Back in November I’d done some research on kids coding apps. I made a scratch account but wound up playing more with Scratch Jr. on the iPad with my daughter.. I’ve been spending more time with it and I’m having a blast just goofing off. Here’s my sweet dance moves:
Category Archives: Art
Break Me
If I’ve learned anything from software development, it’s that the only way to make sure something is really strong is to spend a whole bunch of time finding out where it breaks and make it stop breaking. This is a sentiment I understand pretty deeply on a personal level. I like to see how far I can […]
What I’ve Been Up To
What a wild ride it’s been. I left my job at PNCA at the end of June 2016. I had a glorious summer with my daughter — the first one we’d had together since I started grad school in 2013. I also biked a bunch and enjoyed the sunshine. Starting in the fall I went […]
Sorry, Not Sorry
Art and Empathy
The other day juniper couldn’t sleep. She was distraught and frustrated. I got into bed with her and when she started expressing her frustration I would say “it’s ok, it doesn’t matter. You don’t have to worry about sleeping. You don’t have to go to sleep right now. Just enjoy being in my arms right […]
Warsan Shire poem – “for women who are ‘difficult’ to love.”
you are a horse running alone and he tries to tame you compares you to an impossible highway to a burning house says you are blinding him that he could never leave you forget you want anything but you you dizzy him, you are unbearable every woman before or after you is doused in your […]
Lost Creek Wilderness Colorado
I went with Signal Fire on a one week backpacking trip to the Lost Creek Wilderness in Colorado. We found the creek! 🙂 and it was beautiful.
Eristalis Arbustorum – Hover Fly
Today’s bug of the day “Eristalis Arbustorum.” Looks like a bee, is a great pollinator, but it only has two wings, so… it’s a fly! They are often called hover flies or drone flies. Thats a great way to tell the difference, there are a great many flies out there acting like bees. They are […]
Julie Green at UPFOR Gallery
Julie Green (b. 1961 in Yokosuka, Japan) wanted to be a stewardess until age four, but became a painter instead. Green’s work has been featured in The New York Times, aWhole Foods mini-documentary, National Public Radio, Ceramics Monthly, Gastronomica, and 7th edition of A World of Art published by Prentice Hall. She has exhibited widely […]
Sean T Barnes website
I made a website for Sean Barnes today. Check it out!
Snake gulch canyon in arizona
I wrote this last year on the Signal Fire trip to Northern Arizona in Speing 2015: The sun is going down and the vibrant sages and oranges of the canyon and brush are slowly changing to soothing greys. It is so quiet here. I feel like my head is the loudest sound in this canyon. […]
Clay Lohmann at Corvalis Art Center August 2016
Clay Lohmann, Husband of Julie Green, professor of art at Oregon Sate University.
Death
Today, sitting at my desk, there was a loud, low, rumbling and the building shook in response. It was probably a passing truck, but I imagined an expansive, thick, stampede of a cloud, effortlessly washing over the city, erasing everything in its path. I imagined lifting my hands to the sky in surrender. I thought […]
Opening Reception for Cavendish May 6th
Opening Reception: Friday, store May 6th, mind 2016, 6-8pm Downtown Portland Oregon (contact me for location) Viewing available by appointment. About “Cavendish” The ultimate slapstick prop, comedic use of the banana can be dated back at least four thousand years. The act of slipping on a banana peel has a knack of producing schadenfreude in […]
Press for Fifth Wheel at Linfield College
Rachel Hines
“Going in Circles” Rachel Hines is Art Faculty at Oregon State University in Corvalis, store Oregon.
Fifth Wheel at Linfield Gallery
Fifth Wheel Opening Reception: Wednesday February 10th, 2016, 6-8PM Linfield Gallery Linfield College McMinville, OR Artists: Sarah Nance, Alanna Risse, Julia Oldham, Jane Schiffhauer Curator: Josephine Zarkovich
reference photos for my install
in case I need them
Forks over knives
I watched forks over knives again tonight. It is reminding me why this vegan diet idea is a good one. I feel old. I am 30 pounds over weight. I have fat on my upper ribs and it’s uncomfortable. My digestion, although better than it used to be, is still not so great. I don’t […]
Why I made the Jar of -Ness
In January of 2014 I was inspired by friends on Facebook to create a “2014 Jar of Awesomeness.” I was determined that 2014 was going to be a great year for my family. We were going to be so overflowing with awesomeness that we would stuff our quart-sized jar full of little slips of paper, […]