Art By Nyland's Syracuse Art Freak: July 2023

Monday, July 31, 2023

Open Studios at The Golden Foundation for the Arts, July 20 2023

The Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts

237 Bell Rd. New Berlin NY

https://www.goldenfoundation.org/

Arrived early! and was welcomed to take a look around before the actual event.

https://www.miguelarzabe.net/

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Miguel Arzabe

Big painting with High Flow liquid acrylic, producing an effect I mistook for QOR watercolor.

Miguel Arzabe

http://www.erinzhao.com/

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Erin Zhao

Reflective points on the surface are from Glass Bead Gel.

Erin Zhao

I was fascinated by Erin's focus on the luminosity of the acrylics she was experimenting with.

Erin Zhao

https://www.rocheemma.ie/

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Emma Roche

Here's a great example of how it pays to visit the web presence of the artists in question prior to observing their studio work without a guide. Had no idea these were drying patches for "ropes" (my term) of acrylic which would then be peeled off the surface. My brain read them as cuneiform writing symbols for some lost Ancient Astronaut culture brought forth via the artiste as creative channel.

Emma Roche

... Soon started to dawn on me that every last bit of space in Emma's studio & beyond was covered with the things, like they were drying or something.

Emma Roche

So in fact they are drying patches for "ropes" of acrylic which then get peeled off for purposes not yet seen.

Emma Roche

Witness my brain putting it all together.

Emma Roche

I want to bite into it like licorice.

Emma Roche

... Who was delighted by my Ancient Astronaut theory! and confirmed that yes, she's a "Peeler" who knits with the finished ropes like yarn, with some of her finished works on the table there. And about halfway home it occurred to me that I'd not gotten a good shot of the results. Darn near almost turned around - You have me at the airplane! will see what I can nick of various feeds to supplement.

Emma Roche

Artist unknown, from the lobby area - will get to the bottom of this next visit!

Caz

Next Open Studios 5pm to 7pm Thursday August 31.

Applications for the 2024 residency season due September 6th! Visit the Golden Foundation's site for information the program and how to apply.

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Steve Nyland Current Artworks for July 2023

Brady Bunch view of 4x4 inch Space Boxes. All start as paintings with found object toy pieces chosen to tell ironic little stories, but not always. Each prepared for wall hanging but work just fine placed on a table or shelf. Can be shown individually, hung in a grid or stacked up like building blocks.

All works shown from 2023.

Evidence of Spring, 4x4 inches.

Spring Runoff, 4x4 inches.

Ganymede, 5x7 inches (unfinished, selected toy pieces not shown).

"... I Wouldn't Get To Close To That, Sir", 4x4 inches (detail).

Andy Warhol Astronauts, 6x20 overall.

Planeta de Gullivieur, digital image with no fixed dimensions.

Titan, 6x6 inches.

Along the Forest Road 1984, 4x4 inches (detail).

Visiting the Hot Springs at Yellowstone 1979, 4x4 inches (detail).

Grand Teton State Park 1976, 4x4 inches (detail).

Visiting Two Lights State Park with the Carters 1978, 4x4 inches (detail).

Waiting for My Brother at the Heliodrome, 4x4 inches.

Space Turtle on the Green Slime Asteroid, 4x4 inches.

The Bristol Box, 4x4 inches.

Tidal Remains, 4x4 inches (detail).

The Octopus Box, 7x7 inches.

Pilot Rescue Behind the Lines, 4x4 inches.

Rescuing Lunar Module Pilot Behind the Lines, 5x7 inches.

The Enceladus Box, 9x9 inches.

Heavy Rescue 411: Ganymede Station Edition, 10x20 inches.

Meant to parody those Weather Channel shows about guys in foil suits pulling wrecked tractor trailers out of the snow. Only its set on Ganymede with damaged ships from my collection.

No Vintage Space Toys Are Harmed In The Creation Of My Artwork!

Followup episode.