art diva studios visuals and verbiage by Rachelle Díaz
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juicycolorbars
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Thru A Scanner
The theme for this month’s 27 project was “Portraits.” After being in front of the camera twice in the last couple of weeks, I actually didn’t feel like attempting any self-portraits. (Can you believe it?!) I turned my cheap HP scanner on its side and scanned my friends and dog in. I’m calling this method [...]
DON’T FREAK OUT
Sorry for the vulgarity — this is inspired by this Conan O’Brien version of the “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster my cousin posted on Facebook earlier this afternoon. #1) Sometimes I feel like I’m the only white person who’s annoyed by the ubiquitous adage. I mean, seriously? Would you truly do that in a [...]
For Sale [Foreclosure]
I’m not much into party politics, but I find the Supreme Court’s recent ruling highly disturbing. In the vein of the Passing the Buck piece I did several months ago, I just made these two flags, inspired by this Adbusters flag. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet [...]
Houses I’ve Lived In
All the houses I lived in through childhood via Google Street View & Google Maps. 1980-1984 1985 1986 1987 1988-1992 1989-1990 1992-1993 1993 1993-1997 1997-1998 Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Black Candy 09
Revisiting photo/painting diptychs I made a year ago called Black Candy. Black Candy 09 Photography & digital collage September 2009 What Now, Wise Guy? Photography & digital collage September 2009 Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell [...]
Chocolate cake, chocolate cake
i love you so much i want to marry you and live forever in the flavor of your brown Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Space Vomit Desktop
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Mystery Hed
How it was: How I saw it: Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Brownsville
Lowrider: check Palm trees: check Streetscape: check Stunning flora: check Quinceañera: check Santa Muerte: check The only thing missing’s a taco. Layers of cities, mirage cities, ephemeral cities, black hole cities, particularly border cities; the splendor of the hidden city. [1024 x 768] Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers [...]
Tucsonphotomanip
Did this really quick today for zee blog. Been in Tucson for 1 year now. And what a year! Lately I’ve been slowly and quietly working on new paintings, clothing pieces for fall, writings and Pop Up Spaces projects, all currently in the “drudgery” phase of the creative cycle, between the fun parts of inception [...]
TV Screen
(needs some photoshop tweaking, not a very good photo) Acrylic on wood June 2009 part of the Staring at Screens series Heard this on NPR yesterday: As TV Changes To Digital, White Noise Fades Away A familiar sight and sound is disappearing as digital TV takes over from analog: television snow and the “white noise” [...]
Staring At Screens original photos
Just realized I hadn’t posted the original photos for this new series. Artist statement for this project is here and here. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
One down…
The first painting in my Staring at Screens series is down, several more to go. Acrylic on canvas 2009 Here is the original photo, doctored in Photoshop for exposure/saturation to create the painting: My digital camera has been dying a slow death since the summer of 2008. Finally, back in March 2009 I couldn’t get [...]
Cindy Sherman Idol
Wind Digital April 2009 If there was ever a Cindy Sherman Idol, I would totally be into that. But really, what’s the point of the self-portrait? I mean, what’s the effing point? Our ancestor artist-shamans painted vales full of game. Historical mythology brought us images of gods, saints/bodhisattvas/hench(wo)men, heaven, hell, the in-between. Then I recall [...]
Gewgaws
Digital Collage December 2008 Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Imaginary Love Story
Digital Collage December 2008 Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Cabinet
Digital Collage December 2008 Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Passing the Buck
Downloaded clip art from Microsoft Office. I feel the world financial depression (which started in the U.S.) was caused by an ethical crisis more than anything else. We all say it at work: “not my problem.” But imagine millions of people saying it, over and over. And if everyone’s saying it, eventually it’s going to [...]
Candy Warhol
Candy Warhol, Alter Ego #3 September 2008 Photography and digital image The musical one. I’d thought about this character when I was doing my Alter Ego shoot for a show earlier this year, but hadn’t quite fleshed out the idea yet. Inspired by on the Red Room Italo blog and some of the album covers [...]
DJ JC
Original Version Disco Remix Photoshop July 24, 2008 Been dreaming about doing this for over a year. I lost the Jesus holy card for several months though. Found it the other day when we were packing for our move. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about [...]
Fast Art on a Slow Day
Untitled Digital collage of old clip art and photo by me May 30, 2008 Done on a slow Friday at work *yawn* Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
Cathedral
April 2008 Photoshop Original photo by writer, photographer and good friend Patti Hadad Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share via MySpace Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later
New Year’s card
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