Showing posts with label Owls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Owls. Show all posts

Monday, November 13, 2017

Artist Trading Cards of More Predators


Two ATCs of those owl night predators. The designs are a tribute
to Native American artists of times past. Phillip Hoyle 2017

The ATC swap at CORE New Art Space Saturday was a delight. Three new participants brought cards to trade. Their work was nice: one photographic, one strong design work, one beautiful and surprising technically. And there were the regular characters with their humor and wonderful tiny pieces of art. In all the group’s work was related to the topic but none of the trading seemed to take advantage of another.


Eagle in the style of a Wyoming petroglyph site
Phillip Hoyle 2017

For me, one of the nicest things about Artist Trading Cards is that they are traded one card for one card. One does not have to trade but we all do because in our group each artist has a distinctive style or approach to the suggested topic. And there is the freedom that no one has to make their pieces to the topic.

Mountain Lion and Weasel petroglyphs
American southwest  Phillip Hoyle 2017

Now I’m started on my next set of ATCs. The topic is Moon. You can imagine what all we’ll see on Thursday night. I can hardly wait.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Owls to Trade


ARTIST TRADING CARDS

Coming up this Saturday 
Another card swap
at CORE New Art Space
in Santa Fe Art District
DENVER


Topic: OWLS


I've had many thoughts.
     When I was a kid we called Dad an owl.
     Bought him owl things.
          (So many adult males are difficult to buy presents for)
     So I have an owl in my background.
     Saw an owl on the neighbor's fence.
     Surprised by an owl that on a dark Kansas night
     Swooped up over our windshield.

     So I drew some owls last week.

These are my serious owls. I also drew some goofy ones but didn't
get a good photo.

     This weekend I cut blocks and printed some owls as a tribute to American Indians and far north Eskimos.

I enjoyed printing these on different kinds
of paper.

I still have a set of nine torn-paper collages to complete before next Saturday. I feel good about this group of OWLS. May my owls be as interesting as my Dad's music was accurate and beautiful.

Have fun with YOUR artwork this week.

Denver, 2015