Blog entries from Meighan OToole

Christina Empedocles

meighan@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:05:00 +0100

I dig how Christina Empedocles' source material is in essence, her work. Christina folds and pins images, creating sculptural pieces and then those pieces become paintings and drawings as well. Her work to me is like the technique and process version of M.C. Escher, iRead More...

Tugboat Print Shop

meighan@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:03:00 +0100

It's a woodblock print, people. Yes. I know. All done by hand. Drawn, then carved. Yes. I know. Crazy and wonderful, right? This epic print, Bonfire was recently finished by the good folks at Tugboat Printshop. You can see the process and evolution of this print and Read More...

New Print: Dave Kinsey

meighan@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:01:00 +0100

Last Spring, I spent the night in the Dave Kinsey room at the Hotel des Arts in SF. Besides the dump trucks outside ALL night, it was a great little room. Really impressive, actually. Dave Kinsey's work has a dark edge that I always really appreciate so I was really excited we goRead More...

Alex Kopps

meighan@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0100

I have always admired artists and people that can reclaim found objects and use them in their craft. I found Alex Kopp's website recently...thought you guys would enjoy these images as much as I did. There is a calm, tranquil feeling around them, then you get to the dollar bill suit. It'Read More...

Carly Waito

meighan@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:05:00 +0100

Carly Waito's small oil paintings, measuring roughly 5x6 inches, of crystals and minerals are stunning. When I first saw them, I did a double take wondering if they were real or in fact paintings. I am just mesmerized at her ability to capture the magic in these stones to almost Read More...

Tiffany Bozic Shares Newer Works

meighan@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:04:00 +0100

Tiffany Bozic sent over new-ish work to share with us. Paintings Tiffany worked on last Summer but hasn't had a moment to get them up on her website. Which means we get a view first before they go up. That's a nice way to start any Monday in my book. TRead More...

Other: Bike Tour Fundraiser

meighan@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:03:00 +0100

Who loves a good cross-continent bike ride with a camera and the intention of spreading art as you go? Raise your hand! Troy Lovegates aka Other and friends are heading out across quite a few European countries on their bikes to paint and film as they go. They'll beRead More...

A Circus of Wild Horses

meighan@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:03:00 +0100

Reader Jamie Quinn sent me a bunch of pics of her graduate installation entitled Circus. I posted them over on Wild Horses just cause they seem to fit the vibe over there a bit more, but I adore them all the same and wanted to tell you guys to check it out if you get a chance. I love what she JRead More...

Your Heart is a Prism!

meighan@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:02:00 +0100

For those of you that dig music and can get behind interactive/relational art, hell I can! The folks over at Tiny Showcase released this giant print on Friday (a whopping 22''x16''). It's all happy and chubby and colorful. Such a sweet sentimenRead More...

Cristina Toro

meighan@gmail.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

In my travels through the internet yesterday I came upon Cristina Toro's magnificently colored acrylic paintings at Mountain Fold Gallery. Her use of colorful, repetition in her work reminds me of handmade quilts. Sadly her two person show with Rebeca Raney, Love-LiesRead More...

Kate MccGwire

meighan@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:31:00 +0100

The sheer detail of Kate MccGwire's sculptures floor me. Everything about them is stunning. The placement, the media, the concept. I have spent long moments just staring at her work completely amazed and entranced. I was excited to learn from her that she will be doing a site speRead More...

Kate MccGwire

meighan@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:31:00 +0100

How To Catch A Time Traveller: Anthony Lister

meighan@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:39:00 +0100

Anthony Lister's solo show How To Catch A Time Traveller opens on the 19th at Lyons Wier Gallery. Anthony sent over a few images to share with us. I'm hoping to get down to NYC for the opening. His images are compelling me to make that trip happen. Anthony'sRead More...

Studio Visit: Anthony Pontius

meighan@gmail.com — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Last month I met up with Anthony Pontius to check out his studio and get a sneak peek of the progress of his upcoming show the caped cobra and his merry band of riders at Thinkspace. Anthony walked a half hour with his dog, Dude to bring me back to his
Greenpoint studio. SRead More...

Tiffany Bozic Print

meighan@gmail.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:22:00 +0100

Tiffany Bozic's print, The Raft, is sublime. Available exclusively through Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC. Tiffany has a solo show coming up in November at the gallery...and if I am not living in NYC by then, I will most certainly be taking a special trip down for her show. Her woRead More...

Elisabeth Timpone: Albatross Video

meighan@gmail.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:03:00 +0100

My friend Lis sent me a video clip of her interactive drawing project Albatross for The Bad Words Experiment. Viewers were invited to write down whatever word came to mind and take the poster with them. I absolutely love relational art like this.

Albatross Poster from Elisabeth Timpone on Vimeo.