got some painting done, studied some theory, and a walk in the woods

on saturday I got most of the structure painted, on sunday I spent the first half of the day reading theory in a starbucks and then went for a walk in the woods at castle rock state park.

More insight into what, really happens when an artist is alone in the studio

I made this one this morning using a series of photos that I shot in the studio for use in a flier, well I am off to paint some walls.

a day in the office and some time at the studio

here is the view from my desk, on fridays , between the hours of 10am and 3pm, I hop up and down from this desk and fetch people pedestals and ladders for their exhibitions. after I left this desk I went to the hardware store and then I went to the studio and started sanding my walls to get them ready for painting tommorow. tonight though I am headed to two sets of art openings one at the works gallery
and another at a space simply called 12th and taylor, which is actually the address of the space, that's so artsy, they don't have a website so you will have to use your imagination.

had a busy day

here are my notes on modern vs post modernsome girls purse
some water bottles and thoughts on cultural pluralism

here is the structure before I finished the ceiling and the lightlet there be light
brooke pays a visit to the studio


well the life of an mfa student is a strange one, my day began with some light carpentry and wiring the results of which are viewable in the video and the pictures, and I went to a graduate mfa seminar and I have scanned my notes from today explaining the differences bewtween modern and post-modern enjoy

mfa raise the roof y'all.

I got all the walls done, and started on the ceiling. I just have to patch and paint and get some lag bolts for when I put it together. here is a 30 sec video walkthrough for fun

progress on the m.f.a. show

so the story with these rulers is that southern lumber offers you one free while you are there, so everytime I am there I make sure to get one, pretty soon I will have the whole set.


here are some more walls, today owen premore came into my studio and said "it's getting claustraphobic in here" maybe but I am feeling much more like this is actually going to happen. I still have to patch and paint the walls, but that is for a later date

M.F.A. thesis flier, finished?

flier backfront

I think I am done with my flier you be the judge, any input email me jonathan@jonathanbrilliant.com

the de installation of the goldsworthy of the coffee shop

I think that is colleen turrell in there but I am not sure?


looks comfortable

dad laying down on the job again


good to see redux director seth curcio putting his back into it

I believe collen turrell is lost in this artwork somewhere
my father stirring things up with my artwork, and props to my mom for being the official photographer, sorry I couldn't be there but I was entertaining slovenian artist marko peljhan

seth curcio and an intern tearing things up woop woop ya'll
nice hat dad



oh my goodness that looks like pac-man on the wall, anybody remember pac-man fever by buckner and garcia...I do
look out colleen my dad doing his best impersonation of saburo murakami

well a huge thank you to all the wonderful people at redux studios . for hosting me and my goldsworthy of the coffee shop project here are fun action shots of the de-installation to see the show when it was up click here,

I'm not amish but I can raise the roof

well two walls are built for the mfa show you can see the model in the foreground enjoy. I am off to make some more walls I hope.

new saatchi page and mfa flier

I got one of those free saatchi gallery pages click all this writing
and I worked on my mfa flier
chow(pronounced ciao) for now

why I am loving trader joe's

because unlike a regular grocery store trader joes sells easy to cook non-microwave meals, and since i refuse to use or own a microwave, (I have been microve free for 3 years and counting), they our perfect for my lifestyle. see for yourself at the trader joes website, www.traderjoes.com

new website beta test

I am running the new website sort of. it is available either by clicking the hidden link on the front page of my site www.jonathanbrilliant.com or by clicking the above image.

yet another video

here is a stop action animation I made last year using the crap on shannon wright's office desk. I promise the new website will be live shortly

video from 2004

I am really getting into this video publishing. here is a stop action movie from my first semester of grad school

been busy, but here is my retreat to candidacy show for those who missed it in may

enroute to the crusher

this is the ball of steel in it's original form. all the steel was free, a friend gave it to me so of course I just cut it up into a bunch of little pieces and welded it into a ball.



I have been busy at work installing a show but for amusement I am placing the images and video from my retreat to candidacy show that was in may. enjoy.