size: 18 x 25.5 cm (about 7″ x 10″ or so)
medium: cut paper on wood
click here of the image for giant-size floating pod-folk
What could that be, I wonder, drifting into the brain of the shiny golden larval-seed-pod-person? If it’s just pollen, s/he is having a much better reaction to it than I usually do. Whatever it is, it seems to have had an invigorating… and enlightening effect. And considering those exhaled wisps, it just might be spreading.
One of the weirder aspect of working in cut-paper is that, in some ways, I’m at the mercy of the paper makers. Alot of the colors and patterns that I’ve been using for the past year or so are no longer available. This season, it seems that brighter and more primary colors are popular. My color schemes have had to adapt. On the one hand, I miss the old papers and my familiar tricks and combinations. On the other, it’s always exciting to experiment with the new, and it keeps the work fresh.
“This Humble Contagion”, by the way, is the first of the new pieces that will be featured in Gallery 1988 San Francisco‘s “Battle Royal” group show, starting next Friday, June 26th 2009.
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Your shape-making is beyond delightful, but I have to say that I love the depth you create with the cut-outs.
Pretty much fantastic!
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Thank you very much for your nice comment on my illustration for IF: Drifting.
I also would like to thank you for leading me to your amazing website. I must say all you work are brilliant. I might never ever get an idea about cut-paper illustration without seeing your stuff. Very inspiring!
Dream painter
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Thank you! It’s always nice to know I’ve introduced a new artist to the wonders of cut-paper.
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so cool
you work is so good
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Wow! This so awesome, I don´t have words! Your art is just beyond… words! Thanks for sharing, it´s been a true pleasure looking at your site.
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What a great work! I liked very much the “story” of this work and… it’s not lipstick!
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oh patrick! how lovely, evocative and drifty. i’m so glad you visited so i could find your site. wonderful, wonderful work.
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Thanks everyone, I’m glad you are enjoying this contagion.
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Contagious, Yes!….I agree with Lisa, lovely, evocative & drifty. And to have followed this story of this piece all along on the blog is fascinating. Like a magician giving away his secrets. What’s great is that you bound back and forth between the comic (Beastie & Turtle ninjas) and so many fantastic creatures!
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Thanks Bridget. Glad you’ve enjoyed the peaks into my process. But don’t worry, I didn’t give away too many of my tricks. There’s still alot of magic left in the hat.
I’l glad you noticed my pattern! I love to hop back and forth between the more serious concepts in my darker creatures and the pop-ier, light-hearted comic characters. Which is a pretty good reflection of my personality, actually.
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