The Art of Art

During my career, I’ve been the most successful in the area of digital graphic design, but lately, I’ve started to re-embrace more real world / physical art like my bottle cap art, drawing and crafting.

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I’ve always pondered the spectrum and subjectivity of art: fine vs. folk vs. digital, etc. One of my favorite artists, George Rodrigue, mastered a wide range of those categories. I remember reading about his silkscreen work, and thinking how it must be okay to call computer art—ART, if George was. I was re-affirmed with this idea when I read an article about David Hockney using his i-devices en plein air, and as I’ve stumbled across more artists who use computer devices to create.

I have done a few illustrated meets digitized works (2005-2009):

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My poster design for the local Habitat for Humanity Art Show was one of the better examples of that lately…

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…until I had the chance to run with a fun idea for a Cruise-a-Thong poster to benefit the Friends of the Upper San Juan River.

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Subalpine Design has contributed the web design and some technical support to this organization over the years, and it is one of my favorite local, summertime events.

I continue to explore the arts to fuel my creativity in a way that I think will show through and support my digital work and/or may lead me down a new path.

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