The Cyber Office of Michael Clinard is just around the corner now.
That’s right. We’re moving the furniture around over at The Office of Michael Clinard website.
For the next few weeks, the website will be offline. In the meantime, I’ll do my best to update the blog with images from the Ecuador sojourn along with a host of exciting new projects I’ve been undertaking.
If you need to get ahold of me, don’t hesitate to do so.
More always,
Mike
MC Virus and Promo Sneak Peak
I’m slowly adjusting to life back in the states after getting back last weekend from Ecuador.
Above and below are a couple of the many notes I wrote to myself as reminders on the days leading up to our Exodus from the Emerald City.
The more I think about the ‘Dor, I always find myself humming Palace Brothers’ ‘West Palm Beach’ track. Oh, sigh. . .
Anyhow, while looking through the images from the sojourn, I remembered I’d shot this interesting chap named Dan who goes under the moniker of MC Virus here in Seattle.
A super nice guy, his beats are unlike anything I’ve heard before. He played me a few tracks from an upcoming album he’s releasing on the label called Rarefied Heir. Go check him out!
In other news, I had a few of the upcoming promo pieces accepted onto Heather Morton’s Art Buyer Blog. Check it out here (scroll down to #4).
More always,
Mike
North American again
I’m back from Ecuador after almost two weeks in that gorgeous country. It is so incredibly rich: cities, mountains, jungle and a beautiful coast!
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be posting pictures, stories and reflections to ye’ olde blog. For now, I present a couple pieces of art from my 100% adorable, 6 year old cousin, Paola.
Literally everything she did was cute, and I found myself just smiling every time she was around. Paola made these for us on the night of our departure, and they read something equivalent to Mike + Jenna = Paola.
So now you want to see her, right? Alright, I just can’t resist. . . here she is enjoying Parque Historico seven feet off the ground with Jenna.
More always,
Mike
Cake Break
I’ll be away for a little bit working on projects out of the country. To get you over the hump, I went ahead and made you some cake.
Enjoy,
Mike
Ron from Arkansas
Had the great fortune of photographing Mr. Ron Fulton for my Refugee project. If you’re unfamiliar with it, check out past explorations here and here.
Met him a few months back after finding myself in a conversation about The South and Jimi Hendrix. We hit it off immediately: he telling me about Arkansas, his time serving in the military and his 40-year-old parrot, Sailor; myself talking about Bama and my quirky, conceptual portrait style.
Since then we’ve been chatting every other week or so about getting together to do a little colab in the studio, and a few days back we finally had an opportunity.
What a treat to hear Ron move with ease from Hendrix to Skynard to ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow.’ I found myself smiling and kind of zoning out, rapt in his guitar wizardry. This man has got endless amounts of talent, and a damn fine bird to boot!
On this great Memorial Day, I wanted to get this post up to honor Ron and all the service men and women who serve or have served our country to give us the freedom we enjoy today.
More always,
Mike
The Approximation Parrots
Getting things square in the studio today for a shoot tomorrow.
In sum, part of the gig involves a bird of flight, so–during pre-light–we busted out our best parrot impersonations.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m really digging these images. Hope the parrot brings it as hard as we did this afternoon.
Enjoy,
Mike
Screenprinting Party and My New Brand Identity: The Office of Michael Clinard
Had a little screen printing party at the studio over the weekend.
Jenna, aka ‘The Boss’ (pictured above), made it happen. She engineered a low-cost, very effective way of making prints from a short list of supplies found at any Value Village, Goodwill or retail store. The list goes a little something like this:
1) Obtain a few frames from said store. These can be picture frames or those wooden frames that pre-stretched canvas comes on. You know, the canvases that you used to paint your high school masterpieces on. . . exactly, the ones that now reside at above-noted Goodwill store.
2) Find some very sheer curtain tulle that someone has discarded. Probably on the back wall, wedged between the quilts with the stains on them and the Saved by the Bell sweatshirts.
3) Rolls of Contact Paper. It’s probably the case the ones you find at Value Village are still tacky enough to affix to your tulle, but if concerned, feel free to go out and pick up a new roll.
Basically, you staple your tulle very taut to your frame as if making a drum. Affix your contact paper with design cut out and you’re good to go. I found a couple nice tutorials on the process here and here that pretty much break things down.
Above is my contribution. It’s the new brand identity I’ve been bringing into existence with the aid of a fantastic designer in NYC named Tim Lahan. I’m super excited to start the process of spreading the word and getting it out on market.
That said, keep your eyes peeled for exciting new updates from the Office of Michael Clinard: General Photography.
Always,
Mike
I’m Steve Bard’s House, do something about it!
At least, that’s what I hear when I walk into Steve’s home (besides the talking parrots that greet you upon entry).
It really is alive in a sense as Steve continues to amass an evermore increasingly interesting collection of oddities, rarities, preserved wildlife, dead/stuffed things, etc.
We’ve been talking for some time now about doing a portrait. Knowing Steve could appreciate my level of humor, I think we managed to pull something off that honors both the caretaker and his creation.
More always,
Mike
Die Lichtung
The Office of Michael Clinard is up and running!
I can’t say enough about how good it is to be back in studio. I’ve greatly missed the art of studio practice, having been on about a five year hiatus since my post-bacc days at the University of Iowa. I affectionately refer to this time away as Hibernation.
I’m shedding that hairy exoskeleton as we speak.
More always,
Mike
