Biomorphic Abstraction

Drawing as a form of creative exercise and artistic freedom is a function which will never escape my hands. And if you have been following the essay series @ArtJournal, you will hopefully begin to see a  formulated thesis exhibiting the creation and development of web projects. Both as a form of showcasing our talents in freelance web design and visual art. In conversation with a dear friend and visual artist Sylvia O who prompted me to act in sending  fine art work for an upcoming exhibition in Brooklyn. Hitherto, I had been working on a series of small 12x16in drawings on wood panels which are abstract and colorful in terms of how they are compositionally constructed.  Recanting a visual style derived from personal introspection, coded language and biomorphic abstraction. Elements found in art history and contemporary criticism.

These  wood panels where executed between the fall of 2013 to present time and represent nine marvelous drawings in creative “gusto” and explore the relationship between form, color and microscopic imagination. Materiality is present via the usage of pens, color pencils, acrylic ink, art markers, graphite pencil and brush pens. Incorporating the use of decal custom art stickers created using Adobe Illustrator and printed using an Epson Stylus Pro photo printer on archival peal-able paper. These works among those created by our contributors will be exhibited in glorious detail for  Line On Paper magazine due for publishing in months ahead. As we continue our L.O.P essay series towards theme development & best practices for the DIY designer/front end developer.

The artist submission process for the gallery was not the most user friendly web form I have ever seen  implemented before. A web form should allow the user the ability to see at a glance where each input field is located instead of giving us a long scrollable text option. Specially when the content displayed does not apply to all users thus creating a strange “form” of confusion. Instead, implementing either a three column grid view with (h1 or h2) headers inside a responsive accordion design format is an optimal solution. At least from an UX point of view in my opinion.

Why?

When  designing a site or app which functions well on mobile, desktop or tablet and is browser agnostic you create a better user experienced for the visitor and ensures optimal usage of that product. Implementing a responsive design workflow often requires adding additional code to a style.css or global.css stylesheets which may requires the need of a web developer. Most contemporary art galleries either fail  to or are not aware of the need to create fully functional web sites these days. Instead, we are presented with a poor user experience at the expense of the artist who is asked to pay a fee in advance  for the luxury of curatorial “mise-en-scene”. Meaning the artist is asked to pay an upload charge upfront; simply for curatorial consideration of the gallery. A debatable practice some might argue, but an essential methodology for talent discovery and exposure beyond the studio space. As often goes in contemporary art. The tale of the visual artist is often align to that of an actor/screenplay writer in search of that illusive publishing moment.

Another responsive web tool is WuFoo forms and is 100% code free.

The gallery recently send a pithy, witty and celebratory follow-up email to those deep in the trenches who submitted artwork.

Hello Dear Artist!

Thank you for your Submission to the Galleryfor.me

International Gallery Open Call! Images of your artworks were accepted

to the Digital Files of Artists, the professional pull of artworks that will

be advertised and available for viewing at :

 http://galleryfor.me/digital-files-of-artists–

 

As a part of Digital Files of Artists, your images will be promoted by

several means, including, but not limited to : Sending links with your works to

10 000 email list of art lovers, collectors, curators, publishers, working through

social media and “gallerist” networking. For now, your job is done, let the gallery

machinery do its steps and tricks. Keep making Art, do not get complacent, send your

images to as many places as you can, be competitive.

 

 

Good luck!

Gallery

Biomorphic Abstraction

{Gallery For. ME} Fine Art Works On Wood Series

{ Line On Paper Magazine } Drawing On Wood Series– DSC– Mix media on Panel 2013 12x16in 1,200$

{ Line On Paper Magazine } Drawing On Wood Series– DSC– Mix media on Panel 2013 4x4in 1,200$

{Line On Paper Magazine} Drawing On Wood Series– DSC– Mix media on Panel 2013 12x16in 1,200$

{ Line On Paper Magazine} Drawing On Wood Series– DSC– Mix media on Panel 2013 4x4in 1,200$

{Line On Paper Magazine} Drawing On Wood Series– DSC– Mix media on Panel 2013 12x16in 1,200$

{Line On Paper Magazine} Drawing On Wood Series– DSC– Mix media on Panel 2013 12x16in 1,200$

{ Line On Paper Magazine } Drawing On Wood Series– DSC– Mix media on Panel 2013 12x16in (detail)

{ Line On Paper Magazine } Drawing On Wood Series– DSC– Mix media on Panel 2013 4x4in 1,200$

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