See the article at today's Ithaca Journal. An excerpt:T-burg artist blends words, visualsUnfortunately there are no images with the online version of the article, but the print version has both a nice picture of Carol and another photo of one of her creations.
By DARISE JEAN-BAPTISTE
Journal Staff
TRUMANSBURG - When viewers tilt their heads or squint their eyes to look at her work, artist Carol Bloomgarden knows she has achieved one of her goals.
“I love the reaction when people realize it's writing,” Bloomgarden, said.
At first glance, the spots on the jaguar in her piece called “Jaguar” could easily be mistaken for just tiny, circular marks on the animal's body. But words from Seneca Indian Sogoyewepha's “Red Jacket's Speech on Religion” make up the many spots, as well as the animal's outline.
Bloomgarden calls her creations “Language Arts” — not to be confused with elementary school curriculums. She combines handwriting, sometimes very small to create shapes within her works with watercolor, monoprint, silk screen and colorgraph techniques.
But Carol's work is on the web, which you can see at http://www.cbgb-arts.com/ . Her web site includes this nice photo of the artist and her inspiration:
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6 comments:
can we commission Carol to do a grouse (or a massacreed duck) using our high coot poetics? Get on it, Blog Manager!
more ammo, they called
feathers and shot fall like rain
would elvis approve?
nice contribution
from unknown haiku poet -
or do we know you?
B.M.
that makes my head hurt
huh? I just don't get it. Please
someone explain it
oh hell. I must have
mistaken blog manager
for someone I know.
I am the person
of whom Tantillo did post-
no high coot poet.
the artist herself?
we are honored, nay, we are
deeply privileged
as blog manager
I would welcome your high coot
poetry and art
so welcome to our
humble little grouse gap group
the best on the net
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