Line Study #8 - Laundry

As the semester came to an end, this was a usual occurrence in our house... large piles of clean laundry. I figure most people can relate to this. This particular pile sat there for quite a while and then I ended up finding it visually interesting and left it there longer, until I decided what to do with it. (what a great excuse to leave some laundry, huh? My husband had said, "that pile's been there for a while." I replied, "yes, it may be an art project, so it will most likely be there even longer." At this point, he gets pretty used to smiling and nodding...) And sure enough, it inspired something. Took some photos of it, playing with light and shutter speeds. Planning on making some paintings based off of these photos.

I found the linear qualities of the fabrics very compelling, all the different materials on top of one another, somewhat discarded, waiting to be put in their places.

I'm also interested in the domestic aspect of laundry and relating that to Suburbia. I'm sure there could be some very opinionated discussions on this (I think this adds a layer to the idea of my laundry project, but at the moment am more compelled with the lines). Every household embraces this task differently. In our household, my husband and I each do our own laundry, just an agreement that we came to before marriage. We are each kind of particular on laundry options and disagree on them, so we never touch each others and that works out for us really well.

Also, with that option, I can just leave mine in these huge, lovely piles and see what happens...

Line Study #7 - Garage

Since we bought our house, I have always been amazed with the 3 car garage, that my husband so quickly filled up. Every time I am in it, I find something new. There are so many lines to look at, so many things that look really expensive and I have no idea how they work. I'm interested in the idea of the 3 car garage in the suburbs; what is in them?, the clutter we hide, how we store things, organizational techniques, etc. In our household, the garage is the most "cluttered" area of the house (besides the studio of course). It is my husbands domain, he does what he pleases with it, and I am truly amazed by all of the things I see in it. Here are some images of a few things that I felt had interesting linear qualities. More to come, there is so much more in this space! stay tuned...

Line Study #7 - Garage

a few more...

another experiment with balloons and fence

Line Study # 6 - Sand Pits (Maple Grove)

The "Sand Pits" or possibly even "Sand Mountains" of Maple Grove, are pretty spectacular! Let me first say that the suburb of Maple Grove has a lot of meaning to me, because it is where my parents live and where I spent my teenage upbringing. It is one of those suburbs that has expanded like crazy! Almost too much for it's own good. There are all of these sand pits everywhere that sometimes look like mountains. In places of some of them there is vegetation present on them, because they have been there for so long. It is also interesting to see them snow covered in the winters. Again, I'm planning on using these images for source material for 2-dimensional works.

Line Study #3 - Water Towers (Osseo)

I feel like I see this tower on a pretty regular basis, though I don't live in Osseo, I am close by. Lots of interesting lines in this one!