7th Blog-Photography,Newly Framed Art and "Rap Video"

Album Art Work-in progress

Above is one of my Photographs

Good Afternoon:)

Tuesday

Jan-6 2015

Welcome to The Tuesday Art Blog

7th in my weekly sharing of creativity

Working to forge the more difficult stages involving patience and prolonged exposure to "The Art World" and it's sporadic foray's of doubt and acceptance,...
i am and have been working to share the things i don't share as easily…
      and what does that translate to for you…
      the eyes to my letters?

well.. it means Some of my Photography and a video of my practicing one of my Heady-Hop tracks                           to be released soon!

2014 Miles Frode -Rapp Road Talent Oregon

          "Emily"-2009 11x14"     (NEWpine frame included)

                $250 +shipping and handeling

            "-2009 11x14"$250 +shipping and handeling

                                          (NEWpine frame included)

      11x14"-$200 +shipping and handeling

                                      (NEWpine frame included)

Acrylic on un gessoed grey canvas

2013-2014

                                                            11x14"- $200 +shipping and handeling
                                              (NEWpine frame included)

Acrylic and Latex on un gessoed grey canvas

2013-2014

OR..all 4 for $520

there are only 4 originals here..

to be clear, The "4 for" offer is a special offer..

in the sense that if one is sold before all 4 are..there will be no "deal"

Newly framed piece in my personal collection (NFS) traded for art from artist Mike Cook

   When i get my "Museum/Gallery" i will have at least the 4-5 originals of his on display.

All Rights Reserved 2014-miles Frode

these are unedited self-portraits.

These are NOT double or triple exposures.

I like to use the camera in less traditional ways,

and having found my grandmothers old 2.something megapixel digital camera

i added it to my art's all consuming momentum

                                               and at some point i discovered how to take advantage of its slow shutter 

without a flash at night to take pictures…

I can't help but think of Francis Bacon (the Artist)

Here's a link of a portrait style triptych of his.

http://www.artnet.com/artists/francis-bacon/trois-études-pour-un-autoportrait-after-three-T-9CN1ffAz_e3REJdkrdMA2

My Muse Cassandra's Cousin, Buddy Denzer.
Who is a kindhearted 80'something year young Jewl of the community
and "Outsider Artist" Gifted me 2 more of his beautiful Wood Pieces:)

That makes 3.
I am ubber exited to get frames for them..
I can already see them together:)
Thank you, wherever you are My Friend Buddy.

When we see Buddy its almost always over the holidays,
and when we hang out you can bet he is working a puzzle.

I found puzzling with him was the way to connect with him
seing as he is quite hard of hearing.

well I'm thinking about giving him one of the puzzles i'd been working on:)

12015-Self Portrait All Rights Reserved Miles Frode

12015-Self Portrait All Rights Reserved Miles Frode

Funny what we like and don't like and when that happens

I went into my "Photo Booth" type monitor camera on my computer to pick out a freestyle i thought was good from yesterday, and after listening to it than following it back a few i stumbled on something much better that i'd intended to share but didn't for whatever reason…so Voila! here you go…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da44Qf1DKaU&list=UUrFbu0_gsuJcytEDfm_-uKg

Another Facet to My Creative self.
That is a scion of my poetry
that has been one of my most creative endeavors thus far to integrate…
                              and to embrace.

Yes..I Rap.


All of my gangly limbs play integrally
in this movement we all could agree feels upward

All of What we hang on our walls and reiterate to the song on the radio
                                                 is a mantra…what do you say to yourself via your walls?

Did a Hand Paint you'r picture?

does your art Have A frame?
is whats inside pastoral and calm?

even then i would ask... have you searched the knots of the wood on the barn in the field?
and seen the owl in the wood behind the tractor?

Who we are is in what we chose to observe…

Ok... ok now i leave you with a few more of my Photographs from the last year..

Thank you again from all angles of my heart
for tuning into my Blizzog!       :)

"get at me" (feel free to contact me) if you'r interested in any of the art featured in My Blog
                                    or if you have any questions or for commissions.

hasta las next Tuesday:)

and remember "May The Muse Be With You!"
       Miles Frode

the familiarities of inspiration-6th blog

                                               Welcome
to the 6th of Miles Frode's Weekly Art Blogs

from
Tuesday 23
December-

Tuesday 30 (today)
December

(You may notice the date on the above greeting card still in the shuffle..
i just added a touch of the metallic blue in the "face")

The Original of this greeting card i plan to make a limited run of cards from (40) is for sale for $25
I will even send one of the 40 hand signed and numbered to whomever purchase the original, after adding to all in the run, the name of the patron who purchased the card saying "Personal Collection of and the patrons name.

If this idea is intriguing to any and all…
I have in-between 20-40 different, signed  Hand Painted Greeting Cards on Watercolor paper
available with the same option/intention.
in 2 different sizes
6.75"X 5" (really classy, store bought)

and the size pictured above 4.5"x5.75"

So if your still with me..heres "The kicker"..

I am planning to scan all of the cards and make a blurb book with ALL of the Cards that sell!

There will be the same acknowledgments ..."Personal Collection of and the patrons name.

I LOVE THIS IDEA! If and When there are any interested parties
please email me at milesfrode@gmail.com for more pictures, inquires and purchases…more info to follow on how you'r responses and the progress.

if you want to see more in the earlier stages of these cards i'm mentioning,
just scroll around in my Blog to The Second Blog post i did:)

This is a piece being "shuffled back in"

to get moved around and hung up, than taken down and set aside

than somewhere along the line it's either acquired by a patron ($250), or life in its infinite mystery 

and miraculousness allows me to either see/feel/hear more in the story or (and i'd say most often) 

My Friend Jesse, is also a Great Producer who graciously kicked down
(a "mixtape 3-beats Gift!) With his original stencil.

Stay tuned in on Tuesdays!... or wednesday mornings over coffee:)
cause i will be crossing the boundaries and drawing outside the lines by sharing some of my Hip-Hop
once i'm practiced enough and am ready to whisper beautiful little somethings into my condenser microphones minuscule monolithium!

New commission being worked on for Henry "Hennum" Dahut The Author of "Henrys Puzzle"
a decommissioned physical book (I think it's still available on e book or something) who's illustrations and drawings to bring to life the cover concept were done by yours truley!

 The piece first image below was used in a digital collaboration with Christer Rowan

this is the last photo of the most recent layer.
I will post a picture update NEXT TUESDAY!

Heres the first of 4 -20"x30" canvas i picked up last week
along with a dozen or so canvas panels..and if you know me you'd know
that when i got blank canvas and paint… oh boy it's a party!
"Hello..my name is Miles…and..and I'm
                    I'm an art addict.
sooo.. i'm saying this because i painted all of what i'm gonna be showing you
         involving the 4 -20"x30" canvas that evening.

I'ma Feind! I love to paint!
                                                  heres the other 3.

 these paintings aren't as "smooth in stroke" as I'm normally inclined to throw,
               even being non-dominant handed, but since i finished the commission seen in the earlier blogs
the pain that i've been in for the last 4+ years pretty constantly came back after a month or so of having
been feeling a little better.

so now i will be going into my transformation stage…

to roll with the punches
and start using my non dominant hand (LEFT)
                               and Feet (soon enough)

to the point where this has become part of my cycle... for now, unfortunately

This is pretty much my favorite of the week though it also needs to be allowed to ferment a bit more…

I think i will build a frame for it soon:)

one of 3 puzzles i picked up on the same canvas mission last week

that i am in the middle of collaging over than photo the finished than cut out pieces and

make a box of its own! For sale soon!

                     

One of a kind Handmade puzzles

one of the dozen or so other canvas panels i picked up last week.

me this morning with a practice.

non-dominant handed

and a lill flavor to cleanse your palette:)

Thanks again for coming by.

See ya next Tuesday

Miles

"May the Muse Be With You!"

Fifth Blogs Lift Off!

Welcome to my linens:)
My fifth weekly blog-
      Somehow it worked out that Tuesdays would play host

Last blog featured a finished commission…
but alas..it wasn't done yet…
heres the final stage before i frame for and with Jessie:)

 if you get a chance to see this painting…
don't forget to check out this tangerine:)
This painting makes me want to paint fruit…
     or lots of people in fruit costumes dancing!

Also got the chance to go see some of My Good Friends Joey Dalcin's
Breathtaking Sculpture that was on display at Souther Oregon University
with My Muse Cass.

 heres a teaser…He is so talented!

normally i have more time for verbal mortar

but today i gotta scoot! 

Bellow are some pieces I finished in the last week's painted during 

the commission and between stages.

 This last one is a 3-d cubist piece
that i've been working on since 2011
i Just added some of what looks kind ofd like toothpaste
but what is actually some kind of acrylic medium…colorless
paint if you will.

Thanks for tuning in,
i hope you enjoyed you'r view
See'ya next Tuesday!

"May the Muse Be With You!"

Miles

Commission Finished!

Today's Art Blog is the Third (pretty sure)

Just got My copy of my dad Chas Frode's new Book"A Dream of India & Other Mystic Stories of Radiance and Darkness" available online
http://www.charlesfrodeauthor.com/catalog/item/8934807/10120038.htm
(he used some of my older hip-hop for his slideshow:)
Check it out!

Having shown you last Tuesday some art stages of the 8- 2'x3' canvas i had been working on
toward the commission i received from a friend end of last month-begining of this month.

She was able to come over a few days ago and check out the stages i'd been feeling
were close or needing some input.

She showed me her favorites,
gauging how she talked about the piece
and seeing some of the next steps in my minds eye now
i felt i was ready to work with the finishing touches.

 here are a few up close sections of the finished commission.

 The more we paint or talk or cook or do most personal things the more we recognize more and more of out accent, our characters, themes and Intonations. …   Basically the things that make our work "ours".
An older Artist told me once, finding "your" marks and style is one of the most important things for an artist…you wouldn't want to "Make it".. only to look back and see you've done it with someone else's idea or style you strove to learn.   Don't TEACH art before you let kids get a few shots at seeing if they already know it:)

 My favorite type of art is "Outsider Art" or "Naive Art"- Art from people who are outside the Art establishment…Often Child artists and people with developmental disabilities.

The Passion of marks and the zeal and zest of how they are applied are just a few of the things I LOVE about outsider art…In the above section of my commission i've shown i'm hoping to show some of those types of marks playing in the clouds of this tropical scene.

The lighting SUCKS! for this photo.
I am not the best at conveying the color truth..
but this is a painting to see in person with some nice indirect sunlight:)

I am also continuing to evolve the other 7 paintings i'd shown in the beginning stages
on previous blogs…so stay tuned in Tuesdays to see them progress:)

-here is a new stage of one of the other 7..just a Teaser:)

Also though i am still waiting on my Envelope order…
I have printed up a few hundred Fine Art greeting cards at kinkos
and have made more than 25-30 Hand Painted Greeting Cards…

Please comment or email if you are interested in some Art Cards for the holidays.
sets of cards from 10$-$50 including Originals.

I'd love to figure out with you what type of cards and how many you'd like for the holidays:)


Well,
Thanks for tuning in!
see ya next Tuesday
May The Muse Be With You!"

Miles