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EOS 5D Mark IV+Canon EF 85mm f1.4L IS

 

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NX07 BOU of Compass Royston ,Stockton on Tees full of soon to be disillusioned Hull City fans on their way to Wembley...M1...May 17 2014.

Found on the Ground of the Exedra at Bok Tower. Assuming it works, it can be used for navigation in conjunction with a "map"

painted on courtyard @ ecotarium

S789NRV is a Caetano Compass bodied Dennis Dart SLF new in January 1999 to Frodingham Coaches, I had the pleasure of delivering it to EYMS on Armistice Day 2001 on the takeover of the Frodingham business when it became 318 in the EY fleet. It initially worked at Bridlington depot, followed by a time at Scarborough, later transferring to Hull, although it has been a spare bus loaned out to other depots, spent various spells delicenced and even been loaned to Whittles and on the sales list, but it still soldiers on . As a forty seat bus fitted with seat belts it is useful for a variety of duties, it is seen looking smart on Hull local route 62 to Setting Dyke Estate on Priory Road.

Compass Royston Volvo B10M-62 Jonckheere Mistral P790 GHN emerges from Dover Docks on 31st May, 1997.

Compass 360 racing Honda Civic Si. Grand-AM Continental Tire 150 at the Glen, Watkins Glen International. Continental Tire Sports Car Series, Saturday June 29th. 06.29.2013.

Köln icin kible yönü/acisi, 126.73° N

 

www.qiblalocator.com

Junior Guides at the CW Region camp in Grenfell had fun learning about compasses and direction with Jan & mother helpers

Different compasses in the world

View from the rocky headlands near Blackstone Point and Compass Cove on the South West Coast Path, near Warfleet, South Devon.

I lost the needle...

A jellyfish washed up on the beach near the village of Nes.

Wall sculpture with its own coordinates.

i punti cardinali NORD EST SUD OVEST

Compass Bus' presence in Brighton has been diminished following the loss of Brighton & Hove Council tendered services to the Big Lemon but they do continue to operate the 37/37B. Enviro 200 GX62 CKP is seen in Eastern Road yesterday, 1st November, 2017.

Think it fell out of someone's pencil case. Struggled with this shot. Not happy with it so one to file under 'delete'.

Un regalo de los Cubanos

Sights around English Bay Beach Park.

 

Too foggy to spot the lunar ellipse. Might as well make lemonade out of lemons...

Label the poles of the compass. (The side that's facing north is called the north pole of the magnet.)

 

Building a directional compass the really easy way. Details at http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/EasyCompass

Which way north? Compass collection block #1 designed by Mary Pfeiler Quilting on the Square

paper pieced sections

all curves hand pieced

46843 and 47805 at Perth on Compass Tours "The Highland Mountaineer" from Hooton to Inverness, 17th April 2009

COMPASS and Safeguards Assistance to States event held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 June 2023

 

Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA

 

Marine Parade, Worthing

Good light today- I just took final pics of Desire. I'll likely edit them after I stretch my "afterlife" themed piece.

· July 30 at 9:23am

 

Stretched, showered, drying. It's been a looong time since I stained raw canvas. I have to confess, I'm a bit nervous. You've got one shot to get it right.

· July 30 at 7:08pm

[debate over conservation prompts me to ask a conservator.]

 

Trying to get into the right headspace to do stainwork tomorrow. It's been a while. I think this calls for some Doodles. · July 30 at 7:18pm

 

‎::feh:: I'm being so diva. This "afterlife" theme chafes. I'm not big on curatorial themes to begin with, & this one is grumble grumble grumble... trade off: group show in Chelsea, but only for three days... · July 30 at 10:17pm

[much muttering, weighing of issues]

 

Anxiety & rage at the mere thought of painting to a theme that would, absolutely, get me three days on a wall in Chelsea. Can't do it. My work is expressive, not illustrative. If the work I have works, & I hope it does, so be it. Just say "no." · July 31 at 9:55am

 

I'm beginning to think that making art & being an artist are irreconcilable agendas. · July 30 at 10:53pm

 

I feel like my compass needle it pointing true again. · July 31 at 11:04am

 

‎& in my spare time I coordinate national protests. Artists, please participate & broadcast.

Artists and the Economy - Postcard protest to the White House

Friday, September 2 at 6:00am

August 9 at 10:34pm

 

[From my profile] "Situated in the external zone of the Milky Way, the Sun takes about two hundred million years to make a complete revolution of the Galaxy.

Right, that's how long it takes, not a day less,-Qfwfq said,-once, as I went past, I drew a sign on a point in space, just so I could find it again two hundred million years later, when we went by the next time around." - Calvino

[Image: Tiger Calligraphy | Weng Tonghe | The Metropolitan Museum of Art] · August 14 at 10:10am

 

I'm on the fence about making that stain painting today or continuing work on the Doodles I've started. Maybe both. I'll gear up for the oils just in case.

· August 14 at 11:07am

 

As I was working with my Carmine guache yesterday, I had the thought that the stain should be red... Cadmium Medium or Crimson perhaps- toward the cool side. On the raw cream-colored canvas, bold, but elegant.

· August 14 at 11:23am

 

Double Doodle down!

Taping for one more & then I'll think about stepping it up to the canvas.

· August 14 at 2:41pm

Yes. that must be the thing to do, because now I'm getting excited to do it. Doodle 1, stretch 3, stain 1.

· August 14 at 3:37pm

Doodles done. Stretching the wee ones.

· August 14 at 6:01pm

[This is where Power, Force, and Circumstance. enter the picture.]

 

Ooh- those little cupcakes [P, F, & C] are killing my thumb. Wrestling with all that fabric on those little corners is tough.

· August 14 at 7:04pm

 

[Re-post the Calvino quote & Weng Tonghe piece onto my page, August 14 at 8:55pm]

But MY mark will be red on raw canvas, & possibly a bit more like my me-stripe in Desire, "1", "I" Affirmative- I am here.

Ties nicely to my other little project no? But in first person singular.

August 14 at 8:58pm

 

Remember when I was trying to sort fact from fiction regarding oil deteriorating unprimed canvas? My conservator friend came through:

· August 21 at 9:42pm

CJNye He asked a fellow conservator who specializes in painting:

From one of the IMA's painting conservators:

"It’s always great to see artists interested in their materials. I’d have to delve into my notes to get specific on any chemical mechanisms, etc. Essentially, the lignin and acidic components present in canvas (linen historically) cause the fabric support to become brittle over time. Oil paints cross-link and polymerize and also become brittle over time. Depending on what sort of environment the artwork is exposed to—the issues could speed up or be worse than if the artwork was kept in a stable environment. Historically, ground/preparatory layers were bound in oil so the concept of oil deteriorating canvas would likely mean that more paintings would be literally falling apart than we actually see.

I think it would be good to focus on starting with quality materials (if affordable) and trying to keep the finished works in a stable environment would be key. There are other concerns with painting on raw canvas—including dirt accumulation. And by all means, keep the red wine away from these paintings!"

I hope this helps a little

August 21 at 9:43pm

 

Agh! Me no likey earthquakes! :|

Like · · August 23 at 1:56pm

(Goes to P, F, & C., which I lay paint to before I.)

...fast-forward, P, F, & C. completed....

 

Ok- NOW I can make the "I am here" 36x12" red [conservator-approved] stain painting, & attendant 12x12s (Earthquake, Hurricane, & Tornado?). Kicking it over to CJNye for studio rants.

August 28 at 10:21am

 

Today's prep includes taking a razor to the palette- get her niiice & clean for the new pieces so my colors are true.

· August 28 at 11:46am

 

[False start, I was exhausted by the stress of the storms, but "All the Little Cashews, an idea I had had ... I need to look that up, a long time back... starts to become more than idea.]

Maybe also stain a few odds & ends of canvas that are too small to stretch as little banners, low tech, super portable... I've been meaning to delve into the banners again, this would be a good way pick up that thread in my work.

· August 28 at 12:30pm

 

[The painting of P, F, & c. is begun & finished the same day - August 28;

Postcard Protest sent - September 2.]

 

‎"I" will [come to] be on CJNye.

· September 3 at 9:18am

 

I: The thoughts of before (August 14) +

· September 3 at 2:02pm

What is the most important part of I? The head. So, start at the top. But, as stains are broader at the starting point (more liquid spreads further) and taper as you go... I don't want an I with a weak foundation. This mark will be built, layer upon layer, building in strength over time.

September 3 at 2:05pm

Color: Red; it has been a "signature" color of mince since the very beginning:

[Images of prior work]

September 3 at 2:09pm

Cadmium Red Medium. Subtle enough to marry with the raw canvas, & strong enough to maintain its distinct identity.

September 3 at 2:14pm

 

I's foundation reaches back.

· September 3 at 3:15pm

 

I has no upper limits.

· September 3 at 3:15pm

 

I stretches forward into the unknown.

· September 3 at 3:17pm

 

Too Morris Lewis / atomic cloud... I'm going to have to ramp up the geometry.

· September 3 at 3:20pm

 

Better. Funnily enough, what wasn't working for me was the sharp cleavage in the forms at the top- resembling what it looks like if I'm not careful putting on red lipstick. In the minimalist color-field family now. She's on the wall with the fan on her so I can see to make the next move. Pretty sure that's going to be building up a solid core.

· September 3 at 3:30pm

 

Yup. a solid band. You know how I love mixing it up- stain & colorfield, meet hard-edge.

· September 3 at 3:58pm

This is going to take a LOT of paint.

(The better part of a tube, conservatively, about $40 worth- this is why oil paintings are more expensive than acrylics.)

September 3 at 4:01pm

 

Maybe two tubes, & several weeks :D

· September 3 at 4:19pm

 

teehee- file under transferable skills: To paint a straight edge I am checking with a very foreshortened angle... & if you're a pool-player, you might say I was "getting down on the cue."

· September 3 at 4:33pm

 

I paint freehand, baby.

· September 3 at 4:33pm

 

The next few weeks are going to be very exciting, you can expect regular updates to the effect of: "applying another layer to the red band."

· September 3 at 4:49pm

 

‎& yes, there are much faster ways of achieving very similar visual effect- but to me, much of the meaning lies in the act. Ok, I'm off, more studio rambles tomorrow :)

· September 3 at 5:18pm

 

[This photo is taken September 4 at 9:26am, then I blog the Postcard Protest.]

 

& now to paint. A red band. Quelle surprise!

· September 4 at 5:53pm

 

Mmm... the back edge is a little rough. I think I may just need to leave it that way- it's talkin'

· September 4 at 6:34pm

But, of course, the top is sharp & focused. Uh-huh.

September 4 at 6:54pm

 

When the paint is thick enough (& then cured enough) I'm going to burnish some of it with cloth.

· September 7 at 5:47pm

‎(Did it with the painting I did on the knee of my jeans in high school, why not do it on a real piece?)

September 7 at 5:48pm

[Back & forth clarifying the "burnish" with Georgia...]

Georgia: I was thinking more "sheen" and "no sheen" play of light, that sort of "texture" - not so much literal texture... which would ruin the subtle flow of your work, I agree.

September 13 at 12:02pm

CJNye: Ah- yes yes- you're actually right there with me- see... I've been extra purist with this one, paint & thinner *only* - no varnish... so, I'm going to rub up to a gentle sheen, just a small area, at the top where the paint will be thick... playing out the full potential of the material, no tricks, no gimmics- just paint :) September 13 at 12:37pm

Georgia: I can't wait to see it - though I'm betting the subtle sheen is going to be a bitch to photograph...

September 13 at 12:40pm

CJNye you know it

 

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Jerry Saltz

File this under “what-a-mouth;” “when the art world wasn’t just High School with Money;” or “The Full Retard:” (Tropic Thunder, Robert Downey Jr., performing in blackface, to Ben Stiller. When acting, "never go full retard."): Joan Mitchell called Helen Frankenthaler “that tampon painter.”

· September 15 at 10:04am

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Caroline J. Nye: Ok- I just have to laugh, the piece on the easel, "I" is what I'm working on now. [link to this picture]

September 15 at 10:15am · Like · 4 people

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Jerry Saltz Caroline: Listen to me very carefully: Take the painting that is on your easel and put it behind other paintings. Do not touch it again - under any circumstances.

Do not look at it for three weeks.

On October 6, take it out, hang it on your studio wall ALONE.

This is a very good painting, as it.

It is trying to TELL YOU SOMETHING.

x

September 15 at 10:18am · Like · 14 people

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Caroline J. Nye Jerry- way ahead of you *except* what you can't see (& what will be very hard to show even in a good photo) I will be working up a section of that stripe & burnishing its surface with a cloth to a gentle sheen. The composition is finished, the finish is almost finished. & thank you. xo

September 15 at 10:21am · Like · 3 people

....

 

Got myself a little cold. Luckily, this won't be a high-energy day. I'll just work up a bit of the stripe & call it a day.

· September 18 at 9:25am

 

Smooth brow facing forward. A soft roll of paint running down from the top right of the band.

· September 18 at 1:22pm

 

[continues next photo]

 

Computer generated image of a compass

Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum), Schurch-Thomson Prairie, Wisconsin

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