8.14.2009

Newest piece




Roberta Yuspeh
27 1/2" x 35" On Masonite
Acrylic Paint/India Ink/Tempera



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8.11.2009

5 Paintings in 5 days






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Salvador
48"x 30" on 3/4" ply wood
Acrylic Paint/ India ink/ pastel/ marker



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Thank You
48"x 27 7/8" on 3/4" ply wood
Acrylic Paint/ India ink/ pastel/ marker


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What are they looking at?
48"x 23 1/4" on 3/4" ply wood
Acrylic paint/ india ink/ pastel/ marker


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D.C.
28'x34 1/2" on Masonite
Acrylic paint/india ink/pastel/marker


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A Starry Twighlight in Chavez Ravine
48"x40" on 3/4" ply wood.
acrylic paint/india ink/pastels/marker


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A peek into my process









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Digital Prints

These two pieces were created using photographs printed in the darkroom and then scanned into the computer, where I used photoshop techniques to create the images. The first one is titled "LA MIGHT AS WELL BE ANOTHER PLANET" (Sort of my ode to the unusual dynamic of this huge city I have called home for the past four years). The Second is titled "That Wave There". 







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Underlying Form vs Superficial Representation

Our exterior tends to dominate as a superficial indicator of who we are. As our appearances create false representations we seem to loose sight of the form in which everything is held within.  Forging a more complex and faulty system to categorize how we interpret the daily stimulus within our lives.  Thus causing less of a sense of commonality amongst people and nature.  However if we look closely past the representations that go hand in hand with what we see, and more at the underlying forms that all things occupy, we might begin to see things more similarly, forgetting about the faulty judgments we tend to assign toward what we are unsure of in our world.  These next series of prints are all aligned toward this idea of underlying form and superficial representation.  Each piece was shot with 35 mm film, printed in the dark room, then scanned into the computer to be colorized and reprinted.  I chose to display the inversions along with the reversion of each photo in a diptych form in order to help our eyes look more closely at form and shape along with the difference our eyes treat the inverted photos on the left hand side, and the reverted ones on the right hand side.  My goal is to help train our eyes to interpret whats in front of us differently,  allowing us to constantly remember the duality and complexities all things on this planet possess.  I wanted to represent the beauty and positivity within these ideas by finding various color harmonies to lead our eyes across each piece.  Allowing the viewer to more comfortably focus on  the forms we see and the meaning we create within them.   By adjusting the way we look at things, and by searching deeper for similarities within each-other, we might change the way we perceive a stranger and adjust the way we treat our land.












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Who am I Without My Friends




There is nothing more important than having good friends. People to confide in, people to share with. Close friends become extensions of oneself as our human tendencies cause us to live through each-other. To feel life and reality through the buffer of another human being is often how we become closer to ourselves. Some of the most beautiful aspects of friendship lie within the mystery of what the initial spark might ignite. The knowledge and inspiration derived from our encounters with these people are endless. They keep us on our toes and create discourse within our perspective, allowing the solidarity of our bias to soften, thus giving us all a chance to be more empathetic toward one another. The influence of all of this holds more weight toward who we are as individuals than we might ever possibly realize. I find it funny and almost ironic how we truly need others in order to further the exploration of our true individuality.
We tend to view friendship as something more standardized static and one dimensional. When in fact it’s completely dynamic. Some friendships can last a brief moment; as two strangers might find themselves in continuous conversation on a cramped airplane ride across the country. While some might not even be verbal, as the only responsibility the friendship might entail is the acknowledgment of a familiar pair of eyes as one traverses on the same route of their daily routines. Regardless, this very human trait found with in the desire for commonality and the necessity for interpersonal connection is what drives our evolution and continues to shape our world on both a micro and macro scale. This is why I firmly believe you can learn a lot about someone based on the people they hold close within theirs lives. The first pieces of artwork I would love to share are a few portraits of some close friends. I feel by knowing a little bit about each one of them you will learn a lot more about me, possibly something more insightful than I could ever give you entirely through words.

(if your my friend and i dont have your picture up here dont be mad its only because i havnt gotten a chance to photograph you yet:)

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