July & August 2007
8-31-2007 Grid Costs
A
Paul Klee inspired/influenced work. This one turned out rather well I
think. My teenage son said he liked it... a lot. That's a first. This
is my final model for August 2007, a very productive month for me.
8-25-2007 Oak Leaves House
Another of my "leaf houses". This time
Pin Oak leaves are used to define the shape of the house. Creating
these is a good exercise in working with complex interacting shapes.
8-24-2007 Blogosphere 2
Two images from an ongoing effort to represent graphically, in an artistic way, the world of the Internet.
8-19-2007 Tomato House
Threw this together
fairly quickly on Saturday. I love the colors. I'm working through some
design ideas for a relatively simple modular construction system. I
plan to develop these ideas in a series of small house designs over the
next few months. Stay tuned.

8-17-2007 Golden Summer
The
third and final of my Summer of '07 trilogy of summer-themed models.
The three are "High Summer", "Sacred Sugar Maple Leaves", and "Golden
Summer." The three models represent the best I can do at this point to
create art with SketchUp. Poster size prints of the three models are
available from my online gallery at Lulu.com.

8-15-2007 Klee II
Another
model inspired by Paul Klee's art. The image below is of the first
stage of this project. I plan on adding geometry within the grid over
the next week.

8-8-2007 Green Roof House
An
impractical but fun house design. I've been playing around with the
idea of using leaf shapes to define buildings since last fall. This
design is the closest yet to that vague vision which becomes more
concrete with each iteration of the design process.
8-5-2007 Paul Klee Inspired Work
I
recently purchased a book about Paul Klee. Much of his work resonates
strongly with me. His painting "Colorful Life Outside" inspired me to
try something similar in SketchUp. An image of the result along with an
image of the model used to create the result follow. I call my version
"European Trip" as all the digital images were taken on a recent family
trip to Europe.
8-2-2007 Enjoying Summer
In
a summer routine. Short work day. Home for a swim by 3. Reading or
SketchUp work in the afternoon and evening. Quite enjoyable. Last
project again involved a building idea / art idea. Following images
tell the story.
7-24-2007 Back from Europe
I
travelled in Europe with family for 17 days in July. Saw and
experienced much of interest. I was looking for inspiration for new
SketchUp art directions, and had some success. There are a bunch of
ideas I'd like to explore and I'll be sharing the results here.
Following are two works I've produced since returning. The first is a
quickly created mashup of Wassily Kandinsky's Composition VII and my
"Reason and Emotion." The second is a more serious attempt to produce
something in the spirit of Kandinsky, Miro and Klee.
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