ARoulette

www.alexroulette.com

I have a website now.

Hi everyone who visits my page. Sorry there hasn't been updates in a long time, last semester was a lot of work, so I ended up neglecting scanning and photographing work until the end. MICA offers scholarships for current students so I was forced to photograph stuff for that. Now that I have the work on my computer why not put some up here, now I'm finally going to update.

I did a lot of experimental drawing last semester I think I'll go head and put those up I'm curious to see if people like them or not. I don't care if you don't like them though, I think I just need feed back whether its good or bad. I might put some stuff that I kind of don't like but kind of do, in the Scraps but I haven't decided yet.

Well I'll be putting some stuff up through out the week I hope you like some of it and thank you everyone who made comments on my page.

-Alex

Wow, I can't believe I got another DD. What a shock I really wasn't expecting that. Thanks so Much!! Thanks everyone who commented I read them all, I'll try to respond to some but I don't think I can't get to them all. I thought it was really funny how many people said "I thought it was a photo".

So I started MICA a few weeks ago, Its been really fun. They give you more conceptual assignment than I thought they would foundation year.  I'm getting some strange projects that really been pushing me, I think it's probably good for me. I've had to do some abstract stuff for my elements of visual thinking class and drawing 2 which felt weird to do I haven't done anything like that in years. Another thing I haven't done in years is was on a canvas, my painting teacher is making us work on it at lest for the first project, maybe he'll let me switch to something else. My first project is a self-portrait form a mirror, we're spending a lot of time on it. The teacher only give out like 4 projects all semester, so we have like 4 weeks or so to work on them and we just bring them in each week and get the critiqued.

Anyways besides school, There is a lot of cool concerts going on in Baltimore, and DC. I'm going to so see Sufjan Stevens next week!! I'm so excited then the Decemberists are that weekend. I also really want to see The Fiery Furnaces (one of the coolest bands ever) and Architecture of Helsinki.

Well thanks again everyone I really appreciate your comments It's been hard for me to find the time to be really active on DA because of school and everything so sorry about that I'm trying my best. I've been spending most of my free time on projects and such. If im happy with some of the project I might put them up. I was also thinking about putting stuff in the scraps. I go to most of the open figure drawing that they have here so I may put some of that in the scraps passably.

So it's been awhile since I've written a Journal or updated anything so I think its past time to do so. In my last journal I was talking about that show in Cincinnati I was trying to get in to. Well I ended up getting two pieces in that which was exciting. The pieces were "A Small Wait" and "Small Self-Portrait". That same place in Cincinnati is having another juried contest for drawings. It's a national competition to be in the gallery's printed drawing annual. I'm thinking I'll summit some stuff for it, it sound pretty cool (the deadline is not until December).

I also when to New York for the Scholastics Award ceremony which was a ton of fun! They had workshops for us, which turned out to be very informative. Then I got to wonder around in the Chelsea area which housed more galleries I've ever seen in one place. Then the MoMa was of coarse spectacular.

So art making this summer has been pretty disappointing that's really why I haven't been updating too much. I'm going to blame it on having a job. I worked too much trying to make money for next year. Well the job is over now it's just ended last week and I started quite a few new pieces. I only have a few more weeks until I'm off to MICA but I'll try to finish as much as I can. I've been trying to work on a larger scale now, which I'm really excited about. Two pieces I'm currently working on are in to 3 feet range (that's very big for me). I'll have to find a good way to photograph them.

Wasn't that new Harry Potter book good!? I really love it. The ending was crazy. I have no idea what the last book is going to be like, I can't wait!

I'm a really huge music enthusiast so I'm going to talk about wonderful new albums. A few weeks ago Sufjan Stevens can out with his new album Illinois. It is incredibly good, it's one of my favorites to come out this year, he just gets more and more talented all the time. Another one of my favorites to come out this year is Bright Eyes – I'm Wide Awake its Morning. I wasn't a huge fan of their earlier work so it took me some time before I listened to their new albums, but that album is quite close to a masterpiece it really took me by surprise. Also The Decemberists' new album is amazing! They are also the best live band I've ever seen.  Anyways albums I'm looking forward to getting are the new Fruit Bats and the new Andrew Bird, (and some more but I can't list them all). Well if you're not in to music just ignore this part of more journal.

I hope all of you have wonderful days,

Alex

So I have had a busy few weeks. I've deiced to go to MICA next year. It feels nice to know what school I'm going to, finally. They ended up giving me enough money that I don't feel too bad for turning down the full scholarship. They gave me 80,000. I sent all the paper work last week.

Other exciting news, I got and American Vision Award on a nation level at scholastics, I was so shocked. That's like best in show in the whole nation. I got that for the piece I did of my friend Kat on six panels, it be published and stuff and will be shown in New York and Washington DC. I just can believe that happened. I did that piece so spontaneously I just thought it would be fun experiment. I didn't think much of it. Now I'm thinking the best ideas come by accident. I get to go to Carnegie Hall and accept this award, I'm so nervous about it. Also I get to go the MOMA when I there which I'm freaking out about I've always wanted to go there. I'm going the beginning of June. Also I almost forgot two other pieces on gold awards and one got silver, my 8 piece portfolio got silver. I wish I could have made that portfolio better I had my show around the same time I submitted work for scholastics so I couldn't use any of that work, I wonder if I did put that work in there I would have done better oh well.

Last week I've been working on some new stuff for a show I found in Cincinnati, It's for small pieces of art work under seven inches, I made a new drawing finished up a small self portrait and I did an experimental piece trying out some techniques I might use in my new work, I'm looking forward to see what people think about it, I haven't had any critiques. I really need some. I'm also going to summit that small landscape I did so a total of four pieces. I find out what got in if any, next week sometime. I thought it was a good opportunity to show my work somewhere other that my home city.

I've been so tired lately and my art making have been suffering, plus work sucks, jobs suck. They make people do boring stupid thing just to live but forget to enjoy living. I wish we could all just take brakes and go out side and just realize our world, feel how great it is to be living especially when going to rough time. People need to relax. I know I do at lest. Maybe I shouldn't speak for everyone some people need to get up do something with them selves.

-Alex