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Art: Don’t Look Now!

This is the latest version of a print I’ve been working on that’s loosely based on my Yellow Plastic Raygun film. I printed what I thought was my final version on a large canvas and looked at it for several weeks until I decided that it was timid and boring. So I went back to [...]


Art: John Baldessari Designs iPhone App to Rearrange Crappy Dutch Painting

Artist John Baldessari has designed a curiously dopey iPhone app that allows a user to rearrange most of the objects in a 17th century still life painting called Banquet Still Life, by Abraham van Beyeren.  Looking at this mess of a Dutch painting is like being beaten about the eyes with a hammer.  But Baldessari [...]


Can a Video Game be Art?

Here’s a relatively uninteresting article by Grant Tavinor called Video Games and the Philosophy of Art.  Can video games be art?  I don’t know.  Can a tree be art?  Can a car be art?  Can a rear end be art?  Certainly, under certain circumstances they can all be art.  But forgive my asking why do [...]


Art: Don’t Turn Back (Two Versions)

Don’t Turn Back (Final Version) Don’t Turn Back (First Version) Here’s the little art problem I’ve been working on for the past few weeks.  It’s one of those things where I have no theory or rule to fall back on in order to make the decision.  Aside from some small touches like removing the Sergeant [...]


Art: Don’t Turn Back

Don’t Turn Back This is my next large canvas print.  I’ve been making original artist prints through a gallery in Los Angeles. They measure 68″ x 38″. They are original works created from images used in my film Yellow Plastic Raygun.  They are not exact frames from the film, but rather artworks based on segments [...]


Art: Digital Prints on Canvas

I Was Thinking I’ve been making large original artist prints of these images through a gallery in Los Angeles. They measure 68″ x 38″. They are original works created from images used in my film Yellow Plastic Raygun.  They are not exact frames from the film, but rather artworks based on fragments of the film.  [...]


Film: Yellow Plastic Raygun

Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. You can watch in resolutions of 360p, 480p, 720p HD, and 1080p HD. I think the best compromise for quality and loading speed is the 480p resolution. You can also watch it in HD on Vimeo.  Visit my YouTube channel for more films. I may do a part [...]