Saturday, October 11, 2008

Circular Paths of an Unscene World



Circular Paths of an Unscene World, drawing by jude cowell 2008.

'Circular Paths' may refer to Astrology which is the observation and study of planetary orbits and cycles - as well as to labyrinths, of course. Actually, the entire sign of Capricorn is said to be a labyrinth, all 30 degrees of the mer-goat's sign.

Unscene World is an imprint I began in 1996 as black paper took over my drafting table and celestial themes became prominent...and I've never, as they say, looked back!

They also say that black paper gives depth and a spiritual quality you cannot achieve on white or light paper, and I must agree with them.

Here's an example of my early black paper art, Timeless Path, a drawing which won a Merit Award at one of the Olympic Games art venues in Atlanta, GA, summer 1996.

Timeless Path is appr 18"x24" (and was sold before the exhibition opened!) but these days my renderings are small enough to fit a scanner bed so that they may be easily published online for downloading and such, though sometimes I do miss working in a larger format.

My Favorite Pencils: Prismacolor oils, Rexel Derwent watercolours, and a few Spectracolor oils left over from the 90s. The Spectracolor brand, last I knew, was discontinued which for my purposes is a sad state of affairs.

(In fact, I remain to this day in quite a snit of miffdom over it.)

Watercolour pencils are used dry only although you could dampen them if you prefer. Anyone who is proficient or masterly with watercolour painting is a very admirable artist for that's one media I never managed to master even a little bit.

So if you, dear viewer, are good with wet watercolours, kudos aplenty go to you!

Monday, October 06, 2008

Path to an Ancient Temple

Path to an Ancient Temple, drawing by jude cowell 2008.

Yes, I do like paths'n'portals, ancient temples, and greenery, too!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Golden Chanterelles and new art too!








Golden Chanterelles, drawing by Jude Cowell 2008.

Announcing: Art images are now on display within the Jude Cowell Art Boutique @zazzle.com and are suitable as Wall Posters.

One image, a drawing titled, The Orator, is from Cosmic Persona Designs, a collection of drawings for viewers over the 17+ age range because some of the images may involve what I call Chiffonery Art that is sometimes tagged as "sexy-fun."

There are no photos at all. Only Art. Drawings on paper. Quite harmless really.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

New! Art Slidehow for you

Fork'd Way drawing by jude cowell (c) 2008.

You may wish to scroll down to view my latest creation, an Image Loop Slideshow using a blend of drawn images from Dreamyfish Art, Cosmic Persona Designs, and from Secret Moon Art.

It's a virtual smorgasbord of Artiness created just for you, Lone Viewer! And you're cordially invited to sign my Guestbook if you may...you'll see it just above the Art Slideshow. jude

Saturday, September 06, 2008

Friday, September 05, 2008

A Snowy Path

Winter is on the way and here's A Snowy Path for you to wander!

drawing by jude cowell 2008

Jude Cowell Art

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Wandering Educators: September Artist of the Month

Wandering Educators has given me the honor of being their September Artist of the Month with interview and featured images of my drawings, so do check it out!

And if you're an artist, educator, photographer, or an associate or a fan of such, you may wish to join this new site ~Wandering Educators ~ and show your creative content while viewing that of others. Hope to 'see' you there.

Monday, September 01, 2008

Secret Moon Art update!


It's a magical night and there's a Fairy at Work...shhh! ~~~
And here's a heads-up for you for
you may wish to check out my 24/7 browse-able Art Portfolio at Fine Art America!

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Minerva's Glen

Minerva's Glen being one of my all time favorite drawings, I'm adding it here for your viewing or reviewing purposes.

Blending 'real with visionary' somehow seems most interesting to me.

What do you think?

Minerva's Glen by jude cowell 2008

Photographing Ballerinas

Photographing Ballerinas is not the usual fare for the Secret Moon Art collection, but things are changing around here and the ladies wanted to see what's going on!

~:~

Photographing Ballerinas by jude cowell 2008

Saturday, August 09, 2008

Isle of Ruins returns


Welcome back to the Isle of Ruins, an image of a drawing from 1996 with the usual Prismacolor and Rexel Derwent pencils as the culprits!

jude cowell (c) 1996 - 2008 and beyond...

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Wire Art vs Pattillo Armadillo!

>Candle Bower 2003 Look! here's a photo of one of the Candle Bowers created by yours truly as Uranus (lightening; new ideas) traversed my 5th house of Creativity.

This was during my electric art phase, 1995 - 2004...see Cosmic Light Panel below - the photo is a bit fuzzy (from 2000) but it will give you the idea.

Wish I could still shape wire, beads, stones, and prisms into a spun stageset of silver, gold, copper, and brass - a decoration meant for candle enjoyment as well as for lighting purposes - but it's not to be. (Beware the nickel content in silver wire!)

Mirrors reflected candle flames the better to see you with, and here you observe candle's image at the top of the *bower - wish you could see it in evening light where it really glows.

But after 6 years of creating this line of designs, nickel had overly sensitized me and so I gave up creating my line of Wire Art, as I called it then, along with other styles of candle art, plus: mobiles, bead-studded boxes, light-catchers, articulated fish with bellies full of beads, and all manner of sculpturous things which one may invent with wire, whether beaded or no.

Then HG-TV called in 2004 about taping a segment for a new program but it conflicted with a writers' conference coming up where I could work on Pattillo Armadillo and the Dream of Green, my childrens' book. With Pattillo invited to NYC, his story and art had to be completed.

At last Pattillo made The Great Trip to NYC to have his book dummy - or dummybook, if you prefer - scrutinized by big town editors but he didn't 'fit' their list. Not quite up to snuff. So he came home to Georgia where he has remained ever since and as far as I know, has no plans to return to the Big City.

Here's a view of Pattillo from his dummybook cover:



So Pattillo and I are sending Big Thanks to readers of this blog - both of you are very kind to make it to the end of this post!


* concept for Candle Bowers came from bower birds and their amazing, cozy nests.