tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8157858708819999802011-07-08T10:34:04.311-07:00chris millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815785870881999980.post-91391887389531963982010-03-06T08:39:00.000-08:002010-03-06T08:46:36.513-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/S5KF0q8vbPI/AAAAAAAALro/Qdyhtdc0v-o/s1600-h/studio2010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445562039373098226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/S5KF0q8vbPI/AAAAAAAALro/Qdyhtdc0v-o/s320/studio2010.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div>left to right:</div><div> </div><div>*portrait of Ralph Murphy, music lover, enterpreneur, and gallerist (just begun)</div><div>*votive figure (on the floor)</div><div>*Birth of Venus (on the wall)</div><div>*portrait of Bruce Pempek (local Wallachian genius)</div><div>*portrait of Robin Mumford (art dealer)</div><div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/815785870881999980-9139188738953196398?l=cjmworksinprogress.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chris millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815785870881999980.post-20405299587920807622009-03-03T07:37:00.000-08:002009-03-03T07:39:57.218-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/Sa1PEuItiEI/AAAAAAAAJ1Q/iXx27GKAbo8/s1600-h/march3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/Sa1PEuItiEI/AAAAAAAAJ1Q/iXx27GKAbo8/s320/march3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308986478262323266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/Sa1PESgCIlI/AAAAAAAAJ1I/leMtjvla-JQ/s1600-h/march2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/Sa1PESgCIlI/AAAAAAAAJ1I/leMtjvla-JQ/s320/march2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308986470843949650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/Sa1PEP_udbI/AAAAAAAAJ1A/zD5VTA3jGek/s1600-h/march1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/Sa1PEP_udbI/AAAAAAAAJ1A/zD5VTA3jGek/s320/march1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308986470171571634" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/815785870881999980-2040529958792080762?l=cjmworksinprogress.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chris millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815785870881999980.post-81081394548271207422008-03-06T08:34:00.001-08:002008-03-06T08:44:38.270-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R9AduD_d_XI/AAAAAAAAEdQ/r9MK1Ax6WTw/s1600-h/aande.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R9AduD_d_XI/AAAAAAAAEdQ/r9MK1Ax6WTw/s320/aande.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174668649031400818" border="0" /></a>Guess I've changed<br />just about everything,<br />not especially for the better<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R9Aduj_d_YI/AAAAAAAAEdY/ICYJCQ-D59s/s1600-h/mars.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R9Aduj_d_YI/AAAAAAAAEdY/ICYJCQ-D59s/s320/mars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174668657621335426" border="0" /></a>different, yes<br />better, no<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R9AdvD_d_ZI/AAAAAAAAEdg/c-bwT-cnl0U/s1600-h/michael.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R9AdvD_d_ZI/AAAAAAAAEdg/c-bwT-cnl0U/s320/michael.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174668666211270034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R9AdwD_d_aI/AAAAAAAAEdo/t_Zpj3eLD80/s1600-h/venus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R9AdwD_d_aI/AAAAAAAAEdo/t_Zpj3eLD80/s320/venus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174668683391139234" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/815785870881999980-8108139454827120742?l=cjmworksinprogress.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chris millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815785870881999980.post-83388567485014716092008-01-12T13:54:00.000-08:002008-01-12T14:18:16.231-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R4k3pZZV7KI/AAAAAAAAD78/aa4avIKAXVs/s1600-h/cjm-adam20081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R4k3pZZV7KI/AAAAAAAAD78/aa4avIKAXVs/s320/cjm-adam20081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154712432833588386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Whoa -- it's certainly gotten<br />a lot more florid in the last month,<br />and the characters feel less staid.<br /><br />Now, there's an awkwardness about Eve<br />that bothers me,<br />and the piece seems uneven<br />left to right<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R4k3qJZV7LI/AAAAAAAAD8E/unIQsDHxMBE/s1600-h/cjm-mars20081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R4k3qJZV7LI/AAAAAAAAD8E/unIQsDHxMBE/s320/cjm-mars20081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154712445718490290" border="0" /></a><br />These figures have pulped out some more,<br />and feel a little more desperate.<br />But has the piece improved ?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R4k3qZZV7MI/AAAAAAAAD8M/DaHkoEOVX_Q/s1600-h/cjm-michael20081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R4k3qZZV7MI/AAAAAAAAD8M/DaHkoEOVX_Q/s320/cjm-michael20081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154712450013457602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This piece feels scarier,<br />and more magical,<br />and I'm happy about that.<br />Can I ratchet it up any more ?<br />I'm not sure.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R4k3qpZV7NI/AAAAAAAAD8U/UTuOQwZGoDs/s1600-h/cjm-venus20081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R4k3qpZV7NI/AAAAAAAAD8U/UTuOQwZGoDs/s320/cjm-venus20081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154712454308424914" border="0" /></a>I'm afraid<br />I do kind of like the earlier version<br />better.<br /><br />This figure is getting too awkward.<br /><br />I'm trying to make her feel<br />more as a prisoner of her destiny<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/815785870881999980-8338856748501471609?l=cjmworksinprogress.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chris millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-815785870881999980.post-50847173441611652862007-11-30T18:47:00.001-08:002007-11-30T19:10:09.847-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R1DLoSPZKXI/AAAAAAAADmg/KIkhgD2RQqI/s1600-R/adam+eve.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R1DLoSPZKXI/AAAAAAAADmg/V5_qwlSFJvw/s400/adam+eve.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138831067781343602" border="0" /></a>Adam and Eve<br /><br />I've feeling good about the right side<br />of this design<br /><br />But Adam needs something...<br />to be both more vulnerable<br />and more vigorous/youthful/manly<br />He needs to be erupting a little more from<br />his background<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R1DLoyPZKYI/AAAAAAAADmo/H2vGE5-A7H4/s1600-R/birthofvenus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R1DLoyPZKYI/AAAAAAAADmo/a9zgMJDbvZ8/s400/birthofvenus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138831076371278210" border="0" /></a>Birth of Venus<br /><br /><br />Maybe she needs to be little younger,<br />a little more like a spring<br />uncoiling.<br />(and the left side is not happy with the right)<br /><br />I want a greater sense<br />of the difficulty of her emergence<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R1DLpCPZKZI/AAAAAAAADmw/GagUmCQ7hME/s1600-R/michael.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R1DLpCPZKZI/AAAAAAAADmw/J96DSGPxh3g/s400/michael.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138831080666245522" border="0" /></a>Michael and Satan<br /><br />I'm liking Satan's fall<br />more than Michael's triumph.<br /><br />It's not quite majestic enough,<br />he's supposed to have<br />the power of the cosmos<br />after all.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R1DLpSPZKaI/AAAAAAAADm4/jhPxipnceDw/s1600-R/venus+mars.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/R1DLpSPZKaI/AAAAAAAADm4/eVjnNiMpbWg/s400/venus+mars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5138831084961212834" border="0" /></a>"Mars and Venus<br />Heaving in the net<br />that limping Vulcan<br />and his Cyclops set"<br /><br /><br />I like Mars the best at this point,<br />maybe Venus needs to do<br />some more writhing ?<br />Overall -- the piece needs to feel<br />less cute and more monumental.<br /><br />maybe I should throw<br />a net across Venus ?<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/815785870881999980-5084717344161165286?l=cjmworksinprogress.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chris millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.com1