Smasks

Here are a couple of the masks Ive been working on. They come from accumulated plastic debris I find on the beach, and eventually I will have hundreds of them as theres no shortage of materials. More to come.

Florentine Rubbings

These are some rubbing compositions from various churches and cloisters of Florence.

More New/Old Work

"Heart for Longing" acrylic and ink on paper, 2009

"Thine is the Prince" acrylic and graphite on paper, 2009

"No Ocean", acrylic and ink on paper, 2009

Before adding some new images of the masks, here are some more recent works on paper.

It Came From Beyond- Halloween Show

Ive been busy making some masks. These will be on view at the Skummi and Co. show this Halloween night (Saturday) at 320 Lexington Avenue #2, (between 38th and 39th) from 8:30-dawn. All hell will be present. Masks will materialize here soon. Happy Halloween.

New Italian Phantoms

Not new at all really, from last summer in Florence, they haunted me until I put them here. New Things on the way..

Projects

So ive been painting some plein air landscapes in montauk to pass the time not surfing, and I am currently working on some screenprint designs for a poster and t-shirt for the Main Beach Paddle 2009 benefit in memory of my mom, as well as design interpretations for Tom Cody Design, a firm I hope to do some work for in NYCizzle. Sketches and final products to be posted soon, gonna need a scanner at some point. I promise this isnt a text only blog, I cant even read.

My Absentee Ballot

I have been inactive for awhile, as im sure youve all painfully noticed dear subscribers. I took the most awesome cliche roadtrip to california with some awesome buds and had a grand old time, so I feel I must return to art making and getting something done which will in turn appear here when the time is right. dear dear subscribers.

The Forlorn Ships

A few more forlorn ships here from my portfolio collection. This series has evolved from the concept of the ship as a metaphor for expectations and regrets that manifest themselves in personality. I am interested in psychological states and their ability to bind or liberate, and the consequences therein. Many more to come, as I am still working on the website-scottbluedorn.com.

In Other News

I graduate(d). And Ive been invited to show some of my collage work at Skummi and Co.,a prestigious midtown gallery with a few fine fellows. I will now work prodigiously to create a few more pieces, all transfer based. Also, the open studios were great thanks to all that came.

Portfolio Ships

Im proud of this one here, from my portfolio series of forlorn ships. Ive hit upon something here that I'm going to continue until it just cant be done anymore. I find myself very attracted to the beauty of industrial and mechanical decay, especially in rendering the textures of oxidized metal and wood, and I continue to work some kind of a story into these. "Blame Not" is communicating the danger of misdirected hostility.

Open Studios

I will be showing some recent work at the SVA Senior Illustration Open Studios, May 5th from 5-8 pm, 380 2nd Avenue, 7th Floor. I hope to see some familiar and unfamiliar faces! Party to follow...

More Reflection on Kurdistan

Christian mountain rebels and the RAF. Im not sure what this means yet.

More Sinking Ships

Sinking Ships

This series is a comment on the state of current world affairs as a meditation on failure, expanding on a few previous paintings of abandoned and decrepit ship wrecks that symbolize our negative aptitudes. Acrylic on wood veneer.

Reflections on Kurdistan

These are the beginnings of a series about the history of Kurdistan, a war torn region dissolved and annexed by Iraq under Saddam Hussein. I want to make a connection between the atrocities of Saddam and the present state of Iraq under US occupation, and the violence and beauty in between.

Traditionally Digital Hermisphere Submarine Crabs

Two final versions, digitally colored and painted in acrylic. This seems obsessive, and probably wasn't worth the time, but I wanted to see how each would work. What do yall thank?

Bells and Whistles Final Sketch

The final sketch color comp for "Bells and Whistles". Could I make this into something more?An animation about handicapped marine life has never been done before...

"Bells and Whistles"

These are all sketches for a final piece illustrating the concept of "bells and whistles", class assignment for Plan Sponsor Magazine. Final will be uploaded when its done.

A Lonely Earth Moving Machine

Cold Icebergs

"Watersketches"

Iceberg study to accompany other. Watercolor is the medium of choice in rendering the nature of frozen water forms.

Hot Icebergs

"Watersketches"

Some less than frigid masses of ice.

Beneath

"Watersketches"

To view a breaking wave from below is an awesome visual experience, I tried to recreate the vacuous physics at work- the chain of energy, explosions of air bubbles, the imploding pocket of the tube folding in on itself seemingly in reverse, a relentless surge toward shore.

Boiling Wave

"Watersketches"

Originally inspired by the boiling beast of wave that is Todos Santos, I went on to do some screenprints with many variations, to be posted at a later date.

"Watersketches" from Sketchbook

Duke Kahanamoku and Other Island Inspiration

Initiation

Daily drawings to come, thoughts and poems to follow, please stay tuned.