Truck Press: 10.22.10 not necessarily in order...

public art: chris atcheson/ mira loma skatepark

drift project

I arrived downtown not sure what I'd choose as my theme. I parked and looked for the closest aesthetically pleasing image. The most interesting things I found were cracks in concrete. I found a beautiful one across a water access lid in the sidewalk. Along the way I found beautiful images of not just water, but so many different and unexpected objects having to do with water. This project caused me to view things I've seen a hundred times before in a whole new way.

psychogeographical drift

howling wolf / john taylor

The painting by Howling Wolf is obviously more abstract. The painting by John Taylor is representational of realism. It shows a structured, focused way of thinking. Everything is literal. Howling Wolf displays more of a connection to spirituality, more of a connection to the earth. As if he's thinking of them as viewers as well. John Taylor's painting portrays the Indians only as men, as warriors. They are in the shadows. While in Howling Wolf's they are in the light and there are mostly women. This tells me that they view their women more highly than is shown in Taylor's work.