art diva studios visuals and verbiage by Rachelle Díaz
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Show Recap
Since me & Gerardo‘s show was a one-weekend-only affair, I made sure to document everything. Although we installed our work at separate times, we coincidentally had a similar vision for the gallery space: crazy giant mural surrounded by minimalism. All in all, I thought it was a nice-lookin’ little show. Thanks to all — good [...]
New Work Preview
Drawings, zines, photography, graphic design, sculpture [click pics for full image]… a few samples of new work for the show at Satellite Studios on Friday.
New & Recent works by Rachelle Díaz and Gerardo Arellano
Flex-Space at Pump Project’s Satellite Studios presents New & Recent Works by Rachelle Díaz and Gerardo Arellano Reception: 8pm-10pm, Friday, October 7 – one weekend only show! Open Gallery Hours: 12-5pm, Saturday, October 8 1109 Shady Ln., Austin, Texas 78721 Two friends, one long overdue show. I have about an equal amount of wonderful art buddies [...]
Colorspaces
Quite possibly one of the most challenging drawings I’ve ever done. The drawing bit itself is only about 4″ x 4″ but the unanticipated intricacies took about 6 months of various re-dos and psyching myself up that I could finish it. [...]
Mechanically inclined: Cloth Studies
Many times I feel a need to take apart someone else’s art to figure out how it works (but not put it back together), just to satisfy my curiosity. These cloth studies were inspired by Pattie Lee Becker’s Ropes exhibit I saw at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art earlier this month. [...]
Mouthpieces
Pencil, ink, acrylic January-February 2010 Lately I’ve been doodling a lot, trying to regain a sense of design. It’s funny, because although I’m a full-time graphic designer (and production artist and customer service rep and project manager and copywriter and…), I feel I’ve lost a sense of visual design, of creating and arranging elements within [...]
Colorspace 2
Colored pencil and acrylic on wood May 2009 part of the Staring at Screens series
Colorspace
Colored pencil on wood May 2009 part of the Staring at Screens series in researching this project the word “colorspace” popped into my head. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this term before in my cluster of thoughts. since I work for a digital printing company full time as a graphic designer, “colorspace” [...]
Amor Prohibido
Finally got around to doing this, it’s an idea I’ve had since last summer. Inspired by Charanga 76′s Spanish cover of “My Forbidden Lover” by Chic. The lettering style I came up with in high school when I wrote out all the lyrics of “Stairway to Heaven” one time in study hall. Sharpie on wood [...]
milagros
The word “milagros” has been stuck in my head the last few days since I saw Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo last week. For some reason, the first time I saw “Miracles” – the neighborhood community center in the movie, I read it as “Milagros” – which sounded much cooler to me. My next project is [...]
Diskovery
Saturday I felt like watching the Chapi Chapo intro on YouTube. Then I starting watching Nickelodeon bumpers from the early 80′s in Related Videos. I think the video for the Midnight Juggernauts’ “Into the Galaxy” should’ve looked like the Nick graphics instead of the bland thing I watched the other day on myspace. Anyways. Then [...]
Before their time
Before their time Pencil on paper May 28, 2008 In art class, my junior year of high school, we were asked to fill up a 100 page sketchbook over the course of the semester. This was the year when I starting thinking seriously (as seriously as a 16-year-old can) about art as a career. I [...]
Fallible Fashion
January 20, 2008 Ink and paper collage
Heartwood
January 13, 2008 Ink and collage on postcard
Larkspur
January 13, 2008 Collage, ink and paint on card
Octoprissy
January 13, 2008 Ink and collage on envelope
Sonambulo
2003 Ink on paper and mat board $20 per drawing
Numero Uno
2004 Ink on paper
hoil! wearing Freestyles
2006 Ink on paper NFS
Bear wearing deck shoes
2006 Ink on paper NFS
Chomp wearing spectators
Featured on the cover of Screamer Design’s One. 2006 Ink on paper NFS
Heart wearing slouch socks
2006 Ink on paper NFS
Voyeur
This etching came about from one of my sketchbook collages. Processes used were aquatint, hard ground, soft ground and transfer. 2001 Zinc plate etching NFS
