tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12714373961761078872024-02-20T17:20:12.166-08:00Brainspillage!C. L. Deibler's visual communication explosion. Stickin' it to the Man since 1963!Prof. Diddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02809375707960431688noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-70977639418550536952018-12-02T20:25:00.001-08:002018-12-02T20:40:23.189-08:00Tell Us a Story, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you are near Manchester, CT, stop into the Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery before December 4th! Narrative works by some great folks, and I'm lucky to be included in their company.<br />
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Directions to the gallery can be found here:<br />
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<a href="https://www.manchestercc.edu/about/maps-directions/" target="_blank">Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery</a>C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-71718684750649586522016-07-28T17:16:00.003-07:002018-09-11T19:35:21.350-07:00Hillary Clinton: Run, Girl! Run!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: left;">Another selection from the sketchbook series, "Conversations"- posted on <b>this</b> historic night! Back in 2014, <b>HRC</b> spoke on the UConn campus. Intelligent, witty, supremely knowledgeable about policy and world affairs, eloquent, and astonisingly quick on her feet, she was nothing short of terrific. Sure, I suppose she was already campaigning for President, but thank goodness! Compare her with her current "opponent" in this coming election. The approaching debates? I. Can't. Wait.</span></div>
<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-84245631677102834372015-12-30T00:21:00.000-08:002015-12-30T08:51:06.100-08:00Cani di FirenzePeriodically I spend a little time in Florence, Italy. It's a wonderful place in many, many ways. And each time I'm there, I miss it, immediately, upon leaving. One of the things that's wonderful about the city is the presence of dogs. The Florentines love their dogs and, since I leave my own dogs to go there, I love them for loving their dogs.<br />
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Here are some Florentine dogs. Shot with an iPhone.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patti tries to captivate a city dog on Via dei Geppi, our temporary home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not a dog, but a cat, observing us as we try to open our apartamento door.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the Florence Marathon, Piazza della Signoria</td></tr>
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0Florence, Italy43.7695604 11.2558136000000143.586129400000004 10.93309010000001 43.9529914 11.578537100000011tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-66956876325354304422015-07-03T21:41:00.001-07:002015-07-03T21:41:41.324-07:00Great-Great Grandma's Flag<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">For July 4th: This flag, created in the tiny town of Snydertown, PA, was made to welcome home their returning Civil War veterans in 1865. My great-great-grandmother, Mary Arnold, as a 12 year old girl, sewed the stars in the field. After sewing the flag, they all retired to a community sauerkraut supper (which is how all good things end in Central Pennsylvania). My siblings and I </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;">helped my parents</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"> restore the flag a number of years ago. It resides at my parents' home in Selinsgrove, PA. It's a beautiful flag. On this 152nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in which several of my forbears participated, Happy July 4th.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.5636348724365px;"><br /></span>C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-57790090394904102542015-06-23T21:32:00.001-07:002015-06-24T08:00:34.064-07:00Rosa Bonheur: My 19th Century Gal PalI haven't posted in a while. Busy, busy life. Would Rosa Bonheur forgive me? Probably not, and good for her! She was a supremely dedicated, talented, and singularly uncompromising artist, who made her way at a time and in a culture that, largely, didn't want to acknowledge an accomplished woman. She was unconventional in this large way. And in small ways. She smoked. She refused to ride side-saddle. She sought, and received, permission to dress "as a man" (particularly at the horse fair) in order to accomplish her work.<br />
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Her devotion to animals, and her passion for depicting them, was lifelong. Her most iconic piece, "The Horse Fair," now hangs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (1000 5th Ave.). Go see it. In the meantime, here, for your enjoyment, is my own tribute to this wonderful, but often overlooked, artist.<br />
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This piece is now on view at the Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration, also in New York City (128 East 63rd St.). The show is "Artists Illustrating Artists." and runs until August 15th, 2015. It's not that far from the Met. See both? <a href="http://www.societyillustrators.org/The-Museum/2015/Members-Open/Artists-Illustrating-Artists.aspx" target="_blank">"Artists Illustrating Artists" at the Society of Illustrators.</a><br />
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She was also the first woman to be awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor (by Napoleon's Empress, Eugénie, no less). You can learn more about Rosa Bonheur all over the interwebz, but you could stop here first: <a href="http://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/rosa-bonheur" target="_blank">National Museum of Women in the Arts</a></div>
C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-80582977907064219432014-09-15T23:37:00.002-07:002014-09-15T23:37:28.049-07:00Toilet Paper, Utilitarian Product or Artistic Medium?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Another sketchbook entry from the year past. Just going through and reliving the good times! Proof positive that:</div>
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1. A good artist can make the magic happen using anything available</div>
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-68635595829778000002014-09-10T21:52:00.003-07:002014-09-12T08:08:36.285-07:00Mithu Sen, Visiting Artist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Not long ago Mithu Sen, contemporary artist, visited us and offered this terrific lecture. Though there were some A/V problems, initially, it all worked out in the end. She was erudite, funny, smart, and showed amazing work. Plus, her visit prompted my colleague, <a href="http://kathrynmyers.org/home.html" target="_blank">Kathryn Myers</a>, to invite us all over for dinner. Which is great, because Kathryn is an excellent cook. We took that opportunity to introduce Mithu to marshmallow peeps. Someone had to.</div>
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C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-58617986497106563372014-09-10T20:45:00.000-07:002014-09-10T20:56:08.627-07:00The DMV. Soul-Crushing Black Hole of Desperateness. But I'm Not Bitter...Revisiting some past sketchbooks yielded this image. It makes me weep. And grit my teeth. (Not unlike that moment in which I discover that the DSW Shoe Outlet coupon I've been hoarding has expired.) On this particular morning the line to be admitted to the interior space of the DMV actually wound around the exterior of the building. We were let inside in waves. Once admitted, the inner sanctum yielded a vast wasteland of thinly padded chairs, cranky patrons, and crankier employees. Good times!<br />
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-68225543007556556372014-03-04T22:53:00.000-08:002014-03-04T22:53:00.927-08:00Embrace Technology: Future Editor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Sketchbook goodness. Just a little image that's been kickin' around. It seems to be an editorial comment, but, not really. Just a brief, passing thought on automation. Well, ok then! I guess it IS an editorial comment. Power to the pencil- right on!</div>
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-68095360084637135352014-02-02T20:37:00.002-08:002014-03-05T21:18:58.466-08:00Pity the Groundhog, For He Labors On February 1st...So, today was Groundhog Day. As a Pennsylvania gal, I take a certain amount of pride in the fact that Punxsutawney Phil is our guy, and ours alone. But it's an awful lot of pressure on a hapless rodent. I can't help but imagine the pre-game jitters. So I did. Imagine them, I mean.<br />
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In this cover for <i>Spider</i> magazine a couple of years ago we see Phil in the wee hours, trying, rather desperately, to divine what may be. And, obviously, he's deadlining (that's a nod to my profession, for sure).<br />
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This was the February/March issue. The shamrocks on the tablecloth are a reference to March. The pressure's off by then and Phil can go back to relaxing. And randomly destroying people's gardens. Spring is (somewhere) around the corner. He knows that.<br />
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-71203273498161145522013-12-19T18:57:00.001-08:002013-12-19T19:06:42.772-08:00Grad Crits, RevisitedAt semester's end, students and faculty gather together to reflect, ponder, critique, kick some serious ass and, apparently, sometimes confuse the graduate students. It's an entirely useful process, but also difficult and a rite of passage. If they survive they get to come back in the spring for more!<br />
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For my current UConn colleagues, and our students... can you find yourselves here?<br />
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-4664827727284455832013-11-20T00:34:00.000-08:002013-11-21T11:41:18.225-08:00Fuzzy ManCalvin, our itinerant Cairn Terrier for these last 14.5 years, is "The Fuzzy Man" at our house. He's ever cheerful, a lover of life, a true companion. He never asks for much. Instead, he holds up his end of the bargain- companion, watchdog, friendly boy, kibble aficionado.<br />
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He is much older now. And, in passing, has had his share of health crises in the last year or so. Tonight was no exception. Rushed again to our ever-compassionate vet practice, at night, they set him right, to some degree. We continue to nurse him at home. So, as I lay with him on the kitchen floor (he, on a comfy bed, me on a smelly old carpet scrap next to him) I want to say, "Here's to you, Calvin. The Fuzzy Man. The Maitre d' of 147 Mansfield Road (houseguests, you know what I'm talkin' about))." God bless you.<br />
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-91017860568169855562013-11-11T22:10:00.002-08:002013-11-11T22:10:38.644-08:00Grad Crits, Midterm, Fall 2013A subjective record of the conversations/interactions/trajectories of our MFA in Art crits. It's true:<br />
1. There was no heat (brrrr)<br />
2. There was coffee<br />
3. There was art<br />
4. Artists (faculty and students) really do work hard (crits are an all-day Saturday event)<br />
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-51537524250133084642013-11-11T21:58:00.000-08:002013-11-11T22:01:52.780-08:00Dr. Richard Shiff- Modernist<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I enjoyed his lecture at the recent National Council of Arts
Administrators conference in Richmond, VA (VCU, host). 9/24-9/28/13. So, he
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From the UT Austin website: "Richard Shiff is Effie Marie Cain Regents
Chair in Art at The University of Texas at Austin, where he directs the Center
for the Study of Modernism. His scholarly interests range broadly across the
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time of year on concrete walkways. These images are progressive- some taken
during the day, some at night. Traveling between the Art Building and the
William J. Benton Museum of Art on the University of Connecticut campus,
pausing to take in these ephemeral moments is a nice "anti-venom" to
the blah, blah, blah of time spent in depressing meetings (otherwise known as
"time out of my life that I can't ever get back"). There is something
about these "leaves/not leaves" that always interests me...</span></div>
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-25674870381497108792013-10-05T21:23:00.001-07:002013-10-05T21:23:23.493-07:00Airport Ambience, Sketchbook StyleWho among us does not like to travel? The sights! The sounds! The overwhelming feeling of needing to be somewhere on time, or risk hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dollars, paid in advance, to travel by train, plane, boat, etc.! There, I've piqued your interest. My tale is not so interesting- went to a conference recently. But the airport cacophony was, indeed, something for my sketchbook, as was the condition of my seat-mate on the first leg of the journey. Yes, Purell® was involved...<br />
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Fun Fact: This is the spread I was working on in my sketchbook in the photos from the "Mid-Air Inking" post. Ok, maybe not so fun. Just click on the image if you'd like to see a larger version.</div>
<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-58911200698852691162013-09-30T19:09:00.000-07:002013-10-01T12:32:09.900-07:00Mid-Air Inking...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, often I find myself working in a sketchbook (or on professional work, of course... shhhh...) in random places (hotel rooms, trains, subway, the back yard, and so on). This is really not unusual for any professional illustrator or artist, but there are some interesting challenges. For example, in the "tray tables up" position, at night, you are relegated to holding your sketchbook in one hand, inking with the other, in piss-poor light, negotiating the lumps and bumps of turbulence, along with a seat-mate who won't stop talking.</span><br />
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-13739906841074514182013-07-10T17:46:00.000-07:002013-07-12T06:46:00.536-07:00Heat Wave, and Then Some, or, the Trials of a Hot and Humid HomeownerWe've had some unbearable heat lately. And the humidity to go with it. Like downtown Manila. So, what better time to go up to the sweltering hot second floor and attempt some simple home repair? There IS no better time! At least not if I want new sketchbook material as a result.<br />
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Afterward, I watched a few reruns of "Breaking Bad." It seemed the right thing to do after such traumatic, but ultimately successful, DIY.</div>
<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-81288144206828190742013-07-09T18:46:00.001-07:002013-07-12T06:53:26.431-07:00Summer SkinSummer is upon us, along with its attendant beauty! Who can deny this? Well, maybe me. Another in a series of iPad explorations.<br />
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C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-40532094756615275012013-03-09T20:47:00.004-08:002013-03-09T20:47:59.281-08:00Travel AdviceFrom my sketchbook, just prior to an international trip a little while back. And for my friend, Terri, who is traveling later this spring. Time to update the "international symbols" on the package of live typhoid vaccine...<br />
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<br />C. L. Deiblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835479676051828318noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1271437396176107887.post-64937347296945281172013-02-04T19:33:00.000-08:002013-02-04T19:33:04.214-08:00The Society Does Not Censor<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Generally, I have reserved my blog for my own work. At this time, however, I feel compelled to make an exception. This event (read below) underscores the power of images to communicate. And, further, points out the important role that visual communication occupies globally. Images are powerful. Images matter. Images inform and liberate. Let's never forget this.</span><br />
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After much delay, the Society of Illustrators’ <em>54th Annual of American Illustration</em> has reached the US and is now available in our Museum Shop and online. We wish the delay in receiving Illustrators 54 was a simple printing error or even a problem in customs, but the story goes deeper.</div>
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Without our consent or knowledge, the printer we sourced from China omitted an illustrator’s work, Alex Nabaum’s ”The Evolution of China”, an Uncommissioned piece (see below) and printed the book with a completely blank page. The refusal to print this illustration was justified by the printer because Chinese Government censors deemed the image to be “disrespectful to Mao Zedong.” Of course, in no way was this justification for us. <strong>The Society of Illustrators does not censor, nor do we accept it. </strong>We fought the removal of this illustration and ultimately decided to right this wrong. Alex’s image has been added by a second printer from Hong Kong.</div>
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We apologize for the delay in production of Illustrators 54 but are proud we took a stance in the name of free speech and illustration.</div>
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Illustrators 54 can be purchased on our online shop by clicking <a href="http://www.societyillustrators.org/Product.aspx?id=9375" style="-webkit-transition: 0.2s ease-in-out; color: #ff5400;" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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