SeriouslySickSocks™ New Life….

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SeriouslySickSocks™ New Life….

I have been busy this summer leading two workshops at the Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH which coincided with Quilt National (quilt exhibit through September 4, 2017) and curating MONSTER, an artist invitational show that will open the end of this month, August 25. I will be an artist in resident the duration of MONSTER, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 1-6 PM, breathing new life into my adorable horribles! My workshop will be located in the front gallery of the Majestic Galleries and visitors are welcome to stop by and visit while I work on new inventory (finally!). New SeriouslySickSocks will be available at Starbrick Artist Gallery, Nelsonville Ohio during the upcoming  holiday shopping months.

Summer is coming and SeriouslySickSocks™ are returning!

Graduate Studies will be behind me starting the first of June, 2017.

SeriouslySickSocks™ will return!

Look out!

Animal Mindfulness Moment in Athens OH

Residual Ephemera, a woman’s presence

Residual Ephemera, a woman’s presence.

Residual Ephemera, a woman’s presence

I will be one of the 10 women artists that will be showing art at the Daniel Nelson House Gallery, Nelsonville OH, April 27 –  May 4, 2014. Everyone is invited. Please note gallery opening time and date below. Hope to see you there.

This show is very short-term. The show is located in a historic but abandoned house.

The following weekend, The Daniel Nelson House Gallery will be open:

May 2, Friday 5 to 9;

May 3, Saturday noon to 5 ;

and May 4 Sunday noon to 7.

Michael Bou-Nacklie shared a link that I had never seen….

I am sharing a link from a little project a vis com student did of my SeriouslySickSocks™.

Mike interviewed me, recorded, took photos at my office and studio as part of a project during his senior  year full of video/photo projects. Here is the result even though it is a year later….not a problem and it turned out pretty fun!

Here is the link: http://vimeo.com/51137652

Enjoy.

I thought I might do an update for SeriouslySickSocks!!

This is how my brain has felt for the last 6 monsths!

….This is how my brain has felt for the last 6 months!

It has been a long winter and not so pleasent.

But the sun is starting to shine more and there are events starting soon!

During the long winter I have been coming up with some new ideas for seriouslysicksocks™ but I am in catch up mode with a number of major projects in the studio and there is  much busy-ness in the ‘real world’ work place.

So …new seriouslysicksocks™designs will be happening soon!

An Invitational Art Show (10 women artists) is happening April 27 in Nelsonville Ohio; I have been asked to show recent artwork.  The opening will be April 27, Sunday evening probably around 5 or 6:00pm till darkish???? not sure. I have 3 new paintings, 3 drawings 1-3 new doll design and a projection of this years GIFs creations. But if you would like to know more info about this show please send a note to serioulsysicksocks@gmail.com.  I will be posting more info about that show soon. Everyone is invited.

Really…I promise…I really do want to be better with this blog thing!

I have been in 2 other art shows since last fall. Women of Appalachia (WOA) was up Nov – Dec 2013  at the Multicultrural Gallery, Baker Center, Ohio University, Athens Ohio. Here is a link if you would like to read about it. I had 3 drawings hung in that show. When the WOA show came down at Baker Center the show traveled to Park View Gallery, Chillicothe Ohio. The WOA show was up in Park View Gallery Jan-Feb 2014.

http://woub.org/2013/10/17/women-speak-appalachian-art-project-celebrates-five-years                  My drawing ‘Rocks with Holes’ is shown in the article.

I attended an experimental drawing and painting class, fall 2013, Ohio University, Athens OH. The class actually had me very busy and it showed in my seriouslysicksocks production over the holiday and winter…  BUT! it was an awesome class and I had so much fun, learned lots,  I spent a lot of  time on something I love to do….paint and draw! One painting from that class will be hung in “POP Culture Art Show”, (Opening Friday evening, April 18) presented by Arts West our Community Arts Center, Athens OH. This art show is to coincide with the upcoming 4th! Annual Ratha Con Comic and Pop Culture Comic Convention, April 26, 10:00am – 5:00-pm at the Athens Recreation Center, State Street, Athens, Ohio. Here is a link to Arts West and the Ratha Con Facebook page (go like them!).

https://www.facebook.com/ARTSWest

https://www.facebook.com/RathaCon

The last year has also has had me loving ….and I mean loving! to do animated gifs. I am so inspired by what other people are doing with GIFs! Tumbler is my favorite place to go for inspiration and I do have a GIF blog there. If you would like to take a look at what I have been working on here is the link:       http://attedragon.tumblr.com/my%20gifs. I go by attedragon on Tumbler

I made the GIF  intro on this post this morning; screen grabs/frames taken from the movie Forbidden Plant. That movie is my all time most favorite B Science Fiction movie ever! A Classic! This movie inspired George Lucus to create Star Wars! One of the first feature length all color sci fi movie of the time, astounding sound effects and sp fx….again… for the time. I love this movie….

I entered 3 GIFs in the Tate Gallery (London) call for entries this past January/Feburary. The opening was in Feb. They gave you 5, 1840’s paintings from the Tate Gallery collection for artists to make their GIFs.

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/special-event/1840s-gif-party-call-submissions

Here are GIFs (2) I entered for the show…

Some photos from the Tate that they sent to me of the opening….since I couldn’t be there!

credits: 1840s GIF Party, Late at Tate Britain, image Copyright Greg Sigson

Wimper! Wimper! But would have loved to have atteneded! Of course just making the GIFs to send was pretty fun.

 

Thats about all for now…I am back to the studio!

MothMan 2013

Yes…another MothMan Fesitval is behind us….

but what fun and what great people and what wonderful conections again this year!

MothMan is one of the most family friendly, most amusing festival anywhere. I mean, there is a MothMan Beauty Pageant the Friday night before the festival! And all those lovely ladies and young ladies donned their jeans,sweatshirts and shinny MothMan contestant pins  to come out and share those fabulous smiles on us venders who where trying to stay dry in the pouring rain Saturday! There was a good crowd that braved all that wetness to say hello as well, and all of us who where vending and trying to keep dry truly appreciated your visit. Sunday was a different day entirely….

 As I left the house that Sunday morning things were looking pretty good…dry and sun coming up!

Miss MothMan 2013 (please some one identify this lovely young lady …I have misplaced her name and feel terrible! send info to seriiouslysicksocks@gmail.com! quick! and thanks….)

Another day of great people, great fun and just a enjoyable time saying hello to new faces and meeting new!

2013 National Pure America Miss, Brittany Sayre

Brittany Sayre

yes, there was an appearence by MothMan!

Amanda Baker, 2013 National Pure American Miss Sweetheart!

My neighbors! and their awesome Creature from the black lagoon and Frankenstein shoes!

Alexandra Baker, 2013 Tiny Miss MothMan Queen

Hannah Pope, 2013 Little Miss MothMan Queen!

Emily Beveridge and Schalane Ohrman….and the Hydra drinking rootbeer floats!

Nate Wallace went home with a Cthulhu!

close up on the feet of SeriouslySickSocks™ One eyed, one horn, flying purple people eater…..that now lives with Emily.

Schalane Ohrman and Danette Pratt…yep, that’ s me in the Broom Rider Hat…!

And to rap this all up….a big shout out to Jeff Wamsley and all his helpers and the city of Pt. Pleasent for making a great 2013 MothMan Festival again this year. I would also like to say hi to everyone that stopped by SeriouslySickSocks™ and said hello! And a special howdy to Sarah (thanks! you know who you are…), Big Hugs to Chad and Alta-all the way from …Anniston, Alabama!, and a Very Big… ‘It was a pleasure meeting you!’ to Eerie Eric and Kerrie from Erie, Pennsylvania (Eric did the awesome Sasquatch paintings!).

SeriouslySickSocks™ will  be in Nelsonville , Ohio for Final Friday, this friday, September 27, 2013, and will be settling at Starbrick Gallery through the Holidays!

Hope to see you there. Goggle Starbrick Gallery, Nelsonville OH for more info on Septembers Final Friday.

Ohh!…if I got anyone’s name wrong…O My!…just send me a message and I will change ASAP!

Yep! It’s MothMan Weekend! And SeriouslySickSocks will be there!

SeriouslySickSocks™ is heading for Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia this weekend to attend the MothMan Festival. This is a lot of fun for all ages. Come visit SeriouslySickSocks™!

Yes, now SeriouslySickSocks™ lil’ pocket zombies now dance to MJ’s ‘Thriller’!

Yes, there will be lots of zombie sock monkeys, pocket zombies, classic monsters and this year …..

SeriouslySickSocks™ Animated Pocket Zombies dancing to MJ’s ‘Thriller!’! Hurray! to see them all dance together, there is only 5 of them! [so darn cute!]

There are also mummy key chains, octopus pins, MOTHMAN NAIL ART…! Oh my!  You must come and see!

MothMan Festival Starts at 10:00am Saturday, September 21 till evening hours filled with music. You will have to visit the MothMan Website for particulars on the music scene. Sunday, the 22nd, festival starts all over again at 10:00 am till 5:00pm.

The following weekend September 27, SeriouslySickSocks™ will be heading for Final Fridays in Nelsonville, Ohio. SeriouslySickSocks™ will take up residence at StarBrick Gallery for their seasonal visit from this Final Fridays date through Halloween and, through the HOLIDAYS…! I will also be adding to SeriouslySickSocks™ ETSY store this Holiday Season [I know the store has been pretty empty lately! ] And you can always get in touch with me if you have a custom order in mind. Holiday orders will be limited and I will not be taking orders after Thanksgiving, just to let you all know. Have a great weekend, I am looking forward to MothMan [my favoite festival in the SE area!] Hope to see you there!