In all of this blog excitement...

Thought I would post some pictures of my latest completed assemblage... they were created to be a sort of Mexican folk art inspired triptych, or a 3-in-1 piece, but instead I think they stand alone just as well. All three are done with acrylic on wooden trays that measure 5" x 8".

This one has the 14 traditional stations of the cross decoupaged inside bottle caps which have been painted and then lined with glitter. Station 1 starts in the upper left hand corner and the stations then move clockwise. I finished it off with a cross made of a broken guitar string. For more information on the history surrounding the Via Crucis go to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/history/passionofchrist_5.shtml

Images 1-10 and 13-14 are from the series Via Crucis by Ukrainian artist Svitozar Nenyuk. To purchase work from this artist go to: www.ArtWanted.com/Svitozar

Way of the Cross

Michele Durrett

2008

The next one is a beaded painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The original image is a painting by Gail Rein. I copied the image and then painted over it using acrylic. Then I added glass beads.


To purchase the original image you can go to: http://www.art.com/

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Michele Durrett

2008

A close up detail on the beads and the dried roses.

The third piece was actually the first one finished. It was the catalyst for the whole thing. Years ago I had done a sculpture of the sacred heart of Jesus using Femo clay and then proceeded to complicate it with a really large and overdone wooden sculpture type thing-a-ma-bob that incorporated embroidery floss, rhinestones, and my own apocalyptic poetry. Needless to say, I eventually tore the thing apart but kept the sacred heart sculpture. On a recent trip to my storage unit to grab my guitar, I rescued it along with the three wooden trays. Shortly after, I discovered a large inexpensive bag of assorted sequins at Target and well here we are.

Sacred Heart

Michele Durrett

2008

Close up on the clay heart...just so you can see all of the dust that I could not remove no matter how hard I tried. Of course all of that dust just gives the whole thing a sort of distressed feel. Next up...pictures of my completed Apathy series.

Besos,

Michele

My First Time

Welcome to my first post. I don't currently have anything interesting to say as I spent a good deal of time setting up the aesthetic of the page. Really this blog is just for me. I am going to pretend that I am writing only to please myself and then invite all of my friends to visit. If you are reading this and you are not a personal friend of mine, I will simply state that I am an actor living in Los Angeles. That should be enough for you, fair reader, to note that I spend a great deal of time in fantasyland balancing on the edge of self-deception. Herein is my attempt to face reality (and therein is my meager attempt at irony). I cannot promise that any future posts will happen. The only constant here is caprice. I possess the same compulsion to express myself as countless others (I looked to see if this urge is a disorder listed in the DSM but could not find it as an impulse to read about other disorders distracted me from my original purpose). Does this blog have a point...will there be a premise? Only time will tell. So far the theme is as challenged as my sense of direction.