cici artist's Daily Flips

2011-05-16T17:12:00.002-04:00

cici artist's
short film selected
and screened by
Sites.Camera.Action
Film Shorts Festival
on Sunday May 15, 2011

at Yale University's
Whitney Humanities Center
New Haven, Connecticut"

"All shorts for the film festival related to
Swiss artist, Felice Varini's
110 ft. tall wall painting,
'Square with four circles'
at Temple Square.
The artwork was commissioned by New Haven's
Site Project's
for downtown New Haven.

Music by Kevin McLeod.

cici artist Film Selected for 2011 Short Films Film Festival!

2011-05-09T18:24:00.001-04:00

My latest short animated film

“A Varini Takes Flight” by cici artist

has been selected for the

Sites, Camera, Action – Shorts Film Festival
Sunday, May 15th - 2011 - 6pm to 9 pm

25 short (2 minute) films

Whitney Humanities Center (FREE EVENT)

53 Wall Street

New Haven, CT

All films relate to the outdoor painting by Swiss artist, Felice Varini… “Square with four circles”

http://www.siteprojects.org/varini/index.html

Two of my own paintings that are also in the film.. Each one is 24"w x 36" h on stretched canvas (3/4" painted sides). Prices upon request.

Flip Camera disappearance

2011-04-14T00:13:00.001-04:00

I am so saddened to learn that the Flip camera division of Cisco is going away.
I just love my Flip Video cameras!
I still carry one with me daily.. whether or not I am making a Daily Flip Video.
Even when I purchase a new pocketbook... I always makes sure there's an outside pocket for that great little camera.
So sad.

Videos of Small Spaces and Huge 60 ft Painting

2010-05-02T00:11:00.001-04:00

After 77 consecutive days of daily videos in the fall...
(See the TOP 10 ) I moved on to a series of small pieces... 5 x 7.. layered artworks.
and then to the hugest piece I've ever attempted. a 60 feet x 6 ft acrylic painting.

Here are the two videos for these two art projects
small spaces:

The Big Cats Orchestra:

to learn more about these projects visit http://ciciartist.com/

Twenty Ten - A New Year!

2010-01-01T23:56:00.004-05:00

Happy New Year!

A New Year.. a new DECADE!

The artwork in this piece is on a 20 inch square and has 10 objects in it... Hence it is titled "Twenty Ten."

Here's the video:

New Year's Eve 12/2009

2009-12-31T22:39:00.002-05:00

It's been a while since my last post.
The consecutive daily streak was broken...
and well..
yesterday,
I did this large watercolor/drawing
(22" x 30" if you're interested in purchasing it let me know...)
and
alas.. photographed and mixed it into this short Flip today..

Daily Flip 77 - Corner Flag - 3 women painting

2009-12-04T23:43:00.000-05:00

Placed the camera outside the car window (again)
as I approached this corner in Stamford...

Daily Flip 76 -Getting Ready for the Holidays

2009-12-03T23:41:00.002-05:00

getting ready for the Holidays..
and running of time in this day to get this all together...
but
here it is...

Daily Flip 75 - Garage Park & Paint

2009-12-02T23:11:00.002-05:00

Filmed while visiting ...
the drive through the garage...
and then the "painting"...

Daily Flip 74 - Pulling It Together

2009-12-01T14:27:00.001-05:00

One of those days when i felt I needed to pull myself together...
and regroup.

Animated Dance.

Daily Flip 73 - My Couch and ME

2009-11-30T19:31:00.000-05:00

Yet another animation technique... in a loop.
My photograph of my couch along with a drawing.

Daily Flip 72 - Basic Bounce (tiger image)

2009-11-29T23:31:00.000-05:00

too tired to make this more interesting...
but first attempt at the bouncing ball animation technique.
used an image from the book "Love in the Wild" by cici artist

Daily FLip 71 - Lipstick Painting

2009-11-28T13:38:00.001-05:00

I reached for the lipstick (and a little other makeup products) for this speeded up face drawing.

Daily Flip 70 - Salt Painting

2009-11-27T20:32:00.001-05:00

Painted faces with the salt...on black background.

Daily FLip 69 - Apple Breakout

2009-11-26T11:19:00.002-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving!
Apples for today.
Double loop Apple Break out.
Enjoy!

Daily Flip 68 - 2 Cats 2 Friends

2009-11-25T15:04:00.001-05:00

Opted out of the dissolves and
to just plain drawings...
with, of course, some movement.

and visited TED for this amazing talk.
http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html
take the 15 minutes to hear this!

Daily Flip 67 - Cat in Her Hair

2009-11-24T23:57:00.002-05:00

It's getting late..
the cat took a while to show itself...
but alas..
the Daily Flip is here!

Daily Flip 66 - Lady Lemon

2009-11-23T23:53:00.004-05:00

Took an image from the Book "The Fruit Ladies"
for this quick flip.

Daily Flip 65 - Ceramic Raku Mask in Venice

2009-11-22T13:29:00.000-05:00

Altered a photograph of my Raku Ceramic Mask in Venice, using the average temperature to alter the colors in the image. Used the 12 months of altered images for this piece.
Continueing with generating the sounds... May have gotten a little carried away with this one...

Daily Flip 64 - On the way to the Movies

2009-11-21T20:28:00.001-05:00

Took out my Flip Video camera while walking down the entrance to the Movie Theatre... and then added in a few musicians: French Horn, Tuba and Strings.

Daily Flip 63 - Evergreen Flutes

2009-11-20T18:39:00.000-05:00

Took a walk aroundf my evergreens for this short piece.
Added in my watercolor & ink smudge flutists...
and attempted another musical piece.

Daily Flip 62 - Saxophonist & Purse on the Road

2009-11-19T14:06:00.001-05:00

I think my street needs some road work...
but the stripes in the road were good enough for tis
short piece

Daily Flip 61 - Three Strings (violas in autumn)

2009-11-18T15:44:00.000-05:00

beautiful colors in the trees today.
and they remind me of my large oil painting
of 3 string players...

Daily Flip 60 - Copper Mask Introspection

2009-11-17T22:41:00.001-05:00

an attempt at using 2 images in a variety of ways in one flip...
felt like an introspective as it came together.

Daily Flip 59 - Mask moving against Light Blue

2009-11-16T22:10:00.001-05:00

Aluminum mask... It's more of facade..
and has altered colors in this video...

Daily Flip 58 - Three Masks by the Sea

2009-11-15T21:09:00.000-05:00

Three Masks overlayed on video of
Long Island Sound edge.

Daily Flip 57 - Twilight Mask

2009-11-14T15:20:00.001-05:00

One of my favorite ceramic Masks.
and I love the combination of yellows with addded blue backgrounds.

Daily Flip 56 - Railing

2009-11-13T20:45:00.000-05:00

Came across this drawing while looking for old software...
to install on new pc...
it reminds me of the Jesters I used last week...
but I drew it 2 years ago...
and found it today...

Daily Flip 55 - Painting Process

2009-11-12T16:31:00.002-05:00

Nothing like working with real paints.
Gessoed over an old canvas...
ok here it is...

Daily Flip 54 - Openings

2009-11-11T23:03:00.000-05:00

Elevator, front door..
and musicians.
and first try at making my own sounds...
any thoughts?

Daily Flip 53 - High Ridge Road Stamford

2009-11-10T21:26:00.002-05:00

After visiting my favorite framer,
Sandy Labriola of Labiola frame & art gallery...
I turned out of the shopping center with
my Flip Video camera out the window.
It was only 5pm but very dark....

Daily Flip 52 - Four Women

2009-11-09T14:42:00.000-05:00

took my morning ink smudge drawings...
and...
moved them in front of the camera...

Daily Flip 51 - Mounted Ceramic Mask

2009-11-08T20:10:00.002-05:00

I came across this ceramic piece I created a few years ago..
and tried a video effect to flatten, rotate and return it to it's 3D presence.

Daily Flip 50 - Boat & Flowers

2009-11-07T17:25:00.000-05:00

My father received these flowers while in the hospital..
and the boat photos were taken in Mamaroneck NY.

Daily Flip 49 - Street Arrows

2009-11-06T22:13:00.000-05:00

While waiting for AAA to rescue me...
part of my car was dragging on the ground...
I filmed this arrow in the road.

Daily Flip 48 - Tribute to Old Studio Door

2009-11-05T20:31:00.005-05:00

just a simple reminder ...
i had painted this door for my studio in 07...
and had photographed it this spring.
tonight, i put the photos together for this flip.
i kinda miss that door.

Daily Flip 47 - Drive with the sky

2009-11-04T21:03:00.001-05:00

Aimed my Flip Video camcorder up to the sky as I drove down a street in Eastchester, NY to capture both the sky and this lonely worker...
.. and of course added a few of my musical women watercolor & ink smudge works.

Daily Flip 46 - Dance M - art manikin dancer

2009-11-03T21:09:00.001-05:00

Eeveryone has at least one art manikin piece...
Here's one from me...

Daily Flip 45 - Dream Flip

2009-11-02T16:50:00.000-05:00

Movement from a face to the camera....

Daily Flip 44 - Mask Walk

2009-11-01T21:52:00.000-05:00

this passage way to the parking garage..
needed a little something ....

Daily Flip 43 - Mask to Musician

2009-10-31T20:46:00.000-04:00

One of my copper masks
opens an acrylic pianist painting.

Daily Flip 42 - Spiritual Sudoku Board

2009-10-30T22:29:00.003-04:00

Giving some new life to
this Spiritual Sudoku series...

Daily Flip 41 - Love Wires

2009-10-29T20:21:00.001-04:00

Took a few wires (from my Jazz mechanicals)
and
felt the vacation mood.

Daily Flip 40 - Three Jesters

2009-10-28T23:23:00.002-04:00

These watercolor Jesters were painted one late night when I was visiting Vermont.
Seems more like Carnival than Halloween time...
but here they are...

Daily Flip 39 - Passing Masks

2009-10-27T20:26:00.001-04:00

Trying a new Ultra HD Flip Video camera.
It's widesscreen...
I set up a 12" x 24" bronze backdrop.. for 4 moving ceramic masks...

Daily Flip 38 - Baseball

2009-10-26T12:37:00.000-04:00

It's October AND The Yankee's are in!
This flip is for my good friend, Bill Buschel...
and my son, Max.
Baseball Daily Flip art video.

Daily Flip 37 - Mask

2009-10-25T20:04:00.000-04:00

ok.. a Halloween tribute of sorts.
I photoed this mask today... but created it in 2005.
Sandy Labriola framed it (Labriola Gallery, Stamford, CT)
and..
well..
here it is...

Daily Flip 36 - Tree Top Pizza - cici artist

2009-10-24T14:15:00.001-04:00

My computer is overwhelmed with all this video.
Managed to get this one together...
but need new pc badly..
well..
Here she is..
cici's Pizza Lady

Daily Flip 35 - Muffin Tin, Popcorn and Chihuahua Lady

2009-10-23T17:40:00.000-04:00

Made some popcorn this afternoon.
(Wish I was going to the movies tonight...
but in the meantime...)
I created this short but longer than usual film...

Daily Flip 34 - Florida Wall Painting with Bird

2009-10-22T13:57:00.000-04:00

Found my Wall pictures from a past trip to Florida...
They've been lost on my hard drive for a few years..
Amazing how that bird stayed through all my photographing...
...
added
one of my muscian paintings...
and then
used the Flip Video camera software to put it all together.
What do you think of this one?

Daily Flip 33 - French Horn Handbag

2009-10-21T18:14:00.002-04:00

I spent much of yesterday photographing
40 handbags ...
They belonged to my mother.
She loved to shop.
The bag in this video is small, the tag says MaggiB.
It's an evening bag of sorts.

As with yesterday's post,
I've combined my art with her little bag.

Daily Flip 32 - Flute Purse

2009-10-21T00:06:00.001-04:00

flute purse

Daily Flip 31 - The Violinist

2009-10-19T12:19:00.001-04:00

At the request of friends,
I have animated another art work...enjoy!
(The violinist aka "Cresendo" as a Giclee is available for sale on my website:
http://www.ciciartist.com/ ).

Daily Flip 30 - Late Night at the Red Light

2009-10-18T23:05:00.001-04:00

busy day..
I almost didn't get to this today..
but...
Flipped my Flip Video camera on ...
at the red light..
and put this together....
in a hurry...
(not midnight yet...)
and my 30th flip!!!

Daily Flip 29 - Pan Face

2009-10-17T14:42:00.002-04:00

Made grilled cheese..
and then cleaned the pan...
kinda...
I don't usually use this cleanser to clean the pan...
but it made a nice surface. ha! for art!

Daily Flip 28 - Trumpet Player

2009-10-16T13:21:00.003-04:00

Worked to animate one of my paintings.
The original is 44hx32w, oil on canvas, and available through Allegro Piano, High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT.

(opps... just noticed.. at the end of the video it says Poduction...
for Production.. oh well..)

Daily Flip 27 - Buddha and the Bronzes

2009-10-15T12:32:00.000-04:00

Looked around the room
and settled on my Bronze facades on the shelf...
and the little Buddha statue in front of them.

Daily Flip 26 - Strange

2009-10-14T12:51:00.000-04:00

I went outside this morning...
filmed and photographed 2 of my outdoor concrete sculpture masks...
and then...
just worked with the photos and an old collage/drawing.

Daily Flip 25 - Eggshell

2009-10-13T11:05:00.002-04:00

I had a hardboiled egg for breakfast...
and
so
combined with another crack at a
Cat Hat Lady watercolor.

Daily Flip 24 - 3 Doors

2009-10-12T19:35:00.001-04:00

The hallway...
has 3 doors in one view.
Opened & closed...
added Blob...
added one of my Cat Hat Lady watercolor.

Daily Flip 23 - Cat Hat Lady

2009-10-11T23:37:00.001-04:00

On the tree...
one of the drawings from my Cat Hat Lady series..
from my book "People and Their Pets".

Daily Flip 22 - Cheetah

2009-10-10T21:20:00.002-04:00

Took one of the drawings from my book
"Love in the Wild"...
and "moved" it through a green area.

Daily Flip 21 - Fountain

2009-10-09T21:14:00.001-04:00

Up and out since 6am...
not much time for this today...
but managed to do it!...
Filmed this while waiting
for family member...

Daily Flip 20 - Color Smudge Painting

2009-10-08T13:33:00.000-04:00

Decided to film the color smudge painting
of my continuous series, The Cat Hat Ladies.
It took too long
so I had to piece it together
for this approximately 30 second piece.

Daily Flip 19 - View from Car

2009-10-07T19:10:00.001-04:00

I faced my Flip Video camera
out the window... towards the ground...
and then drove down the street.
(Rather than leave it in it's original format,
I used a replication editor to
give this a few more views).

(for some very unknown, odd reason, I dated this Oct. 26 ...
It's October 7th...
I know that... hmmm.

Daily Flip 18 - Red Steel Mask

2009-10-06T13:19:00.003-04:00

I love this series of my outdoor steel masks,
but they just don't show up so well in film...
OK.. So... I spray painted
one of the masks red..
and then tried filming again.

Daily Flip 17 - Grocery Cart (wheel)

2009-10-05T17:22:00.000-04:00

Felt inclined to
limit the view
to just one wheel
of the grocery cart.

Daily Flip 16 - Shoes (sneakers) On

2009-10-04T10:46:00.001-04:00

I have a terrible toothache...
I didn't sleep most of the night.
So... putting on my sneakers
is the best I can do today.

Daily Flip 15 - Unpacked

2009-10-03T13:02:00.002-04:00

While I was looking for something else...
I came across this mask I created in 2004...
Time for the mask to come out of the box.

Daily Flip 14 - Ceramic Figure

2009-10-02T09:21:00.000-04:00

'went back to the mantle
and moved
the ceramic figure
I had made a few years ago.

Daily Flip 13 - Painting Corner

2009-10-01T11:16:00.003-04:00

Enjoyed yesterday's try at "painting"..
so decided to paint the kitchen
countertop and corner area.

Daily Flip 12 - Painting Steps

2009-09-30T15:59:00.003-04:00

Second Daily Flip today...Painting The Steps.
(Discovered I can take "snap shots" &
then edit them ...and put it together with the Flip Video software...
so I did).

Daily Flip 11 - Flipping through Quick Draw Book

2009-09-30T12:03:00.001-04:00

Flipped through
a book of Faces/stick figured...
that I did on vacation.
(First time try at using an outside Flip editor
to change the film to it's negative...)

Daily Flip 10 - My Masks Moved

2009-09-29T15:22:00.001-04:00

The day is still
damp from the morning rain
but wanted to do an outdoor piece today..
so…
I moved my Masks around.
(5 steel masks: painted steel, each approx 36 in high)

Daily Flip 9 - Wash

2009-09-28T14:36:00.000-04:00

Just
clean up
suds.

Daily Flip 8 - Unraveling

2009-09-27T11:28:00.001-04:00

Went with
the first thing
I touched
this morning.

Daily Flip 7 - Dusting

2009-09-26T09:17:00.000-04:00

Took out the power screwdriver and attached a napkin..
Filmed with just the dance of the napkin...
and then decided…
contraption…could probably
be used
for something more.

Daily Flip 6 - Mail

2009-09-25T10:05:00.002-04:00

The mailbox was full yesterday.
I left it there
until this morning...
so I could
use it today.
(I need to paint my mailbox).

Daily Flip 5 - Kitchen Plastics

2009-09-24T13:23:00.002-04:00

Decided to go with no music..
just the clacking of the plastics.

Daily Flip 4 - Another Kitchen Metal

2009-09-23T10:54:00.003-04:00

Took somewhat of
a traditional approach
this am
using a cork screw & a napkin.

Daily Flip 3 - Kitchen Metal

2009-09-22T16:17:00.003-04:00

a short movement...
from the kitchen.

Daily Flip 2 - on the escaltor

2009-09-21T17:39:00.004-04:00

After I returned the unused photo mount spray...
I found myself moving on this escalator.

CICI ARTIST'S Daily FLIP Videos... start today

2009-09-21T16:39:00.003-04:00

I have heard ...
I could live on
sunflower seeds (& water)...
for a very long time.