Work Inspired by Images on textures.com
Work Inspired by Images on textures.com I’ve published today a pair of posts that talk about the influence of art materials on what the artist …
Death for No Damn Reason
photo by Nathan Dumlao, nathandumlaophotos.com Death for No Damn Reason When I saw white police taking a knee to protesters I almost let out …
How Materials Affect an Artist’s Art, pt 1
How Materials Affect an Artist's Art, pt 1 Shredded Graffiti (081518 35c). Based on photos from textures.com. It was only this year that …
It was the third of June…
It was the third of June... It was the third of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day. The Ode to Billie Joe as written and …
Kosher, Not
Kosher, Not Last Monday I showed work that detailed the differences between my techniques of Color Studies and Layerworks. Today we’re back in nearly every …
Art for Non-Artists
Art for Non-Artists It occurs to me that if you are a dentist, grocery checker, stock broker -- not an artist -- it may not …
D-ness, the Beginning
3D and 2D - one can physically hide content, the other forbids it. D-ness, the Beginning I've been casually thinking about the world in terms …
Peacock – Nodewerk
Peacock - Nodewerk These works I call Nodewerk-heavy. The elements they’re made of were mostly created in software that existed about a decade or so …
Live and Learn
Live and Learn Both images Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: Portret van een kind, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1860; Kat, Henri van der Stok, 1880 - 1946. …
Layerworks
Layerworks I call artworks that literally use one of Photoshop’s premier features Layerworks. Photoshop allows you to play with possible color effects of one layer …
Color, Deep
Color, Deep jude-infantini-z8b2lRe27ng-unsplash Of all the delicious things in the world -- chocolate chip cookies with pecans, vegetable tempura, green peas and butter -- there's …
Clastic Art
Clastic Art Examples of Sloan Nota's Clastics For years I've referred to my style of artwork as Clastics. Some people strongly object because …
Why this site, why now?
Why this site, why now? 042920 11e, Red Somewheres A few weeks ago I heard the unmistakable sound of chainsaws and I was angry. Why, …
I Don’t Know Where I Was for Five Years
Detail of De rijke man en de arme Lazarus, Cornelis Anthonisz, 1541. Public domain, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. I don’t know where I was for five years. …
The NOTA-WEBSTER Dictionary
The NOTA-WEBSTER Dictionary copyright Sloan Nota 2000-2020 A abmollify v To mollify improperly, so as to irk, insult or anger instead. agriformalities n Modern …
Teach Your Children Well
A slice of a Wikipedia column of information is enough to read how unreliable that information is. You can whack off a part of every …
Color Studies
Color Studies Color Studies are the first of my new artworks — giving up the idea that some images just don’t go with others (work …
Choice Rebecca Solnits
I am again profoundly admiring, jealous, changed by the incisive writing of Rebecca Solnit. From the one essay (above) I quote only a few …