Julie R. Neidlinger: Lone Prairie Art and Writing

The overly dramatic state of being.

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On one of my earlier web site versions (which you can now see archived, which I can see saved on my hard drive), I had a page where I would list...stuff. I'm not sure what you'd call it. Pre-blog? Mutterings? Page filler?

Time to resurrect...

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3/04
I am excited to start working with oil paint again. Mildly concerned about fumes, since it is too cold to open my door to the deck for ventilation...but still excited. I even purchased a few new paints, because my palette was so limited. After looking at a tube of paint that cost $20, I quickly headed over to the student grade section, and picked up the low-end $4 a tube paint. Yikes. Pthalo Green is a killer for cost.

12/03
My nephew introduced me to a project he made at school called a "biome" which I am excited to modify and turn into something I can use as a three dimensional paper creation.

6/03
Newest project? Try floundering in inadequacy.

4/03
New projects include a decided crisis in my belief of how important art really is. Despite what Ms. Kidman said in her Oscar acceptance speech... is art really important? I don't know. Maybe I just need a nap.

8/02
In the process of finishing up work for various clients and getting things ready so that I can leave the country, my head is exploding. That, then, is my new project - the exploding head.

4/02
I'm currently in a self-loathing period, but busy painting wildly colored oil paintings on masonite despite that. I should be having a gallery show of everything sometime in June, which would explain the self-loathing and the mad rush to paint. It's all quite eclectic - boards cut to fit a hodge podge of old frames (some quite hideous, to my great delight), and subject matter that's all over the board.

1/02-2/02
I will be teaching a night class in Langdon. The first will be from 5-7 and will cover drawing with different media. The second will be from 7-9 and will cover basic acrylic painting.

1/02
I will be taking part in the Marketplace of Ideas on January 10 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. For details, visit the MOI website.

10/01
I am going to be teaching an after school art class in Cando from 3:30 to 5:30. We will be learning to draw animals from anatomy drawings.

4/01
I am going to be teaching an after school class in Cando each Monday night for the month of April from 3:45 to 5:45. It will be on mixed media paintings, something I do quite a bit of.

3/5/01
When I look at how the postcards and letters of long ago were so beautifully written in elegant handwriting, I almost have a fit. People have such a scrawl now, including myself. My current project is teaching myself to write as they used to, using a metal nib pen that is dipped in ink. It's actually quite fun. Except that I suck.

2/5-26/01
I will teaching an introductory watercolor painting class in Langdon on Tuesday evenings. It looks to be a large class, and therefore, a bit of a challenge for me...

1/11/01
I will be setting up a booth at Marketplace of Ideas in Bismarck. Hopefully, I'll get to meet lots of new people, take some interesting classes, and make a few contacts!

11/30/00
I will be having an art show in the Cando Art Center for most of December. On display will be prints from my Highway 281 trip. This is a small showing, sharing space with another show.

10/31/00
I am trying to come up with my own written language! For no reason other than it sounds like fun. I was talking with someone recently about Tolkien's books, and how he made up that whole language and culture for his "Lord of the Rings". It just came to me to try it....

10/4/00
I will be teaching basic art classes to junior and senior high students at the Cando Art Center in Cando, ND. It should be a lot of fun, and I am looking forward to working with students who are interested in art! It will last into December.

9/11/00
Starting on the Monday evening of September 11th, I'll be teaching a book-making class at Lake Region State College as part of their adult continuing education program. It will meet every Monday night for four weeks. I will also be teaching an art history class, which is divided into three sessions as sort of a "greatest hits of art history". In each class, I'll highlight and discuss art we often see today, whether through TV, movies, magazines, advertising, etc. For example, the obvious ones will be Stonehenge, the Pyramids, Mona Lisa, Leaning Tower of Pisa... I'll put them in historical context, and discuss interesting facts surrounding their creation.

8/29/00
I am working on putting together a weekly cartoon for this site, probably to be viewed on my open submissions page. On my recent trip, in the process of joking around with my companions, three traveling cows developed. I'm thinking of expanding that to an odd farm animal cartoon with the same odd outlook we took to joking about. I have been fleshing out the characters in a sketchbook, with views of each character from front, sides, and back, along with a description of their personality. Also, I have been jotting down possible subjects of actual cartoons. I think it's pretty darn funny, however, I have an odd sense of humor (that's humour if you are from Great Britain) which has already caused my father to comment that what I planned for the token farm chicken characters was (and I quote) "sick", and "gross". However, the more I think about it, the harder I laugh. We'll see how it works out...

8/27/00
I will be having some of my work available in the Heritage Arts Gallery and Gifts, soon to be opening in Michigan, ND (in the former Lamb Oil/Kite Building) on Highway 2. I would encourage everyone to stop in should they be passing by the area, as it will be filled with fine arts from artists in this region, as well as heritage arts such as basketry and rosemaling. It will be opening soon, in time for the Christmas season.

5/10/00
On the burner right now are shadow boxes. I have no pictures right now, but I hope to soon. I am currently up to my eyeballs making a scaled down version of these boxes for graduation gifts. Basically, they are a wooden box with a glass front. Inside is either an object I have constructed, or, in the case of the large boxes, a scene in three dimensions. Something like a pop-up book, but in a framed case, you could say.