tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50814063773689527242024-03-19T02:07:39.459-07:00Boise ArtsLora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-92031789014518541922012-08-27T21:03:00.001-07:002012-08-27T21:08:38.072-07:00Crow T. Robot
A couple weeks ago I went to the Green Chutes Gallery. A friend of mine was singing at Salt Tears in the same location, so I decided to bring my sketchbook.
First, the crow:
"Looking Off", by Melinda Bristol.
Then, the robot:
Part of "Monkey Robot," by Jason Sutton.
And, uh, they serve tea at Salt Tears. Yes. That will be my excuse for getting in the initial in my blatant MST3KLora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-20309861357367134742012-05-19T14:20:00.001-07:002012-05-19T14:21:20.365-07:00People with Animals on Their Heads (and an octopus)
I'm finally getting around to posting my drawings from First Thursday earlier this month. First up is my drawing of Jean Calomeni's "Bustle in Her Hedgerow" at the Basement Gallery:
After that, I realized the Modern Hotel was having its annual Modern Art at the Modern Hotel, so I headed there. This is a sketch I did of a watercolor by Georgia Gelder. Only when I'd nearly finishedLora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-87920170145721731192012-01-13T12:30:00.000-08:002012-01-13T12:30:01.322-08:00Mike Flinn at the Basement Gallery
I did a rough sketch of Mike Flinn's "Conversation with an Extrovert" at the Basement Gallery on First Thursday and colored it in later. Flinn had a lot of fun pieces like this, and it was entertaining listening in on some of the conversations of people looking at them. One guy who was standing next to me said either to me or to no one in particular, "I'm never having dinner with Mike FlinnLora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-9398110332417520472012-01-11T20:38:00.001-08:002012-01-11T20:38:52.158-08:00Noble Hardesty at VAC
I drew this version of a painting by Noble Hardesty quite a while ago when I saw Head at the Visual Arts Collective and have just taken my sweet time coloring it. But I was at VAC for New Year's Eve and it was still up, so you may be able to catch it and Noble's other pictures. If I remember right, there were also some great ones with wolves, pigs, and some King Kong-inspired ones. Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-54961687004075114862011-12-13T21:38:00.000-08:002011-12-13T21:42:18.966-08:00The Internet is for ██████████Hi, loyal readers. I have to tell you something -- I'm a little worried.I'm worried about the Internet.Yes, I'm worried about this marvelous kingdom, this world where lolcats and keyboard cats and nyan cats reign supreme. You see, there's this bill called SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. It gives an enormous amount of control to major content providers, who would be able to have sites shut down Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-31478091566636810132011-11-06T10:26:00.000-08:002011-11-06T10:37:05.155-08:00Jacqueline Hurlbert and Erin Ruiz at the BasementThis statue, "Lighthearted" by Jacqueline Hurlbert, was a lot of fun to sketch, its limbs splayed out every which way and the great expression on its snout as it stares at its winged heart.I'm sure I've said many times on this blog how much I love Erin Ruiz's work. In this sketch of her picture "Wolves in the Bed," I tried to capture the way she used red for outlines and highlights (and for the Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-75746878149757482312011-10-09T17:11:00.000-07:002011-10-09T17:19:48.681-07:00Rick Walter at Visual Arts CollectiveLast weekend I went to see Red Light Variety Show at Visual Arts Collective. It was pretty cool -- think Cirque du Soleil with pasties. While I was there, I sketched this piece by Rick Walter. Didn't see a title for the piece, but I thought it was interesting. Aw, it looks so forlorn for a horrifying bat-winged disembodied head thing.Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-61433417098700042782011-08-08T23:36:00.000-07:002011-08-08T23:48:15.416-07:00Melissa Graves and Jerri LiskApparently, I was into aspens last First Thursday. This is Elk Meadow by Melissa Graves at the Basement Gallery. These trees were actually very yellow, but you know, blue background ... pastels ... yellow and blue make green ... and I have limited patience with trying to fix these sketches sometimes.
This is Growth Chart by Jerri Lisk. I probably ought to have drawn one of hers for this blog Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-58892471960305580652011-06-12T20:18:00.000-07:002011-06-12T20:22:12.073-07:00Joseph Cowman at the Basement GalleryMy apologies that this didn't reproduce very well on the scanner. I was really impressed by this untitled piece by Joseph Cowman I saw at the Basement Gallery on First Thursday, though. I really liked all the tension from all the wires and hooks pulling the figure every which way.Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-46509610330811376682011-05-15T20:32:00.000-07:002011-08-08T22:31:30.473-07:00Isaac Grambo at Visual Arts Collective
This was one of a couple of silhouette-style pieces Isaac Grambo had at the Visual Arts Collective when I went there a week ago. Love the red tie.Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-87117803059362655772011-03-30T18:53:00.000-07:002011-03-30T19:22:27.769-07:00New kids on the block: Black Linen and Green ChutesA couple new arts organizations have recently started up in Boise. One is Black Linen Productions, a theater company making its debut production, Closer (a Patrick Marburg black comedy about sexual politics and partner-swapping) in the Linen Building at 1402 Grove St. They're only staging it for three nights, and the last night is tomorrow at 7, so if you want to check it out, that's your Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-64094716292180316902010-11-19T13:18:00.000-08:002010-11-19T13:22:14.886-08:00Marianne KonvalinkaThis is "Soaring" by Marianne Konvalinka. It's mixed-media, so that's an actual piece of sheet music and a real map in the original. It's currently in Art Source Gallery.Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-88661094262879136632010-10-07T09:29:00.000-07:002011-10-07T09:35:23.879-07:00Bill Carman at the Basement GalleryThis is my rendering of Bill Carman's picture, "Oh crap, sorry," which was hanging at the Basement Gallery. He's been a longtime favorite at the Basement, so it's nice to see the new owners haven't changed that. I love this little narwhal-headed guy.Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-50788209164136857152010-09-27T19:46:00.000-07:002010-09-27T20:07:57.853-07:002010 Idaho Triennial at BAMI went to the Boise Art Museum last weekend and sketched a few pieces by Idaho artists for the 2010 Idaho Triennial. This is "Delusions" by Matt Bodett. I like the horrific, detailed mouth on the figure on the right compared to how rough everything else is.And this is a partial rendition of "Snorkels with Floating Prison" by Garth Claassen, one of my art professors at College of Idaho. I think Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-82186446398436110002010-09-06T09:00:00.000-07:002010-09-06T09:00:01.014-07:00Ego and Kelly PackerThis exhibit actually just closed at the Basement Gallery. I came in Friday afternoon, the second-to-last day of the exhibit. But I wanted to post these anyhow. Above is A Comparative Reading of the Past by Kelly Packer. I liked the blocky shapes in the background and especially along the spine.This is Forgotten Monarch by an artist called Ego. I like the kind of ancient, but not deadened look toLora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-38133441251405097732010-09-05T17:50:00.000-07:002010-09-05T18:11:38.864-07:00Noises Off (quick and dirty)I saw Noises Off at Stage Coach Theatre opening night, and it's very funny. Great cast, great set, great comic timing. It continues Sept. 9-12 and 16-18.Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-84626437687343395742010-09-05T16:55:00.000-07:002010-09-05T18:09:55.121-07:00Metapost -- No more formal theater reviews (for now)When I started this blog, I was unemployed. I had no prospects and a lot of free time. Today, I'm going to school full-time for a computer science degree and working part-time at a software company I really like. I'm taking 300- and 400-level classes, so my homework load is getting bigger and more challenging. This summer I had a full-time internship and a part-time job, and I never said word oneLora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-28867677532020589342010-05-11T21:17:00.000-07:002011-08-08T22:39:31.665-07:00Robots: Evolution of a Cultural Icon
Oh boy oh boy oh boy robots and art! Two of my favorite things! I've been telling myself since I saw this exhibit was coming to BAM that I had to see it. I finally saw it a couple weeks ago, and it actually lived up to my grand expectations for it. Lots of cool fine art and multimedia stuff, plus some actual robots from local FIRST Robotics Competition teams. This is a sketch of part of Michael Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-35908370344305307342010-04-29T13:38:00.000-07:002010-04-29T14:03:46.942-07:00PanacheStage Coach Theatre's production of Panache is an inventive, heartwarming romantic comedy between two unlikely characters: socialite Kathleen Trafalgar and Brooklyn diner cook and artist Harry Baldwin.The show was filled with fantastic performances. Jodi Nelson Deerfield was delightful as the perfectly polished Kathleen and brought a lot of humor through her poor attempts to relate to the lower Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-31457010139168314362010-03-20T12:16:00.000-07:002010-03-20T12:38:25.777-07:00FictionSteven Dietz became one of my favorite playwrights after I read the script for his play Rocket Man and the script for Stage Coach Theatre's current production, Fiction. His plays have smart, witty dialogue, and Dietz has a way of telling a great story.The play is about a married couple, Michael and Linda Waterman (played by Andrew Ebert and Teresa Rodrick), who are both authors. Linda has been Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-2529439333079443362010-02-10T10:14:00.000-08:002011-08-08T22:46:13.523-07:00Ben Wilson, Erin Ruiz and John Warfel in the Basement
I sketched this rendering of "Pink Lemonade" by Ben Wilson, which is currently hanging in the Basement Gallery, on the Friday before last. I got about a third of the way into it before I really thought about what I'd gotten myself into. Holy crap, hands are hard to draw. I think it came out okay, though. I like the spot color.
This is "Floating" by Erin Ruiz. As usual, I started a little Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-64883437815746434102010-02-05T14:18:00.000-08:002010-02-12T15:36:17.227-08:00RoundupFebruaryFeb. 6: Ballet Idaho presents Cinderella at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Morrison Center on University Drive in Boise.Now through Feb. 6: Encore Theatre Company presents Bridge to Terabithia, the story of a boy and girl who imagine a magical kingdom. The show runs Jan. 29-30 and Feb. 5-6 at 7:30 and Jan. 30 and Feb. 6 at 2:00 in the old Northwest Nazarene University science lecture hall on 550 Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-86240005418270022982010-01-29T16:00:00.000-08:002010-01-29T16:45:36.676-08:00Dilemmas with DinnerIf Fools is a dumb frat boy, Dilemmas with Dinner is someone who's smart enough that I could see possibly dating for a while. Which is not to say that it's overly intellectual or anything -- it actually contains a lot of slapstick, malapropisms, impressions and the like -- but some of the humor is a little more subtle and it's nice for audiences to be able to get it without being hit over the Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-58309334604346633312010-01-29T15:10:00.000-08:002010-01-29T16:00:08.252-08:00FoolsIf Boise Little Theater's production of Fools was a person, he'd be a big grinning frat boy who's learned to balance a spoon on his nose while belching The Star-Spangled Banner and pouring you a boilermaker. Yeah, he's really dumb, but he throws a good party. And yes, the show may just be the dumbest thing Neil Simon ever wrote, but you'll have fun nonetheless.Jason Roper plays Leon, an Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081406377368952724.post-60998159432058215982010-01-02T12:18:00.000-08:002010-01-15T10:57:35.064-08:00RoundupJanuaryJan. 8-30: Stage Coach Theatre presents Dilemmas with Dinner, a farce about a woman trying to win a major promotion by hosting an elaborate dinner for her boss. The show runs Jan. 8-9, 14-17, 21-24 and 28-30 at 7:30 Thursdays, 8:15 Fridays and Saturdays and 2:00 Sundays at the theater in the Hillcrest Shopping Center at Orchard and Overland in Boise.Now through Jan. 9: Company of Fools Lora V.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16303559223926370932noreply@blogger.com1