Shane Robinson is part of the Maui Open Studios tour this year. He will be in his studio, sharing his work and offering demos. I will be there serving refreshments and being hostess. We hope you will join us and tell your friends! Families are welcome - we will have art supplies anyone is welcome to play with. In a way this is a coming out party. One of the main reasons we moved to Maui this … [Read more...]
What is more Hawaiian than a bowl of flowers on the kitchen table? One day we had our hanai child over visiting, and she went picking plumeria from the yard and filled several our stacking color mixing bowls. The result is positively color vibrating at the highest levels imaginable! Dr. Andrew Weil has maintained for some time that having flowers around adds to our health. It may also be that … [Read more...]
My 365 post today shows how I created yesterday's "Gingered Torso" work using images from my iPhone and several apps on my iPad. Additional details as well as info on the Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2011 juried exhibition the piece was selected for is available on my website at: http://www.shanerobinson.com/contemporary-photography-in-hawaii-2011-my-photo... … [Read more...]
A departure tonight from both my "Self Portrait March" and my self-imposed rule of only posting my daily 365 via my iPhone or iPad. Today's 365 Project post is one of my favorite works to date. "Gingered Torso" was created entirely on my iPad, with photos taken from my iPhone, using several iPad applications. The details of the applications used, including a QuickTime video of the entire process, … [Read more...]
I'm thrilled to announce one of my favorite pieces, "Gingered Torso", has been accepted to the Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2011 juried exhibition and is the recipient of the Juror's Award. This is the third year for this juried event and more than 100 photographers submitted over 400 images. Approximately 60 images were accepted. The opening reception is Friday, April 1st and I hope you … [Read more...]
73-365-Making-of-72-365-Gingered_Self-Portrait.m4v Watch on Posterous 73 days into my 365 Project and I'm breaking a few rules and uploading something completely different... If you've been following my 365 Project, you may have noticed that for the month of March I somehow started down a "self-portrait" track. The reviews (comments on Flickr, mostly) have been kind but few in numbers when … [Read more...]
Got back into the Brushes app on my iPad tonight and had fun combining one of my Ginger Abstract photos, a self-portrait from my iPhone (which contains my reflection in a mirror), and one of the photo textures I collect and save on my iPhone and iPad. … [Read more...]
We're thrilled, energized, surprised, and exhausted after this past weekend's Maui Open Studio event ( http://rsr.me/mauiopen ). We met so many amazing, talented, and very cool artists and art lovers this past week and feel blessed to have made many new friends. More than I ever would have imagined. We had more traffic to the studio than I thought possible and Roxanne made more sales than I ever … [Read more...]
This is my first "done" painting. Started and completed this week while also getting ready for the open studio this weekend. It received a lot of attention today and thrilled with the dozens of people that commented on it. Acrylic on un-stretched canvas. Approx 45" wide by 60" tall … [Read more...]
In less than 36 hours we open the studio doors to the pubic as we participate in the Maui Open Studios 2011 event: http://rsr.me/mauiopen This 32 feet of counter space will somehow get cleared in order to hold food, drinks, and some of the smaller pieces that don't hang on the wall. Tomorrow is going to be a long day! … [Read more...]
