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2019: Bernard Re, Jr.: Creative. Natural. Gatherer. Maker. Artist. Writer. Cartoonist. And (again) Artist Activist.
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Bernard Re, Jr.
Bernard Re, Jr.
Body of work links:
CHILDRENS BOOKS WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED [2014-Current] By Bernard Re, Jr. now available for purchase on Shutterfly.
ACTIVIST ART
[2016-Current] See entries at right for more information.
GRAFFIARE SERIES
[2012-Current] See entries at right for more information.
DRAWING WITH NATURE WORK BLOG [2007-Current] VIEW
2012 RECAP [1971-2011 Selected Exhibition History] VIEW
Paintings: ENAMEL AND NATURAL PIGMENTS WORK [2005-2006] VIEW
Paintings: ENAMEL WORK [2005-2006] VIEW
ARTIST TALK [YOUTUBE.COM] Westport Art Center 2007 [PART I] [PART II]
OLDER SELECTED WORK [2003-1973] VIEW
COLLEGE YEARS WORK [early1970s] VIEW
WAY-BACK-FILES WORK [late 1960s] VIEW
TRAVELS AND MUSINGS Also join us on our journeys as we travel through time and places, life and events. From the art we make to the things we grow. Come along, experience and interact with us on the trips we take, the connections we make and the people we meet. Share with us our travels, our thoughts within and the things we do.Global Home: Between Here and There
PERSONAL JOURNAL Clicking the Personal Journal link on each cover page as they load will step you back in time.
MY OTHER (PAST) LIFE Career History overview.
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Welcome!
New series... drawings...
Greetings from the multiverse
Graffiare: Drawing on tile work
The series using this "Graffiare" technique is entilted The View from Behind my Eyelids. It is inspired by the imagery of the light and dark and the shadowy forms one finds behind closed eyelids - emerging out of the scratching away of the surface – as life becomes richer as we see beyond the surface. I currently have hundreds of "The View from Behind my Eyelids" tiles and am working to create a large wall installation using them. View Graffiare: Drawing on tile work for permanent wall installations or mural applications options on my Creative Ground page.
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Activist art (again):
Monsters eating Monsters
Bird Brains elect first President
See drawings on my vbutterflyeffect Instagram account that will hopefully go into a new series of very large paintings based on a dream I had last year. Take a look... on Instagram now...
This is more of my journey, connections to the vast known, the imagined and the unknown - out there and in here... Greetings from the multiverse is my mailing log of drawings from the multiverse of places that I have traveled to and documented and then sent out as original postcard drawings to share with the universe that I occupy. If you have received one of my "greetings" it would be great to hear from you in the comments section under your postcard. Visit postcard log...
Beginning in 2013 (and continuing today) I began to use tiles as a sketching material (not that I gave up my paper sketch book mind you) using a technique I call "Graffiare". Sgraffito and sgraffiti come from the Italian word graffiare ("to scratch"), ultimately from the Greek (γραΦειν) (gráphein) "to write".
Even Monsters get sick from eating THESE Monsters... The series along with supporting source links can be viewed on the Monsters website monsterseatingmonsters.com.
A record of destruction...
This cartoon series began after the horrible presidental election of 2016 and is a commentary on the people who voted for the Trump, Pence, Bannon wrecking crew and the policies, programs and behavior that they are enabling. The series contains over 70 cartoons along with supporting source links. They can be viewed on my imgur gallery page.
Change-Process Art: Drawing with Nature
The art of changeability using materials and pigments gathered from where I live and the places that I visit. I call this Change-Process Art and describe it as human and natural actions coming together to create an open ended work of art that has the possibility to change even as we have the possibility though time and space to alter our perception of it and our interaction with it.
Please visit my blog Drawing with Nature [HERE] to view more work and my process notes.
The Gathered Hedge
Explore a related collaborative project, The Gathered Hedge at our blog [HERE]. The Gathered Hedge is a collection of found, purchased and donated materials that have been merged with on site natural, planted and gathered growth. This process put in motion gathers other active partners; the weather, time, the sun, wind, cold, heat, rain, snow, ice, growth and the coming and going of the seasons to create this "Change-Process Art" installation.
