Collectors Edition: Chapter 3

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first four projects (Secret Sunday, The Book Guild, StudioScapes, Viewer's Choice) can be found on the sidebar of my blog.

Collectors Edition is the fifth installment in which your favorite artists share their favorite collection or obsession.
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Gwen Buchanan

Books...with a special emphasis on architecture and design at the moment.

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Joanna Olson

At the moment I'd have to say that collecting and altering books is an obsession. I never know what I want to do but I start to work on them anyway. I'll prepare them for sketching and painting even though I already have several on the go. I can't pass up books with fun titles that might contribute to the eventual contents.

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Rhomany

Pens!

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Kristy Christopherson

Had to think about this! I don't really collect anything but I do have quite a large paper collection, so I guess you could say I collect papers. But then also I guess you could say I collect junk also! LOL! I scour thrift stores for anything that really "speaks" to me at the time, for use later in an assemblage. This picture is only a glimpse :)

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David Castle

My current painting obsession is my mini-paintings that I call flapjacks. When I finish a few and stack them up, they looked like a stack of flapjacks. They're quick, colorful and people love them!

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Rebeca Trevino

I collect everything, in multiples . . . dice, doll heads, arms, legs, marbles, buttons, boxes, papers, nuts, bolts, bird feathers, hummm, maybe it would be easier to list those things I don't collect.

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Leighanna Light

Urban exploration, documenting old abandoned buildings.

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Kathryn Antyr

Keys!

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Angela Cartwright

One obsession is these wood articulated dolls. I call them theatre dolls and I have been creating theatre scenes beneath their skirts.

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Barbara Kleinhans

I have a few children's drawings hanging on my refrigerator. This one in particular makes me smile.

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Next posting: Sunday 01/23/11

New York Couples

One of my "secret" haunts in NYC is Sotheby's, the auction house. They hold open exhibitions in advance of every auction and, unlike many galleries and museums, they almost always allow photography. Much of the artwork on display is coming from private collections and will end up in private hands. As such, the exhibitions are a rare opportunity to view art created by master artists that may never again be on public view.

Sotheby's was exhibiting the highlights of the upcoming London auction of Impressionist and Modern Art as well as a series of pieces from Looking Closely: A Private Collection. The viewing was like being in my own private museum. So join me and a few very special "New York Couples" in a visit to Sotheby's...

First, I would like to introduce you to a couple of Picassos. Who at first glance could imagine that the following two paintings were made by the same artist?

Portrait D'Olga - 1923 - Estimate $2,020,000-$2,790,000

La Lecture - 1932 - Estimate $18,570,000-$27,860,000

Meet Annette and Diego,a pair of paintings from Alberto Giacometti.

Annette - 1961 - Estimate $3,170,00-$4,750,00

Diego - 1958 - Estimate $4,650,000-$7,740,000

We have a very New York couple in Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud.

Francis Bacon - Three Studies for Portrait of Lucien Freud - 1964 - Estimate $11,090,000-$14,250,000

Lucien Freud - Self Portrait - 1952 - 5" x 3 1/4" - Estimate $950,000-$1,270,000

This Dubuffett was flying solo but, with a face like this, will no doubt be part of a couple soon.

Jean Dubuffett - Le Barbouille - 1954 - Estimate $950,000-$1,270,000

My favorite couple by far was a pair of rombos or diamonds.

Antoni Tapies - Negro con Dos Rombos - 1963 - Estimate $475,000-$635,000

One of my favorite artists, Antoni Tapies creates abstract work that speaks to me in terms of his choice of color palette, his use of symbols and found objects, and the textural quality of his surfaces. The spectacular textures he achieves are usually lost in photos but there are some detail shots below that will give you a better idea. Texture junkies like me can click each image to enlarge.

Native New Yorkers

Collectors Edition: Chapter 2

Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first four projects (Secret Sunday, The Book Guild, StudioScapes, Viewer's Choice) can be found on the sidebar of my blog.

Collectors Edition is the fifth installment in which your favorite artists share their favorite collection or obsession.

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Alicia Caudle
 

A snapshot of some of my favorite "collectibles": rusty metal bits, vintage findings, bones, bugs, taxidermy eyes, vintage buttons, hardware, etc.

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Cory Celaya

This photo is my wall with jewelry made from recycled denim.

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Veronica Funk

My current obsession is my collection of personal journal/sketchbooks which I always alter...along with visual art, I love the written word - the books are 5"x8" so they travel with me whenever I go, I even broke down and purchased a purse which will accommodate the size in order to carry one with me at all times to pass the time waiting anywhere so that waiting is no longer a chore but rather a pleasure.

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Shona Cole

Combining my own photography and collage.

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Erin Perry

Type trays. I did my first one in a workshop with Lynne Perrella, gesso-ing, texturing, painting and then filling the openings in the tray with a variety of found objects and ephemera. I did several for an Open Studio Tour and they were quite popular. Going through my stash to find the things to use us more than half the fun of doing them!

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Tracie Huskamp

Vintage Buttons

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Karin Bartimole

Books and newspapers in foreign languages that I can't read, but I love the typography of.

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Jilll Zaheer

Jewelry

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Roxanne Evans Stout

I love to collect old tins, textured pieces of this or that...old jewelry and trays...then I like to put them together into temporary assemblages...

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Lisa Renner

I am very much into working with encaustic, so I am collecting different "ingredients" to make my own colors of wax. Also all the other tools and paraphernalia that goes along with it: boards, irons, hot wire brushes, nibs, and anything to make texture!

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Next posting: Sunday 01/16/11

Outerspace

First Shot

Four Score

Use Your Words

Sold. Thank you!

Orbit

Sold. Thank you!

Last Chance

Iris - Sold. Thank you!

Minerva - Sold. Thank you!

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A New Chapter...

As I say goodbye to 2010...

I think about the many moments that I have known this past year...

I think about those times where I aimed for the stars and soared passed them...

I think about the everyday miracles that I tend to take for granted...

I think about the times of darkness that took the colors away...

I think about the flashes of synchronicity that seem to seek me out...

And I think about the possibilities that have yet to unfold and of what the future may hold...

Thank you all for being there with me on my journey this past year. I look forward to all the places we will go together in 2011.

A happy, healthy, and creative new year to you!