No Fear of Flying

Posted on March 15, 2011 by CatRutgers4Art

Butterfly Habitat © Catherine Rutgers Emily Goodman – author of Plant Secrets – inspired me to think about butterflies in my art, which led, of course, to whizzing through dreamscapes. Agile brushstrokes, airborne sprites, birds or fish, gliding or jumping or falling through an atmosphere undefined.

But there aren’t actually any butterflies. The image at left, however, may be the perfect butterfly habitat, waiting with
a warm and colorful glow for a creature who has flown away for now.

Fish in Flight © Catherine Rutgers Through One © Catherine RutgersSpeed of Flight © Catherine RutgersBlue Bird © Catherine RutgersLike a Paradise © Catherine RutgersGlobal Jump © Catherine RutgersAll images in this post are original artwork by Catherine Rutgers © 2011.

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One Woman’s Trash

Posted on March 9, 2011 by CatRutgers4Art

Might very well become my treasure. I found these glowing-orange-pink plastic rods wrapped in tape on the street in Manhattan. Irresistible. They’re around six feet long and weigh a ton. Yesterday, I figured out how to display the bundle on my studio wall and noticed that the tips conducted light. I thought something interesting might happen if they were scanned, so snapped one apart, set it on the glass, and let the light flow.

Violet Shadow © Catherine RutgersRods Oh Eight © Catherine RutgersOrange on Black © Catherine RutgersPink Orange Stripe © Catherine RutgersTumbled © Catherine RutgersDetailed 007 © Catherine RutgersCrossing Green © Catherine RutgersLayered Orange Pink Rods © Catherine RutgersThe images in this post are the original artwork of Catherine Rutgers © 2011.

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Juiced Orange: The Death and Rebirth of Vinyl

Posted on March 2, 2011 by CatRutgers4Art

In May 2001, the Arty Party Salon at 8th Avenue Sessions, Times Square, rocked live music, performance, and visual art, curated by Tom Burnett and hosted by Matthew Courtney. And I had an entire room for the “Death & Rebirth of Vinyl” installation.RCA Victor Red Seal Record, scanned in 2011, CatRutgers4artOrange Zero Twelve © Catherine Rutgers 2017

Vintage Jimi Hendrix poster at the Arty Party Salon, 2001
Painted the walls with blue and white clouds, added black light, a vintage Hendrix poster, paintings, CDs, a red-vinyl RCA Victor 45 (recorded December 18, 1912, and made in Camden, New Jersey) and four mixed-media sculptures on LPs. Scanned on February 26, 2011, “Orange Ya’ Glad” becomes a whole new world in another dimension.

Depth Scan Orange 2011 © Catherine RutgersOrange 8 Detail © Catherine RutgersOrange You Glad 2011 © Catherine RutgersOrange Ya’ Glad, 2001, artwork and images by Catherine Rutgers © 2011

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Containing Fire

Posted on February 21, 2011 by CatRutgers4Art

Blue Light: 0603 © Catherine RutgersIt’s a very simple series, really: a row of burning candles, fifty-eight snapshots, some
taken with flash, some without. The wall was being scraped for painting.

The first five images rest well within “Snapped” guidelines, showing pretty much what
I saw in the viewfinder. Assign a web-friendly profile, adjust size, boost or dip brightness or contrast just the tiniest bit – and number two is tipped on its side. Six, seven, and eight journey into “Revelations” of invert, hue, and saturation. It was irresistible.

Inside the Flame: 0630 © Catherine Rutgers

Scraped to the Blue: 0646 © Catherine Rutgers

Misted: image 0642 © Catherine RutgersViolet Light Orbs: image 0649 © Catherine Rutgers

In Reverse: 0633 © Catherine Rutgers

Infinite Row of Light © Catherine RutgersScientifically Possible: 0624 © Catherine RutgersAll images in this post are by Catherine Rutgers © 2011.

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On Valentines

Posted on February 14, 2011 by CatRutgers4Art

Painted Heart © Catherine Rutgers 2011

There’s something I can’t resist about a holiday that runs right up to the edge of ridiculously marketable, then teeters giddily, often unexpectedly, into our best and deepest impulse. And just as there are so many kinds of love, there are so many ways to illustrate them, so many feelings to wander through and marvel at. Start with the hearts and on to the roses, in honor of all the love in our lives, and the romance, too: Happy Valentines! Today and every day.

Two Roses © Catherine Rutgers 2011Deep in the Heart © Catherine Rutgers 2011Swept Away © Catherine Rutgers 2011Resplendent Treasure, Catherine Rutgers 2011Dreambirds Waterfall © Catherine Rutgers 2011Oval Love Two © Catherine Rutgers 2011All images in this post are by Catherine Rutgers © 2011

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