VISIT TO CONNECTICUT

I know, I know, it's been since the beginning of the month since I posted here. It doesn't mean I haven't been busy blogging, it just means you've only been looking in one of the many blogs I have going right now. Most of the action has been happening in my BERUBE-BUGS mailart blog. Which brings me to this current post. In an effort to reclaim my status of Son, I went for a short visit to Connecticut a few days ago to say hello to Mom, Dad and more birds and bugs than you can possibly imagine. I'm always amazed at the variety of birds and insects on view around the family's yard, and with a looming deadline to create the June BerubeBug, it was with great pleasure I sat on the back porch in Bristol Connecticut and was inspired to create The Greater Bristol Googleyed Screecher.


THE GREATER BRISTOL GOOGLEYED SCREECHER




TIGERLILLIES

EAST HAMPTON

I'm working up at a beach front home assisting on a photo shoot this week. Fortunately it's one of the most beautiful parts of the East coast. The field of wild flowers, daisies and lupine, made an amazing impression while driving up to the property.

BERUBE-BUGS MAILART CALL

Because I’ve had so much fun with my “PORTRAIT” mailart call which officially ends on the 22nd of May, (I will continue to send out the remaining portrait cards that are printed up until they are completely gone), having received over 200 replies from 22 countries as far away as Romania, Serbia, Japan, Hungary and Malaysia and 16 states/29 towns within the United States I’ve decided try a new project.

This new mailart call is based around my crazy ongoing linocut print edition of what I call BERUBE-BUGS. If you’ve received any of my PORTRAIT reply postcards, you’ve also received some of the bugs created over this past year. They’re linocut images usually created on a small scale, (it started out over 10 years ago as a way of creating something utilizing the scrap pieces of linoleum I found my desk becoming inundated with after working on larger pieces), and bug-like in the loosest of terms. Some of these guys, and gals have 2 legs others have 15+ legs while some have wings, multiple eyes and the occasional human-like anatomically correct addition. So, although they are officially BERUBE-BUGS, perhaps creatures would be a more appropriate moniker.

What I’m planning on doing for this mailart call is to create a new BERUBE-BUG each month. For all bug-related replies received to my mailart call in any given month, I will return a limited edition hand-printed BERUBE-BUG postcard. Each month a new bug. All of my postcards have been and will be printed on recycled packaging, I suggest and would appreciate it if all participants do the same, think about the wonderful cereal boxes, dog biscuit boxes that go to waste.

So… the details are:

Send your BUG / INSECT / CREATURE related postcards to:

DAVID BERUBE
Dberube-Art
462 West 52nd. Street #3N
New York, N.Y. 10019
U.S.A.

Please, be creative, put a little bit of yourself into it whether you’re an artist or not, NO mass-produced postcards or images please. Postcards are preferred, but all creature-related images welcome as well.

All mailart received will be shown on my new BERUBE-BUGS blog.



This BERUBE-BUG, inspired by the time of year that brings, green trees, beautiful flowers, as well as the bugs and creatures that seem to appreciate the warmth and potential that Spring weather has to offer with it’s arrival will be my BERUBE-BUG for the remaining week of May and as the reply card for all cards received to this call for the month of June.

Let’s have fun!!!

BUGGED OUT KITCHEN

Because I'm so lame lately and haven't done a hell of a lot in the way of creativity, I decided to let you see what my kitchen looks like. It's a 12+ year in progress piece. The funniest thing is, somehow, people will come over to the apartment and not even notice that the entire wall is painted with a gigantic smiling sun and a number of huge creatures. Not sure how they miss it, other than the fact that there's so much to look at in the apartment, it simply becomes just one more thing.

NEW BERUBE-BUG ADDITION

Finally getting back into the swing of things here. I decided to start with a small project and since I haven't done a Berube-Bug in a while and one of my MailArt buddies has a mailart call for Snails, I decided to do this guy. He's somewhat of a cross between a snail and a caterpillar.

WIRE FLOWER PROTOTYPE

Working with the same materials I used to do the Wire Butterflies, I cut out a zillion flower shapes from window screen, spray painted them and then attached straight pins through the center of all of the layers to create a prototype.

Yes, a hell of a lot of work, but pretty amazing results.

NEW TAT DESIGN

Sorry for the long overdue post. I've been working out of the studio every day for the month and it's sucking my creative energy dry. I did have a request for a tattoo that I've somehow managed to pull together, working off of an old print I made a few years ago, I switched a few details and started to add color. It's not quite finished, but at the rate I'm going I figured I would go ahead and post what I have.

I have another freelance prototype job I completed last week that I should be able to upload later today.

FOLD US CANDIDATE FINGER PUPPETS

WWW.FOLDUSCANDIDATE.COM



One of my favorite artist friends here in the city, Adi Marom who specializes in folded design projects created this wonderful site, Fold U.S. Candidate where anyone can print out images and instructions on how to create a finger puppet of any one or all 3 of the mainstream contenders for the next U.S. Presidential election. Feel free to cross post this on your blog, link it, pass it on to friends, family, political rivals, etc....

SEEING RED

I met up with my friend Adi to celebrate her birthday and see some amazing Japanese printmaking at The Asia Society on the upper Eastside this afternoon. Afterwards, we sat down for a bite to eat at a pastry shop and as I turned to the left, every woman had on some piece of clothing that was in the red family. I was trying to take the picture on the sly, so it's not the best shot, but you get the idea.

ALICE

I've begun the initial sketch work for a new dance production with choreographer Scott Rink. This time we're working with an old recording of Alice In Wonderland as the inspiration for the piece. Luckily for me, one of the pieces Scott wants me to create is my version of The Cheshire Cat. This is what I've come up, mind you it's in the infant stages and is just a fast sketch to present Scott and potential interested parties.