Monday, 13 April 2026

April 13, 2026

Drawn at Art Buddies in Albuquerque:

"Sculptures in Zocalo Mexico City"

My FAKE sculptures in Mexico City


"Wire sculptures in the city"

Skateboarding over
my FAKE wire sculptures in Mexico City


DRAWINGS


KREA Realtime prompt:
"exploding sculpture of a man broken into separate pieces"

KREA Realtime prompt:
"paper sculpture of a man broken into separate pieces"


KREA (Hunyuan 3D-2.1)
Download: "260413B.GLB" (587.19 KB)

MESHY does a better 2D-3D translation (but I can not download without a paid subscription):


MESHY will rig and animate too
(but like Mixamo)



KREA Realtime prompt:
"pieces of sculpture of a man floating in the air"




KREA Realtime prompt:
"paper sculpture of a man broken into separate pieces"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"paper sculpture of a man broken into separate pieces"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture of wire"































Odd observation: The AI models all think in light and shadow, and shoe horns the results into more classical images. Imagine an AI model that thinks in motion instead, say by first breaking the image down into pieces and anticipating the physics of each part.

They tore down the house across the street
on April 12, 2026


Saturday, 11 April 2026

April 11, 2026

We drew at the SECRET GALLERY on March 21, 2026, at the ARRIVE HOTEL in Albuquerque, during a session run by Ben Harrison:

The evening drawing session at the SECRET GALLERY

I've been trying make my figure drawings very thin and transparent, and thus am experimenting with AI to make them into wire sculptures:
A FAKE AI gallery with my FAKE wire sculptures --
based on my real drawings from this night

A FAKE AI gallery with my FAKE wire sculptures --
based on my real drawings from this night

DRAWINGS


KREA Realtime prompt:
"spaghetti sculpture of a woman"


KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture of wire"






KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture only of wire"












KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture only of wire"


KREA Realtime prompt:
"spaghetti sculpture of a faceless woman "



KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture only of wire"




KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture only of wire"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture only of wire"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture only of wire"



KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture only of wire"




KREA Realtime prompt:
"sculpture only of wire"


Abstract drawing



OTHER ARTISTS



John Matthews


EXHIBITIONS

Th exhibition at the SECRET GALLERY was "ARTE SIN FRONTERAS: TEXAS" -- featuring some contemporary printmakers from Texas that I know personally.  The Opening was First Friday, April 3, 2026:

while the big print in the middle by Marco Sanchez

There were a lot of other exhibitions in Albuquerque going on that same day, April 11, 2026, and I only managed to go to two of them:

The 3017 Gallery at Artisans in Albuquerque exhibition:  LOOK AT ME:

"LOOK AT ME" exhibition
at the 3017 Gallery at Artisans in Albuquerque



was nominated for a 2026 Southeast Emmy Award




Exhibition at Remarque Print Workshop: Lamentations, Resilience, and Hope: work by Soulaf Abas, Susan Allison-Hatch, and Carol Felley:



PREVIOUS Drawing Sessions at the SECRET GALLERY: