Creepy bunny

to you and yours,

Beth @ robinpress

LOL, this was so me as a kid. 

This rabbit looks like it is going to eat her!

Wishing a bit of Luck...

And a tip of the hat to my Irish roots...

with good wishes to you...

Beth

Robin Press 

GRE, MFA?, Mail art, a spring cold and the Return of the Red Rufus

Rufus

Dear Art Fans,

Remember I said I would talk more about my process in the beginning of the year. Well, what can I say. I am so sorry... :O( I decided to apply for Master's programs and one required I take the GRE! Yikes! This is a test that makes all artists and creative brains shutter... Math, math, math, math and reaaallly hard math.(Check out Sir Ken Robinson's TED Talk on "Do schools kill creativity") Since September, I have been preparing my essays, dripping my feet into algebra after 30 years out of high school (I'm not even sure I learned it the first time) and trying to learn how to take a standardized test for a non-standard creative has been really humbling. Especially, after such amazing shows and a FAB artists talk at the Jacob's Gallery in Eugene. I have spent many years cultivating a creative practice while taking care of the business of being an artist while working multiple part-time jobs to support it all. It is tough and it takes a lot of moxie. I hope I can keep up to the challenge because I love to make art and it is well worth it.

Lorane PO

For the Month of February many folks wanted to support small post offices in rural areas like ours here in Lorane. So, I began to send some mail art... you know make some art and send it to someone. It has been wonderful... I was always one to run down my grandmother's driveway and get her mail. Her friends always sent wonderfully addressed envelopes in well mannered script. The simple joy of getting something from someone you care about hand delivered... is always a treat.

Score: J. Peterman Manual!, 

PNCA Admissions Invite! OMG!, Mail Art!

One Night Cough Syrup from 100 years ago... 

and we think Night Q was Awesome!

I often get two colds a year... Sunday was the start of my annual Spring cold... and yesterday was my second interview with a Master program, I felt it went well stuffy nose and all. The first was with PNCA in my beloved PDX and the second a change of course is with the Conflict and Resolution Department with the University of Oregon. I am not sure which direction I will take... But I will keep you updated... it looks like an adventure is beginning.... I mean the Red Rufus Humming Bird has returned for my special moonshine nectar...  ;O) 

All the Best,
Beth

P.s. 

Look for more posts for "The Hunt Show"... We have a couple of artist to finish up and then some curator notes... 

Mail Art Posts... coming soon..

write when you can... and send art when you can

Wedding Dance makes Juxtapoz Magazine!

Wedding Dance 

is included in the in 

Juxtapoz Magazine article!

Surreal Salon 5  Gets some awesome Press:

Juxtapoz Magazine

225 Magazine

The Advocate (Baton Rouge Newspaper)

Thank you to 

Jason Andreasen, Executive Director  

The Baton Rouge Gallery - center for contemporary art

for holding this great show.

SURREAL SALON 5 @ Baton Rouge Gallery

SURREAL SALON 5 SPOTLIGHTS AMERICAN POP-SURREALIST / LOWBROW ART

THE WORK OF 43 ARTISTS FROM 18 STATES 

AND YOU CAN PREVIEW this way....

I am please to be a part of Surreal Salon 5. 

Great Venue and wonderful folks!

Take a look and support art when you can.

AULD LANG SYNE HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

This is a wonderful youtube link:  Happy New Year!

Bottoms up!

Object Acquisition # 77-285.1.3 Magneto-Electric Machine

 Documenting objects from The Hunt Show:

Object Acquisition # 77-285.1.3 Magneto-Electric Machine

Object Interpreted and Statement by Marilyn Joyce

“I am busy just now again on Electro-Magnetism and think I have got hold of a good thing but can't say; it may be a weed instead of a fish that after all my labour I may at last pull up.”         

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) contributor to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

Through the turn of a crank, rotating magnets generate an electric current, passing through cloth-covered wire and metal handles. The surge, an electrical force penetrates the skin, then deeper into the tissue, reaching the place of stored pain.  The buzzing sensation professed to be the magical force of the ‘cure’ pulsates through the body of the anxious patient…

This piece references the nervous system that was treated by the Electro Magnetic Machine during the mid 1800’s, my object for The Hunt. I was attracted to the types of disorders that people suffered from and sought treatment for: exhaustion due to overwork, insomnia, melancholia, poor circulation, female and male weaknesses, head pains – echoing what so many people struggle with in our contemporary culture.

The materials selected, thin paper on which a transparent print of my back rests, veils a second paper with marks built in layers, waxed and ink stained - an internal world that lies underneath, felt but hidden from view -  vibrations, agitation, short bursts, pulses, rhythmical beating -  a network of energy as it  flows through our nervous system.

As I marked, I reflected on what people may have experienced prior to treatment: vulnerability, isolation, shame and fear  -  laced with hope for a cure and the freedom of life without pain - which ultimately did not transpire with the use of this machine.

This image was printed from the body 

and had an amazing drawing underneath. 

This drawing illustrated the internal nature.

This photo doesn't capture the 

feeling of this image in person.

Closer detail.

Curators note:

This pieces was thoughtful and provoking into the inner workings of the human body and feelings. Very powerful.

Must follow new blog..

Sabrina Concertina a brilliant screen printer

(owner of www.poppyandmoe.com)and gallery owner 

has returned to painting and has started a lovely blog... 

I hope you get a chance to add it to your list...

Concertinaland