Stones in Tree - Found Art

I found these sculptures along the Mill river in Northampton, MA.



It is a fertile place for art.

Josh Paints a Window

I love seeing him paint. Looks like it's fun on the window. I also love seeing his concentration and eagerness here.

Found Art - Darth Vader

On the wall of Thornes marketplace, in downtown Northampton, MA.

Found Art - Anchor

Walking in some ruins in Natural Bridge State Park in Adams, MA, I came across this painting stenciled onto an old piece of metal.

Found Art - Bird Painting

I saw this one on the side of Thornes, in Northampton.

The Thunder

The thunder spoke to me today.
It said
I will rumble across the sky unabated,
ecstatic.
Roll on
through eons of time
through your physical form
opening your heart
and I will show you love.


-John Bauman

Art by Joe

Joe himself with his work.

Sde more in his Facebook Album.

Introducing: Joe Sziranko

I met Joe when we both had some art in a gallery in downtown Northampton. He is a friendly and generous person, and very creative. He likes to experiment with all types of paint and materials, so his work has a lot of variety in it. Just seeing a few pictures of it doesn't do it justice. If you have a chance, go see his studio on an open studio night in the Paragon arts building in Easthampton.

illusion

Life is an illusion.
Man, I gotta pay the car bill!
Get that illusion off in the mail.


-John Bauman

Painted Glassware by Tonya Dixon

Tonya likes to get plain glasswares from thrift shops, and spruce them up with her painting. I really like the results.

"Downtown Highball"

"Downtown Vase"

"Men Like Pink"

A table setting with glasses as the main serving!

Introducing Tonya Dixon

I met Tonya through a friend, and saw her on and off in town for many years. But lately have gotten to know here better, and discover that she has tons of creative projects that she is always doing and planning to do, so I decided to feature some of them here.

Mouseworks Lighted Sculptures

Here are some of the cool lighted sculptures created by Mouseworks, AKA Mark Wilson.

"Capsule"

"Doctor Caligari's Cabinet"

"Casablanca"
See more at his website here.

Introducing: Mark Wilson

From me:

I have a good friend Bob, and he has an older brother Mark who I know, who makes incredible lighted sculptures (think very fancy art lamps) and digital art. Bob is always telling me about things his older brother has made, including intricate board games as well fixed up old computers.

From his website:

Born in the United States, and trying to escape the asylum ever since.
Influenced by the world I have lived in as well as the Masters of the past. My Sculpted works are heavily influenced by Steam Punk, as well as the Edwardian and Victorians eras. My digital work is especially influenced by the works of Francisco de Goya and Diego Velázquez. My favorite real world medium for painting is Egg Tempera, which I endeavor to replicate in the digital medium.

His Website

Sculptures by Guy

Great new industrial sculptures by Guy. Made from scraps at work.

Gratitude

Walking down by the Mill river a month or two ago, I saw this display of flags. There was a container with instructions to write something about what you are thankful for or wish for on a piece of cloth and add it to the display, but they were out of cloth, so I just read the other ones. It was peaceful and interesting. The flags were put up by some people called The Keepers, and I liked that.

For years I’ve had this fantasy

For years I’ve had this fantasy.
I’d like to say a bunch of nonsensical things
through a megaphone,
maybe downtown.
My dying wish…
get me a megaphone!


-John Bauman

What passes for entertainment?

What passes for entertainment much of the time? Stereotyped, formulaic dogma that aims to keep people sedated in social roles which are too narrow, and support oppressive ends. Or, distracting fantasies that keep us preoccupied so we don’t turn our attention elsewhere, like to the fact that many people are oppressed for the economic gain of others, or that actually, we are not happy with our crappy job or the crappy situation we are in of being massively in debt.

How about doing something creative instead?