Max Stone: young Artist at Large
Heather
I'd like to introduce you all to an up and coming young artist named Max Stone. He is now working in the BAD! Kitty Art Studio and has a web page on the Bad! Kitty web site. (we will be updating his web page over the weekend with his new works and words)
Max is 9 years old ( going to be 10 in October) is in the 4th grade. He has just started his own blog to talk about his art and other things that interest him. It's a pleasure to work in studio with such a creative force as Max, he knows how to have fun when he works. Max has had a true creative spirit his whole life, he loves color, texture and strong graphic subject matter. His favorite style of creating is mixed media abstract. He is currently working mostly in acrylics but has expressed recently that he would like to start learning about oils, so we will start working on that in the fall.
As Max's Mom, Agent and Personal Bouncer I am really proud that he is ready to share his new works with the world. He is very confident and sure of himself when he works, it's all about how he feels. We have our own working space in the studio, and he rarely if ever askes for instruction in his work. He has watched me paint for years andwill ask how to do things and even ask me to show him when I am working on my own paintings, but he never asks for me to help him on his work. He says it has to be all him, and he is sure of that. He is really a pleasure to work with.
All three of my son's are gifted in the arts, math, sciences, sports and music, but Max is the first to want to market his talents to the world at large. I'm always saying that around him, "Max, you my friend are a young artist at large!" He has no problem "talking art" with anyone anytime. When we go to galleries and look at art together, he throws in his two cents as readily as any adult present, and has often talked to the artists themselves to ask how they did something he saw and liked. It's impressive, really. I asked him why he wanted to sell his art, and he said, "why not?" I mean it really is that simple and easy isn't it? He wants to make his own money so he can buy more materials to work with, whatever he wants, which right now is a real stand up easel like mine. He is tired of working small canvas and wants to steal my large ones all the time, so I have taken to giving him the large works that don't work out after a while so he can paint over them.
It's expensive being an artist, and he wants to be able to pick his own supplies, I'm raising a Man with moxie. Now that there are two working artists in the house, I am sure we will soon be insufferable. Middle child has perked up his ears to the recent "business endeavors" of his youngest sibling and has started a cartoon strip, we will soon see if he will want to publish the results or not.
Can you remember the time when kids mowed lawns, baby sat, and sold lemonade to make money? Now they can safely stay home and talk to the entire globe from their living room. Oy! The amount of vigilance I will be giving this endeavor is super high, OMG. The one thing I won't ever do is hold anyone back from their dreams, so if he feels ready to take on the world, I'm right there with and for him
So, check out the newest artist to join forces with BAD! Kitty Art Studio and take a look a Max's blog. We will be posting new pictures of his latest works and WIP's later today and over the weekend, so don't miss it.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Heather
http://www.badkittyartstudio.com/
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Access: PublicDaily Art- Trapped in a Woman- Birthday Wishes
Heather
Mixed Media laminated paper collage
8″ X 11″
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The Quotes that inspired the work:
"My facts shall be falsehoods to the common sense. I would so state facts that they shall be significant, shall be myths or mythologic. Facts which the mind perceived,thoughts which the body thought - with these I deal."
~Henry David Thoreau
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"The first thing that strikes the careless observer is that women are unlike men, they are ‘the opposite sex' (though why ‘opposite' I do not know; what is the neighboring sex'?). But the fundamental thing is that women are more like men than anything else in the world."
~Dorothy Sayers
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"Let us not hesitate to be the messiahs of our age."
~Lucretia Mott
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I am a Woman. I am a Human. I am More than a Gender. I am simply just More. We are all at the epoch of non-gender thinking. We are Human, and we could all be so much more. To find the truth of ourselves, sometimes you must go inside to find your way out. I love Drag Queens, I always have, they are some of the bravest and most loving people I have ever known. Strong, beautiful and talented these humans have always been powerful hero personalities for me. I honor them in this work. Besides, they will take off a shoe and beat you to death with it, in a heartbeat. They are warriors of the light. So, watch yourself. :)
The text at her elbow reads:
"Nuer warrior in ceremonial costume: the Nuer believe in an omnipotent God who is responsible for good fortune and for bad, who is in the sky but is also on earth with man. Man is God's opposite, the created as against the creator, but his ‘breath' or ‘life' comes from God and returns to God again after death."
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I hope your day is full of Wonder and Joy, thanks for being here today.
On a side note, my two best girlfriends in this world are celebrating their birthdays yesterday and today. Stop by and tell them happy birthday won't you, I'd love to see them both over run with well wishes. Tell them Heather sent you. *Big Grins*
Happy Birthday Dina! Happy Birthday Vikki! All my love to you both.
Heather
Giving the Finger-Five Red Dice and an update
Heather
New Work
oils & acrylics
18″ x 24″ x 2″
The quote for this work:
"Archaeologists have not yet discovered any stage of human existence without art. Even in the half-light before the dawn of humanity we received this gift from Hands we did not manage to discern. Nor have we managed to ask: Why was this gift given to us and what are we to do with it?And all those prophets who are predicting that art is disintegrating, that it has used up all its forms, that it is dying, are mistaken. We are the ones who shall die. And art will remain. The question is whether before we perish we shall understand all its aspects and all its ends.
Not all can be given names. Some of them go beyond words. Art opens even the chilled, darkened heart to high spiritual experience. Through the instrumentality of art we are sometimes sent-vaguely, briefly-insights which logical processes of thought cannot attain.
Like the tiny mirror of the fairy tale: you look into it and see-not yourself-but for one fleeting moment the Unattainable to which you cannot leap or fly. And the heart aches...
Dostoyevsky once let drop the enigmatic phrase: "Beauty will save the world." What does this mean? For a long time it used to seem to me that this was a mere phrase. Just how could such a thing be possible? When had it ever happened in the bloodthirsty course of history that beauty had saved anyone from anything? Beauty had provided embellishment certainly, given uplift-but whom had it ever saved? "
Good day all,
It's been a tough couple of weeks here at BAD! Kitty Art, we have been working really hard and sleeping too little. Not that much has changed, just it was harder this last two weeks inside the brain pans of the adults here. Stress, it's a killer. It's a "shoot the muse and leave her for dead", as well. The kind of stress that comes from the pressure of a deadline, a pre-determined deadline, I can take really well, become even more inspired even. The un-determined long haul stress is what I am talking about. The one week rolling into another, and the laundry still isn't done, kind of stress, that's killing me. That and the boys are on summer break, so they are either trying to quietly kill one another * quietly, because they both in get into trouble for actual fighting, no matter who "started" it* or they are asking for something. OY! OK, enough with the kvetching, on with some fun stuff.
Oh, one last thing, I am thinking of naming the newest painting "This is me, giving whimsy the finger", what do you think, kind of catchy isn't it? *grins*
I hate, no double hate, no not really, I loath my work being called whimsical. It really drives me crazy. In the beginning of my career, I'll agree I did do a lot of work that was funny or based on something I thought funny. I still do from time to time, but not as much because when I started getting solo shows and events, the reporters started to write their reviews and commentary on my "Whimsical work". Drove me bat-shit, so I stepped away from satire for a while, to get some "real" work done. These days I just don't care enough about what anyone else says about my work, but I still inwardly groan when ever some one says , "your work is so whimsical!". Now I just smile, and ask if they like it enough to buy it. *BAD! Kitty Grins and bears it* OK, now really...no more kvetching...well a girl can hope anyway. ")
This new work falls into what has been called "whimsy" for my style of work... eh, whatever. It is really a very cool collection of pictographs from the Mexico regional native peoples spanning over a few centuries. The main figure is from the 17th century for example, the moon in all it's phases, from a later date. Every line in the entire work is actually a snippetof ancient language. I mixed all the ones I liked [ read: remembered] together, and came up with this painting. Like shake ‘n' bake for art. I have all theses reference books, and I love pictographs and ancient text of all types, yes, I totally wanted to be Indiana Jones as a kid, real bad too. It's carried on into my adult life and has become a large part of my work, telling big stories by focusing on the small details of a universal, easy to understand, human symbol's. (I call it Heather-speak, shhh, that's a secret) Seriously, I want you to get my work, not have to study it. I also want to teach, and remind the soul in each person my work may encounter. Either to wake them to something within themselves (reaction), or to re-mind them of something they have forgotten from the symbolic images (resonance) I use. I have not done a painting recently that wasn't in my own language, and after painting ‘Seasons of Love' recently I have been back in love with ancient hieroglyphs and pictographs. The only thing about my cave painting is I'm a very modern cave-person, it gave me a fun excuse to paint bubble wrap and stick it stuff. I love that repeated circle over and over, it's my favorite. For fear of being "trendy" or Whimsical" I have not been playing as much, you know, just playing around. I've been all serious and productive and insightful but it has not been a party place, round here. ( I've been the serious BAD! Kitty or as serious a this kitty gets anyway)This work was plain old fun. I turned up the dance groove and spaced out for a while, it was great. I just hope I didn't put the picture together in some way that says something in a real language, good lord I can see it now...people standing there getting mad because I insulted their mother or something. I was just playing around, I don't know what all the images mean and I didn't take the time to find out while I was playing, (or since, I guess I don't want to know either) then it would have been work. Not fun, putting down the time to play around in my own head space...priceless. I hope you enjoy seeing it.
Ok, on to the other thing I wanted to tel you all about, because the way things are going I'm sure not posting as much and I think it's really fun.
I cam across a blog called Five Red Dice. It's this guy named Alan Mizell, he lives in Austin TX and he had these red dice and started trading them to see what he could turn them into. It's a fun read, a fun project and I don't want to give too much away, but you should check it out, maybe you have something to trade for what he has now, which is pretty cool and a total upgrade from the dice. Just go look, like I said I don't want to give away the suprise, it's fun.
I hope this post finds everyone well, good and happy.
Heather
Daily Art- The Dance
Heather
‘The Dance'
36″ x 24″
oils
Finished sides, ready to hang
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Happy 4th of July America! (And Gaia too, where ever you may be)
I hope you all have a safe and fun holiday.
Heather
http://www.badkittyartstudio.com/
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Daily Art- New Work- Seasons of love
Heather
‘Seasons of Love'
36″ x 24″ x 2″
Oils
Extra thick canvas, needs no frame, ready to hang
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Here is the quote for this work:
All that is required for you to live the freedom of your divinity is to again become familiar with returning back to your true nature. Being it and sinking deeply into living as it.
~julie sarah powell
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It's been a busy few weeks, but just so you know, I am still out here, painting and creating beauty, passion and freedom.
I hope you like my new work.
Have a great day,
Heather
http://www.badkittyartstudio.com
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Daily Art- Mask Man
Heather
Mask Man
18″ x 24″
oils
Finished sides, needs no frame
Ready to hang
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Here is the quote that inspired the painting:
Every profound spirit needs a mask: even more, around
every profound spirit a mask is continually growing.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
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To purchase this work or see more of it CLICK HERE
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Mask Man was an accident. I was going for a completelydifferent type of painting, but as soon as he started to take shape I knew I was going to paint what needed to be created, not what I wanted to create. He is done in rich earth tones and set in a blacker than black background. He glows from the canvas, he invites you to see what is in and on your heart, he inspires self love and inner peace. He knows that if we all could shine our inner lights a little brighter, we can change the world from a rat race to a nirvana, because it all starts inside of each of us. Inner peace is like a virus, it spreads and grows, and someday if we are all unafraid enough, it will change our world, save our spaceship earth and cure the evil of hate and bigotry.
We all have masks that we wear, our social or public masks, our family masks, our business masks. Long ago I decided that I was tired of trying on all those masks just so the world would accept me as I am, with the mask I was born with; what I was born with in my heart and my soul. When I did that my life became so much easier to handle. No longer did I have to worry if I had on the proper mask for any experience, person, or place. I come to the masked ball of life, naked. I am Raw and Radiant, and have no need to pretend to be anything other than myself. Like it or lump it, this is me, and I like myself, as is. My opinion of myself and my character is more important than what anyone else's opinion of me will ever be.
I created the Mask Man to remind myself, it's not what is behind the masks that people wear, it's what's in their hearts, and what's hidden behind their eyes that is important. This work is one of my favorites, because it painted (or gave birth) to itself. My body, mind and soul were just the instrument to put it onto the canvas for others to see, feel and learn from. This mask is a happy, loving and compassionate teacher. It offers you friendship, the wealth of a healthy soul, and unconditional love, just as you are.
May your day be filled with compassionate love, for yourself and the world at large. To every living thing, I say, I love you, you belong, you are needed and you are special.
Heather
http://www.badkittyartstudio.com
I got a new blog Award!
Heather
I was awared this terrific award by Vikki of the Red Chair Blog, Thank you Vikki!
The rules for passing this honor on:
1) Pick 5 blogs that you would like to award this honor to.
2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.
4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y Pico" blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award. http://arteypico.blogspot.com/.
Here is my list of recipients:
1. Colorado Art Studio - Cynthia- http://coloradoartstudio.com/blog/
Cynthia is a wonderful human being that is always ready to share her discoveries and herself with the world. She amazes me with her skills and is an all around great human being. Check her out, and you soon see why she is so very special.
2.Ivan Chan Studio : http://ivanchanstudio.blogspot.com/
Ivan is an amazing person his art is done in oils mostly and the most wonderful thing is he finger paints all if not most of his work. He blows my mind and really is a loveable honest guy, with amazing talents. Check him out, you will be amazed at the detail he creates with his favorite tool in art making, his hands.
3. Muse Catcher -http://musecatcher.com/
Kalliope Amorphous is an amazing woman, incredible photographer and she writes like a silver coated dream. I learn so much from her fearless audacity and for that she is one of my most favorite artist to learn from. She is also a good friend and a lover of life. You should get to know her talent and the woman herself, it is so very much worth it.
4. Coloring Outside the Lines -http://didrooglie.blogspot.com/
Andrea of Coloring outside the lines, is a funny, extremely talented artist that lives in Canada. She makes me laugh, she makes me want to work harder in my own art to become something as great as she is, and she is loving and kind. She's the best.
5. Gypsy Heart I am :http://island11.wordpress.com/
Gypsy Heart is an amazing woman and artist that shares my love for the writen word. She is always supportive, kind and always willing to share. I enjoy reading her blog and always come away from it feeling really good about myself and the world too. Check her out, her art is breathtaking and well as the soul that creates it.
Ok there are my five recipients. I hope that you will all check them out and enjoy them as much as I do. Have a great day everyone, you are all,every one, award winners in my book.
Lots of love to all,
Heather
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Daily Art- Touching Down- New Work
Heather
‘Touching Down'
24″ x 18″ x 2″
Oils/mixed media/Gold Leaf
Painted sides, needs no frame
extra thick gallery style canvas
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Here is the quote for this work:
"Nearness to nature . . . keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers."
~Charles Alexander Eastman (1858 - 1939) Source: The Soul of the Indian, 1911 *** I've been real busy getting ready for a little event that will be happening soon and of course, working. This work is all that I have completed in the past two weeks, and I've enjoyed doing it. These rich and deep red colors are extremely hard to photograph, I think I must have taken over 60 shots of this work, and ended up with these three pictures. None of them speak to the richness and depth of these reds, from the palest orange to the deepest warmest crimsons. I used a knife and waited patiently between colors to build the next layer. The Gold leaf sparkles in the heavily textured moon, and glimmers of that promise fall from the heavens. This work is all about staying in touch with the magic of being alive. Every day above ground is good. I've been touched by magic my entire life, that's OK your belief isn't required for my reality to exist. I know it's true. I've had a rich life, so far. Recently a beloved friend from my past re-found me through another newer friends blog. Dina was reading Vikki's blog and she had mentioned me in a blog post. Dina thought, now how many Heather Brown-Truman's can there possibly be in this world, it's got to be her! So, she dropped me a line and WHAM! I've got one of my most treasured and favorite people back in my life, yup...overnight. We lost touch over ten years ago, before that she made the last time I spent in the state of Florida, some of my most treasured memories of all time. She is a magic woman, multi-talented artist, gifted writer, and a incredible human being. She was the first person in my life to ever look at me and tell me to get over it, there's nothing wrong with you, stop trying to make yourself fit into a world that isn't accepting you as is. That and, you can stick stuff to other stuff and if you do it right, it's called art. Anything and everything you do in this life is both magic and art, if only done with the right mindset. She helped me to re-build a woman out of some old broken down people parts, she took her magic needle and tread and re-enforced the weak spots, put sparkles on the scars, and reshaped the person I was to become. She gave me my faith back. Now I have her in my life again, it's truly a very small world. The old saying that like attracts like is very true. Love is something that never dies and is never wrong. I have such a rich life, my past is not so bad, it's wonderful now even. I am stronger than I was back then, more confident and loving. Isn't it funny? I look back and see how much I have grown and I see what I have always been. Consistent, open, loving and honorable in my affairs of the heart. Isn't that just the best thing ever to wake up and realize...I am True and the people I know, the people who choose from their own free will to love me, they are the magic seeds in my garden. So, when I was thinking about Dina and Vikki my two best girlfriends ever, and how they found each other then connected the small dots back to me, this work was born. When you think you don't know, or understand your life. When you are ready to give up the pursuit of understanding and let the teachings of being steady in your own skin wash through you, you discover that you will never be alone and that love never dies. You will find a place of passionate peace. A peace inspired by the inner call of your true self, one that is inspired, motivated and richly rewarding. That's what this work is for me, a declaration of love for those that have really seen me along my path. For those who have stopped along the way and never offered a hand out but a hand up into the world. For those few people who love me, warts and all. This is the edge of my secret garden, you are all welcome and I thank you for being a part of my life. May your day be inspired and full of peaceful promises.
Heather
Daily Art- New Work- The Blue Pair
Heather
The Blue Pair
24″ x 18″ x 2″
Oils
Back stapled, needs no frame, finished sides
Here is the quote for this work:
“I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you - Nobody - Too? Then there’s a pair of us? Don’t tell! they’d advertise - you know!”
Daily Art- New Work- BAD! Kitty Longboard #1-one of a kind board
Heather
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‘Bad! Kitty long board #1′
46″ long by 9″ wide
7 ply birch wood long board
Pre-drilled for both older truck styles and the newer ones too.
This is for the board only, you have to supply your own trucks and wheels.
Hand cut Grip Tape, and hand painted back side with triple poly top coat.
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Here is the quote for this work:
“When fun is outlawed, only outlaws will have fun.”
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July 2008