Melinda Barnes

Domes

Some dome structures inspired by Drop City.

Coffee shop drawings from 2019

 

Happy New Year

Souvenirs from when I had cats. In October I moved out of my house temporarily to make way for a mold remediation project, and in the packing stage I had to decide what to do with these. Urine Destroyer I kept since I may have another cat at some point, but the Tromace was tossed, no point in holding on to expired cat tranquilizers (though I did just that for many years, perhaps because it was a bit of history connecting me to a beloved kitty long gone, and the cross-country move it was intended for).

Self-portraits

Some drawings from 2015.

Forgotten project

I unearthed these postcards while going through stuff in my studio. Except for the white whale, each one was sent by a friend or family member over the years, and at one time I thought they made a nice grouping. I think the plan was to hang them together in their mylar covers, but they got partially buried and forgotten, the exposed parts yellowing (looked up mylar and it is not supposed to discolor, so...?). The whale is from Sirois Park Art Center (plus camping and trailer park), Matane-Sur-Mer, Quebec.

Sketchbook drawing

A recent drawing.

The World of Plant Life

Nice illustrated end papers from The World of Plant Life by Clarence J. Hylander, Ph.D., published in 1939.

Gorilla downtown

A sketchbook drawing from a few months ago.

 

Demon head

The finished paper mâché demon head. I think it turned out well. I wanted to try making a 3-D version of something I'd drawn, and this captures the spirit of the original, seen below:

Sketchbook drawing

From November 2016.