new discoveries!
I sort of love buckthorn roots. They are these insidious, craggly, deep black, evil looking beauties. I spray painted one gold and it hangs from the ceiling in my studio. If I could get hold of a bunch of these, I would have a subterranean inverted forest sprouted from my ceiling.
So, naturally I was googling the term “buckthorn root” to see if I could purchase some on the internets. In doing so, I serendipitously stumbled upon the work of a contemporary artist that I really like. I promptly emailed Gregory Euclide and told him so. Then lo and behold, his work appears on the sweet art blog My Love for You is a Stampede of Horses the very next day. Here are some images of his work.
i flattened whatever pushing made the valley tremble, Acrylic, buckthorn root, cigrette butts, found foam, goldenrod, grass, lichen, Moss, mushroom, mylar, netting, paper, pencil, photo transfer, pine needle, polyurethane foam, sponge, sumac, wood 29 x 23 x 3
capture #12, acrylic, cedar tree, lichen, paint can, polyurethane foam, sponge, stone, wood
a new kind of quiet, warm in the air, bursting forth from the furrow, acrylic, paper, pencil, PETG, bees wax,wood 26 x 42 x 13
C’est belle, non? This is the work of a visionary.
And then today Daily Serving serves up the work of Adam Friedman. Downright gorgeous. And I really like the whys and wherefores of his work, which you can read if you visit his site or the Daily Serving feature on his work.
"A Sky of Rock" 2009 Acrylic, Screen Print, Gel Transfers, and Collage on Panel 18"x14"
"No Vestige of a Beginning, No Prospect of and End" 2010 Screen Print, Acrylic, Gel Transfers, and Collage on Panel 16"x16"
"Oceans Before and Behind Us in Time" 2010 Acrylic, Screen Print, and Collage on Panel 18"x12"
Inspiring.