On Display: 2nd Annual Nude

2nd Annual Nude
International Juried Exhibition
Manifest Creative Research Gallery
2727 Woodburn Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45206
(513)861-3638 / info@manifestgallery.org
Reception: Friday, July 9th 6-8pm
Catalog Available
Exhibition Dates: July 9th through August 6th

ON DISPLAY: 6th ANNUAL MAGNITUDE SEVEN

6th Annual Magnitude Seven
International Juried Exhibition
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
2727 Woodburn Avenue
Cincinnati , OH 45206
(513)861-3638 / info@manifestgallery.org
Reception: Friday, May 28th, 6-8pm
Catalog Available
Exhibition Dates: 05/28/2010 through 06/25/2010

NEW MAILING LIST FEATURE ADDED TO WEBSITE!

A significant number of changes are being made to the back-end of my website to make updating the site even easier than it was in the past. In addition to these administrative changes, a new mailing list feature was added to the contact section of this website (http://www.mikereedy.com/?view=contact). If you would like to receive notifications and/or information about upcoming exhibitions please join this list. By joining the list you will receive traditional postcards or other mailings, digital postcards and press releases via email, and/or links to host websites where images from the exhibition can be viewed or pdf copies of the catalog can be downloaded. Thanks for your support and interest in my work!

FUNNY LAST POST

As you can tell, I have not been to my blog in a while. I saw the last title (Gone, but not out) and had to laugh. I did get a request to explain the 3D process, and will give that a go soon. Maybe I will get a hang of this blog thing one day soon, or at least get rid of it. Something. Gone but not out...ha ha ha...funny...........funny.

GONE BUT NOT OUT

To anyone who had started following my progress on the digital cadaver series, I apologize. I knew this blog was not in line with my nature when I started it, but decided to pursue starting one none-the-less with the hope that it would allow people insight in to my work and practice as an artist. However, it has gone months without any updates, and it has finally even gotten to me!!!

The summer turned out to be busier than expected, teaching both a full load in the Spring and Summer semesters. During this time I struggled to maintain myself teaching and in the studio, the blog in turn seeming less significant to my daily life and was (on many levels - regrettably) shoved to the side. I was more concerned about finding time to work, and less about posting the work I was managing to get done.

I am currently on the forth, and hopefully final, version of the initial cadaver hybrid image. My hope is that it will be dry and ready to hang in an upcoming exhibition on contemporary painting at EMU in October. I will post the final image as soon as it is complete. As noted above, this is the forth attempt. The first three derailed at some point in the glaze process as I attempted to find a balance between the painted layers and the underlying digital study. I am hopeful that at this point in the fourth and final version that I have found a working method that can be applied to all future hybrid studies.

Beyond that I have completed work on two "5 questions" images, and begun work on three new images. I also continued to develop the underlying digital components for the next set of digital hybrids. I also hope to set up equipment and photograph this work for the blog and website in the very near future.

So in short, I have been gone, but not out. And while I am still not fully prepared to post new images, I wanted to at least address the fact that my blog has been sitting stagnant for the past several months, and finally get myself back on the page. Hopefully the routine of the regular school year will make it easier to maintain a regular update and work schedule!

DONE! ON TO THE PAINT!

Well, I had this thing finished by last weekend, but was too busy with work and preparing show applications to get the updated image online. From this point out it will be 'top secret' until the glaze layers are complete. However, I will soon be posting the digital anatomy studies for the next set of portraits, as well as some updates for the 'five questions' series. I decided to post the first saved version of the digital cadaver next to the finished one. It did come a long way...I was frightened after the first few days working on it (it is easy to tell why).

THE FINAL STRETCH

It was a busy week. I cleaned up a significant amount of the image and removed a lot of miscellaneous layer artifacts (most of which are probably not visible at this scale). I also finished the nerve layer, reworked and finalized the ribs, reworked some muscle layers (including those on the face), reworked the shoulder joints, and re-shaped the right arm. It is almost there! I just need to finalize the right arm and finish the veins and arteries. A few last minute adjustments to the shoulder, and a new throat, and it will be good to go. If all goes well, it should be mounted and moving on to the glaze layer by next week.