Calvin Blog Carl
Calvin Ross Carl • Artist and Designer • Portland, OR
I write about #art, #design, and what is happening in my #studio.
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Too lazy tonight to actually paint. So I might as well do all my sketches on the ol’ iPad. Watch out David Hockney!
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Things About Portland
Occasionally I need to take note of all the good things about Portland, but still remember the little things that need improvement.
Things I love about Portland:
- The art scene is tight knit, welcoming, opposed to traditionalism, and always experimental.
- There is outstanding food and drink everywhere, and it’s ridiculously affordable.
- Everything is green and beautiful (even when it’s rainy) all of the time, even in the dead center of the city.
- It is some kind of progressive liberal mecca/heaven/nirvana/Valhalla.
Things I don’t completely love about Portland:
- The art scene is still so small, with no money, and our art museum is third-rate when it comes to contemporary art (seriously, look at their upcoming exhibitions).
- The lack of a subway system like NYC or any European city with a population over ten people.
- The architecture is embarrassingly mundane for a city that so heavily focuses on its creative class.
- Tall bikes (stop it already), Voodoo Doughnuts (taste like shit), Powell’s Books (more confusing and not as fun as the internet), Birkenstocks (and dreads too) and paintings of salmon and/or deer.
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I drew this out for my buddy David Carroll today.
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Today we did our first BBQ of 2013 at our house. My mother-in-law gave me an old Cooper meat thermometer last year.
It wasn’t very trustworthy for checking temperature, but it does have a beautiful face on the dial. So I decided to recreate it.
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Seals for the City of Portland, Oregon
There are only a few things I love on this planet, and one of them is my beloved city of Portland. So while having a free moment today, I decided to design a couple seals for the city I love so deeply. I have a feeling designing these will become a regular occurrence.
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METAL!
Our employee photos at work are going well.
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Don’t avoid a project’s technical requirements. Embrace them. Enjoy the focus they provide and the ideas they inspire.
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Pamphlet for the inaugural show at Paula Cooper Gallery (1968).
Look at the the list of artists in this show. Seriously, just look at it! How is it possible so many outstanding artists could have existed in one space?! And it’s always good to see “Don Judd”.
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A bunch of painters receive Guggenheim Fellowships →
More specifically, a few outstanding abstract painters, like Harriet Korman and Ann Pibal.
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A group of fresh canvases are getting moving in the studio. Some will be heading off to Chicago this summer.
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Ashley and I went on a little vacation this weekend to Florence, Oregon. We get excited about Florence because the dunes here are what influenced Frank Herbert’s Dune books. Nerd vacation.
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FREE PEOPLE opens in Eugene, Oregon this Friday →
I am in a painting show in Eugene, OR, opening this Friday. It’s full of a whole slew of outstanding painters from around Portland. My dear friend Victor Maldonado curated the show. For those of you who can make it, expect to see some of my new pattern paintings.
Here are the details:
FREE PEOPLE: Contemporary Northwest Painters Based in Portland OR
Opening Reception: March 22, 2013, 6-8pm
March 22 - May 4, 2013
Jacobs Gallery at Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Eugene, OregonCurated by Victor Maldonado
Artists:
Kavin Buck
Calvin Ross Carl
Timothy Scott Dalbow
Arcy Douglass
Danridge Geiger
Ruth Lantz
Kendra Larson
Matthew Letzelter
Raul J Mendez
Ralph Pugay
Eva Speer
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Jeff Elrod at MoMA PS1 →
Jeff Elrod has been around for awhile, but his work never truly caught my eye until I saw these. Wish I was on my way to PS1 right now.
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Alongside my new paintings, I have been kicking around the idea of creating my own fabrics for use in sculptures. Or else I will just start a line of super trendy handbags. One or the other.
This is the first yard I have received. I designed the pattern which was then inkjet printed onto cotton. Not too bad for a first try.
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Calvin Ross Carl
Royale With Cheese
Acrylic, canvas
17 x 23 inches (43 x 58 cm)
2013
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