I’ve made about twenty of these drawings in the last month, four of which will be available & Weiden & Kennedy this evening at The 100 Show.
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White on Black
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012LOVERGIRL
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Who says nothing is ever free? Some “lucky” artist will take home this beauty. I’ll get to take home one of theirs.
It’s a brilliant thing.
2011 PORTLAND VISUAL ART EXCHANGE
Exhibit dates: December 1-8, Mon-Fri 12-4pm
Public reception and Artist trade event: December 8, 5-8pm
Over 50 participating artists will exhibit one piece of original work in a week-long, invitational show at the Littman Gallery. The exhibit will culminate in a (semi) blind art trade and public reception. Although the event is open to the public, no work is for sale and only the participating artists go home with an original piece of art by another Portland artist.
Anyone interested in participating next year?
Share on FacebookNew Work In Progress
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
So once you have the initial sketch done for a painting, & you have it roughly painted in, this is as alive as the painting will ever be. Every brush stroke after, slowly takes the life out of it. Every dab of paint deadens it. Once you go down this road, you begin the slow arduous process of killing it, & then working your damnedest to resuscitate it.
Why not walk away in the beginning? ….because it seems too easy to leave that beautiful lively, expressive sketch. Even though it seems to say all that you need it to say. It seems perfect.
In your mind, there must be some struggle, or it doesn’t seem legitimate.
I guess the struggle could be the ability just to leave it alone.
Splendorporium Invitational Group Show
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Splendorporium presents - The Invitational Group Show
Featuring 5 great Portland Artists: Elliott Wall, Marianna Gordon, Andy Paiko, Ross Christy & Shanon Playford
Hope to see some of you Friday night. (7 to 9pm)
Share on FacebookNew Work: Geisha
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
New Work in Progress
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.”
- Mark Twain
Share on FacebookLAST THURSDAY – Last Chance Open Studio
Thursday, May 26th, 2011Here’s one last chance to see things before we take it all down…. 4711 NE 26th, 5PM to 9PM
An Artist A Day Auction
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
This painting is available as part of the artist a day auction at Muse Art and Design on Hawthorne. Proceeds to benefit Schoolhouse Supplies. Bidding starts at only $75.00. To bid, simply call Muse Art and Design, 503-231-8704 (telephone bids taken between noon and 5, Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.)
Share on FacebookOpen Studio Extravaganza – May 20, 21, 22
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
So Now You Know
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
So Now You Know
Pencil & Watercolour
11” x 15.5”
28. March
From Toru Yoshikawa’s suggestion:
So now you know
This piece concludes my series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here: http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions
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Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Peacock Feather ~
charcoal & pastel
9.5” x 12.5” image [on 11'' x 15'' 130lb paper]
24, March
From Tino Romeo’s suggestion:
Peacock
This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here: http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions
Share on FacebookRobin’s-egg Blue
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Robin’s-egg Blue
waterclolour & powdered graphite on paper
9”x 9”
from Alllison J. Bratt’s suggestion:
Robin’s-egg blue
This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here: http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions
Share on FacebookThe Sky’s Ablaze II
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The Sky’s Ablaze
2nd attempt
gouache, ink & watercolour on paper
12” x 16” started on 17 finished on 18 Mar
from Dan Miller’s suggestion:
From Was (not was)
My father used to take a drink or two when I was young
It was then hallucinations always dangled from his tongue
The sky’s ablaze with ladies’ legs he used to say
They’re kicking from the clouds
Shoes fall thru the morning haze & splat like eggs amongst the crowds
“Can you see them, son?” my father asked
“Now they’re dancing plain as day”….
This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions
Share on FacebookIt’s a Drab, Gray, Lavender, Damp Feeling Highlighted by…
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
..it’s a drab, gray, lavender, damp feeling highlighted by clean, clear, bright sunlight…
acrylic, gouache, watecolour & couloured pencil on paper 9” x 12” 16,17,18 Mar
~ I may do another version…something ‘sunnier’
from Andrea McCarter’s suggestion:
”…it’s a drab, gray, lavender, damp feeling highlighted by clean, clear, bright sunlight…”
This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions
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Saturday, March 19th, 2011
The Sky’s Ablaze
1st attempt
collage
from Dan Miller’s suggestion:
From Was (not was) -
My father used to take a drink or two when I was young
It was then hallucinations always dangled from his tongue
The sky’s ablaze with ladies’ legs he used to say
They’re kicking from the clouds
Shoes fall thru the morning haze & splat like eggs amongst the crowds
“Can you see them, son?” my father asked
“Now they’re dancing plain as day”….
This piece, The Sky’s Ablaze, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions
Share on FacebookGarden II
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Garden II
2nd version – something to dance to
Magazine collage W/ cardstock
8.5” x 12” image on larger bristol paper.charcoal, gouache & acrylic on paper
8.5” x 11” image on larger paper
out of my head & stencil letters
from Bradford Playford’s suggestion:
”The first god: had in his garden, from the back, looked like
a household pet–but when it was twirled ’round was revealed to be a three legged black grey hog; See what flows from his mushy pen.”
This piece, Garden, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced daily based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions/garden-2
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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Garden
charcoal, gouache & acrylic on paper
8.5” x 11” image on larger paper
out of my head & stencil letters
from Bradford Playford’s suggestion:
”The first god: had in his garden, from the back, looked like
a household pet–but when it was twirled ’round was revealed to be a three legged black grey hog; See what flows from his mushy pen.”
* There’s another version I might post later…
This piece, Garden, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions/garden
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
Nicole
Pencil on paper
9” X 12” image on 12” x 14” 130lb paper
3 hr Life drawing session on mar. 13th
From suggestions I invited… (cheating?)
slightly.
This piece is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced daily based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions/nicole
Share on FacebookHalloween Orange & Chimney Red
Friday, March 11th, 2011
Halloween Orange & Chimney Red
gouache on paper
8.5” x 11.25” image
~ freehand drawing, done on March 9th & 10th
…from Martin Laughlin’s suggestion:
(from a Tom Waits song)
“…doused
everything in the house, torched it,
parked across the street, laughing,
watching it burn, all Halloween
…orange and chimney red then…”
…& it took me way too long.
& the orange is more orange than this.
This piece, Halloween Orange & Chimney Red, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions/halloween-orange-chimney-red
Share on FacebookBubbles!
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Bubbles!
8″ x 10″ acrylic & acrylic gouache on 130lb paper with transparency print (from an original oil on microfiche).
created on Mar 8th, 2011 (& 9th If I’m being honest)
From Penelope Luedtke’s suggestion:
Bubbles
This piece, Bubbles!, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month from their date of completion.
If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions/bubbles
Share on FacebookThe Width of Thread From a Spider’s Web
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
The Width of Thread from a Spider’s Web
ink on paper 9” x 6” image on 11” x 8” 130lb paper
created on March 6th from March 4th suggestion
not satisfied w/ my 1st attempt, I tried again.
image is out of my head, but I Googled spider’s webs….
from Eugene Mostofi
lyrics from Katie Melua…
Remember forever the guns and the feathers in time.
Because the line between wrong and right,
Is the width of a thread from a spider’s web,
The piano keys are black and white,
…But they sound like a million colours in your mind.
This drawing,The Width of Thread from a Spider’s Web, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month after their completion.
If you’d like to bid go here:http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions/the-width-of-thread-from-a-spiders-web
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
~ the line between wrong & right ~
ink on paper 9” x 6” image on 11” x 8” 130lb paper
created on March 5th from March 4th suggestion
image is out of my head, but I Googled spider’s webs just to try & figure out how the heck they make them.
Videos on YouTube were quite helpful.
from Eugene Mostofi
lyrics from Katie Melua…
Remember forever the guns and the feathers in time.
Because the line between wrong and right,
Is the width of a thread from a spider’s web,
The piano keys are black and white,
…But they sound like a million colours in your mind.
This drawing, the line between wrong & right, is part of an ongoing series, In Like a Lion, an
interactive project for the month of March where works are produced based on suggestions on my
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/shanon.playford.art
All works will be available at auction on my blog for one month after their completion.
If you’d like to bid go here: http://blog.josephsurface.com/auctions
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