Here we have a few random pieces I’ve done in the past couple-a-years. They may be from school, they may be commissions, they might even be things I did on my own.
sculptures, paints, found stuff, lost stuff.
September 29, 2007
September 23, 2007
Order + Chaos
Here are a few of my “black” paintings. They were made with charcoal, chalk, conte, pastel, graphite and oil on canvas. They were created in 2004 and 2005.
September 19, 2007
September 18, 2007
Art a la France
Here are a few images of the projects that I created while I was in Aix-en-Provence, France for a semester abroad. All of the pieces were displayed in a darkened room, and you were given a small multiple-LED flashlight so that you may light each piece in which ever way you saw fit. Most of the pieces were built to interact with the light in some way, others were just regular drawings.
I don’t really enjoy explaining what each project is about. I feel that the viewer’s growth is diminished by trying to “find” the artist’s meaning instead of the viewer’s own personal relationship to the art work at hand. Here is an example of the Artist’s Statement that I showed at the opening of the show. Don’t get me wrong though – I do want you to communicate with me on what you think, on what I think – because that kind of comparison can be beneficial as well.
^ Human vertebrae, placed on hand-made shelves
La Rue c’est Le Stylo (The Road is the Pen) View 1
La Rue c’est Le Stylo (The Road is the Pen) View 2
La Rue c’est Le Stylo (The Road is the Pen) Final View
^ Walking around the city of Aix-en-Provence, France with canvases attached to my feet. Displayed with photographs of the journey.
^Walked through the city, stopping every ten minutes to do a rubbing of what was under my feet (of course I didn’t stop if I was in the middle of the road)
^Drawings made with mechanical pencil lead either glued to paper or placed in tiny holes in the wall
^A Project done with my girlfriend, Giuliana Pinto. We communicated with each other via email. She sent me the original dimensions and directions on how to do what she did to the painting. I followed the directions as best as I could, and then I added my own layer to the painting. I emailed her directions for my layer. We continued this for the entire semester in France. (She was in Baltimore, MD at the Time.)
^These pieces were made with strips of paper (1cm in width) that were placed in slits cut into the wall with an exacto knife. This gave an effect similar to venetian blinds. The strips cast shadows and allowed light through, in turn objects, shapes, forms, and words could be created.
September 17, 2007
First Painting Post
Alright – So what I have for you here is the most recent body of work that I’ve finished. The images below are of 8 paintings that I completed for my Senior Thesis at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The 8 paintings are 2′x4′x1″ in dimension. My concept of these paintings runs loosely around these thoughts – Each different painting move or character is part of its own language. I take advantage of texture, transparency, color, form, and line to distinguish these moves. Each of these characters are being combined together to create a mood, a feeling, a memory. But these combinations are so full of diversity that it may be impossible to distill a singular motif, but they are not so chaotic that one will not find the ability to look into each painting.
(Soon I will have images of each individual painting so you can better explore each one.)
- Chris
Hullo
Hi,
I’m Chris Owen. A painter/drawer/beast, living in Baltimore and working at Whole Foods in Mt. Washington. I may look like just a normal grocery boy, but no – I’m not. So I’ll be turning this blog thing into a page where you can view my makings and things I might actually have the courage to call Art, someday. So please stop by again soon. And I’ll try to keep you good people posted on whats goin’ on.
Its AHWN!
-Chris
oh yeah, PS… my friend Cory Cone and I are having a two man double whammy show – so if you’re in Baltimore, or will be in a couple of months – come and see it. It’s nice.
oh yeah and I might as well post a picture of myself being fun around some paintings that i made over this past summer – my friend Ramsey Beyerseesreyeyes snapped it.
