tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196061852024-03-05T17:29:10.258-05:00Alynn Guerrap a p e r m i l i t a n t sUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-47157643596168711582015-06-19T11:00:00.002-04:002015-06-19T11:01:01.389-04:00We are back!It has been more than a year since the last post, and now I have a year old baby! I am using that as my excuse for not being able to maintain a blog, but the truth is I have never been good at this. My goal this year is to post at least once a month.
So besides being busy figuring out motherhood, which btw I surprisingly love, I have been printing a lot too. That is very surprising too, I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-59668070729236507452014-04-06T20:41:00.000-04:002014-04-06T20:42:17.898-04:00Spring Open Studio
This baby is coming soon! So this may be the last chance to visit the studio in a long time, therefore I'm planning on having a lot of prints available, both old and new and a few paintings as well.
And to make it more interesting if you bring a story, lullaby or a baby related item you'll get 25% off any print or 15% discount on any framed print.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-19273922720743917372014-03-03T10:35:00.001-05:002014-03-03T10:40:02.105-05:00Grand Rapids print commission
I have been working on some commissions lately and hasn't been as bad as I thought. So far I have enjoyed creating images for other people and the best part is that you get paid for your work right away instead of just waiting until the next art show or that fortuitous sale.
The good part;
-knowing exactly what to do (sort of)
-having a time frame, deadlines are great when Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-74204376480496975002014-02-04T14:25:00.000-05:002014-02-05T10:19:28.615-05:00Major Life Project *espaƱol abajo
This record cold and grey winter in Michigan, oddly; has been and will be one of the most beautiful and memorable for me, since I have been busy creating the most important project of my life, my own little human being.
The life growing in me has inspired and changed me in ways I didn't even thought possible, making me do the cloud walking constantly. The little Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-11903876864232277532013-10-24T14:04:00.002-04:002013-10-24T14:04:27.456-04:00
Some of my latest prints will be part of the exhibition "Pulso, Art of the Americas" taking place at both Kendall College of Art and Design and the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts. This exhibition compiles artwork from more than 25 regional and national artists.
Please join us for the opening this Wednesday October 30th, 6PM to 9PM.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-32786379175234973012013-10-23T19:13:00.002-04:002013-10-23T19:13:33.724-04:00Apocalyptic images
I have been working on a series of prints based on some of my apocalyptic nightmares. It seems like I learn of a new environmental disaster twice a day now.
In face of an impending new reality that we are already experiencing, but ignoring as random events, I can't help feeling some sort of environmental depression.
Now instead of creating an altogether depressing image, I am trying to play Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-73002419411270638662013-09-26T13:00:00.001-04:002013-09-26T13:00:41.504-04:00Grand riverUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-67807978335124501142013-09-25T11:59:00.001-04:002013-09-25T12:05:25.435-04:00DrawingI'm finding out that my patience for drawing is lost, has been for a while. I sketch maps of ideas of which a few will become block impressions on paper.
Carving a wood or linoleum block is like drawing in reverse, you start with a black surface and little by little your knife finds the outlines and highlights, there is no adding; its all about permanently removing material and committing to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-42389156768946634422013-08-07T16:13:00.001-04:002013-08-07T16:13:45.051-04:00CommissionsJuly was the preamble to crazy August, in the same week my job at the health food store and my class on interpreting ended, on the same day, so here is the undeniable sign of change.
Surprisingly, my income is coming from commissions, which in the past would feel more like a punishment, but now as I get older and more tolerant I love them! And as they become my only source of income until the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-24036654912847301912013-07-01T16:40:00.000-04:002013-07-01T16:40:18.333-04:00HopsThe first time I tried microbrewed beer I hated it, plain as that. I had a really hard time swallowing every single one sip of the 12 sampler arranged in front of me. That was almost 15 years ago. Now I am a fan, I have been for almost 10 years and during that time I have made a point of visiting at least one microbrewery of every city I stay or pass through. But that is not the best part; I liveUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-87866117754111942242013-03-02T11:26:00.000-05:002013-03-03T14:06:04.794-05:00Reduction printing. Wolf relationships
Like that fancy dish that takes for ever to prepare, tastes amazing and never find the motivation to do, color printing, or better said reduction printing takes a lot of motivation on my behalf, but I enjoy every bit of the process once I convince myself to engage in such a project.
The motivation was, the passing of a law to allow wolves to be hunted for sport in Michigan for the first time Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-15207145408102979842012-12-02T17:18:00.002-05:002012-12-02T17:22:54.176-05:00Due updateI have been back 3 months already! And it was not an easy time during the first 2 weeks; coming back to and empty home (even the dog was gone) with so much to process and make sense of, plus the fact that my community was going through a mayor transition made me feel like I was alone in a swamp of loneliness and depression.
Thankfully, that's all the time I got to be depressed, right after Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-51199712054204070042012-07-30T08:29:00.001-04:002012-07-30T08:32:27.782-04:00Hebron, PalestineI knew we were going to a divided land, but no news, pictures, videos, nor shared experiences could really convey the heaviness of the atmosphere in this "holy" place that has been horizontally, vertically, politically, spiritually, morally slashed.
Markets are non-secular meeting sites, the hart of a town; full of life, people, colors, noises, flavors, gossip. This heart of the city has been Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-42243914600047858402012-07-26T16:40:00.001-04:002012-07-31T01:51:31.359-04:00West and East JerusalemWhat is wrong with tourism? I had a little moral struggle in Jerusalem. Being blown away by the beauty of the ancient city that looks like it was carved right out of the mountain, the fortress wall, the history, the mystery, hey! even all the biblical references contributed to my state of awe, and then, the vendors, the food, the maze-like corridors... Next we got to the center of the city, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-47905710452052526052012-07-25T17:47:00.001-04:002012-07-25T17:47:07.250-04:00Refugee campYesterday we visited the De Heishee refugee camp in Bethlehem, an entire day has passed and I'm still trying to process the experience.
This refugee camp is managed by the UN on Jordanian land. The refugees left their homes and their land and their belongings for what was supposed to be two weeks only, 60 yeas later they are still waiting and hoping to return. For some of them the offense is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-77255682076905855282012-07-25T01:23:00.001-04:002012-07-25T17:24:18.463-04:00BethlehemWe arrived to Tel Aviv two days ago, surprisingly we didn't have any problems entering the country. Then rode the bus through the countryside, through Jerusalem and finally through checkpoint 300 into Bethlehem.
We are staying at the ICB (international Center of Betlehem) or Diyar www.Diyar.ps The place is like a little oasis in the center of Bethlehem built by the Finnish government. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-70330953775178134122012-07-23T23:59:00.001-04:002012-07-24T01:44:16.014-04:00Leaving the "land of opportunities"I have never been to NY, always tried to avoid the big city when traveling trough the state; but being on a plane flying over this territory that gradually changes its color from the deepest green splattered with, I'd like to say blue, but sadly is brown water, to a grayish zippered green into finally a true concrete gray; the gate into the land of opportunities, I can't help it I find myself Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-85278542417292398622012-07-04T13:27:00.003-04:002012-07-04T13:42:18.600-04:00Resiliency print
Resiliency
It's true... my website was swallowed by a cyber monster. Long story, but in short a very frustrating experience, and an important lesson learned.
So all I'm left with for now, is; this blog, an Etsy site and a Facebook page; oh, sure a Twitter account too.
I am still trying to raise funds to pay for my trip to the Holy Land, one way is by selling prints. There is more Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-29581874289318918222012-07-03T01:37:00.002-04:002012-07-14T09:39:08.002-04:00Infinite thanks!!!
I've got a late start... But the moment I announced I was granted an art residency in the Holy Land and my urgent need to raise funds; I was showered with sympathy, financial support, and all kinds of help and love.
I got checks in the mail, online donations, over-payments for prints, etc. And when I was feeling sick under the stress of throwing a big fundraising party; I was overwhelmed Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-28726644579740434062012-07-02T23:48:00.001-04:002012-07-02T23:48:45.645-04:00
Cabildo playing at my fundraising event. Thanks to Tommy Allen who recorded it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-41310431409350414432012-06-14T08:23:00.001-04:002012-06-20T10:00:53.672-04:00Printing my way to the Holy Land
It is official! I'm going to Palestine and Israel.
And I desperately need help to raise funds to pay for this trip
I
was invited to be part of The Hope Equals Artist Residency Trip; during
which, I will be traveling with other North American artists from
different areas and backgrounds. Our group will learn about the conflict
by visiting Jewish, Muslim and Christian sites, as well as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-39846779285690253792012-02-16T17:28:00.001-05:002012-02-16T17:35:59.315-05:00What is a studio for? anywayJanuary is such a slow month in the studio. I am tired from having so many holiday sales, my stuff is all misplaced, I can't find any energy let alone inspiration to create, etc etc; so, by the end of the month I've got enough from my isolation and I need people. That's why I have parties, but that isn't very productive. Instead I am hosting drawing sessions called Drink and Draw, also I've been Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-73149986855764409232012-01-23T21:30:00.001-05:002012-01-23T21:32:10.768-05:00The Beehive Collective's visit last Fall
Not too long after coming back from visiting the Beehive Collective in Maine, the bees came to Grand Rapids and did a three day event including a presentation of their latest graphic "The true cost of Coal", a workshop for artists and activists and an activity for kids on the last day. This was the second time I had the honor to host the bees since their last visit in March, that's right two Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-80226876740069221002011-08-15T09:06:00.001-04:002011-08-29T10:52:03.778-04:00Machias "Little bad falls"
I left Bethel, at 4PM on Friday, it was one of those hard to leave places, but the good news is that I may come back for either a show or an artist in residence.
I started driving again and according to google maps I should have been in Machias in 2 1/2 hours, instead I got there at 11:30 PM. I guess that was without considering all the stops and my 40mph driving speed through those narrow Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606185.post-34990449564851667272011-08-13T00:41:00.007-04:002011-08-13T07:25:37.767-04:00five days on the road: gorges, rainbows, bears, mountains, curvy roads, people, fate?
Double rainbow!
At my campsite at Parc de la gorge de Coaticook
Yeah! where do I even start. Maybe by saying that I'm so happy to be alive after sitting all alone in my tent while some wild definitely big toothed creatures fought 2ft away over my hemp milk. Never in my whole life did my heart beat as hard as last night, I guess that is a way of saying that I have never been so scared Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0