Collage techniques from my life drawing students:

Exportadora De Sal from Cynthia Hooper on Vimeo.

Cummings Road Landfill from Cynthia Hooper on Vimeo.

CCCP: Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed at the Los Angeles outpost of the Storefront for Art and Architecture:

The Dogs of the Soviet Space Program at the Museum of Jurassic Technology:

"The dogs of the space program were all female, mixed breeds found on the streets of Moscow. Selected for their size and temperament, the chosen dogs underwent extensive training by behaviorist Gregor Garzenko to enable them to withstand the tremendous noise, extreme motion and severe forces of a Vostok rocket launch as well as to help them become accustomed to the pressurized suits and capsules necessary for extra-terrestrial travel.

While Laika, as well as four subsequent canines and a rabbit, did not return from their travels, the majority of the missions were spectacularly successful."

Wangechi Mutu at Susanne Vielmetter (Culver City):

Some more indulgent pictures that I enjoy teaching: William-Adolphe Bouguereau's "Whisperings of Love" and his "Broken Pitcher."












(Cupid has already--and irreparably--whispered his tempting blandishments into the second girl's ear, but such is the lot of the unwashed peasant-class.)

I can never resist teaching this painting when I "do" the 18th century:

Fragonard's Le Verrou, c. 1778

Examples of Human/Animal composites from my life drawing class:



(We'll be doing this assignment again this coming week.)

Basura Quemada from Cynthia Hooper on Vimeo.

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One of my son's many culinary schemes:

Lazaro Cardenas Electrizada from Cynthia Hooper on Vimeo.

That's the best thing about being an artist: you don't have to depend on other people to make the stuff you want to look at.

Bay Dredge from Cynthia Hooper on Vimeo.

Kid: "I'm going to test out my new bug spray!"

Mom: "Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!"

Trevor Paglen (click here)