really it’s all about walls…
I never reblog, but this is one of my favorites by Phillip James Moody. Good work!!
really it’s all about walls…
I never reblog, but this is one of my favorites by Phillip James Moody. Good work!!
[VI]
Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface
In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill’d:
Make sweet some vial; treasure some place
With beauty’s treasure,ere it be self-kill’d.
That use is not forbidden usury,
Which happier those that pay the willing loan;
That’s for thyself to breed another thee,
Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
Then what could death do, if thou shouldst depart,
Leaving thee living in posterity?
Be not self-will’d, for thou art much too fair
To be death’s conquest and make worms thine heir.
-William Shakespear
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[L]
Then let not winter’s ragged hand deface
In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill’d:
Make sweet some vial; treasure some place
With beauty’s treasure,ere it be self-kill’d.
That use is not forbidden usury,
Which happier those that pay the willing loan;
That’s for thyself to breed another thee,
Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
Then what could death do, if thou shouldst depart,
Leaving thee living in posterity?
Be not self-will’d, for thou art much too fair
To be death’s conquest and make worms thine heir.
-William Shakespeare
Ink on paper
Milwaukee St, Chicago IL
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Oedipus & Jocasta: post incestuous relationship
Heavy visual reference to Alexandre Charles Guillemot’s Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
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Abby
This portrait is an exploration of the Milwaukee’s history, as well as my own experience with this place. It’s laden with symbolism and references to the things that made Milwaukee a city, like alcohol brewing, iron business and trading, some of the original plant life, and patterns that reference Milwaukee’s first socialist mayor, Emil Seidel. Juxtaposing that is my own experience here, watching. Alcoholism, cold weather, and the stale taste in my mouth.
Farwell Ave, Milwaukee WI (On Maharaja)
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Birdcat
A quick little collaboration between myself and Chicago’s Nudnik
Brady St and Marshall, Milwaukee WI
Katie
This is a baby version of my thesis piece, which was a larger mural. For more info on this one look at my thesis description a few posts back.
Somewhere in Chicago
Untitled
Not really sure about this piece, but it’s a step in a fun direction. I’m playing around with ideas that aren’t so sad and heavy, but rather something lighthearted and maybe a little more playful.
Milwaukee Street, Chicago IL
It’s a feel good summer
Borg Ward Collective
“Cera is a senior undergraduate, studying printmaking at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Within the realm of printmaking, he is also focusing on making public art here in Milwaukee. The temporary mural on the Borg Ward Collective is part of his thesis exhibition with MIAD.”
Making artwork in the public atmosphere plays an integral role in my development as an artist. For me, it’s important to expand the art demographic past people that frequent galleries. I am uninterested in limiting myself to the well versed and educated art critiques. It’s critical in my practice to share with those that are open to a creative dialogue sparked by visual means.
My primary goal with this temporary outdoor mural is to create an image that represents the history of Milwaukee, arguably dating back to the late 1700’s, as well as represent my own experience with Milwaukee. I will be using portraiture and symbolism to create very specific references to that rich Milwaukee history of immigration, diversity and economic growth.
Digital drawing, block print, digital print, screen print, on paper wheatpasted to wall
823 W. National Ave., Milwaukee WI
(Source: Flickr / cera_mke)
Milwaukee: Then and Now, A Mash Up
Borg Ward Collective
My primary goal with this temporary outdoor mural is to create an image that represents the history of Milwaukee, arguably dating back to the late 1700’s, as well as represent my own experience with Milwaukee. I will be using portraiture and symbolism to create very specific references to that rich Milwaukee history of immigration, diversity and economic growth.
Digital drawing, block print, digital print, screen print, on paper wheatpasted to wall
823 W. National Ave., Milwaukee WI
Borg Ward Collective
“Cera is a senior undergraduate, studying printmaking at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Within the realm of printmaking, he is also focusing on making public art here in Milwaukee. The temporary mural on the Borg Ward Collective is part of his thesis exhibition with MIAD.”
My primary goal with this temporary outdoor mural is to create an image that represents the history of Milwaukee, arguably dating back to the late 1700’s, as well as represent my own experience with Milwaukee. I will be using portraiture and symbolism to create very specific references to that rich Milwaukee history of immigration, diversity and economic growth.
Digital drawing, block print, digital print, screen print, on paper wheatpasted to wall
823 W. National Ave., Milwaukee WI
(Source: Flickr / cera_mke)
This is the beginning of a small series I’m putting together about growing up, and trying to be an adult.
Digital drawing in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, digital print, india ink, spray paint
S Kinnickinnic Ave. and W Becher St, Milwaukee WI
(Source: Flickr / cera_mke)
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Drunk bombin’ up the French Quarter of New Orleans with 1ll Society!
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