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A Path’s journey. This five part series will be included in the #stranger show #3doorgallery August 4-18th. #1890bryantstreetstudios #artistsonintagram #doors #paintings #paperworks #art #groupshow @reneedjohnson @reneedecarloart

Here’s a peek at a commission of 15 skateboards for a corridor on the pediatric floor of the new Sutter Health hospital in SF. Desi (my 11yr old) actually came up with this idea after visiting the kids’ floor at another hospital. He thought that skateboard art would be cool and fun for kids - especially when they’re in a scary or sad situation. So I took his advice and proposed it and it’s happening! Im so excited for Desi to see his idea come to life. Pretty cool. Thanks #jdtassociates for the opportunity.
#kidsideas #skateboards #hospitalart #listentothekids #sutterhealth #artislife #lifeisart
@reneedjohnson @yosemiteplaceartists

New series of 10x30s. Actually old series reimagined. Masking off much of the details actually reveals and defines those details. Does that even make sense?? Whatever. I’ll show you what I mean tomorrow...
#workinprogress #green #blue #mask #reveal #inbetween @reneedjohnson @reneedecarloart @yosemiteplaceartists

“Born again”. A new series - this one looks at home in this beautiful space. The name come from the life it once was a door then as a work table covered in dye and paint. Now it lives as a painting. #artrooms #insitu #toscale #bornagain #painting #art #door #worktable #artistoninstagram
@reneedjohnson @yosemiteplaceartists

First day back. Wow. Total disaster zone. My fridge door was open and the freezer defrosted water everywhere and molded - (whew knew a mini-fridge was capable of so much?!). So that’s fun. I have so many exciting things to get started on that I didn’t anticipate the 2hr clean up.
Now I can start organizing for the real fun things I’m dying to get to.....#minifridgemess #shutthedamndoor #backtowork #studiostatus #backinsf

"The great divide". Ink and pigment on embossed, painted and dyed paper. ⠀
#impressions #art #drawing #printmaking #greatdivide #paper #artistsoninstagram #contemporary #process #layersuponlayers⠀
@reneedjohnson @reneedecarloart
Photo by: @jenthefink

You never know what you'll find when you venture into @scrapsf - a recycling center for artists and educators. I scored these wooden trays - cases of them, new and raw, just sitting there waiting for someone to give them a purpose (besides hiding in a box on a shelf). I love functional surfaces to paint on - turning them into something unique and extraordinary. ⠀
#notyouraveragetray #oneofakindobject #function #art #utility #tray #storage #transport #homegoods #artislife #lifeisart ⠀
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Someone recently asked me if I ever collaborate with Chris - who I met in college. Ceramics class 23 years ago. We are still making art - and doing it in our own and different ways. #avguy #itguy #lifeisart #artislife ines #pathways #markmaking #toolsofthetrade #honsons #meandmyman #collaboration #sdsuceramics #joannehayakawa #thankyougodsofclay

Skateboard drawings from last summers "Epic Skatetour". This is a huge series of drawings that I start while watching the boys skate. All blind, contour line drawings that are either a crude landscape drawings of the park itself, or line drawings that trace one of the boys' lines through the park/landscape. After that initial drawing line is set, I go in and add my own marks - connecting edges, adding loops and filling in gaps. Ink is then applied to mix with the ink from the pen, and flow across the surface - puddling, swirling, and defining. ⠀
#artistprocess #drawings #skateboard #roadtrip #contourlinedrawings #mixedmedia #inks #markmaking #abstractartist #lifedrawing #roadtrip⠀
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**thanks to @jennthefink for the pic!

Happy Independence Day! So much to be thankful for today. Freedom to swing fast and slow, to move in circles or deviate into a path that has yet to be taken. Thank you to all who have served and given their lives to maintain our freedoms.
#independence #freedom #artislife #lifeisart

Side view detail of my latest "Thumbnails" piece. Paper is amazing in that even though it has a mind of it's own, it's open to new things - like being squished, pulled, pressed, cut, rubbed, coated, torn. I wish I was more like paper sometimes....
#paper #process #beflexible #layers #thumbnails #notjustapainting #couldbecollage #couldbeatapestry #mixedmedia #edges
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@yosemiteplaceartists **thanks @jennthefink

Swarm. Reminds me of a beehive. I’ll be showing this series in my upcoming group show at #3doorgallery @1890bryantstudios opening Aug 4th.
#artislife #lifeisart #swarm #1890bryantstreetstudios #blackandwhite #honeycomb #beehive
@reneedjohnson @reneedecarloart

A piece of honeycomb from my friend's hive. Sadly, his bees have all died, a common story for many beekeepers. I'm grateful for this beautiful relic .
#beehive #fragileworld #savethebees #beautifulspecimen #morethanhoney #honeybee #mymuse #artislife #lifeisart
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@reneedjohnson **thanks to @jennthefink for the photo!

Coloring.
#artisthand #coloring #working #brushwork #workinprogress
@reneedecarloart
@reneedjohnson **thanks to @jennthefink for the photo!

Boys want a dog....I think this ones too big ;) #bigdog #balloondog #itsart #contemporaryart #favoritemuseum #boardmuseum #jeffkoons #marktansey #roylichtenstein #roberttherrien #artislife #lifeisart #losangeles #summer
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A Path's Journey.....colors and lines determine where things will go. I love to work in the spaces between lines and colors to define something that wasn't visible before. ⠀
#whosdrivingwho #artistprocess #painting #drawing #journey #artislife #lifeisart ⠀
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**thanks to @jennthefink for the photo!

Tools.
I don't consider myself a painter, but I guess I actually am when shopping for supplies - there's always paint and brushes in my cart. What I'm actually buying are colors and ways to apply them.
#supplies #artisttools #paint #brush #tools #color #painter
@reneedecarloart
@reneedjohnson **thanks to @jennthefink for the photo!

Nighttime roller coaster rides and photoshoot. It’s like riding one of my drawings and having a heartache all at once. #thrillrides #landscape #contourlinedrawings #artislife #lifeisart #rollercoaster @reneedjohnson

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