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JO

JO, 2005, HTML, 2800 x 1400 pixels

AH

AH, 2005, HTML, 2800 x 1400 pixels

Recent Drawings

French Trail Album 4, 1-5, 2005, Pencil, watercolor & ink on paper, approx. 8.75 x 6.75" each (scanned)

Qinglü (Blue & Green), 1-5, 2005, Pencil, watercolor & ink on paper, approx. 8.75 x 6.75" each (scanned)

Untitled, 1-5, Pencil, 2005, watercolor & ink on paper, approx. 8.75 x 6.75" each (scanned)

See recent French Trail drawings, Sets 1-3.

CS

CS, 2005, HTML, 2800 x 1400 pixels

MF

MF, 2005, HTML, 2800 x 1400 pixels

Opportunities 24-1

The titles of these drawing are from spam emails, of course, only not from the Subject header, but from the Sender header. I had noticed how a lot of the email Senders are really three-word titles. The titles for these drawings were taken from emails caught by Yahoo's SpamGuard.

In my work email, however, a whole different type are squeaking through that are random words for a first and last name, and a middle initial. Some recent examples are: Smallpox J. Blouse; Mediation O. Bakes; Pillory B. Habits; Heeled C. Potholders; Beached F. Incompletely. And on and on.

Many spam Sender and Subject headers just have this slimy feel about them. You can immediately tell by looking at them that someone is trying to sneak in and get your attention. You think, "Who could possibly buy anything from this crap," but I guess if it wasn't working enough to make it worthwhile no one would bother sending spam.

At the time it seemed like an interesting idea: compile a list of titles inspired by spam and do a bunch of drawings in reaction to the titles. Honestly, each of these drawings has some component(s) that is an attempt to convey my (usually negative) reaction to these titles. Some of that resulted in certain colors, certain compositional tensions, certain images. There's still something pretty about these drawings, however, and I really can't get away from that in this medium: solid, rich colors, nice edges, things lined up. So some of what I'm trying to say in these drawings is a little sugar-coated, but that's fine, I suppose. Onward.

Opportunities 23, 24

Opportunities, 2005, HTML, 220 x 260 pixels each

Opportunities 21, 22

Opportunities, 2005, HTML, 220 x 260 pixels each