Badly photographed work from this summer

Hi there.

It's been a while, I know. I've been busy! What with Christmas shopping and crafting for the holidays, not to mention imbuing Montserrat's next generation with my inestimable knowledge, I've been doing a bad job finding the time to update this. But don't fret. I'm fixing it now.

 arctictus binturong (emily)

galidictis grandidieri (self portrait)


These were pieces displayed in the show "Of nightmares" I mentioned in an earlier post. I'm also still working on that etching I keep tantalizing you with after a failed aquatint. Oh, well. At any rate, I'm working on a few projects and expect to have more work up soon.
 xoxo Chelsea

Skull relapse

I've been thinking about skulls again. I know, I thought I was over it too.
















From my sketchbook, please pardon the fold. Mammal skulls are endlessly fascinating to me, especially the skulls of mustelids. Weasels, minks, otters, skunks! This one is Lutra canadensis.

I've also been thinking about knots. This little experiment is a sketch of the best Christmas present I've ever gotten: a cast replica of a pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) skull. And nestling around it, an imaginary square knot situation.

I also did a proof of that etching I was talking about. More on that soon.

Bad, bad, bad.

Dear reader,

It's been a while since last we met. But I do have things to share with you.

Way back in April, I participated in a lovely exercise conceived and executed by Eben Archer Kling, Katherine Romansky, and Adam Kology: & In One Another. True to form, I completed roughly half of the assignments and was late turning it in. Pictured above is one of those assignments, Cat Man Staring.

Then, in June I was asked to participate in a show curated by Setheyny Pen (center): Of Nightmares at 119 Gallery in Lowell. Artists, left to right: Bill McCann, Dug North, Adria Sutter, Lillian Harden, myself and Jeffrey Havens. It was a great experience, and I have several new pieces to scan in and share with you (soon).

Finally, I'll leave you with a promise of new work on the way. I'm working on an excited etching, sneak preview above. As a goodwill gesture, I've even updated my banner. While I can't promise you I have left my woeful updating practices behind, I've got a feeling we will be seeing more of each other soon.

Oodles and oodles, 

chelsea

System project

This fella was used in a student's assignment in the course I TA for. The students each had to devise a system and create art based on the results of the system. This student decided to collaborate with a large group, and sent requests for self-portraits to about 100 people around the country. Obviously this was my contribution.

When it appeared in the student's presentation, one of the other students shouted out, "What's your deal with bats?!!"

Peepers

I did a few cute drawings of birds for my merchandise in the Montserrat Holiday Sale. With any luck, I'll soon have an Etsy where you can get your hands on my wares! Here's my peepers:

The rose-breasted grosbeak.

The belted kingfisher, and up top, the golden crowned kinglet.

Opossum

Didelphis virginiana (stephanie)

I've been experimenting with the varied line weight a nib lends.

Civettictis civetta (Larue)

The African Civet.