Month: March 2020

Work has been a little slow in the studio these past few weeks as I am becoming more acclimated to my new position. Now, with a tad more energy and making a more conscious effort to set aside more studio time, I have been able to complete two more Pismo Series pictures!

As I have mentioned previously, I believe that now that I have a clearer vision of what the series should look like, I have been able to complete more work – with less and less re-dos.

Since my last post, I have completed Pismo 11 (K) and Pismo 7 (G) (just completed this morning):

This means that the Pismo Series has officially reached ~50% completed… there are five that I have decided to re-do: Pismo E, I, J, L, &W   which leaves eight that I have not experimented with yet.

I will be prepping new sheets of paper for the re-do letters this afternoon and have made all but the W a priority to complete next as my goal is to have them completed by October so I can use them to print my 2021 calendars.

I have updated my Pismo Series portfolio page, so please check it out if you are interested in checking out all of the completed pictures.

The initial group of Pismo Series pictures have been professional scanned and have been all uploaded to the Pismo Series gallery on my website.

I have added all of the complete letters to my Etsy Shop for prints, so please check out https://www.etsy.com/shop/WhiteRoosterStudio if you are interested in purchasing any.

I do have some disappointing news in regards to creating Pismo candles though my VIDA collection: sadly, VIDA has chosen to discontinue offering candles at this time and I am in the process of looking for another vendor to create candles.

The bad news is: from what I can tell, only VIDA was offering to create candles with the image ON the candle itself (which I loved). The good news is: there are several sites that offer customized candles… the difference is that the image is printed on the glass jar the candle comes in, which may be a good alternative option.

Please check back soon as I have ordered samples from one of the vendors and post images to see how you like them.

I have also orders samples of the Pismo letters on tote bags, just to see if that is something that you would be interested in as a option going forward.

And, finally, I am in the process of designing some new items for my VIDA collection: bags, scarves, etc and should be able to post pictures of them soon.

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I picked up the 2nd group of completed Pismo Series scans during lunch this afternoon and they have been added to the Pismo Series tab on the White Rooster Studio homepage!

The current plan is to add these scans to the WRS Etsy Shop for prints within the next week and start working on orders for candles that I have pending that were waiting on these scans.

Please check out the new scans!!!:

E, G, I, J, K, L, N, P, Q & S:

S, 7/15/20, 12:33 PM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R116.8, G85.6, B93.4

Q, 7/15/20, 12:27 PM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R116.8, G85.6, B93.4

P, 7/15/20, 12:14 PM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R116.8, G85.6, B93.4

N, 7/15/20, 12:03 PM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R116.8, G85.6, B93.4

L, 7/15/20, 11:50 AM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R119.8, G88.6, B96.4

K, 7/15/20, 11:40 AM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R116.8, G85.6, B93.4

J, 7/15/20, 11:03 AM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R116.8, G85.6, B93.4

I, 7/15/20, 10:49 AM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R116.8, G85.6, B93.4

G, 7/15/20, 10:40 AM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R116.8, G85.6, B93.4

E, 7/15/20, 10:33 AM, 8C, 7184×8383 (619+1161), 100%, New Art 3, 1/40 s, R116.8, G85.6, B93.4

The plan is to still re-do Pismo 10 (J) as the letter is bigger than the rest of them (you can really see it in the last line above), BUT I really like the design, so I scanned it anyway and will find some use for it 🙂 So, technically, there are six more pictures to complete: Pismo J, U (in progress), W, X, Y & Z.

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The tenth artist that will be highlighted is: Helen Lundeberg:

According to her Wikipedia page: “Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999) was a Southern Californian painter. Along with her husband Lorser Feitelson, she is credited with establishing the Post-Surrealist movement. Her artistic style changed over the course of her career, and has been described variously as Post-Surrealism, Hard-edge painting, and Subjective Classicism.”

Wikipedia continues: “During the 1950s, Lundeberg moved towards geometric abstraction and Hard Edge painting and away from the representational sensibility that had informed her early work. Though always based in reality, Lundeberg created mysterious images that exist somewhere between abstraction and figuration. Repeatedly described as formal and lyrical, Lundeberg’s paintings rely on precise compositions that utilize various restricted palettes. Paintings from this period employ the idea of “mood entity”, a concept in Post Surrealism that was concerned with evoking states of mind, moods and emotional content unique to each work. Lundeberg and Feitelson were part of a loose group of Post-Surrealists that also included the artists Grace Clements, Philip Guston, Reuben Kadish, Harold Lehman, Lucien Labaudt, Knud Merrild, and Etienne Ret. During this period, Lundeberg was one of the most prolific painters working in Southern California.”

You can check out more about Helen and her work at: https://www.helenlundeberg.com

Please make sure that you check out some of her later work from the 1970’s and 1980’s – they are stunningly beautiful and the color is simply amazing.

What I find encouraging and completely exciting is that, unlike most of the other artists that I have highlighted in this blog, Helen’s work is still being shown with two exhibits last year and even more in 2018…. Unfortunately, it appears that I missed a chance to see her work last year at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts… fingers crossed that there will be another opportunity soon!

Unfortunately, I was unable to locate a biography for Helen, there was a listing for a documentary: “Helen Lundeberg: Americal Painter” (1988)… but I am still on the lookout for it.

I found a quote of Helen’s that interested me, mostly because her ideas on art are essentially the opposite of mine:

“I don’t like disorder, or confusion or violence. I know they exist in the world but why should I have to paint them.” – Helen Lundeberg

I love not knowing the outcome of my pictures, they are not planned and rely on patterns once the design has been completed. And, yet, at the same time, I can understand Helen’s point of view.

Please check out the White Rooster Studio Facebook page during the month of March for more photos of Helen and images of her work.

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If you enjoy the projects, pictures and posts, please see free to comment – feedback is encouraged and is always welcome.

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• If you enjoy this blog, please enter your email address by going to the Menu, then the Home Page to have White Rooster Studio’s blog sent directly to you once it is published.
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