Saturday, March 1, 2014

"PHOTOS - Museum Shadow Prints" by Jack A. Atkinson - Capturing the "light energy" or "after-images" of museum artworks + Shrimp Remoulade for Mardi Gras!


ART
Museum Shadow Prints
Photographs by Jack A. Atkinson

In addition to his digital output artworks, which Atkinson titles "Energy Paintings",...

An example of a
digital "Energy Painting"
by Artist
Jack A. Atkinson

the artist's makes similar photographs. 

Using the shadows found behind, beside and below works of art in various museums, Atkinson captures the casts shadows, ie: the light energy, or after-images, of those artworks.

(Editor's Note: On occasion I write up my own personal artworks. Even though I discuss the artist in the 3rd person, I am indeed both the artist and the author of the text.)







































(Source: Concept and all photos © Copyright 2014 Jack A. Atkinson)

FOOD

Shrimp with
Green Remoulade

for Mardi Gras



INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup creole mustard

1/2 cup prepared mustard
1/2 cup catsup
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/4 cup horseradish
1/4 cup Worchestershire sauce
3 Tablespoons paprika
2 cups finely minced celery
1 1/2 cups minced green onion
1/3 cup olive oil
1 bunch parsley, minced
4 bay leaves
1 lemon, seeded and diced - rind and all.
2 Tablespoons garlic powder
1 Tablespoon salt
1 Tablespoon hot pepper sauce
Juice of 1 lemon
OPTIONAL: (1/2 cup of Mayonaise may be added, if desired)

2 lbs of Boiled Shrimp, well chilled

DIRECTIONS
Boil Shrimp in water with crab boil until pink.

Combine first 7 ingredients in a blender and mix well. Add remaining ingredients except shrimp and blend thoroughly.
the sauce is now very much a lemon and mustard sauce. Add mayonaise if you want to tone those flavors down.

Cover and chill.

Serve the shrimp with a ramikin of sauce on the side for dipping.
Caution: The sauce will be Kelly green.


(Source: Atkinson Family Cookbook)

Until Later, 
Jack
ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness through the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved for all content. Concept, Original Art, Original Text & "Original or Assigned Photography" are © Copyright 2014 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. All photographs were taken and/or used with permission. Artworks © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees


POSTSCRIPT
More examples of Jack A. Atkinson's digital "energy paintings" and other digital output artworks:

"Elephant" Energy Painting, (ink jet prints on canvas)
Background
Atkinson is a member of a group of digital artists who have shown at various galleries in New York City, but mainly at Caelum Gallery (26th at 10th Ave). Along with Caelum Gallery, Jack Atkinson organized the First ALL DIGITAL OUTPUT ART EXHIBITION in 2005, titled "FIVE DIGITAL ARTISTS".

Jack Atkinson's Artist Statement 
"My process is journalistic, drawing from life, in real time, what's in front of me, using ink and brush on paper. These preliminary works are scanned and become my digital jpeg files, the point of departure for the art I exhibit. Some jpeg images are enlarged, using mostly the change of scale, as the digital contribution to my process and are titled simply "BLOW-UPS." Other art pieces are manipulated and painted within the computer, before the final digital output, (digital paintings). 

"On canvas, my 'digital paintings' are unique (1/1). 
When the digital outputs are on paper, they are created in editions, 
usually limited to seven (7) plus one artist's proof." 

Digital Output Paintings
(ink jet prints on canvas)
"I noticed early-on how my ink and brush paintings, from life, seemed to capture the 'energy' of the subject in front of me - something difficult to define but definitely present in the work. Always starting with those black and white line paintings, the energy they captured became my focus and my subject." 
- Jack A. Atkinson 

"Guilin Landscape" Energy Painting

"Spiritual Leader" Energy Painting

"Greek" Energy Painting

"Red Nude" Energy Painting

"Girl in a Turban" Energy Painting

"Tibetan Boy" Energy Painting

Other Digital Output Artworks by Jack Atkinson:



"Cow Dog" Digital Laser Cut sculpture in Stainless Steel


(ink jet prints on canvas, coated in bees wax)

"Red Pony Tail" Digital Painting
(digital ink jet print on canvas with bees wax)



"At the Moulin Rouge" Digital Painting 


"Horse Circus" Digital Painting

"Wet Dog" Digital Output with Bees Wax, "Blow-Up"
Atkinson's comment, "No one will ever enjoy my art as much as I did while creating it... but I hope others will enjoy it!"

(Source: Concept and all Photographs © Copyright 2014 Jack A. Atkinson
Art Exhibitions shown are at various galleries in NYC's Chelsea Arts District, 1998 - present. 
All rights Reserved.)

ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness through the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved for all content. Concept, Original Art, Original Text & "Original or Assigned Photography" are © Copyright 2014 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. All photographs were taken and/or used with permission. Artworks © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees

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