graphic identity Article on My Dot Art

Today the blog graphic identity featured an article about my blog, dot art. The article contains an interview with me. Some images of my artwork are included as well as links to some of my other blogs.

Art Scuttlebutt

Art Calendar, a business magazine for artists, has an area that is similar to MySpace. It is called Art Scuttlebut. Recently I was invited to create a profile. I still have to check out the forums there.

Two Pond Videos

The first one I filmed was at Poydras Home, the weekend of the Poydras Home Art Show and Sale. I went to see the work I submitted and see which other artists participated. Along a walkway called Memorial Walk on the grounds of the home, I stopped at a pond inhabited by a large numbers of goldfish. There’s a small waterfall. That area is so peaceful, I decided to shoot some video

Poydras Home Pond

On another day I http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.giffinally got around to taking some photos on the Lakefront. While I was in the area, I went to West End Park. When I was walking through I discovered a flock of ducks swimming in the pond. Well, I couldn’t resist filming them.

West End Ducks

Dot Art Workshop Second Round

Since Tropical Storm Humberto scared off some of the artist participants in September, I was asked to present a second workshop for the ARTinA November meeting. Here are my students working on hard on their dot artwork. I have more photos on my blog dot art. Also, I have photos of the artists with the pieces they created during the workshop.

New Video, New Vimeo Channel

Recently I completed a video of a drive on I-10 called Road Home Highway. It is now posted on a newer blog, video process. This blog features videos that make use of special and or arty effects.

When I uploaded my new video to Vimeo last night, I noticed that channels are now being offered. Having set one up on YouTube, I figured that this opportunity might be worthwhile. Previously I have uploaded videos to Vimeo. I decided on dotartvideo as my channel name.

The odd thing is channels can avoid having features. It's a matter of customizing a channel. On a default channel there are boxes for a calendar, a blog, shoutouts, files (audio, image or document), links, channel activity, RSS feed, moderator(s), subscribers (little avatar squares together – similar to some blog networking) and even a forum that allows for topics (private and or public).

Dalas Verdugo’s tutorial videos explain everything about setting up and managing channels. He states that subhead bars were purposely given a gross color so you’d change them. That amused me.

Freewebs Improves, I Set Up a Page

Recently I noticed an article on Mashable about improvements on the site Freewebs. Four months ago I had fiddled with a site there and became totally annoyed with it. This morning I decided I was going to try once more. Well now I have a new page to show off.

As I have on other pages I used photo blurs from "Dirty Linen Night." They worked out well with a template I chose and avatar I chose. In fact I didn't have to change any CSS code. The template I used does have that option. So, click on the link below to see my latest page.

Freewebs: dotartdude

What is nice about Freewebs. is that a lot of tabs are set up as a default, i.e., a blog, a guestbook, a profile, etc. There is also the ability to add a range of widgets, polls and questionnaires as well as maintain a forum.

Dot Art Hands On Workshop

This past Thursday I conducted a “hands on” workshop with my fellow artists of ARTinA (Art in Algiers). First I discussed the artists that influenced my dot art and then showed some examples of my completed works. Next I demonstrated how to use wood dowels with cotton to paint different patterns. After that, all of us painted on small canvases that were provided for the workshop. For more information see my blog dot art.

Art Display at East Jefferson General Hospital

This month my painting, "Code Pink", is on display in a window art display next to the gift shop at East Jefferson General Hospital. Several artists are participating.

Puppy Whining

Since joining YouTube on May 30, 2006 I’ve uploaded thirty-eight videos. Twenty-four of them documented a litter of puppies over a seven-week period. The videos were dedicated to artistic expression. In the last two weeks my video, “Puppy Whining” (see below), became my most viewed video on my channel. As of right now the video stands at a whopping 934 views. The next highest video is one of two guys breakdancing at Mardi Gras, called “Operation Dance.” It has 713 views.

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Ginger Rose, who stars in this video, now resides in Lafayette, LA. To see more videos click on my channel, dotdude.

First Show for New Orleans Fiber Artists

Saturday night there was a reception at the Dutch Alley Artist's Co-Op as part the French Quarter art galleries celebration of "Dirty Linen Night." A week ago the Julia Street art galleries had "White Linen Night." A group of artists known as the New Orleans Fiber Artists (NOFA) coordinated their first show at the co-op. The co-0p artists graciously provided space for the exhibition and invited the NOFA to participate in the "Dirty Linen Night" celebration. Due to space limitations most of NOFA participants, including myself, only hung one piece. I've posted photos of the show, the reception and Dutch Alley on my blog pic journal.

The collage I entered was created prior to Hurricane Katrina. In March of '05, I attended the National Art Education Association Convention in Boston. At a presentation on collage artist Hannah Höch, I was given a cellophane bag containing fancy papers, crepe papers and magazine images plus some foil die cuts depicting Noah's Ark and animals. The presenter then instructed us to go back home and each of us make a collage. She also requested that each of us e-mail her a jpeg of our final pieces.

Below is the collage I made. The words "we see" were part of an ad included in the bag of stuff. So, that made for a natural title, "We See." The show is only up through August 22.


collage, 17.5" x 24"

My Dot Art is Featured

Today, one of my fellow bloggers featured my artwork on his blog,
P J LightHouse. His blog concerns sharing hope around the world through articles, photos and quotations. Click on home to view the front page.

More New Videos

Earlier this month I filmed video while waiting for my laundry to finish at the laundromat. I arranged the pieces in iMovie HD and it is now on my YouTube channel, dotdude.

Cleanerama


The poodle puppies are six weeks old now. Here are some recent clips of them:


Doggie Crossing

Camera Stampede

Porch Poodles

Gum Wars

Puppy Lens Cleaning

Oops, Missed a Spot

Shower Curtain Teething

dotdude Channel on YouTube

Although I already post videos I've made on my blog videdojournal, I also upload them to my Director's channel on YouTube. It is called, what else but, dotdude. Tonight I changed the embeds on my blog to YouTube as well.

Recently I completed five new videos. Two are stormy weather videos and three are poodle videos. Here are the links:


Storm Brewing

Flooded Street


Puppies Nursing

Who's at the Door?

Where We Goin'?

AIM Pages

In light of some new innovations by AOL’s AIM Pages, I have revamped my seven pages. Because there is no way to simply switch from three columns to two columns, I had to reset the page settings. That means that I had to rebuild my pages from scratch beginning with the beginner page layout. I then modified the layouts in Advanced Mode. There are always new modules being created for AIM Pages. So I will be adding more as I go. In the meantime, here are the newest versions of my AIM Pages:

Chez Collage

Dance Floor

Dot Spot

Eye Play

Mo's Studio

Rest and Motion

Splatter Studio

Artist of the Month

Today I entered my painting "ov" in the Artist of the Month competition at the Le Petit Art Guild meeting. Following the voting by attending members, my painting was selected as the winner making me "The Artist of the Month." Below is a link to see the painting. See the rest of the series in my post from March 11th. Also, below is a link for my other dot paintings.


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

dot art

"o" Series New Orleans Finally Finished!

Yesterday I finished the eleven remaining paintings in my “o” series New Oreleans. Theses are all based on sights and experiences since my return from Memphis to the New Orleans area. Today I posted the rest of them on my blog dot art.

To see the other 15 pieces just backtrack through the archive links on the left side of the page.

Below is a slide show made from all the paintings in this series.

New Pages

Besides working on some new dot paintings, I have been tinkering with some new networking pages. Recently these pages have added more features that make the pages more exciting than when I first began to play with them.

Frappr centers round maps. Each participant types a city or town to add to the map. Also, a “shout-out” may be added. There are map categories for a variety of interests: books, browsers, movies, music, television, etc.

Frappr: dotdude

Yahoo has an area called “Yahoo 360˚.” It combines a blog with lists of interest, photo albums and reviews. It has some similarities to MySpace.

Yahoo 360˚throwsomepaint

YouTube continues to add features. I’ve changed my page to a “director’s page.” After all, the videos I’ve uploaded I put together.

YouTube: dotdude

Tres Earns Third Place

Thursday night at the West Bank Art Guild meeting, a painting of mine placed third in the "artist of the month" competition. Below is the piece I entered. During the break all the artists voted. It is always great to receive recognition from my peers.

After the meeting and program, the painting was hung in the center gallery along with the first and second place winners. Before, only the first place winner was honored. Now all three places are honored.

This is one of three paintings completed last October. I made a concerted effort to be less geometric in completing these paintings. The response from my fellow artists and non-artists has been very positive.


Tres


acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"