Art in ProgressTumblr (3.0; @michelledickson)http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1b5b79449dd740baa205e28b695ab42d/tumblr_mn2csaPDIn1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/71f10bf0f398b3a788deb88b35182fef/tumblr_mn2csaPDIn1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/43f97ecd80de2fa69ce7a4d3cb5c97f4/tumblr_mn2csaPDIn1rompwro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c3f9ed256b1ffdc86f66a3419aaef966/tumblr_mn2csaPDIn1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>It’s been a while since my last studio update. This is some in progress work. </p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/50849919122http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/50849919122Sun, 19 May 2013 16:55:00 -0400sculptureencausticartmichelle dickson<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f72700894ffcc5e414700728a7376f21/tumblr_mi63tw1cbh1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9b6fd7650b8f6cce54ee3d83bca17401/tumblr_mi63tw1cbh1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05bdfafedc536d5843145801dfdfbedb/tumblr_mi63tw1cbh1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1154e96598da8d0f74bed8cc45103223/tumblr_mi63tw1cbh1rompwro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b967284627f1e44513dfe25e1a7a9339/tumblr_mi63tw1cbh1rompwro5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8776a44db1fe0c9ca93440d7675b0877/tumblr_mi63tw1cbh1rompwro6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/153ce9cb5c2f6301a8e4ca1107537bb2/tumblr_mi63tw1cbh1rompwro7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3e0c7aeeb153dea99b8d4509d119acd3/tumblr_mi63tw1cbh1rompwro8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I just finished installing this piece at Whitdel Arts in Detroit.</p> <p>“here, and where you are”</p> <p>fabric, string, nails, vinyl flooring, and video projection</p> <p>7’x12’</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/43007977976http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/43007977976Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:44:00 -0500installationvideosculpture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/95a16ce8131cc6face44ce3178fda303/tumblr_mhtipkTdqZ1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b77535c32e6f3b813eeebe91aa25d036/tumblr_mhtipkTdqZ1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I’m in the middle of a residency at Pyramid Atlantic print shop right now. I’m working on a series of digital prints with silkscreen, collographs, and drawing on top.</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/42451741724http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/42451741724Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:36:56 -0500digital printsilkscreencollographdrawing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a91d59be60aec3a5c914140e59cca45/tumblr_mfaj958Mzi1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/113956ac7a48588d1f5aafff53ebe6a3/tumblr_mfaj958Mzi1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c878cea7b4747d11aed6c9c3d555f90/tumblr_mfaj958Mzi1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The work is moving a little slower than before. It’s starting to change direction in some ways and that always takes longer to work out. I have gotten some good news in the past few weeks. A Baltimore City park is going to take on my dress sculptures. I’m very excited that they are going to be installed in a public space!</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/38315736469http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/38315736469Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:27:04 -0500encausticmixed mediasculpture<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3495fJPQ1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3495fJPQ1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3495fJPQ1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3495fJPQ1rompwro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3495fJPQ1rompwro5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I haven’t been updating as much lately. I got a new job and have been working more at my old one. I’m still working in the studio though. Here is some of the stuff I’ve been playing with.</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/35148069022http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/35148069022Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:12:40 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbc5uoA8MN1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbc5uoA8MN1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbc5uoA8MN1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbc5uoA8MN1rompwro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I am nearly finished with the dress sculpture project I’ve been working on. I have emailed about 10 different people around the city trying to get permission to install it some where public.</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/32825492946http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/32825492946Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:18:24 -0400artsculpturepublic artdresses<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maz6wbt79I1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maz6wbt79I1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The sculptures I left in the park yesterday have been completely rearranged (not by me). I love it.</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/32349137497http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/32349137497Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:12:00 -0400artsculpture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_max2y1WPfc1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_max2y1WPfc1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_max2y1WPfc1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Untitled Monument, 3</em></p> <p>The local park by my studio cut down my favorite dead tree. I saw it as a nice opportunity to re-purpose some sculptures I had laying around.</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/32270886997http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/32270886997Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:51:00 -0400sculpturepublic artart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maeqr8kjvR1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maeqr8kjvR1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maeqr8kjvR1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I haven’t posted in a while. My husband and I just bought a house and I’ve been crazy busy with moving, painting, and refinishing floors. Slowly life is getting back to normal and I’m getting more hours in the studio.</p> <p>These are some in progress images of my newest sculpture project. They will ultimately be installed outdoors at an undetermined location. I want them to stay out in the elements for a period of time (hopefully through the winter.)</p> <p>I am planning to plant some kind of scrub or fern in the middle one. I lined it with burlap and made a sort of planter bag. I hope it works out. It would be awesome if the root system took hold and broke it apart.</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/31607066091http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/31607066091Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:11:32 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92wtdKBZQ1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m92wtdKBZQ1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>What I’m working on this week.</p> <p>The sculpture is going to be installed in some yet to be determined park, far enough away from the general public that it won’t get taken down immediately but not so far that no one will stumble across it. </p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/29861656390http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/29861656390Mon, 20 Aug 2012 20:17:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8t7vl4zFQ1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8t7vl4zFQ1rompwro2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8t7vl4zFQ1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8t7vl4zFQ1rompwro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I’ve been experimenting with encaustic on paper. I like the way it sits on top of the surface.</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/29493428115http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/29493428115Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:40:00 -0400artencausticworks on paper<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ci1iuRRP1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ci1iuRRP1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ci1iuRRP1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>new work: untitled memorial, #2</p> <p>plaster, fabric, oil paint, and encaustic paint</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/28846716677http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/28846716677Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:00:54 -0400artsculptureencaustic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86pksOlLK1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86pksOlLK1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86pksOlLK1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86pksOlLK1rompwro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86pksOlLK1rompwro5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>This is one of three new sculptures I’ve been working on this summer.</p> <p>plaster, encaustic paint, oil paint, and sticks.</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/28629874976http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/28629874976Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:58:00 -0400artsculptureencaustic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7sb0kGUTv1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7sb0kGUTv1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>New work, in progress.</p> <p>Photo transfer on encaustic wax on wood panel</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/28073853438http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/28073853438Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:17:07 -0400encausticpaintingart<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7b3zl4HPM1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7b3zl4HPM1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7b3zl4HPM1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>These are photographs I took at the Lockwood House in Harpers Ferry, WV. I’m going to use them as source material for other works. To me they seem like found collages. </p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/27405447369http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/27405447369Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:26:00 -0400artphotographycollage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m700mjFpW51rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m700mjFpW51rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m700mjFpW51rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I’m working on some new sculptures. </p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/26975952044http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/26975952044Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:39:55 -0400sculptureartbody<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6x9w4ltUI1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6x9w4ltUI1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6x9w4ltUI1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>These are a few photographs from a new series I’m working on. </p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/26874773179http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/26874773179Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:07:16 -0400photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5oagu6U4O1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5oagu6U4O1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5oagu6U4O1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5oagu6U4O1rompwro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I’m finally making some progress on the new work I’ve started in the studio. This plaster, colored pencil, watercolor, and encaustic paint on a mirror I found in a thrift store.</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/25172820221http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/25172820221Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:07:00 -0400paintingencausticsculpturelow-reliefart<p>Thanks! I’m so glad you messaged. Some times I feel like I’m just putting stuff out into the void. I graduated last year and live in Baltimore now. What are you up to these days?</p> <p>—Michelle</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/24607602543http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/24607602543Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:38:11 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57b7xthOD1rompwro1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57b7xthOD1rompwro2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57b7xthOD1rompwro3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57b7xthOD1rompwro4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57b7xthOD1rompwro5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m57b7xthOD1rompwro6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I took my hand sculptures to an abandoned house I found on a local trail</p>http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/24540725708http://michelledickson.tumblr.com/post/24540725708Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:04:45 -0400sculpturephotographyoutdoor art