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Work in process #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #texasartist #studio
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Moments before we hopped in a cab to head to the marina to see some old friends. It may not be evident but we were all pretty exhausted in this photo but so glad we pushed through.
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Scoops loves fishing as well as birds. We read old man and the sea together this year and he was on the edge of his seat despite the repetition and detail. @olivers.ornithology is also a crazy artist! Caught 13 fish yesterday, patient focused boy. : )
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Hey artists go on vacation with their families too! Not the size of the fish in the fight but the fight in the fish. #littlefish #bigfight #ccfa #puertovallarta #vacay #bayfishing #art #artist #. abstract
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4 foot Section from Spunburst stretch. #art #fineart #ccfa #chriscrane #metallurgy #process #iteration #agile #abstractexpressionism #gallery #texas #austin #austinartist #sunrise
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Happy Easter #easter
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Metallurgical work on low carbon steel, layered with stretched steel on glass. Cloudburst Stretch 8’ x 4’ #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #texasartist #studio
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Good Friday People #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #texasartist #studio
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4’ x 4’ Spunburst East This is metallurgical work on steel that has been transferred to sheets of acrylic glass. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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Spunburst 24’ Once I heard a visual artist say that if they wanted to talk about the work they would have been a poet. At the time I thought that was a great comment but over time I realized it was a cop-out, an easy out. I considered words distraction but after presenting my work countless times and this piece to two groups this weekend I have changed my perspective. Standing in front of a piece and presenting it means I get to add additional layers of understanding. Especially with this work because it gives few clues as to how it was made, the process or what it means. Words give that opportunity eventhough I create them to stand on their own. This work is images of metallurgical work on Low Carbon Steel that has been transferred to large sheets of acrylic glass. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #arttour
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Glacial 4’ x 8’, lobby Austin TX #modern #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #residence #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #installation
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24’ installation for anonymous corporate collector. A lot of art gets purchased anonymously, even more gets sold anonymously although I don’t know anything about that. The collector of this piece didn’t purchase it anonymously but asked that I keep their identity anonymous. Interestingly enough a friend of mine was consulting at this company, and after seeing this piece a number of times looked at the signature. She sent me this photo and asked “is this yours?” Yes it is! 3 eight foot panels. Images of steel and mill scale that have been transferred to sheets of acrylic glass hung as a tight triptych. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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My first patent file! Got my first patent file!!! The patent revolves around tracking the changes made to digital files, known as 'Code Chain of Custody' via Blockchain technologies or distributed trust networks. The original use case we had in mind was video taken from a body worn camera that gets submitted in a trial. How does the judge and jury know it hasn't been tampered with or if it has, how it was tampered with? THIS solves that issue by allowing faces or voices to be redacted by editors while also transparently tracking what was changed, when, how and by who. On the outside this probably doesn’t seem like it has a lot to do with art but it’s a very similar long arduous process. The idea is the easy part. The details, the research and the patience is what it’s really about. I have friends that push through several of these a year, but for me this was exciting. None of this would have happened without mentor/author/uber engineer and kind productive soul L. Williamson! #patent #blockchain #code #provenance #ibm #crypto #art #artist #creativity #abstract #research #grind #abstractartist #cloud #computing #invention #inventor #innovation
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Pulling the studio apart to finish it out! It’s turning into an anthropological dig. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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There are no particles. Just waves. Mill Scale on Mild Carbon Steel transferred to Moab I spent time with steel purveyors from South Texas up to Barrie Ontario. Foreman almost always let me onto their floors to inventory their racks and stacks. The warehouses are filthy, hot, unnerving places though. Lift hooks, forklifts and steel brakes make them dangerous, shakey and loud. I have to focus to find what I am looking for while every fiber is pleading with me to get the hell out. #design #architecture #contemporary #amazingarchitecture #architecten #nofilter #architect#arquitectura #iphoneonly #instaarchitecture#love #concept #Architektur #architecture#luxury #architect #architettura#interiordesign #photooftheday #instatravel#travel #instagood #instamood #archimodel#Archilovers #アーキテクチャ
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Shipped an 8’ piece yesterday. This work is metallurgical in origin. It started as a sheet of “Mild Carbon Steel” then with a number of chemicals including phosphoric acid and selenium dioxides it undergoes a number of changes. Each sheet of steel behaves differently depending on the production facility whether it be in China, India or West Virginia. My father was an old school Harlem photographer so as a child I spent a lot of time in a darkroom which helped me think through and develop the imaging portion of the process. The first series was painful and exceedingly expensive using massive 10” negatives and large format cameras. The final piece as shown here involves transferring the image to glass and then mounting braces and backing it so I can be hung. As an artist, it’s the image I am after but the journey to get there takes up 90% of the effort. As a result I have come to appreciate the attention to detail and precision of The Process. In addition to working as an artist, I am an artificial intelligence advisor for IBM. I am able to take the same innovation and research based approach to cognitive capabilities and apply them to these pieces of art. In many ways they are the same expression through a different medium. An effort of continual evolution, failure and tiny successes. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #steel #texasartist #ibm
