art, etc.

COLLAGE [ANALOG] 1.18.2012

2012-01-18T15:51:00.000-06:00

EASTER PARADE

THE START UP

new analog collages 1.17.2012

2012-01-17T10:09:00.001-06:00

ERNI'S ROOFTOP SOIREES WERE THE TALK OF THE TOWN

HAPPY HOUR @ THE GAY BUSINESSMEN'S SOCIAL CLUB

AFRICANS DO ZERMATT 2

top 3: phone photos of larger collages, which obviously did not come off as well as the scanned, smaller ones, below. oh well, next major investment might be a large bed scanner

A DAY AT THE BEACH

AFRICANS DO ZERMATT- [UNFINISHED]

RACLETTE IN THE BORDELLE

bottom 3: scanned analog collages [as in: done by hand, w/ penknife & paper & gluestick, oh my] created by DOUG DUFFEY -January 17, 2012- Lengnau [Canton Bern] Switzerland- all rights reserved [c] 2012 doug duffey

digital drawings 2

2011-07-11T19:00:00.001-05:00

lena was a diva- she didnt take no shit

neal

dancing

gun

untitled

willie mae woke filled w/ the spirit& couldn't stop shoutin' & dancin'

[c] 2011 doug duffey

digital drawings 1

2011-07-11T01:35:00.001-05:00

maskers

clarence

masker 1

masker 2

nu noir

otha

pixie ballet

serving the bones

the juggler dropped his balls

the lunatic

visage/gesicht/face

happy camper

helena


untitled

LATE NIGHT STREET CONVERSATION

SHOTGUN

Myrtle

smoking skeleton

more drawings from android phone and gtablet- it's become a mania.
but thats okay... it keeps me off the streets... and out of the bars
[c] 2011 doug duffey

gtablet to laptop photoshop

2011-07-08T17:12:00.010-05:00

coming home drunk Louis thought flowers a good idea

depressed

jimbo was one fucked up little skeleton

lord randall was not amused by the nouveau riche

ready for the parade

star people- they came in peace [original]

star people- they came in peace [variation]

bus stop

etta jo was gettin' jealous

no one suspected that sister mary aloysius was a closet smoker


jose'd always get drunk & start tellin' tale tales

red zulu

busted in the red light district

all images created on viewsonic gtablet, using a stylus- transferred to laptop/photoshop for editing. created july 6/7/8/9 2011-[c] 2011 doug duffey

canvas fur schweiz- gtablet digital

2011-07-08T01:44:00.003-05:00

bought five big 4' x 5' pieces of canvas today to take with me to europe. think it will be big fun to spread them out in the garage and use ink, oil sticks, crayons, charcoal, pastels and/or whatever on them. might do more of the 'star people/ sky people' series- which i have only done digitally or in sketchbooks in pencil. time to take it to reality- not virtual reality- and possibly get a show lined up.

woke today and did a lot of drawings on my gtablet to finish off in photoshop on my laptop. i love the gtablet- like an adult etch-a-sketch. using a stylus with it, as i do on my phone [both android] - but a few nights ago did pencil drawings in my sketchbook and need to scan and work on those in photoshop... or not... i actually like them as they are... simple and real... but it's also fun to explore other possibilities in PS- especially since i can scan them to be printed at 24" x 36" or longer.

THE BLIND BARON WAS INFATUATED WITH 'RANDY', NOT CARING THAT SHE MIGHT NOT BE WHAT SHE APPEARED TO BE

drawn on my samsung captivate galaxy s android phone- uploaded to picasa- downloaded to my laptop and edited in photoshop 7.7.2001/7.8.2011

[c] 2011 doug duffey

digital drawing- june/july2011

2011-07-07T02:28:00.011-05:00

RECEIVING

Mme Wu insisted the children wear hats when they go out

hans was paranoid but euli loved a good fight

el silencio de la muerte

android star people


		leonora couldn't get off the bed to get to the phone- she was drying her nails

sky people

star people

the sin eater

witch's teat

witch doctor on break

the hypnotist


kiss

CHACO 1

all images created by doug duffey using: samsung captivate galaxy s android phone & stylus; viewsonic android gtablet; laptop & wacom bamboo tablet and stylus or mouse- edited in photoshop[c] 2011 doug duffey

analog collage 2011

2011-03-06T01:56:00.005-06:00

holiday in hell series [partial]

holiday in hilfiger hell

holiday in hell- rich bitch rehab

holiday in hell/ usa

log of a cowboy

holiday in hell- transgender transition rehab

holiday in hell #9

holiday in hell-8

holiday in hell-

manhattan transgender soiree

the lipstick lesbians got strung out on steroids and went butch

analog collage [meaning: paper on paper- lol] 18" x 12"- digital fotos of the works shot w/casio exilim or android galaxy s phone- created january-april 2011 MLU [c] 2011 doug duffey- all rights reserved

[c] 2011 Doug Duffey

digital collage 2011

2011-01-11T13:51:00.001-06:00


WELLIE AS A RUSSIAN ARISTOCRAT

DIGITAL COLLAGE- - CREATED 1.11.2011 BY DOUG DUFFEY
[C] 2011 DOUG DUFFEY - All rights reserved

scanned ink drawings- italy/switzerland 2010

2010-12-27T04:35:00.006-06:00

Italia 1-6. India ink on paper; scanned & edited in photoshop. digital archival photograph 24"x36"
[c] 2010 doug duffey

i drew these on the condo terrace in italy this summer [2010]- using brushes, twigs and tomato stems- and India ink. i scanned and edited them in Switzerland December 2010.
[c] 2010/2011 doug duffey

christmas collages 2010- digital

2010-12-27T03:43:00.008-06:00

nyc apres bresson

office party

ladies dressing to go out

house party

culture clash

all works created December 25, 2010/Switzerland: digital collage/photo montage/ digital archival print 24" x 36" [c] 2010 doug duffey

[c] 2010 doug duffey

street life- city life- daily life- 3

2010-11-16T15:36:00.002-06:00

[c] 2010 doug duffey

constructivism- geometrica-1

2010-11-15T16:52:00.003-06:00

all drawings done in Switzerland or Louisiana,USA between October/November 2010-
drawings created in photoshop- or drawn with ink or pencil or crayon on paper, then scanned or photographed & edited/added to etc in photoshop. [c]2010 doug duffey- all rights reserved

mythology etc- 1

2010-11-15T16:47:00.002-06:00

stadt und dorf- 1

2010-11-15T16:40:00.003-06:00

street life- city life- daily life- 2

2010-11-15T16:28:00.006-06:00

street life- city life- daily life- 1

2010-11-15T16:01:00.011-06:00

egypt- 1

2010-11-15T15:37:00.004-06:00

all drawings done in Switzerland or Louisiana,USA between October/November 2010-
drawings created in photoshop- or drawn [ink or pencil on paper] scanned or photographed & edited/added to etc in photoshop. [c]2010 doug duffey- all rights reserved

totems -1

2010-11-15T15:09:00.002-06:00

carnavale/mardi gras/halloween- 1

2010-11-15T15:01:00.007-06:00

religious voodoo- 1

2010-11-15T14:43:00.009-06:00

ancient americans - 1

2010-11-15T14:35:00.009-06:00

sky people/star men - 1

2010-11-15T14:25:00.008-06:00

kachina series- 1

2010-11-15T14:16:00.008-06:00

METROPOLIS SCHWEIZ 2010

2010-08-30T23:00:00.010-05:00

some studies on my METROPOLIS series- [which could also go in the FOTO MONDO blog]- semi finished & unfinished digital collages/digital photomontage- switzerland/august 2010- shot w/a Casio Exilim digital camera- 'collaged' in photoshop. i plan to have blown up HUGE when i exhibit them.

above: metropolis hospital- created 8.31.2010 west monroe, louisiana usa. all images by doug duffey- [c] 2010 doug duffey- all rights reserved.

novena 1

2010-05-18T01:39:00.001-05:00

novena 1- scan/digital photo- 16"x20"- [c] 5.18.2010 doug duffey

[c] 2010 doug duffey

BLACK BAYOU/BAYOU NOIR

2010-03-15T19:57:00.005-05:00

BLACK BAYOU/BAYOU NOIR
A short film made from various film stills taken at Black Bayou [Louisiana]
photos and video by doug duffey
music by doug duffey and steve kilpatrick
steve kilpatrick: guitar
doug duffey: synths, loops, arrangement edited and production
[c]2010 doug duffey

chichen itza

2010-02-22T14:05:00.010-06:00

a short film i created from digital snapshots made in chichen itza [mexico] 3.5. 2008. original music score: "Spirits Speak" [from the cd "new music, new windows" 1988] written & performed by doug duffey; published by doug duffey music, bmi [c][p] 1988-2010 doug duffey. all images and music [c]2010 doug duffey- all rights reserved

Weihnaechtliche Geisterstadt

2009-11-28T17:05:00.009-06:00

Weihnaechtliche Geisterstadt [Christmas ghost town]

SHORT VIDEO MADE IN SWITZERLAND 11.28.2009. I WAS WALKING INTO THE MARKTPLATZ TO SHOOT FOTOS OF XMAS LIGHTS AT NIGHT, WHEN THE CHURCH BELLS BEGAN RINGING; SO I DECIDED TO SHOOT VIDEO TO CAPTURE THEM. THERE WERE ALMOST NO PEOPLE ON THE STREET... LIKE A GHOST TOWN. [C] 2009 DOUG DUFFEY---all rights reserved.

digital collages- switzerland 11.24.09

2009-11-26T05:54:00.001-06:00

digital collages- created from digital photos i shot of the television- switzerland november 2009

roma 1

krieg 1

[c] 2009 doug duffey

ink drawings

2009-11-06T14:14:00.002-06:00

some of my older ink drawings which were featured in the 10/20/40 Art Group show at the Arender Gallery , Monroe, Louisiana [October-November]- along with many of my 2009 collages

[c]1990-2009 doug duffey

10/20/40 Art Group Show--- CLOSING SHOW

2009-09-15T16:50:00.003-05:00

Many thanks to Robert Trudeau for the blog article on our 10/20/40 group show at the Turner Gallery/Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana- which closed September 24, 2009- then moved to the Arender Gallery, 131 N. 2nd St., Monroe Louisiana on October 1st. i'm currently showing 12 collages -and 3 ink drawings for the Monroe show. Come to the closing show October 30, 2009- followed by my solo performance at Enochs.

[c] 2009 doug duffey

digital photograms 9.5.2009

2009-09-06T00:56:00.000-05:00

[c] 2009 doug duffey

PHOTOGRAM 2009

2009-08-04T22:39:00.004-05:00

self portrait using scanner as camera / photomontage 8.4.2009

untitled / photomontage 8.4.2009

woman sleeping w/full moon / photomontage 8.4.2009

blue skull 2 / photomontage 8.4.2009

meal ticket / photomontage 8.4.2009

self portrait using scanner as camera / photomontage 8.4.2009

all images [c] 2009 doug duffey

[c] 2009 doug duffey

COLLAGES 1990S EUROPE/NYC

2009-07-23T23:52:00.004-05:00

WOMEN AT THE MOVIES [DOUG DUFFEY]

WEDDING PARTY [DOUG DUFFEY]

UNTITLED [DOUG DUFFEY]

HOLIDAY IN HELL [DOUG DUFFEY]

THE JEZEBEL SPIRIT- [DOUG DUFFEY]

REMOTE SEX MURDER [DOUG DUFFEY]

MEN BEHAVING BADLY [DOUG DUFFEY]

GENERATION X [DOUG DUFFEY]

BLUE DUET [DOUG DUFFEY]

all collages and photos of the collages created by doug duffey [c]2009 doug duffey - all rights reserved

[c] 2009 doug duffey

UNE JOURNEE DANS FRIBOURG

2009-05-27T17:41:00.014-05:00

An homage to early silent/experimental films; unfortunately i had to run it through several programs to squash and make it fit this 'venue'- the original [DVD quality] is 300x better but huge. this is the smaller, very lo res, wma version.

A film made up of video shot one afternoon- in Fribourg, Switzerland- in April 2009.
Music -"f improvisation"*-composed/recorded by Doug Duffey in May 2009 in Lengnau, Switzerland- * Published by Doug Duffey Music, BMI

Video & music edited & assembled by Doug Duffey in Monroe, Louisiana USA in May 2009
[c] 2009 Doug Duffey

zurich blick

2009-04-11T11:44:00.004-05:00

yet another short film made on the mountain overlooking zurich - at hotel uto kulm.
this time i only processed the voices that bled onto the video as a sound track- didn't add any music. one mustn't be too redundant.

[c] 2009 doug duffey

BERG BLICK

2009-04-10T19:22:00.003-05:00

[C]2009 DOUG DUFFEY

a film i made today-from 2 short clips- from the balcony of my hotel room [uto kulm- top of zurich] - overlooking zurich, the lake, and mountains in the distance. i found an organ part i had played a while back and processed it, as well as the actual sound that was on the original video [mostly indistinct people speaking in the distance] again, an attempt to make it look old & like a silent film.
[c]2009 doug duffey

DIE AARE

2009-04-10T07:27:00.007-05:00

a short film i shot in Buren, Switzerland yesterday- made up of short snippets i did with my casio digital camera. i improvised some piano music for it on my piano -which needs tuning- made in 1880 [which is in the garage here in Switzerland] using my MP3 player which has a built in mic/recorder- then put it together in WMM & edited to look like an old silent movie- then took it into Sony Vegas- [which will not work with my camera files!] and edited the music [in sound forge] and added the last credit. however it took forever for it to 'render' and i was up till 7AM trying to burn it to the new external USB dvd burner i brought with me. time for a new laptop!

i love silent short films- especially Regen- by the dutch film maker Joris Ivens [1929] and man W/A Movie Camera by Dziga Vertov [1929]- and soooooo many more.

[c] 2009 doug duffey

collages created 2.17/18.2009 switzerland

2009-02-18T23:26:00.004-06:00

der fischzug des petrus-collage- created 2.17/18.2009 switzerland

black nicotine- collage- created 2.17/18.2009 switzerland

leben und sterben - detail 2- collage- created 2.17/18.2009 switzerland

leben und sterben - detail 1- collage- created 2.17/18.2009 switzerland

new collages i created this evening...did more but havent finished them completely.

[c] 2009 doug duffey

warhol-ish dada

2009-02-03T06:36:00.002-06:00

mao mao 1- digital collage/ foto

mao pow- digital collage/foto

banana scissors knife dada- scan/digital photo

all works done in switzerland- feb 2009
[c] 2009 doug duffey

neue: schwarz-weiss 1.2009

2009-01-29T07:08:00.002-06:00

cosmetic surgery

zirkus

road sign

kugel

dorf 1

cosmetic surgery 1

alt stadt

chopped landscape

[c] 2009 doug duffey

new work january 2009-switzerland

2009-01-27T19:14:00.007-06:00

untitled 3

teil 1

neuer job

landschaft 1

gioia di vita

attika kiosk

denken sie reisen

weniger effect

collages, digital scans, fotos

[c] 2009 doug duffey

collages -january 2009- switzerland

2009-01-22T22:31:00.003-06:00

capitol

paperwerk 2 [photo]

[c] 2009 doug duffey

accidental art- art is where you find it

2009-01-17T13:26:00.004-06:00

i've always said that about 90% of what i ever get that is really good- when making fotos or making art- was/is either a happy accident, or luck, or whatever. as i've always said, and my friend edmund says, "art is where you find it"- like found objects etc. or something crazy that catches your eye.

of course some skill is involved, but usually out of a roll of 35mm film, there might be one shot that is truly good, and qualifies as art. i think with film, one tends to be more careful; whereas when shooting with my digital, i shoot ad nauseum, shoot everything [even trash], and then go back and see if there is anything worth a shit; or anything i can manipulate in photoshop to
make better. but, i really hate digital; the only good thing about it is it's immediacy- it's like the new polaroid... but i prefer [and use] old polaroid!

as for collage/drawings/paintings, etc. i find that same prinicple applies: out of doing a lot of stuff, there might be one or two truly good pieces. mais, ca c'est la travail! that's the work. same goes with writing songs; you might write 10 that are really good, but only one that is great. voila!

i am in the process of doing collage... i started in zermatt and am continuing. i was up all last night until dawn doing backgrounds. i like to strat with a backdrop, then add whatever images i find that fit with the scenario. my current theme is conflict/contrast: sort of social commentary; visal journalism.

i also got into using all leftover bits of paper, throwing it onto a big art pad and photographing it, then rearranging and shooting it again and again. so those images only exist as digital photos, which is also kind of cool.

i haven't been working on much photography- only shooting with the digital- because it is so cold here [switzerland] that i dont want to go outside... plus, everything is covered in ice and snow, and everyone is wrapped up. but i've been thinking of doing some crazy self portraits- in various settings and clothes... which might or might not be fun, and maybe interesting; again, that cindy sherman/lucas samaras type thing.

i hope to rig up an old computer and scanner i have in the basement ONLY for scanning. my laptop only has USB ports and the old Canon scanner wont work with it. anyway... back to the work... my pads, scissors, magazines and glue await me.
switzerland- 1.17.2009

i[c] 2009 doug duffey

collage photos 1.17.2009

2009-01-16T22:56:00.005-06:00

i spent most of tonight making backgrounds for collage- but, after chopping up tons of magazines and papers i had so much little paper bits left over that i decided to use them to make photos. i threw them onto a large pad, arranged and shot them, then threw them away.
[c] 2009 doug duffey

new [unfinished] collages- zermatt- january 2009

2009-01-10T20:21:00.010-06:00

i began these collages tonight- they're not finished-by any means- and because i shot them with no flash with my digital cameras they look washed out and not like they really look. but it was an attempt to prime the pump and begin making collage again, after a long period of not doing any.

[c] 2008 doug duffey

to, in & from zermatt, switzerland

2008-12-24T22:49:00.004-06:00

all fotos by doug duffey
video by doug duffey
[c] 2008 doug duffey

swiss train 1

2008-12-24T21:25:00.004-06:00

zermatt to visp, switzerland- december 17, 2008

[c] 2008 doug duffey

swiss train 2

2008-12-24T21:21:00.001-06:00

zermatt to visp, switzerland - december 17, 2008

[c] 2008 doug duffey

kurt schwitters- dada- collage- etc

2008-12-20T06:24:00.011-06:00

dd w/utensils- switzerland 12.20.2008

i've been browsing kurt schwitters online, getting inspired, before i began attacking magazines and newspapers -with scissors, glue, staples and tape- to begin collage mania. he's always been an inspiration... as was dada... [as was german expressionism... as was... as was...]

speaking of dada: i made a lot of fotos of spiegelgasse 1 -where cabaret voltaire was [birthplace of dada] originally- years ago, long before the swiss decided to resurrect/memorialize it. i'd been appalled that such a legendary art birthplace was totally ignored; didnt even have a plaque on a wall outside, etc; even the kunsthaus zurich only had a small section dedicated to dada.

i asked friends to save magazines and newspapers for me before i came over; whatever i dont use in collage i will rip up/recycle and use to make papier mache'- maybe some masks? it is nearing carnival time- why throw stuff out when you can recycle it as ART?

anyway... more kurt schitters and more coffee & cigs.... then onto snipping, ripping, tearing, gluing, taping and pasting....
[c] 2008 doug duffey

billboard collage 12.07.08

2008-12-12T13:45:00.002-06:00

this was a section of a billboard/highway sign on 165 North in Monroe. i shot it with my casio w/zoom.
[c] 2008 doug duffey

from the gnostic gospel of st. thomas

2008-12-01T23:09:00.005-06:00

Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will save you. If you do not have that within you, what you do not have within you [will] kill you." - from the gnostic gospel of st. thomas

i've been identifying with that quote for years, but more and more, lately, it really calls out to me... and hits home! for me, it relates to the spirit - and by that i mean the creative spirit. like knowing that you are supposed to be making ART -coming from a place deep within yourself- and yet you somehow get trapped into a commercial money making cycle where you are not only NOT doing "the work" you should be 'bringing forth', but what work you're doing is empty and killing you... spiritually! now can i get an amen, or what?

[c] 2008 doug duffey

art crawl- monroe, louisiana- 10.02.08- redux

2008-10-06T02:58:00.010-05:00

bob ward

edmund williamson

allan brockman

brad

typical christian propaganda for this region- the buckle of the bible belt- and typical that they would put it out, in front of the galleries, during the art crawl! god save us from art!

35mm film shots from the art crawl; shot w/ Canon AE-1 and Ilford FP4 B&W film.

[c] 2008 doug duffey

art crawl- monroe, louisiana 10.02.08

2008-10-02T21:48:00.007-05:00

some random shots of the "art crawl" tonight [oct.2.08] in downtown monroe. shot w/ my casio exilim digital.
[c] 2008 doug duffey

frames 2003

2008-10-02T14:42:00.002-05:00

[c] 2008 doug duffey

2008-08-25T17:51:00.003-05:00

memory- stuttgart 1993

untitled- switzerland 1991

[c] 2008 doug duffey

at the birthplace of DADA

2008-08-21T23:48:00.003-05:00

[foto by jacqueline trachsel]

a shot of me in zurich- at Spiegel-Gasse 1; the former site of "cabaret voltaire"; the birthplace of DADA

[c] 2008 doug duffey

various collages

2008-08-18T18:16:00.007-05:00

entangled

auffuhrung:

visage chinoise- gesicht chinesisch

the top 3 collages are from a series i did in Basel in the early 1990s in a small book. they're torn paper, scotch tape, and [top one] string
the ones below are larger- done in Berlin and NYC mid-late 1990s

the general's indiscretion

the changling

[c] 2008 doug duffey

creation- unfinished collage

2008-05-19T21:59:00.002-05:00

i began this last year here in switzerland- and never finished it. i found it today in one of my big sketchbooks. this is a very bad shot of it, done in the bedroom with a digital camera... and i think the flash went off. but, maybe, by posting it NOW, unfinished, it will prod me to finish it.
[c] 2008 doug duffey

april 4, 2008

2008-04-04T20:35:00.001-05:00

[c] 2008 doug duffey

scanned polaroid mistakes

2008-03-24T03:49:00.002-05:00

two polaroids that got taken accidentally- the button getting pushed in the case or whatever- so no intended image was on them. when scanned/photoshopped they yielded these results, which are rather Rorschach-ish... [what do you see?] they both look rather cosmic/galactic to me
[c] 2008 doug duffey

blue face prague

2008-02-21T15:14:00.004-06:00

i shot this image in prague last summer. it's one of hundreds of torn billboards/wall collages i shot. i used my little 2MP casio exilim- [the one whose memory card froze and i almost lost all 500+ images] which didn't do so well in low light- it blurred; but as anyone who reads my blogs knows, i find "blur is beautiful" - lack of zoom [especially trying to shoot the 'infant of prague' in the very low light church] prompted me to buy yet another casio exilim [8MP w/zoom] so hopefully next time i find such 'art' i'll have more options. i've been using it since i got it [last september?] -the only drawback being the lens coming out every time you turn it on. the older one is/stays flat: better for sneaky- and- street shots.
[c] 2008 doug duffey

2 polaroids

2007-12-12T01:40:00.000-06:00

moonshadow

prehistoric

[c] 2007 doug duffey

frau

2007-12-05T16:05:00.000-06:00

i forgot to connect the battery in my old Polaroid Land Camera, so the 'foto' was just a black square... grrrrrrrrrrrrr- so i just scratched this image with a paper clip! waste not, want not.
[c] 2007 doug duffey

polaroid woodcut 1

2007-11-19T13:02:00.001-06:00

actually this is a Polaroid back, which i stuck on a newspaper then peeled off later. i find the real transfers work better on slick/magazine paper, but this came out rather interesting. especially seen big- as i scanned it at 1200dpi

sumi 1 and 2; shroud

2007-08-21T00:40:00.000-05:00

[c] 2007 doug duffey

experiments in switzerland

2007-08-09T11:10:00.000-05:00

i'm not sure if these should be categorized as artwork or foto-work as they are both. the top two black and whites are actually shots i made w/a digital camera of scrap paper on newspapers i was throwing out. i played w/them in Photoshop and they came out looking like woodcuts [to me]- which is a very swiss art form- i think blown up poster size they will be tres cool.

the two shots below are of some things i scanned then worked with in Photoshop. again... seen "large scale" they are very detailed and very much like abstract art. i really like the textures and rough stuck bits... which are not really visible in these small 'web' sized images. i only have them done as large prints for exhibits.

as "old school" [a purist] as i am about photography, i do enjoy alternative prcesses, and chopping up/mixing up things i've either shot or scanned in photoshop.

[c] 2007 doug duffey

bar couple 1

2007-06-12T12:14:00.000-05:00

a small scan of a larger pen drawing i did in 2004--- one of the only NON political ones i did that year!
[c] 2007 doug duffey

doug duffey painting in new orleans

2007-06-02T14:47:00.001-05:00

these should probably have been posted in foto-mondo. this is a shot of me painting in my "studio room" in my house @ 4000 dumaine, new orleans, in the early 90s.

i'm not sure what happened to this huge painting i was working on [over 6 feet long] in this foto. i was doing a whole voodoo and totem series... not only as art but as a security system. i'd prop them up in the long hallway [that ran the length of my house] to deter anyone from breaking in. i also hung voodoo dolls in the windows, had a cow skull on a table by the window, and left the classical music station playing all the time. too scary for the thugs.

detail from one of my totem paintings [circa 1991]; these were done on boards- using white and black enamel paint.

[c] 2007 doug duffey

st. francis

2007-06-01T19:10:00.000-05:00

found this little "saint francis" head on the street [carrolton] in new orleans, walking back from buying groceries. i've had it for years.
i did a series of webcam shots... using a cheap webcam [one of those 'eye' looking things] i'd set up, i shot vignettes with the it. i'd use various things that were laying around: in this one is an old rusted iron, and old papers, fake flowers, the saint head, etc. this is one from the series of many! cant decide if it should be categorized as a foto or not... if so... it's in the wrong blog

[c] 2007 doug duffey

that insect spirit

2007-06-01T19:00:00.000-05:00

a small scanned version of a big collage done in NYC in the mid to late 90s. i'd just come back from Brussels, where i'd had 'carpel tunnel' surgery on my hand and was staying with my friend mary in brooklyn heights. i was getting antsy, from doing nothing, so began chopping up her magazines when she was at work to make collages [even though i was NOT supposed to be using my hand!]. this is one from the NYC series/book.

[c] 2007 doug duffey

don't get too high

2007-06-01T18:46:00.000-05:00

a small collage done in Holland in 1993- from one of my small portable collage books. i've actually scanned these small collages at very hi resolution, thinking i would do enormous prints, poster sized. i still might do it.

[c] 2007 doug duffey

murder 1

2007-05-31T16:38:00.000-05:00

a photoshop digital collage from a few years back

[c] 2007 doug duffey

the conversion

2007-05-31T16:36:00.000-05:00

a photoshop digital collage from a few years back

[c] 2007 doug duffey

larry 100W

2007-05-30T16:41:00.000-05:00

this was done in the 80s before computers and scanners as we know them. i had a foto of my friend "crazy larry" in a shirt that had light bulbs and 100W all over it. i took it to kinko's and copied/enlarged it in B&W ; then i took it home and 'colored' it with pastels, and then went back to kinko's and had them copy it on their brand new color copier. this however is not the color copy [which i gave to larry] but a scan of the original pastel colored xerox copy.

[c] 2007 doug duffey

polaroids of paintings

2007-05-30T16:35:00.001-05:00

the polaroids do not show the true colors- and when i scan them they change color even more. all these paintings were done when i was living in new orleans [the last time: circa 1987 through 1992] - before i began my european sojourns and collage frenzies

[c] 2007 doug duffey

mardi gras- new orleans -1990

2007-05-30T16:32:00.000-05:00

polaroid of painting done in 1990/ new orleans called "mardi gras"- the st louis cathedral got chopped off in the pic!
[c] 2007 doug duffey

raucher [smoker]

2007-05-30T16:31:00.000-05:00

polaroid of painting done in the 90s- called 'raucher' [german for smoker]

[c] 2007 doug duffey

wasp nests and locusts

2007-05-30T04:24:00.001-05:00

i have that certain southern eccentric habit of saving locust skins, turtle shells, wasp nests, bones, dead flowers, etc. these were some 'remains' i scanned and photoshopped.
[c] 2007 doug duffey

st valentine

2007-05-30T04:18:00.001-05:00

a polaroid of a painting i did in new orleans
[c]2007 doug duffey

jealousy

2007-05-30T04:08:00.001-05:00

this is a polaroid foto of a painting i did years ago