Studio Talk
I was in process of painting and decided to record the process as I worked. Work is in progress.
Blog | Painting updates and musings.
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Deciding to Use Black
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Thoughts and Memories in the Studio
An audioblog entry that begins with my starting my day in the studio, a clip from yesterday (memories of travel) including Louise Bourgeois and Benar Venet. And finishing with a clip of Louise talking about her work.A few shots of Benar Venet sculpture from Le Muy, France 2014:
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Listening to Larry and Musing in the Studio.
Making lunch I listened to @larrygmaguire and it brought these thoughts. #creative #process #artists #writers #create #author #painter
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I Need A Barn: I answer a question posed to me.
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July 5: A Bit Of Catching Up In The Studio
I know it sounds weird, but I couldn't bear to be involved in July 4 this year, so I got through it. Today is a new day. A bit about what's happening in the studio.
Detail: Skagen Work in Progress
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Reading at 3 am.
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Musing about Intellectual property rights and Ai Weiwei activism and conceptual art.
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Artist Ai Weiwei's focus on the refugee crisis that is currently taking place across Europe, stands up for artist intellectual property rights and the hypocrisy of VW in Denmark's conceptual installation.
Audioblog: May 27, 2019
Links:
Art21 page on Artist Ai Weiwei
Images of the Installation in Copenhagen
One of my older paintings in 2015 when I began the refugee series.
We Are Safe18"x20" acrylic on canvas
2015
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When Clouds Move So Fast, It's All Abstraction (poem and watercolor sketch)
Audiocast May 23, 2019
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Series of Articulations: No. 3 Odense: Hans Christian Andersen (Denmark series)
Audiocast May 14, 2019
This painting is underconstruction. It appeared in this orientation during discussion of the work.
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Series of Articulations: No. 2 He and She: Postcards from Honfleur
Audio cast: May 3, 2019
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Series of Articulations: No. 1
My series is progressing. AUDIO musing:
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Musing About Success as a Working Artist
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Meandering Musings
I talk about three things primarily: My interest in the Yellow Vest movement, A review of A Passage of Yellow Red Birds by Robin Peace and Larry G. Maguire's poem, Hello Tree.
More about Robin Peace: (from Worldcat.org) Robin Peace writes of the world through the eye of a swallow and from the window of a plane sweeping over the earth. She writes as water making its way from mountain to sea, and of time as a passage of yellow red birds that declares a harvest singing from the cut earth. When her mother faces death by starvation, the natural world is called on to give relief – a blackbird to swallow her, silverfish to consume her as a book.This is a debut collection that shimmers even in sight of devastation.Robin Peace is a geographer, teacher and academic. A rich sensibility of the natural world informs a life bound up with stories of displacement, difference and belonging. She works at Massey University and lives with her partner on the wetland margin of O te Pua on the Kapiti coast.
More about Larry G. Maguire:
Writer, Artist, Podcaster. Author of "The Artist's Manifesto" He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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Museum Day: Short Story Trio
My phone died and I was unable to do any audio within the Museum, but I'm not sure I would have anyway. The exhibit of Vija Celmins, A 25 Year Retrospective was one that was meditative and like a silent retreat.
So my trio of short stories is the ambient noise into the Museum, my commentary about what I saw after the museum and the classical music I listened to during the drive home. An inspirational day for me.
Afterword: (taken from artnet)Vija Celmins is an American-Latvian contemporary artist known for her photo-based drawings and paintings of the ocean, rocks, spider webs, and stars in the night sky. “There aren't really rules for painting, but there’s certain facts and fictions about painting,” she has explained. “Part of what I do is document another surface and sort of translate it. They’re like translations, and then part of it is fiction, which is invention.” Born on October 25, 1938 in Riga, Latvia, her family fled the Soviet occupation of Latvia only to arrive in Nazi Germany. Emigrating with her family to Indianapolis after World War II, she studied at the John Herron School of Art and Design and was awarded a fellowship to Yale’s Norfolk Summer School of Art where she befriended Chuck Close and Brice Marden. Celmins’s early work was marked by the influence of Pop Art, which led her to make detailed drawings and paintings of newspaper photos. Her Untitled (Big Sea) series of laboriously drawn ocean surfaces brought her acclaim, with critics drawing comparisons to Gerhard Richter. She has been the subject of over 40 solo exhibitions since 1965, including retrospectives at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Celmins currently lives and works in New York, NY. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, among others. -
Amongst My Trees
I went to my Mountain this week and was struck with all the old trees barren and coming down after our recent storms. I love this place, it reminds me of the cycle of life and refreshes my inspiration.
The strength here reminds me to press on.
A tree down on the hillside shows beautiful growth in it's decay.
A trunk with beautiful markings.
Branches "veiled" with backlighting.
California Buckeye seeds
Cobweb of branches
I walk and share my thoughts, lastly reading a poem from Mary Oliver.
I share the sound of the creek.
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Honoring Mary Oliver
Last night I came home to the news of Mary Oliver's passing and was immediately struck with loss and grief. I love her work and had just been reading her "Upstream" collection. I made this short audio cast to honor her passing and to confirm for myself, I would continue reading, reciting and allowing her work to inspire my painting.#poet #MaryOliver
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Chatting with Larry G. Maguire Today on LIVE video Stream
I had an extremely fun time in conversation with Larry G. Maguire, author and artist from Dublin, Ireland. We spoke for about 45 minutes on the subjects of Creativity, Work and Process. Here is the video of our discussion from today.
The Larb Live: Robbin Milne On Creativity
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Growing Pains The Autobiography of Emily Carr
I've been reading this book aloud for about a month now. The Introduction is written by Robin Laurence, and is a bit lengthy, the Forward is written by Ira Dilworth, includes a poem he and Emily shared together. The first chapter begins and puts you smack in the middle of her rebellious nature at once.
My readings include my "asides" comments and thoughts about what I'm reading, including my purring cats, my laughter at places and even a bit of commentary from other listeners.
I'm enjoying reading it aloud and learning how to present the short chapters in 25-35 minute segments. It is usually about 10-12 pages read at a clip. I hope you enjoy and if feel so inclined leave me a voice message at the anchor app or here or at my facebook page. Would love to hear what you think about Emily Carr.
In adding the beginning chapters, I decided to add all up to where I am now, and will continue to add them here after posting them in the audio platform. :)Part 1Reasons - The Outdoor Sketch Class - Nellie and the Lily FieldIntro • Difference Between Nude And Naked • Beany • Evil • OutroIntro • The Roarats • Gladness • Colour-Sense • Sisters Coming - Sisters Going • OutroTidbits of Conversations between a listener and myself about reading Growing Pains. • Dec 22, 2018Intro • Telegraph Hill • The MansionBack to Canada 🇨🇦 • Part II - Home Again PT. 1 • Home Again. PT. 2Intro • Love and Poetry ❤️ • The Voyage and Aunt Amelia • Aunt Amelia’s PG House • Outro- Happy New Year! 🎆St. Paul’s. Pgs 121-123 • Letters of Introduction pgs 124-127 • Westminster Abbey—Architectural Museum pgs 128-130Intro • Life Class • Mrs. Radcliffe • Outro January 4, 2019Intro • Mrs. Simpson’s pgs 142-144 • Leaving Miss Green’s —Vincent Square pgs 145-151Pain And Mrs. Radcliffe—The Vicarage pgs 152-156 • Kicking The Regent Street Shoe-Man pgs 157-158 • Are You Saved? Pgs 159-165 -
Inspired in the Studio.
Discovering old work and unfinished work. #creativity #creativespaces #artist #artistlife #processDetail of abstract painting in studio.
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The word "aggressive"
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Gratitude Walk
A walk out on my mountain after our first rain of the season. Images and audio, today November 22, 2018.
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Memoir Musing
A bit of musing about what's next in my creative process.
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Moonlight Sonata and Katie Paterson - Scottish Artist Interview
The image above was taken July 25, 2018, during a night photo shoot. Today, after walking I sat in the studio and listened to Katie Paterson's Interview from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. You can hear more about this here:
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Three Strong Women #Octaver2018
Today is October 8 and for #Octaver2018 I am posting three women that influenced my life.
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#Octaver2018 October Intro to social audio casts about music and dance.
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News from the studio and new music too.
Listen to my news about an article coming out, my new small work, the Refugee series and some new music I just discovered.
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A Day In The Life Of A Painter: Birds and Studio update.
I have a bird's nest in my yard, it's on top of the electrical recepticle. Today I took my 35mm to the window to document the new baby(ies). I saw the little fledgling, and the mama and papa. The image of the mama and papa didn't come out to great. I didn't want to stay too long and disrupt or create concern. Nature at it's best, right in my own backyard. Then I meander into the studio to look at last nights work.
New Baby
Proud Papa.
Mama and Papa intently looking down at me from high above. Making sure baby is safe.
Proud Mama. Notice the difference in the nest and how they built up the sides for when the baby was born.
Two updated photos from works in progress.
Yes, I know it's stupid to show my in progress uglies, but it is all in the process of making a painting. Rutenberg even says that about himself showing us his unfinished work. So warts and all, here's where I am. I realized the history of the work is what's important to me. Why it comes into being, where it goes, the journey to a completed piece.
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Inside the Artist Process . . . or at least a discussion of sorts
I woke this morning to a question from a friend on an audio site, Limor, about what I hoped people would get from my series. I speak about my intentions in my work and attempt an answer. The question I received on my audiocast last night. “@robbinmilne What do you hope people feel or experience when they look at the series?”
#artist#intention #wip #insight #serieswork #refugees #NoMoreWar
Below is the video that shows my process, photographs and paintings
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Musing on Van Gogh and his mental illness
