Friday, October 24, 2008

Cosmic: (S)mart (T)alk about (ART) Guest Speaker Series

	(S)mart (T)alk about (ART) Guest Speaker Series by Scott Plaster - Friday, 24 October 2008, 08:04 PM
	Stay tuned for the series of art talks sponsored by the Cosmic Cow Society, to be held the second Friday of each month at the Maya Gallery on 340 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC. Click Here for the full press release and check back for more information about our first speaker. See this post in context

Cosmic: Cosmic Cow Society OPENING SHOW

	Cosmic Cow Society OPENING SHOW by Scott Plaster - Friday, 24 October 2008, 08:06 PM
	Join us for the OPENING SHOW of the Cosmic Cow Society at the Maya Gallery in December. The opening reception is Thursday, December 4 at 7 - 9 p.m. Click here for the full press release. See this post in context

Monday, August 18, 2008

Cosmic Cow: My New Home Page at ScottPlaster.com

My New Home Page at scottplaster.com

I'm really excited to announce that my new home page is ready at http://scottplaster.com. I'm using this url on all of my promotional materials and so I wanted a one-stop page where people can go to access my biography, artist statement, blog, online gallery, newsletter, and contact information.

I added fancy navigation buttons and put them on all of the pages so they would be tied together, and I added a Contact "feedback" so people can easily contact me without having to use e-mail.

Please Check It Out and let me know what you think! (go to the Contact page and fill out the form).

This is the type of page that our Cosmic Cow Society member artists can create to be "portals" for their own sites -- completely customizable and you can point your very own url web address straight to it!

--Scott

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Friday, August 15, 2008

Cosmic Cow: "Crab in Space" -- Painting in Progress

"Crab in Space" -- My Next Painting

I've decided to do another whimsical (but mean) animal. I had toyed with the idea of the title, "I'm Going to Peeeeench You," but then I noticed that the blue and white-speckled enameled lid the crab was sitting on looks like one of those original sappy screensavers...like outer space. This treatment would let me disembody the crab from its background a little and focus on creating some depth through different parts of its body. Here is the edited image (based on my photograph and edited in Photoshop) ready to draw on canvas:

"Crab in Space" Edited Photograph

I had to add to the image on the right-hand side by using airbrush, clone, and brush tools so I could slide the crab over the left enough for my liking. I wanted the eyes to be left of center, and the front claw to be right of center, to create a little movement. Compared with the photograph, I also rotated the crab about 10 degrees clockwise to make the image more dynamic.

So far, I've created an 8"x10" printed reference then overlaid a grid to help me draw the background on canvas. I only have the claw done so far:

Crab Beginning
my drawing so far (just the claw)

Crab Grid
photo reference with grid overlay

Wish me luck on my progress! I'll keep you posted...

Links:

Cosmic Cow Press Release: http://tinyurl.com/ccpressrelease
Cosmic Cow Image Gallery: http://tinyurl.com/ccimagegallery
Scott Plaster's Blog: http://tinyurl.com/scott-plaster-blog
Cheryl Sings the National Anthem: http://tinyurl.com/cherylsings

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Friday, August 8, 2008

Cosmic Cow: Corrected: NEW Cosmic Cow Image Gallery

Sorry: Previous post had incorrect link

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Hello All, I just completed our new Flash-based online image gallery, so please take a look at our artwork with its new presentation. I apologize for you having to follow a link, but it won't display inside of an e-mail:

NEW: Check out the New Cosmic Cow Society Image Gallery...

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Cosmic Cow: Feature Story: Sand Artist Dave Dandron

The Difference Between
a Dreamer and a Quitter:
Featured Artist Dave Dandron

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA
August 2008

I first met Dave Dandron on the beach outside a resort in Florida last summer. Dave is a sand artist working and living on the beautiful beaches of Daytona Beach. Although unassuming by nature, Dave sometimes attacts a flock of observers to his sculptures-in-progress as he spends sometimes days creating them. His sand and wood artworks have been featured in publications regionally and nationally, but his greatest accomplishment is the way he approaches life and his attitude about his circumstances...

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Sand Artist Dave Dandron

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Monday, August 4, 2008

Cosmic Cow: Scott Plaster Presents "Pelican Peeking"

Scott Plaster Presents "Pelican Peeking"

30"x40" oil on canvas

This close-up of an Eastern Brown Pelican shows off its vivid color and varied textures. The artist has always wondered what pelicans must be thinking as they sit there trying to pretend they're invisible. The rosey pink background gives this work a slight unearthly quality and ties in the rest of the colors. Textures abound, with the different types of feathers and the scumbled texture of the bone-like beak. This painting is one of the latest in the artist's line of "whimsical" animals, and this one fits right in to that theme!