This is the last year for local artists to paint rain barrels in Knoxville's "The Rainy Day Brush-off." It's sad that amazing programs like this, don't have the funding to keep going. This program has educated community members, enabling them to become more environmentally active. I still have to figure out what to paint for the finale...help!
Above is last year's barrel, "Carousel."
working on a new series... the "nifty fifties," women of the 1940s and 50s.
artwork by scott campbell...
http://www.scottcampbelltattoo.com/
Working on Rainy Day Brush-off...
31 artists are designing 55 gallon rain barrels that will go on auction this spring.
Fact: over 1,000 gallons of water runs off the average roof (@1700 sq ft) in a typical rain storm.
Vote and/or bid for your favorite barrel
online at http://www.drygap.com/rdbo/current/rdbo.html
Proceeds benefit ground outreach, education, and conservation efforts. All 31 barrels will be on display at the KMA this spring.
Learn more at http://www.drygap.com/rdbo/current/rdbo.html
http://www.designswan.com/archives/2009/03/page/10 OR http://www.golberz.com/2009/12/amazing-book-carving-art.html
"Los Angeles native Mike Stilkey has always been attracted to painting and drawing not only on vintage paper, record covers and book pages, but on the books themselves. Using a mix of ink, colored pencil, paint and lacquer, Stilkey depicts a melancholic and at times a whimsical cast of characters inhabiting ambiguous spaces and narratives of fantasy and fairy tales. A lingering sense of loss and longing hints at emotional depth and draws the viewer into their introspective thrall with a mixture of capricious poetry, wit, and mystery. His work is reminiscent of Weimar-era German expressionism and his style has been described by some as capturing features of artists ranging from Edward Gorey to Egon Schiele."
http://www.mikestilkey.com/
Gouache paintings by Kazuki Takamatsu...
http://kazukitakamatsu.web.fc2.com/index.html
