#asemic #ink #paper Today, I’m feeling very distracted–can’t seem to focus well on any one thing. I feel like the dry leaves and seeds of the wattle tree being blown around by the wind in front of my cottage. Every artist works with some kind of constraint, even if it’s having to work on aContinue reading “Simple Constraints”
Category Archives: Drawings
Daily Drawings & Buson 100
On January 19, my good friend Joan passed away. She had terminal cancer and chose a medically assisted death. She had done a lot of hospice volunteer work, so she was well-prepared. On that day, I started a new daily drawing practice partly inspired by John F. Simon Jr.’s Drawing Meditation practice, and partly byContinue reading “Daily Drawings & Buson 100”
“Drawing Your Own Path”: Art & Meditation
A few years back (before the Covid-19 pandemic began) I subscribed to receive daily drawings from John F. Simon, Jr. This was back when I was still feeling connected with the old days of blogging (more on that later). This was also before I knew that he had a book on drawing as meditation, calledContinue reading ““Drawing Your Own Path”: Art & Meditation”
Berry Ink Asemic
A friend gave me big sheets of old Arches watercolor paper. After doing mostly small art for several years, I decided to try doing something larger, though I have no room in this cottage for this kind of thing. Oh, well. It felt good to stretch out, anyway. Berry Ink #Asemic, 24 x 22 in.
Mail Art / Arte Povera
In my latest issue of Eulipion Outpost, I write about Arte Povera. Some aspects of mail art also relate to that art movement. I wrote the following in a previous issue of Eulipion Outpost, but only recently thought of it in terms of Arte Povera: Receiving all this correspondance3 art has been a kind ofContinue reading “Mail Art / Arte Povera”
Faces 6/2/2025
Stamp Print
Stamp-printed postcard art. Ready to go (I think). . .
Word of the Day
Détournement
Is There Money for Artists?
Considering reports of federal funding cuts for humanities programs, I explore what’s available in Pacific Coast #arts #grants and #residencies (U.S.) for #writers and #artists. In the future I’ll also consider mutual aid resources: https://jeanvengua.substack.com/p/is-there-money-for-artists
Dear Sister . . .
Check out my latest Issue #190: A 1953 letter from one sister to another. Also, collaborative and community-based art, Lyla June, Andre 3000, Lisa Angulo Reid, Vida Cruz-Borja, Ursula LeGuin, and more! Intersections of history, art, and culture. #Filipino #AAPI
Jean Vengua 