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Size: 9 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Materials: Found objects, shells, abalone, beach glass, ammonite, picture jasper, sodalite, smalti
For CMA Competition, "Materials"
"La Lunaphant" is a mysterious elephant that only appears under a full moon, especially a very gear-looking moon. It scours the earth in search of WD-40 to keep its joints well-oiled.
9 x 10 x 4 inches
Another oldie from my first year in Vancouver. When I spotted Jiminy Cricket on this fence in the Kitsilano neighbourhood, the colour jumped out at me. Dull day. Framing it like this, I wasn't totally comfortable with the composition. Although 46 years have passed, I clearly remember my dilemma, and the choice to allow that blue fence to recede into the background. It would draw the eye away if Jiminy were not so brightly coloured. As it is, I think there's balance, although just barely.
I shot this on the old pre-Velvia Fujichrome (Velvia was still 18 years in the future): 100 ISO, tending toward pastel tones, muted and slightly muddy, colour balance fairly good. Every film had its unique palette. When I process scanned slides from the past I try not to mess with that palette too much, unless there is a bad colour cast or fading that makes major reconstruction necessary.
The camera was a Pentax Spotmatic, with a 28mm lens; scanned from the original Fujichrome slide. Photographed in Vancouver, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 1973 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Munbot is my second custom Munny. I made him out of found objects attached to a decapitated blank Mini Munny. The inside glowing piece is from a trade show swag pen which had a light up barrel via LED and fiber optic ribbon. Acrylic paint with oil paint rust.
A close up of a small sponge rubber ball. I found this while out jogging. Best seen on black; use letter L.
So nicely arranged, in the gutter. I didn't touch them.
The squirrels wouldn't pose for me. Maybe they were all taking naps.
Found a frame next to the tapes. White marker on blue felt. A homeless man was sleeping next to where I was drawing - I didn't see him and he scared the shit out of me, hence the sloppy fat bear.
monday's are the most hectic day of the week with 6-8 hours of class/labs (depending on whether i can wake up/stay awake lol) and so it was nice finishing my lab prep a few minutes early and having a chance to poke around mclennan a bit.
i've always thought the geometry of these chairs would look cool shot in a deep perspective but the coke can really did it for me.