Today’s Black + White
January 6, 2009 | Filed Under Chris, For Sale, Friends + Family, Life, Our Artwork | Leave a Comment
Local photographer Jeff Hall made a visit yesterday to pick up a framed print of my FOCA painting. Jeff has begun a fantastic photo project for this year, called Today’s Black and White, to help raise money to fight against child sex trafficking. From Jeff:
“…I am making every shot I post available to purchase as a print. 100% of the print sales will be donated to Free Chains, a non-profit organization that is fighting the Child Sex Trade all over the US and Worldwide. I realize some of these shots will be portraits and may not be ones you want to buy, but you can always buy a print of an earlier photo!”
Sorry kids, this is one of those portraits you probably won’t want to buy (except, of course, for you, Mom). Just be sure to keep your eye out for a new photo each day and support the very worthy cause.
The FUEL Project CD release: now available
December 17, 2008 | Filed Under Art Shows, Chris, For Sale, Friends + Family, Our Artwork | 1 Comment
For more information about the FUEL Project, see the previous post.
The FUEL Project CD’s are $15 each. Available here.
The packaging for the FUEL Project CD is made from 100% recycled chip board, using vegetable-based ink for the letterpressed cover.
With no adhesives holding it together, the package is 100% recyclable.
The FUEL Project CD is in a signed and numbered limited edition of 250 and includes:
The 16 finished FUEL Project artwork images in hi-res JPG format
14 hi-res JPG images of the artists’ preliminary artworks
4 FUEL Project artwork desktop wallpapers
2 signed and numbered 4.75” square full-color offset prints
of Future Play by Jason Waggoner
and Because Of and For You by Christopher Koelle.
FUEL Project CD’s are $15 each (plus shipping & handling) and are available via email order and the new Koelle Art etsy shop.
The FUEL Project by Jason Waggoner & Christopher Koelle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
The FUEL Project
December 17, 2008 | Filed Under Art Shows, Chris, For Sale, Friends + Family, Our Artwork | 1 Comment
In September 2008, Jason Waggoner approached me with the idea of working on a collaborative project together. We met to discuss different media possibilities and thematic concepts, one of which was the idea of producing a limited edition CD package—not for music, but for visual art. Waggoner mentioned (admittedly quite randomly) the idea of using imagery found within a 9-mile radius of our homes, after which I, with the help of Google Maps, created a dot-pattern map pinpointing every gas station within a 9-mile radius of my house. We eventually decided on the theme of fuel—including all that it connotates both generally (energy, sleep, life, work) and specifically, as one of the most pressing global concerns of our day (dependence on oil, wastefulness, pollution, sustainability).
We decided we would produce sixteen finished works—eight each. But first, we would each make about eight smaller preliminary pieces and then swap with each other. We went on a field trip/photoshoot to collect images of our surrounding Greenville area—abandoned gas stations, construction sites, oil companies, desolate buildings and overgrown parking lots. Waggoner took my drawings, and I took his photography, and we each incorporated the other’s preliminary images into our own final compositions.
The sixteen original works are mixed media on 11.25″ square paper, custom-framed by ourselves, using archival framing materials. We will be exhibiting the FUEL Project throughout the Upstate and beyond. All original works are for sale (with the stipulation that the entire body of work be allowed to tour for a limited time). Contact us if you’re interested in purchasing any of the original artworks.
These first eight images are my finished mixed-media artworks resulting from the FUEL Project, a collaborative work between artist Jason Waggoner and myself. The last eight images are Jason Waggoner’s pieces.
I’ll post about the other half of the project—the FUEL Project CD—very soon. Stay tuned.
The FUEL Project by Jason Waggoner & Christopher Koelle is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
Because Of and For You - SOLD
Sun and Rain for the Just and the Unjust
A Needy People
Give + Take - SOLD
Binding - SOLD
Mending
Opening
Reassembling
The complete 16-piece set on display at Jason’s studio
Some of our smaller preliminary artworks
Polarity
Speculative Effect
Feed
Self Serve Credit Card Island
Future Play
Faith
Still Smiles
Rooted
CLIPPED: Photos from the opening
December 15, 2008 | Filed Under Art Shows, Chris, Friends + Family, Life, Our Artwork | 2 Comments
Little bit o’ art, little bit o’ Christmas lights, little bit o’ pipes and cigars, little bit o’ Scott Tuma… ah, what a magical, freezing, cozy evening it was. Special thanks to Aaron Greene for the great photos.
The artwork is on display for this whole week at the Silver Chair, so check it out if you missed the opening.
Photos by Aaron Greene
Thank you!
December 14, 2008 | Filed Under Art Shows, Chris, Friends + Family, Life, Our Artwork | Leave a Comment
Thank you to Joffre and all yall at the Silver Chair for being such fine hosts at the art show this weekend, and thank you to all of you who came out and braved the cold! And of course, a special thanks to you who purchased pieces! Your support means so much to me and Annie.
I’ll post soon with some more pictures. The art is on display for the next week, so if you didn’t make it, you can still check it out. The Silver Chair is open 10am-10pm daily.
Here’s me looking like a fool and Marshall looking like a mafia hit man. Photo courtesy of Matt Silver’s iPhone.
FUEL Project CD teaser…
December 10, 2008 | Filed Under Chris, Friends + Family, Our Artwork | 2 Comments
ROYAL BUFFET Show @ art & light gallery!
December 3, 2008 | Filed Under Annie, Friends + Family, Life, Our Artwork | Leave a Comment
This Friday! December 5, 11-4pm; 5-9pm
ROYAL BUFFET Show!
Flat Iron Studios
1211 Pendleton St.
Greenville, SC
Annie Koelle and Mollie Greene (and Gracen Collins from afar) invite you to join us and all other fabulous people at Flat Iron Studios on Pendleton Street in Greenville for a feast of delectable papery delights.
Garlands, mobiles, tags, ornaments; decorations to fling, to perch, to admire from afar; cards, collages, and other perfect gifts to give will be hung and twirling and ready for you (yes, you) to feast upon.
More information on Facebook and at: http://www.molliegreene.com/blog
And a preview of this carnival of paper (or if you just can’t wait, or if you live too far away to come to the party) can always be seen in the Royal Buffet etsy shop:
http://www.royalbuffet.etsy.com
SHOWTIMES:
December 5, 11-4; 5-9 (First Fridays, Mollie & Annie will be there at this time for certain…)
December 6, 11-4 (First Saturdays)
December 12, 11-4
December 13, 11-4
December 19, 11-4
December 20, 11-4
Jay Albright :: First Fridays gig poster
November 24, 2008 | Filed Under Chris, Friends + Family, Our Artwork | Leave a Comment
Muh boy Jay Albright is playing live at Lily Pottery (Flatiron Studios) for First Fridays, December 5. Throughout the evening, 6 - 9 pm. See some art and hear some Jay play his original music and some covers.
