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My Work in Twenty ClicksA Survey from 1986–2017
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- Presented here is a quick overview of 20 examples of professional work covering a range of media. Click on thumbnail to enlarge and quickly browse thru in 20 in clicks. The tabs below provide a quick summary of slide details and comments. Additional work and information can be found on the design, photography, mixed media sections at the top of the page.
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- Title: Art Studio Study
- Date: 1999
- Media: Film, B&W Tri-X
- Size: 5" x 7"
- Comments: This was a photographic study of a college art drawing studio. (Art Studio Study).
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- Title: "Feeling Buggy"
- Date: July 2017
- Media: Mixed media image transfer using acrylics, ink, tempera paint with original and found imagery on Ampersand™ Claybord™ archival hardboard panel.
- Size: 5" x 5" (127mm x 127mm) on flat 1/8" panel
- Comments: The process used to create this piece uses a combination of found imagery and computer-generated text combined with an image transfer technique using acrylic matte medium. (Feeling Buggy).
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- Title: B&W Art Stock Photography
- Date: 2000
- Media: Film, B&W Tri-X
- Size: 5" X 7" to 8" x 10"
- Comments: The photographs are used as source material for postcards, photographic prints and image transfer based collage artwork. (B&W Art Stock Photography).
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- Title: "Fly Paper"
- Date: July 2017
- Media: Mixed media image transfer using acrylics, ink, tempera paint with original and found imagery on Ampersand™ Claybord™ archival hardboard panel.
- Size: 5" x 7" (127mm x 178mm) on flat 1/8" panel
- Comments: The process used to create this piece uses a combination of found imagery and computer-generated text combined with an image transfer technique using acrylic matte medium. (Fly Paper).
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- Title: Color Art Stock Photography
- Date: 2007
- Media: 35mm Film
- Size: 5" X 7" to 8" x 10"
- Comments: The photographs are used as source material for postcards, photographic prints and image transfer based collage artwork. (Color Art Stock Photography).
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- Title: Tokyo Mt. Fuji Poster — Design Study
- Date:December 2017
- Media:Mixed media using acrylic matte medium, ink, water color, tempera paint with graphite pencil image transfer on 250 gsm Rives BFK
- Size: 11" x 17"
- Comments: Hand-rendered. Matte medium was applied to seal each area to allow for greater experimentation, blending transparent textures with depth and layering of color within the piece. (Tokyo Mt. Fuji Poster — Design Study).
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- Title: Gaswerks 15
- Date: 2013
- Media: 35mm Film on Kodak Professional Endura Supra Matte
- Size: 8" x 10"
- Comments: Polymorphic relics of an industrial age turned playground. Relics of a polluting past made anew. (Gaswerks Study).
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- Title: Typography Homage Poster
- Date: December 2017
- Media: Adobe Illustrator
- Size: 11" x 17"
- Comments: The task was to show all weights and weights and varieties along with history/description/designer of a typeface. (Typography Homage Poster).
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- Title: Mini Promo Card — Urban Landscapes
- Date: 2012
- Media: Adobe Illustrator
- Size: 2.75" x 1.10" (70mm x 28mm)
- Comments: A self-promotion piece designed as a mini-promotion card featuring John's Urban Landscape/Mural series with contact information printed on reverse. (Mini Promo Card).
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- Title: John's Creative & Books — Johnscb.com
- Date: 2011–2017
- Media: Web site, Adobe Dreamweaver, BBEdit, Bootstrap
- Comments: This site utilized the open source Bootstrap 3 framework. The site design was adapted from an earlier Adobe Flash based design. (John's Creative & Books).
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- Title: John's Creative & Books — Johnscb.com
- Date: 2011–2017
- Media: Web site, Adobe Dreamweaver, BBEdit, Bootstrap
- Comments: This site utilized the open source Bootstrap 3 framework. The site design was adapted from an earlier Adobe Flash based design. (John's Creative & Books).
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- Title: Trash TV
- Size: 24" x 24" (61cm x 61cm)
- Date: 2015
- Media: Mixed media image transfer using acrylics, ink, tempera paint with original imagery and found materials on 250 gsm Rives BFK & kraft paper.
- Comments: The process used to create this piece uses a combination of found imagery and computer-generated text combined with an image transfer technique using acrylic matte medium. (Trash TV).
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- Title: John W. Owens Portfolio
- Date: 2011–2016
- Media: Web site, Coded in BBEdit, Managed in Adobe Dreamweaver
- Comments: Promotion Piece, 2008–2013, ver. 1.0 / 2013–2016 ver. 1.1 (John W. Owens Portfolio).
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- Title: Robot Character Cards
- Date: 2017
- Media: Artist-produced greeting card, approximately 6" x 4" (5.8" x 4.10"), Inside blank, In retail packaging w/envelope, 340 gsm sustainably sourced paper,
- Comments: Greeting cards featuring a printed image of a mixed media piece created by John Owens in 2017 on hardboard panel, original painting sizes: 4 x 4 to 5 x 7 inches. (Robot Cards).
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- Title: Rubber Soul
- Size:16" x 20" x 1.5" (41cm x 51cm x 4mm)
- Date: 1999
- Media: Rubber, fish hooks, monofilament, hay baling wire, wrought head nails.
- Comments: Awarded Juror's Best of Show: Annual Idaho Juried Collegiate Art Exhibition, The Basement Gallery, Boise, Idaho. Jurors: Cynthia Sewell, Assistant Curator, Boise Art Museum; Chris Schnoor, Art Critic and Lecturer, 1999 (Rubber Sould).
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- Title: "Living on Film"
- Date: July 2017
- Media: Mixed media image transfer using acrylics, ink, tempera paint with original and found imagery on Ampersand™ Claybord™ archival hardboard panel.
- Size: 5" x 5" (127mm x 127mm) on flat 1/8" panel
- Comments: The process used to create this piece uses a combination of found imagery and computer-generated text combined with an image transfer technique using acrylic matte medium. (Living on Film).
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- Title: Grain Elevators Postcards — Set A with Packaging
- Date: November 2015
- Media: Print Adobe Illustrator, Film 35mm
- Size: Cards 4.13" x 5.82" (105mm x 148mm)
- Comments: This set of five postcards is limited to 75 sets and are printed on sustainable sourced 350gsm/16pt paper using a CMYK process. (Grain Elevators Postcards).
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- Title: Grain Elevators Postcards — Set B with Packaging
- Date: November 2015
- Media: Print Adobe Illustrator, Film 35mm
- Size: Cards 4.13" x 5.82" (105mm x 148mm)
- Comments: This set of five postcards is limited to 75 sets and are printed on sustainable sourced 350gsm/16pt paper using a CMYK process. (Grain Elevators Postcards).
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- Title: Scoreboard Postcards with Packaging
- Date: October 2015
- Media: Print Adobe Illustrator, Film 35mm
- Size: Cards 4.13" x 5.82" (105mm x 148mm)
- Comments: This set of five postcards is limited to 25 sets and are printed on sustainable sourced 350gsm/16pt paper using a CMYK process. (Grain Elevators Postcards).
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- Title: A Table for Visual Generation — Magazine Spread
- Date: December 2017
- Media: Adobe Illustrator
- Size: 11" x 17"
- Comments: Double-page Introductory Spread for a magazine article. (A Table for Visual Generation).
