tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3894363926980076332011-07-28T20:41:33.422-07:00In the world today, things can be tuff, am I right? Take a break to chortle!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389436392698007633.post-59867792238046120302010-03-21T14:39:00.000-07:002010-03-21T14:39:54.510-07:00This is my first comic. &nbsp;I am pretty proud!<br />(ps: this is just part one, hold your horses ok?)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qf3-74bfddo/S6aR-VK9X6I/AAAAAAAAALQ/XqPkFXzqEfQ/s1600-h/Page_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qf3-74bfddo/S6aR-VK9X6I/AAAAAAAAALQ/XqPkFXzqEfQ/s640/Page_1.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/389436392698007633-5986779223804612030?l=joannaswan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389436392698007633.post-51690791648743616482009-06-27T11:45:00.001-07:002009-06-27T11:49:57.210-07:00<img style="width: 293px; height: 591px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRV7y7HdI/AAAAAAAACE8/LD7UN8sfuxo/s800/101_0063.JPG" /> <img style="width: 280px; height: 590px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRWe2a3nI/AAAAAAAACFA/1qjF6HexoK8/s800/101_0064.JPG" /><br />"Americana" (diptych), 24" x 48", oil on panel.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/389436392698007633-5169079164874361648?l=joannaswan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389436392698007633.post-12269266574678421602009-06-27T11:40:00.000-07:002009-06-27T11:42:30.704-07:00<img style="width: 440px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sn46FqbBIu8/SDBDAdO6jvI/AAAAAAAAApI/fAAO4F0tWyo/s1600/snail%2Bgraf%2B1%2B-%2Bblog.jpg" /><br />"<a href="http://www.innercitysnail.blogspot.com/">a slow-moving street art project</a>"<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/389436392698007633-1226926657467842160?l=joannaswan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389436392698007633.post-88051027626337104042009-06-27T00:50:00.000-07:002009-06-27T01:08:33.477-07:00A few of my pieces are <a href="http://artistoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/06/artist-joanna-swan.html">featured on this lovely blog</a>! They're all from a recurring exploration into the chaos behind structure, and vice versa. Abstract and super colorful, all oil/acrylic on canvas.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRHJt3c9I/AAAAAAAACEg/wKyVzezsYBE/s800/101_0050.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 692px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRHJt3c9I/AAAAAAAACEg/wKyVzezsYBE/s800/101_0050.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p><br /><img style="width: 536px; height: 668px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRUnVYhpI/AAAAAAAACqc/0lXKN4tttP0/s800/101_0061.JPG" /><br /></p><p><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRXoWDT0I/AAAAAAAACFI/4Rl5gXvrIzQ/s800/101_0066.JPG" /><br /></p><p><br /><img style="width: 536px; height: 638px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRYbcEjVI/AAAAAAAACFM/oy5sUh_3VKI/s800/101_0067.JPG" /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks Ritchie at <a href="http://artistoftheday.blogspot.com/">Artist of the Day</a>!<br /><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/389436392698007633-8805102762633710404?l=joannaswan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389436392698007633.post-75343991977789846972009-06-11T21:21:00.000-07:002009-06-25T23:55:41.836-07:00This is a series of India ink drawings inspired by gestural Japanese calligraphy, tribal deities (especially those of Inuit mythology), and the dichotomy between secular society and mysticality/spiritualism.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixREpwk6bI/AAAAAAAACEQ/Dh_hGzppbqg/s400/101_0046.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 364px; height: 482px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixREpwk6bI/AAAAAAAACEQ/Dh_hGzppbqg/s400/101_0046.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img style="width: 365px; height: 480px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRFIWUuRI/AAAAAAAACEU/YfTtB9bpnlE/s400/101_0047.JPG" /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img style="width: 365px; height: 483px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRFo7YOuI/AAAAAAAACEY/19X78GrJ3lI/s400/101_0048.JPG" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><img style="width: 365px; height: 485px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SixRGZkzB6I/AAAAAAAACEc/q0z4m1wUzec/s400/101_0049.JPG" /></p><p><br />They are done with India ink and watercolor on paper, mounted on Foamcore mats. <br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/389436392698007633-7534399197778984697?l=joannaswan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389436392698007633.post-90100414070703442152009-05-07T12:25:00.000-07:002009-06-25T23:55:41.836-07:00<img style="width: 467px; height: 313px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SgMzSD0PuLI/AAAAAAAAB40/jlYhPJ3KCJw/s720/101_0009.JPG" /><br />"JFK", 2008<br />Pastel and acrylic on Foamcore foldout board<br /><br /><img style="width: 512px; height: 357px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SgMzQbL6UoI/AAAAAAAAB4o/nUrM3xZUnlk/s720/101_0001.JPG" /><br />Untitled, 2007<br />Graphite on paper<br /><br /><img style="width: 514px; height: 450px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SgMzUMOaf-I/AAAAAAAAB5E/-JCxlcffcyI/s576/101_0003.JPG" /><br />"Family I", 2008<br />Graphite and pastel on paper<br /><br /><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SgMzSkSu8KI/AAAAAAAAB44/OYqnpU63jW4/s512/101_0011.JPG" /><br />"Untitled (Emigrant)", 2009<br />Acrylic and pastel on paper<br /><br /><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SgMzUruEprI/AAAAAAAAB5I/_y0Y3J8iGKA/s512/101_0015.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="width: 459px; height: 344px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SgMzVBgLGOI/AAAAAAAAB5M/N8VzWEvo1pE/s640/101_0041.JPG" /><br />"Foxxxie", 2009<br />Acrylic and graphite on paper<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/389436392698007633-9010041407070344215?l=joannaswan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389436392698007633.post-46338081561465091512009-05-07T12:24:00.000-07:002009-06-25T23:55:41.837-07:00<img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SgMzWU9ByLI/AAAAAAAAB5Y/Nyr_ih2rBcc/s512/tru%20lyf%20fairytales.jpg" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/389436392698007633-4633808156146509151?l=joannaswan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-389436392698007633.post-75052282569486438842009-05-07T12:05:00.000-07:002009-06-25T23:55:41.837-07:00<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hkZuSRj3fJ4/SgMzTtIi5KI/AAAAAAAAB5A/UTbQMy9OkjQ/s512/Puff%20Dads.jpg" /><br />First blog post, here we go.<br />This is a blog devoted to my typically ramble-y art activities and explorations. It's not only a great tool for me to review and critique my own work, but I hope some other web surfers will come across this and leave me some words as well!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/389436392698007633-7505228256948643884?l=joannaswan.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0