion is another site that one could call "home", abet an irrelevant one. Hailing from Madison, WI this site is an online version of a print paper. Humorous articles that could often pass as news, this site is further "out there". If your local paper subscribes to "News of the Weird" you may see the similarity. 3. retroactive.com This site celebrates all lifestyles of old, particularly the 1900's to 1950'šs. My favorite section of this site is it's selection of free e-mail postcards. Tired of Blue Mountain cards, aren't we all! The cards here don't sing or dance but rather reproduce images of postcards or advertising from the past. There is also a humorous little 'soap opera' article way down on the bottom of the Tip Tray section. A fun site to explore.
1. lobue-art.com Keith Lobue is an exciting artist that I had the pleasure of taking a workshop from this summer. Keith, an American, lives in Australia and creates a wide range of small sculptures, from wearable eyeglasses to mysterious boxes reminiscent of Joseph Cornell. His site has many examples of his artwork and an especially interesting area documenting a collaborative show called Relic-Makers. 2. risingartist.com Similar to the Guild site that I recommended last month, this site showcases works for sale from Artists in many medium. I like the Guild perhaps a bit better, but if you can't get enough on-line art here's another spot to hang out at. 3. ellieali.com Ellie Ali is a painter who's figurative work I really enjoy. Her sense of space and compositional elements of her work are a great mini lesson. Easy to navigate, it's a wonderful little spot on the web. 4.
collagegallery.com
Some of you may have already found this site but I must share it
in case you don't have it book marked yet! I can and do spend many
evenings here. The link page alone is great. This month's featured
artist, Ann Baldwin is fantastic. Very large site with pages upon
pages of great artwork!
1. guild.com I can and do spend whole evening's here. For those that live in a small town, visiting this site is like taking a trip to a fine contemporary gallery. My favorite works are pieces in the "print" section. The search engine for this site is great. You can search for artwork by many criteria. I really enjoyed pulling up all prints and viewing the 92 pages that resulted! A well organized site with high quality work. 2. sixsides.com The most focused site I've ever seen. Great use of the web as a media in which to manipulate the customer! Great graphics and color. A fun ride. 3. meerimage.com One of my personal favorite stamp companies. Steven Van Der Meer has created a unique product line, selling his own carved and drawn images in rubber. The site is easy to navigate, the images are gorgeous, and he has that shopping cart system down! 4. karalla.com This is a wild one. The site is actually the portfolio of an artist named Karalla. There is much to see and once you grasp the organization of the site, it's easy to explore. The really interesting part, or not, is that Karalla claims to be the illegitimate daughter of Peggy Guggenheim. While exploring, commentary from Karalla on who her possible father is definitely makes this site unique! |
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