When two heads are better than one…

Corporate Veil

Inspired by the glass model head David recently purchased to hold his eyeglasses and earphones, I borrowed it for a couple of days for some fun masks.  The first, “Corporate Veil” is a basic paper mache mask using old newspaper articles from the financial collapse and ensuing banking and corporate finance scandals.  Words like “Goldman Sachs, for example, bonuses of more than $1 million went to 953 traders and bankers and Morgan Stanley awarded seven-figure bonuses to 428 employees.” and “Bank Bailout CEO Got Golden Parachute.”

The below image is a mask I did from fused plastic shopping bags.  Fun!

 
Bald-faced consumerism

Some fun new works

So, I started a while back by creating this one:

I call her “Rainhat Lady” and she’s hung on the diagonal against a black wall here.

She’s created from melted olefin that’s been painted with metallics, luminescent paints, and etc. She’s on gallery wrapped canvas and is 12 x 12 inches.

After Rainhat Lady came:

Sally Streetqueen. Again, there’s the melted olefin, aluminum, acrylics and metallics.

Then, after Sally was born, I became inspired to do a whole darn series of these cuteys. I call them the “Mannequin Series” and the newer ones are created to be storefront window mannequins on display somewhere or other… Here is a photo of the whole shootin’ match.

Storefront Mannequins Series

Did I ever tell ya about my family?

It’s large.  Very.  And some serious talent there, including this wonderful nephew and his father, my brother who passed away shortly after Sept. 11.   I know this and recent posts have little to do with art, but give me some time, I’m mulling and searching for inspiration just now.  Know that it will come out one day.  It’s just still too close to the surface, believe it or not.

Well, this is good news!

Chocolate is found to be as good as exercise according to this Indian study.  I kid you not!  Here, read this excerpt:

“The researchers who focused on the mitochondria – the tiny powerhouses in cells that generate energy – discovered that a plant compound found in chocolate, called epicatechin, appeared to stimulate the same muscle response as vigorous activity, the Daily Telegraph reported. “

Color me happy!

If geeks were paid like pro athletes

The Solar Decathalon is one of my favorite events of the year.  Sadly, it doesn’t have cool advertising that the mainstream media builds full news programs around like the NFL’s Super Bowl.  Nor do those who compete garner the kind of earnings in a single year that pro athletes do, despite the fact that their efforts and advancements can help save the world.  At least that’s the way I perceive it.  Did I ever tell ya I competed for (but didn’t win) an academic scholarship to Tennessee Tech?  It was the late 70s (yes, I’m dating myself) and my plan was to go into Solar Engineering.  Yes, even back then!  I was among those “weeded out” by the psychics and chemistry classes I had to take, so slinked over to liberal arts instead.  I still have that save-the-world through science passion though…

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests charged Vatican in ICC w/ crimes against humanity http://ow.ly/6twtr #notfiction.

That was my tweet today.  The thing is, it’s a subject very close to me. You see, my brother … well, after years of self-destruction, he saw it for what it was.  He processed it through a great mystery book he wrote called The Crumbling Empire.  Read it if you have the stomach for such a tough subject matter.   I worked closely with him on it but it’s his baby. The cover? That’s mine. #Thinkinpictures

Update: 10.21.12 – Here’s the book, available on Amazon.

The Crumbling Empire novel by E. Brian Walsh

The Crumbling Empire novel

Money in, money out …

I delivered a substantial commissioned painting today.  It was of a vacation home on the North Carolina shore that I’d worked on for some time and happily, the purchaser was very pleased.

Once paid, what’d I do?  I broke out the credit card, and shopped @Utrecht_Art! #moneyinmoneyout

Argh! Computer crash meant missed deadline

I have a great computer system, really I do…  Dual monitors, a Dell Inspiron whatever whatever that my techhie hubby set up for me admittedly a while ago, but it is a high quality system all the same.

I think the problem is, I’ve been tooling around with four different web browsers at once.  Long story.  Suffice it to say, with all open at once, there’s a good chance the system will operate somewhat … uhm … inefficiently.  And unfortunately, I didn’t count on that when, as typical last minute suzy on certain things, I put together two fun and I thought very clever “masks” to enter into the Torpedo Factory Masks Exhibition. 

In the end, I took it as a sign that they needed more work before going full out exhibition style public with them.  Structurally they need shoring up, but I like the effect.  Here’s a sneak preview of one:

On another subject, eyes are starting to act funky again.  Perhaps another visit to the optho-neurologist is in order since I was asymptomatic last time?

Ways to be inspired

I found this through my twitter feed, from a tweet by twitfriend YogaArmy of a blogpost by Lori Moreno.

It’s a list of Ways to be inspired http://ow.ly/5Pviy

Not long, but uplifting and worth keeping on hand for, you know, those days when you feel like mush but have time on your hands for projects.

Hope it inspires you the way it did me.

Credit Suisse Prediction about the Economy

As some of you may know, my left-brain deals with geeky economics, international trade and stuff like that.  When I went back to college years ago after raising my sons, I majored in Mass Communications and dreamt of writing for The Economist.  So there ya have it.

Anyway, watching (or rather tuning out to most of) the debt ceiling kabuki theater, a few tidbits got absorbed.  Like this unappealing prediction from Credit Suisse should the U.S. actually go over the brink into full out default.

Stocks Drop 30%, Economy Contracts 5%

To those who claim nothing will happen, do you really want to risk it?

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