Sublime landscape images by Michael Oliveri at the Lamar Dodd School of Art's main gallery. 
These must be experienced in person, so if you live in Athens, please don't miss this show. They are huge (about 10' long) micrographs, digitally stitched together from multiple (FEI)field emission gun scans (more commonly known as (SEM)Scanning Electron Microscope scans). Close-up views of nano forms that so resemble landscapes or moonscapes, you'll expect to see the tail fins of a lunar lander in the corner. Michael is head of digital media at UGA, a designer with ADD (Athens Design Development) and is emerging as an important American artist in the field of digital media.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Michael Oliveri at Lamar Dodd
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
orange bike
The installation of one of our CLR's was held up by this locked bicycle. 
Love the orange and green together.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Keith Thurman's new mural on Broad st.
New mural in Athens
Next to a big empty field where Kudzu Coffee used to be on Broad St, by the BP gas station at the corner of Evans and Dearing Ext., is a new mural going up. Keith Thurman is painting the back wall of what is going to be a jazz club, and intends to paint the entire building eventually. It's a beautiful expression of the neighborhood and not far from the sculpture garden at Colima Ave & Rose St.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Eulogy for Big Beautiful
Scotia Kregel Oct.28,1995-April 7,2008
My beloved Scotia
has gone
to the place
where they send
the naughty dogs.
Goodbye
old girl,
i'll miss you.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
player piano karaoke
photo by Paige Campbell
i went to a party last night. guess who was there?
i can't seem to get away from that guy. i guess he was out raising a glass to his co-star Charleton Heston, who passed away yesterday.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
ADD's CLR
photo by Michael Lachowski
Here is the CLR (cigarette litter receptacle) designed by my group ADD for the city of Athens.
They'll be installing them on parking meters all over downtown at the end of this week, April 10 & 11. We have a little display up at the Lyndon House that explains our design and collaborative process with the city.
If you must smoke, please use these receptacles. Cigarette butts aren't biodegradable and when thrown on the ground, they get washed into storm drains and into lakes and streams.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
The Butterfly and the Abstract
i found this butterfly at the park this evening, on the ground incapacitated by the cold snap, and brought it home.
it just happens to match the painting i'm working on. i don't know if it's auspicious or just serendipitous, but i'm quite excited.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Before and After Patriotism...
Possibly the funniest thing i've seen in a long while. The doors of a former church (now art studios) located at Hill & Chase Street with one of my Chrysanthemums on painted on it. Apparently the studio renter didn't like my flower, but he loves flags.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Magenta
The history of the color Magenta is more interesting than i'd realized. Here's a link to read about it in Stir magazine where you will learn that "magenta is a mixture of red and blue wavelengths that cannot be generated by a single wavelength of light" which i didn't know but i'm not surprised. Also this excellent article by Liz Elliot in the Journal of Unlikely Science goes even further to explain the mad science behind the color.
now for something different
An old forgotten sign in downtown Athens, at the corner of Hull and Hancock.
As a fellow sign-painter, i can tell you that whoever painted this one broke all the rules.
That's just one of the reasons why i love it so much.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Happy Easter
photo by Jim Barsness
That Planet of the Apes guy in the pink coat (you know the one, Santa's drinking buddy) showed up at the Dearing St. Easter parade today at my friend Didi's house. He was given a chocolate and vanilla cupcake and told to be on his way.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Santa of the Apes
photo by Doug Booher
We had quite a time that night. Santa Claus stopped by, drunk as usual, and we got this great shot of him with that guy from Planet of the Apes. What was his name, the one in the pink coat? Anyway, tomorrow is the first day of spring, and i'm going to burn an effigy of ole St. Nick in my backyard. Winter is OVER, y'all, it's time to start having fun.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Rebels
Photo by Doug Booher
Me, i mean some monkey in a pink coat, and Sean Wessling after a long night of drinking
and eating bananas.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
free desktop pattern no.3
Miss February from my 2008 calendars.
It's the same as desktop pattern No.1, but i toned the colors down a bit. There are instructions to install this on your computer below, near the first blog postings.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
4 new paintings
These were hanging in the hallway at Cine in Athens (that show has been taken down).
dimensions: 15.5" X 15.5"
medium: acrylic on wood
price:225.
Upper left
and bottom right
are sold.
Contact me for more info/images/etc.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Monday, January 28, 2008
Twilight Flower
i took this photo this evening as i was heading out the door just before dusk. My chrysanthemum stencil is lit from the window behind.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Coloring book- page 1
Here's the first in a series of pages i'm posting from a coloring book i'm designing. It's formatted to fit an 8.5 X 11 sheet of paper and should print out pretty easily. Just click on it to save it to your desktop and click print.
Below are photos of a mural i painted in the parking deck on College Ave.(in downtown Athens) using the same ginko pattern...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
It sort of snowed tonight
note: this is the lamest video ever made
It snowed for a little while tonight. i was so excited... SNOW!! here it is lit up by porchlight light before turning to rain.
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