ART BLOG #02

OH, BRAVE NEW WORLD...

"Angel Perselidas" by Jorge Marin.... Photo by Me. Currently on display at the Albert Gonzales Studio/Gallery!

ART

 

Behind the scenes of ART BLOG #01 "Dear Mr. Mayor..."

 

Last week I embarked on my most ambitious art project of the year... I sent out 10 letters to 10 city mayors along with a gift of an 11x14 "City Drawing" of their city. I will update you all when I hear back from them!

 

Read the behind the scenes of my preparation in ART BLOG #01 "Dear Mr. Mayor..."

 

Current Progress of my latest "City Drawing" LAS VEGAS, Nevada!

 

This week, I'd like to share with you my current project which I've been working on for the past few months. Ever since I started to draw cities I've received requests to have greeting cards, postcards, t-shirts, puzzles, and other gift/souvenir type items made from my "City Drawings". I decided that it was time to try making these items a reality and it was really special for me to be able to hold in my hand a greeting card and puzzle with one of my drawings printed on it! It was like a dream come true and instantly my mind was full of ideas of how marketable this could be for ALL the cities I have drawn and will draw! My focus these past few years has been on selling prints of my art, but this moves me into a whole different area of exciting possibilities...

 

Below are examples of what I've purchased so far and what will soon be available at my ONLINE STORE 

 

(featuring my SAN ANTONIO, TX PART TWO City Drawing)

 

 

PUZZLES!

 

My first puzzle!

My first puzzle!

 

MOUSE PADS!



My first mouse pad!

POSTCARDS!

 



My first postcard!

 

GREETING CARDS!

My first greeting cards!

REFRIGERATOR MAGNETS!

My first refrigerator magnet!

If anyone is interested in the items above please let me know & as always, if you have any art or photography opportunities, suggestions or requests for items to be printed, please feel free to send me an email at timothymcvainlives@live.com!

 

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

I had the opportunity to walk around #MuertosFest at the La Villita Historic Arts Village in downtown San Antonio this past weekend for Dia de los Muertos! This is one of my favorite San Antonio celebrations and I hope you enjoy the photos I was able to take.

More of my photography from this weekend and my past adventures can be found in my archive of more than 10,300 posts on my TUMBLR

 

 

 

 

EVENTS

 

I had the honor of having one of my photos featured at the Brave New World - contemporary art collective featuring artists from San Antonio and Austin at the Albert Gonzales Studio/Gallery at 2402 Guadalupe St. near downtown San Antonio.

 

Here I am standing next to my 2x3 foot print of  "Angel Perselidas" by Jorge Marin

 

Here are some behind the scenes detailed photos of some of the featured artist's works! In the captions of each photo I have put a link to the artist's page!

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MUSIC

 

As you may remember from ART BLOG #01, I shared my goal of having my original songs recorded soon. Well, here is the unofficial list of songs! I'd also love to be able to perform these LIVE to a small intimate group of friends, but I'm not too sure how to go about either of these endeavors... as always, any advice or suggestions are appreciated!

 

 

And in case you'd like to hear a sampling of my music, take a listen below!

 

WRITING

 

COMING SOON!

 

I'm hoping to share more about my writing projects in my next ART BLOG #03!

 

THANK YOU for taking the time to check out my blog and

As always, you can follow me on social media for daily updates!

 

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ART BLOG #01

"Dear Mr. Mayor..."

 

 

It has been eight months since my last blog...

 

Self-Portrait. (slight color correction) 2016

ART:

 

Two years ago my Dad sent the city manager of San Antonio a 2x3 foot print of my San Antonio, Texas (Part One) "City Drawing." (What is a City Drawing? Well, check out this behind the scenes blog about my artistic process here: http://timothy-mcvain.blogspot.com/2014/11/my-art-and-city-drawings.html 

 

Current progress of my "City Drawing" of Las Vegas, Nevada

 

(At the time, my parents were living in California but have since relocated to be near me here in the Alamo City) Approximately one month after sending the drawing to her, I received a letter from the city manager thanking me and my parents for my drawing. Months later, during a visit to San Antonio, my parents went to City Hall and met her and saw my drawing on display in one of the hallways. My Dad felt that my "City Drawings" were important and needed to be shared with more people so he sent large prints to the mayors of a few cities that I had drawn. I received letters of thanks from the mayors of San Antonio, Denver, Salt Lake City, the city manager of San Francisco, and the former mayor of Houston...

 

 

 

One year has passed since my Dad sent one of my drawings to a city and during my research and planning for my current "Las Vegas, Nevada" drawing, I realized I could use his formula and send prints of my work to the mayors of the other cities that I have drawn. (At the time of this writing, I have drawn more than twenty cities) I spent a couple days researching the mayor's names, addresses of the city halls, and read the background of each person. Then, I typed up a quick introductory letter about myself and the drawing, hoping that they would accept the gift of my art of their city, wrapped the print of their city's drawing, placed a business card and one of my brand new flyers into an envelope and sent them off to ten cities! I had assumed this would be a simple, hour long project but it became more than a week of working every day between when I slept and when I had to go to work. I will update here on a future blog post when I get a response.

The mayors I've shared my art with is as follows...

 

Austin

Chicago

El Paso

Corpus Christi

Seattle

Houston

Dallas

Fort Worth

Nashville

San Francisco

Click each one to purchase a copy for yourself! I have three sizes available:
8.5x11 for $15
11x14 for $20
16x20 for $25

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Printing the letters to the mayors!

I had to cut cardboard to ensure the prints didn't bend while in the mail

The front of the flyer

 

The back of the flyer

 

 

My new business cards

 

PHOTOGRAPHY:

 

I have become obsessed with color splash photos! Then, when I received a lot of love for my "color correction" pictures I decided to go back through my archives of tens of thousands of photos and begin re-editing them and changing the colors. I've especially fallen in love with turning iconic photos of mine yellow (blue, green, purple, or teal) in a series I've entitled "What if it was Yellow?" Below are some examples...

"What if it was yellow?"

 

"What if it was yellow?"

 

"What if it was yellow?"

 

"What if it was yellow?"

"What if it was yellow?"

"What if it was yellow?"

"What if it was yellow?"

MUSIC:

 

So far, my www.soundcloud.com/timothy-mcvain has 16 original songs available and I hope to soon record professionally because at the moment I'm recording myself through my phone which I prop up on folded clothes stacked on a table next to my keyboard. My music is based on a lot of the storylines in my writing... see below
 

 

 

WRITING:

 

As some of you may know, writing has been a major passion of mine for years. Even as a child I would dictate to my Mom stories I thought of and then I'd draw them on the page. Thankfully my Mom has saved all the stories I have written and it's fun to look back and see what I was thinking as a kid and ideas I had in my very imaginative mind. I have a series of 7 fiction novels and one collection of short stories I'd like to self-publish, print, and promote/sell. This is a major life goal of mine and I don't have any idea when I'll finish them, but I'd like to at least get one published this next year... Any feedback/advice is much appreciated! Email me anytime at timothymcvainlives@live.com

EVENTS:

 

Friday, October 28th 2016 I'll have one photo on display at #BraveNewWorld a contemporary art collective featuring inspiring local artists! This is the first time I've printed one of my photos in such a large size (larger than 2x3 foot!) and I really can't wait to see people's reaction to the photo. I was not going to release any teaser pictures of which photo I had chosen to have displayed, but since you've read his much of the blog, here you go!  I look forward to seeing you all at the event if you can make it! TIME: 4-9pm ADDRESS: 2402 Guadalupe St.

BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley

ANGEL PERSELIDES by Mexican Sculptor Jorge Marin

Coming Soon!

I look forward to sharing more behind the scenes photos and stories of my artistic endeavors in

 

ART BLOG #2



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