Gibberings
Dad told me never to use XTREE when he wasn’t in the room.
August 29, 2008 ~ 09:11:06 AM * -07:00ST
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Log # 334
New on Etsy: Twilight in the Roachfields (What I Did on My Summer Vacation)
Now available for purchase: www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9974267
Picking up pets offworld was generally frowned upon by the Company, as there were no quarantine facilities beyond the Oort.
Foreign mammalia carried strange strains of crippling flu, shed itchy fibers on cockpit upholstery, and left crumbly little fewmets in secret places, fewmets that became apparent, and airborne, as soon as a ship hit ohgee.
Loneliness was somewhat alleviated, yes, but at the cost of vacation time squandered on bad worlds, stocking up on exotic feed.
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Oil on collage, 5 x 7″
This was painted, over the course of a year, on a canvas that has been worked and reworked, sanded, gessoed, sanded again, glazed, rubbed, painted, scraped, and painted again. Dozens of layers of jewel-tone copal resin give the colors depth, like a stack of stained-glass windows. The duotone triadic harmony of the purple and green make the colors jump and glow. The surface shines like a candy glaze.
This painting will be shipped in a reinforced, padded envelope, and inside a sealed plastic sleeve to prevent contamination and dampening.
At some point, I may ask to borrow this painting for a gallery show. If this happens, I will pay for all shipping costs, the painting will be displayed with a card that credits you as the owner, and the painting will be returned to you at the end of the show.
Hit the jump for larger images.
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Eliza Gauger on March 2nd, 2008 ~ 06:06:55 PM
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Log # 174
[9/8 8pm] Gallery Opening Party at Blow Salon (there will be punch and pie)
“The Ghost of Blueprint Cat Contemplates the City at Night (an Argyrial Reverie)”
R E A L W O R L D
group art show
Blow Salon
8pm on the 8th (Saturday)
food, drink, music
2112 Berkeley Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Last time I went to a Blow opening party, there was a ridiculous amount of excellent food and drink. Even if you despise my artwork, you would do well to show up and partake. Little home-printed sketchbooklets will be available at this show, something I’ve never done before.
I’ve been busy since my last show in Seattle, and the Real World art show will feature an avalanche of brand new, never-before-shown works including:
- Bombus infernae (10×10″, oil on canvasboard), the climactic end to the Bee Commission! A jellybean from hell!
- Wee Bee God (4 x 6″, oil on canvasboard)
- Rose-Colored Monocle (2×2″, oil on canvas)
- Dhampir (8×10″, digital)
- Shine (12×12″, oil on canvas)
- The Ghost of Blueprint Cat Contemplates the City at Night (an Argyrial Reverie) (2×2″, oil on canvas)
- The Vacuum-Traffic Controller (40×50″, oil on canvas)
- Lisette (I’m Sorry You Have the Right Number) (16×24″, oil on wood)
- and as a special treat, a secret work from the early Bee Commission that has never been seen by anyone but the artist and the client: the Angel of Rust and Nausea (10×10″, plus attached palette, acrylic on board). This piece will go back to private collection at an unspecified time, will never be scanned or photographed, and will never appear online.
And tons more. I have an overwhelming amount of wall and window space, so I’m hanging everything.
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Eliza Gauger on September 5th, 2007 ~ 04:32:37 PM
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Log # 171
Progress of the Vacuum Traffic Controller
First sketch, in a 4×6″ book.
Using an opaque projector to beam the sketch onto a giant canvas. We’re talking about 40×50″.
Then I traced the projection with paint, cleaning up the background. I’m showing the canvas next to my full-sized refrigerator, for scale.
And this is the current status, after an oil/Liquin wash with a rag. I rubbed out the highlights.
I intend to get this done by the time of my show at the Blow salon in Berkeley, which will be on September 8th. Hit the link for a Flickr set of the full-sized images.
Vacuum Traffic Controller [Flickr]
