SUBVERTING LOCAL COLOR: "Twenty Days in April" (2004) | See also "Twenty Days" (2005)
This project was inspired by Byron Kim's "SUNDAY PAINTIGS"


photo by Michelle Budziak

april 1 find fun people -pcrosby

april 4 / 1:45pm a slight break through" -leah

april 4/2pm energy and balance/new 20D / Max's birthday / Delay announces resignation -Marie

april 4/2pm April showers...and showers... and showers... -Jacqueline

april 4/2pm mystic grays -susit

april 4/4pm Sun came out for two seconds. Hint of blue-grey skys. Then left.

april 5 / 1:20pm with sunglasses. Though glasses are nice to block the sun, they ruin the beauty of colors in the sky. -sam

april 5 / 1:20pm ...without sunglasses the sky is playful and fun. -sam

april 5/3pm reaquainted with the sun! -Jacqueline

april 5/8pm Long day. Cool bright night sky. -Denee

april 5/9pm Overthrow America's Century of Regime Change: From Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinser -Marie

april 6 Sunshine! the blue sky feels extra rich due to weeks of rain. -Tessa

april 7 / 7am a muggy morning -jaqueline

april 7/12:56pm homework whomps -yoshi

april 7/1pm dark rain cloud -tessa

april 7/3pm i had a fieldtrip for my major class in this morning...I am so tired, but I still have group meeting later... -ichiro

april 7/8pm nothing -marie

april 7 notice things -pcrosby

april 8/9am finally a sunny morning! -kayla

april 8/10am sunshine! heat. photos in thesis. -tessa

april 8/11:36am a lazy day starts by waking up late. -yoshi

april 8 / Shiny! after a long time. -sun

april 8/7pm saturday beautiful day spring -marie

april 8/7pm finally. I could relax today. during this week i was so busy to do homework. prepare for quizes...i have to sleep more. -ichiro

april 9/11:35am morning grey looming hints of rain. -tessa

april 9/7pm i had a haircut today... i think it is a little bit short to me... -ichiro

april 10 run through the finish line. -pcrosby

april 10/10:43am it would be an awesome halloween costume to wrap myself in a gray cloud. -desirae madison

april 10 How long can this go on -frank

april 10/ 11:05am let someone tell you how they see things before you explain your vision. -desirae madison

april 10/7:22pm jen's mom is visiting...aaak! -kayla

april 11/11am black an blue inside / worn / a new blue arises / hope -tessa

april 11 / 6pm I have so many things to be done by tomorrow! Also I have midterm... -ichiro

april 11.. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow -frank


april 12 / 8pm Or quarter til. Looked outside to study the color and surprise! A nice change from the gray seen all day. Sunset. Pink clouds, blue skes :) -marie

april 12 / 8:13pm Jen's grandma isn't so bad, I actually like her. She tap dances, sings, likes old movies. I forgive her for eating my food without asking and sharing. -kayla

april 12 / I chatted with an old friend, Carla, whom I haven't talked to in many years. -cmw

april 12 / Eastern Evening -frank

april 12 / 1:20pm Not much to say today. Need a break! -denee

april 13 / 6:40am Rainbow/orange sherbert sunrise -tessa

april 13 / 8:10pm Sometimes, I almost think I'm nocturnal. My biological clock is all whacked up. Songbirds in my backyard sing day and night. I don't know what they are. -yoshi

april 14 / 11am I need to drive my parents to SFO today. They are going to visit Cambodia... wow... I wish I could go too. But too bad I have school. -tommy

april 14 / 10:21am Everyone should watch Dae Jang Geum. -yoshi

april 14 / 3:30pm I'm having relaxing but not boring yet... -sun

april 15 / 2:21pm I'm in Vallejo. What an ugly place! -denee

april 15 / 7pm Today I went to a Chinese restaurant with my girlfriend. I had a kind of noodle which I don't know exactly. The taste was not so good... I think I am not going to visit there again. -ichiro

april 16 / 5:05pm "happpy easter after all"

april 17 / 8pm Smells like springtime... -jaqueline

april 18 / 10:15am Pukas beach blue. -tessa

april 18 / 11:10am The squeaking metal sounds like honking birds. Pair that with the blowing wind and I can imagine I'm at the ocean.- juliana

april 18 / 1:20pm I feel everything and nothing all at once. I wish I knew what was going on. -lee

april 18 / 4:53pm My room is a mess. -lee

april 18 / 7pm Watching: The 9/11 Files: Loose Change Second Edition. Beautiful day, good class time - both classes. Nice visit with a friend over pearl tea & bagel. Oliver Jackson - inspiring, interesting, fun. Great art in all galleries. Tofu Com Chooy - delicious spring rolls. -marie

april 18 / We should name him... Noah! -frank

april 19 / gray, gray go away little april wants to play -susit

april 19 / 4pm near the horizon, smoggy -matt

april 19 / 8pm This week I already got tired. I just slept 9 hours for three nights... -ichiro

april 20 / 1:10pm Are our minds eternal? -juliana

april 20 / 7:10pm I bought Cobalt Blue so I could use it at home. I l ike this one, but I think it's too dark. after it dried. -ctvapril 20 / 8:45pm Maxfield Parish Blue -tessa

april 21 Too much to thnk about. I don't want to. But I have to. Everything will be fine. -marie

april 21 / 11:00am spring cleaning -jaqueline

april 21 / I love this color. -susit

april 22 / I went SF for cherry blossom festival. It was okay... but, I don't know what I'm doing. -sun

april 23 / 11:36am Fly away. -yoshi

april 24 / 3:20pm Justin's birthday: Angel food cake, ice cream bomb (mango, strawberry kiwi & vanilla) and a Frida Kahlo paper due! -kayla

april 24 / busy, busy, confused -sun

april 24 Another monday. -john

april 24 / 7:30pm periwinkle -tessa

april 25 / betrayed -sun

april 25 / 5:13pm I'm almost done with a gigantic art project. yaay. -lee

april 25 / 6:30pm Staring @ the sun hurts. -eric

april 25 / 7pm crazy mixed up day -marie

april 25 / 11:42pm long night at work... -alaina

april 26 / 5:45am Cold pre dawn sky out the kitchen window. -tessa

april 26 / 2:05pm Lemon Sherbert -sam

april 26 / 6:48pm I'm sitting on the hood of my car. There's a lot of ants and a bunch of bugs near here. -eric

april 27 / 12:32pm "Let love in" -ctv

april 27 / 2:00pm enjoying free time, english was cancelled! -alaina

april 27 / 3:37pm "one night to go" -leah

april 27 / The sky is on fire. -john

april 28 / 1:30pm Went home for weekend - played with new parrot - got bit... twice. -cmw

april 28 / 1:32pm I found that making the paint transparent helps make my sky brighter. -lee

april 28 / 2:48pm It's a good day to be outside. -eric

april 28 / 3pm Today is my friend's birthday. We had small birthday party after a class. I hope she has a happy day. -ichiro

april 29 / 3:27 Going shopping with Erin soon. -alaina

april 29 / 8:06pm Iie, watashi-wa Nihon-zin-dewa arimasen. Watashiwa Tyuugoko-zin-desu. -yoshi

april 29 / 8:25pm My teeth hurt. Thank you dentist. -ctv

april 30 / 7pm Last Day of April 2006. Sunny, warm. Went outdoors, flew a kite with Mary

april 30 / 7:49 beautiful... like a rose -sam

april 30 / 8:40pm I see mosquitoes.

april 30 / 8:43pm Eigo-o tukatte-wa ikemasen. Nihon-go-de itte kudasai. -yoshi

 

(These notes by students were posted in relation to the painted skys.)

ART 14: STUDENT WORK