art diva studios visuals and verbiage by Rachelle Díaz
photography
27-6
27-6 Reception: Saturday, February 27, 6-9pm Open Gallery: Sunday, February 28, 12-5pm Candelabra Gallery, 412 E. 7th St., Tucson, Arizona You’ve seen 27 online, now it’s time to see the show! 27 is how different artists approach the same theme. 27 is to be excited and inspired by photography. http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxed27/ ***Come to the Saturday reception [...]
Bohemian/Goth/Patrick Nagel self-portraits
Started off attempting to makeup inspired by Patrick Nagel. Duran Duran’s Rio remains one of my most favorite albums for both music and cover art and, although I didn’t know it at the time, his illustrations of men and women were ubiquitous in all the pastel-hued hair salons my mom drug me in tow to [...]
27
27: International group art project The 27th of every month. 2009. We began this project to make ourselves grow as artists, and to see and interact with what other artists are doing. 27 is more than just a picture-taking/picture-looking project. We pick themes that are strong in their simplicity. Themes that you can shoot on [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
somos todos de papel
Click on the photos to download desktop size images (2272 x 1704 pixels). 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
Black Candy Digital photographs and spray paint on rice paper October 2008 This is the final concept of Black Candy. It is not so much of a diptych as a magazine spread-type concept. The idea was to, of course, make a poster-size painting for a blacklight art show, but also to evoke a strong emotional [...]
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 [...]
Mirror
Mirror, 2008 Digital camera anomaly 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
Texas to Tucson
Photographs of my move from Austin, Texas to Tucson, Arizona. 80 mph speed limit on IH-10 near Junction Panorama between Junction and Sonora Driver’s seat Traveling companion: my dog, Belacqua Ranch Style Dog at a rest stop outside Sonora Talisman West Texas wind farms Travelworn Vintage tiles in the Holland Hotel bathroom, Alpine, Texas Biergarten, [...]
Galveston
Galveston is just about one of my favorite damn places in the world. It’s a place of bizarre beauty, shocking decay, bright colors and nearly all forms of decadence. I’ve been going there for the last 10 years every 4th of July weekend for an extended family reunion at a shorefront hotel. Long-overdue relaxation on [...]
Photography & Reality
There are things that photograph well but aren’t that impressive in real life. – Pre-framed/matted Art prints sold at big box stores. I can imagine that some of these actually look like craigslist submissions. – Creatively displayed but poorly executed art installations. It bothers me that the mere presentation of something can make up for [...]
Alter Ego
I was invited to be in an art show called Alter Ego. For several months, I’ve had the idea to do some art/fashion portraits of the regular characters I inhabit in the theater of my head. I wanted to show the inner alter egos we all have, how we see ourselves in fantasies, daydreams, and [...]
Ft. Worth Foray
As a working stiff, I don’t get no Spring Break, but I took a short one nonetheless. I didn’t take any furloughs during the busy seasons of last spring and fall wound up feeling ruined and depressed by Memorial Day/Christmas. A couple injections of sxsw chaos and a jaunt up to visit family in Cowtown [...]
Of Skin and Stars
Although I admire photographers and artists who have a passion and eye for detail in capturing the human body, I’ve never been very interested in anatomical studies for myself. But recently I’ve felt inspired to photograph my skin and body, particularly the spatterings of moles, the patterns of hair follicles and the shape of tendons [...]
Art show postcard
Photography and graphic design. Client: Pump Project Art Complex. 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
Art show postcard
Photograph and postcard design for the first gallery show ever at Pump Project (formerly Shady Tree Studios). Client: Pump Project Art Complex. 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