tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54599068736571062682011-10-02T12:47:29.514-04:00Artwork by fine artist Dennis Ryan. Contemporary fine art dealing at times with psychological disorders: paintings and drawings that delve into the darker side of humanity. Occasionally, I'll focus on concepts from obsessive compulsive disorder and depression to schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder and other psychological disorders. And now I have to fix my shower...Dennis Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00580363467249672369noreply@blogger.comBlogger541100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459906873657106268.post-38787499426956539032011-02-12T13:44:00.004-05:002011-02-27T11:32:07.849-05:00

WHEN: March 25th to April 23rd, 2011 WHERE: Gallery On High, Pottstown, PA logo designed by uploneUpcoming artist show in Pottstown, PA, at The Gallery On High, called "A Journey Through Anxiety".As a fine artist in 2010, I had my artwork in art shows, on TV, on the front page of the newspaper and even on the radio! And these are all great, but I have a feeling that this upcoming combination

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A few months back I got an invitation to submit my art to an upcoming exhibition in NE, Minneapolis, Minnesota.I came across your website through a basic Google search for artists related to this topic, and I enjoy your work quite a bit. I will be co-curating this exhibition and I feel your "OCD Art" series of works would be a perfect match. The show opens on Friday, November 5, 2010 and will run

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I, well, mostly my art, got a brilliant writeup in The Lancaster [PA] Sunday News this past Father's Day.The article was penned by Stephen Kopfinger; who did a great article on OCD Camp (with Dr. Oz and Philadelphia anxiety expert Dr. Jonathan Grayson). OCD Camp was a special, similar to that of The OCD Project, that ran on Oprah in 2008. My favorite excerpt from the article was probably this:"

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Your definitive source for all things OCD Project: theocdproject.com

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The images below are of the actual giclée prints that were picked to be on The OCD Project.Three of the five prints have already been acquired by some of The OCD Project's staff. The remaining two — exclusively signed and tagged with the show name — are available. If you are interested in seeing these prints or the original paintings then use this contact form to facilitate your request. This is

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More and more I get this question... Why the suit and mask Dennis? The answer is in the audio of this recent radio interview I did with Chris Wakefield on Into The Night. If you don't have 45 minutes to listen to the entire broadcast, then the specific answer is @ 19:54.

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The OCD Project SupertrailerDr. David Tolin will attempt to treat six patients with OCD in 21 days. Check out the premiere on Vh1 Thursday, May 27th at 10 et/pt!I will watch and Tivo! Dr. Tolin is Brilliant -- nice work VH1.I especially love the Fear Factor element… but I guess this is actually how Cognitive (active) Behavior Therapy actually works. Obsessive compulsive disorder is typically

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Dennis Ryan interviewed by a GCSE student from London, England, United Kingdom, UKDennis, I am a student studying GCSE art. For my exam I have to produce a sketchbook and final piece on a chosen subject. I have chosen to study fears, phobias and superstitions. One of the criteria is to have written essays on at least three artists of choice. I was hoping to be able to get a short

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Google analytic's chart over last year. Most recently the United Kingdom, specifically London, has been sending an enormous amount of traffic to my artistic endeavors.

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Fantastic audio and lyrics... classic song about mental disturbance."Mental wounds still screamingDriving me insaneI'm going off the rails on a crazy train"Ozzy Osbourne : Crazy Train LyricsAll aboardCrazy, but that's how it goesMillions of people living as foesMaybe it's not too lateTo learn how to loveAnd forget how to hateMental wounds not healinglife's a bitter shameI'm going off the rails on

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Conceptual art video presentationVideo adds another dimension to presenting fine art. It favors the tangibility of the artwork in light of relativity. A huge problem with displaying art on the web is the fact that all paintings, no matter what the actual size of the piece, looks like the size of a thumbnail image. With a person, such as the artist, interacting with the piece one immediately gets

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comments: Hi Dennis I am an A-Level art student in Birmingham, and for my A2 year, I am doing a project on OCD and I came across your work. The pieces you have created really inspired me and I was just wondering if I could ask you some questions? How long have you been interested in art? What inspired you to do your work on OCD? What artists inspired you with your work? Thank you for your time,

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Conceptual artistFrom an earlier post on this conceptual painting the final 20% is now complete. It will be one of the 5 in an upcoming showing from California. I recently added ink touches to the art (such as yoga text that talks about symptomatic style, intensive, relaxation breathing). Yes, the road to a stress free day can start with yoga and/or Pilate exercises.Conceptual art — Breathe

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One of the most fantastic parts of being an artist today is that we show our work on a global stage. Technology can be a powerful tool. I get emails from all over the world, and some of them make me smile and continue to supplementally fill my artistic fuel tank as I truck on forward.This email is one of them: "Hi, I am a student in the UK, studying Fine Art. I wanted to thank you for providing

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Part 3 in my anxiety art series of paintings titled Irrational Exuberance 1999Click here to see more picks of 1999 -- close ups on Facebook.All three paintings shown together — 8ft x 4ft:

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As a fine artist that paints mostly about concepts of psychological disorders I don't usually run out and make prints of my paintings. I'm far from a commercial artist.But I had an exciting opportunity to show my work — in a big way — in California. So the most timely and efficient way to get my paintings out to Laguna Beach was to scan the original art here in Pennsylvania, and then FTP digital

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This painting stands at 48 inches high by 32 inches wide. Its title is Exuberance. This is the 2nd painting in a 3 part series. The third painting should be wrapped up by mid-December. I will post pictures of all three together at that point.Close up 1 - click on the image to see a bigger version.Close up 2 - click on the image to see a bigger version.Click for more information on this conceptual

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I have been getting more and more requests to do consults to businesses on setting up social media plans.I'm not advertising, but it seems many businesses are in dire need of this type of knowledge currently and word of mouth spreads quickly. 2010, if you ask me, will be the year of the Facebook business Fan Page! And Twitter, too, looks to have a promising year yet again.Here is my formula for

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The second song in my quest to blog about all the songs about psychological disorders — and there are MANY! This one by the Kinks called Destroyer is a classic.The Kinks - Destroyer LyricsSongwriter: Davies, RayMet a girl called Lola and I took her back to my placefeelin' guilty, feelin' scared, hidden cameras everywherestop! hold on. stay in controlGirl, I want, you here with mebut I'm really

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This painting stands at 48 inches high by 32 inches wide. Its title is Irrational.This painting is actually part one of a three part series. The three pieces are being created with the potential to be hung together or individually. When shown together the painting will be almost 9 feet wide!Follow this link for more information on this painting and the anxiety art series.

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I can't exactly put my finger on why, but these new station identification advertisements from Nickelodeon definitely amuse me. I find the organic shapes created by the flying slime, the timing, and the erratic adjustments in motion very successful! And it is painless to watch them when they are inevitably shown again and again. So I have to ask why? Most ads annoy me enough to make me change the

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There are costs associated with just about everything. That is no different when it comes to making a Giclée print of your fine art?Click here if you don't fully understand what a Giclée print is?Where the costs come in is mostly in the upfront process of art reproduction.The upfront process = cost to digitally capture the artwork via scanners or by professional photography. Now this scan is not

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Even for a fine artist, social media and social networking are important. With that said, I find that traditional fine artists -- the ones that still know how to hold a paint brush -- are the slowest to climb aboard a newer technology like twitter.comBut why? You CAN teach an old dog new tricks! And I recommend you do, because now is the BEST time to be a fine artist. Now is the most favorable

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This painting weighs in at my current typical size of 3 foot wide by 4 foot high. The title is Breathe.This painting is approximately 80% finished, or so, depending on what day you ask me...A new and, I find, interesting addition to this piece is the soap bottle nipples that I have attached to the bottom left corner. Occasionally I will enter the 3rd dimension and this is no exception. Many times

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I'm currently in talks with The OCD Project, in LA, to see if my fine art is a good fit for the backdrops and scenes of their upcoming show on VH1. The reality show is being produced by 3Ball Productions, Redondo Beach, CA. It makes perfect sense to me for my art to be on the show. I mean for the past 10-15 years I have been sketching, drawing, printing and painting about OCD. Google OCD art,

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It recently occurred to me that the Internet represents artwork of all sizes as being very similar in size—as a thumbnail. Most screen resolutions nowadays give the viewer, or potential art collector, a 3 inch x 4 inch representation of a painting. My fine art, on the other hand, measures in at a typical 3 feet wide by 4 feet high.I was talking to a Lancaster, PA art dealer recently about my

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Hey, want to experience painting with oils? Well then you can try software called ArtRage that mimics painting.Or......you could actually pick up a real tube of oils and a real horse-hair brush and really paint! Don't be lazy. Don't be afraid of getting your hands dirty! You could then really experience it. Painting with ArtRage, I'd image is like taking a shower with a rain coat on; sorry,

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I think we can all learn one thing from Michael Jackson, besides the Moonwalk, and that is: to not let our inner-demons get the best of us.It is a bit obvious that what happened on June 25th, 2009 was the end result of a slippery slope that began many, many years ago — probably with "A, B, C".

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So I Googled Obsessive Compulsive Disorder today - as I sometimes do - and was pleasantly surprised at what I found on page 7 (or so). It seems that someone else out there thinks the same way about OCD becoming mainstream as I do. Vh1 is kicking around the idea of creating a reality show about suffers of this mental disorder to show the real toll the illness has on their lives.A few months back I

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I just posted (6) six monoprints, that I did a while back, to my fine art website.The thing I find most interesting about monoprints is that they are one of a kind prints. That explains the "mono" intro. Anyway, very fine art-like, and the uniqueness increases the value and rareness of the print.In most printing formats you can run many copies of the same artwork; hence the name print.The

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So, yes, I paint and draw about psychological disorders (e.g. anxiety, OCD, phobias and paranoias) but thought it would be interesting to see what other artists, maybe even musicians are doing with the theme.I've found 6 great ones so far; in a bout 5 minutes, so I'm sure there are many more.Below are a collection of wonderfully, clever lyrics from a group called Swollen Members. The song is

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(A few posts ago)Adobe Strives to Crack the Smart-Phone Market"Smart phones are where the game is now," says Kevin Lynch, Adobe's chief technology officer. "Our chips are on the table. We've made our bets."Even fine artists have to pay attention to technology. Until Abode catches up I have the necessary flash components on my website wrapped in JavaScript that switches to an image if the "smart"

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And it feels good.Major wins with the redesign:Cleaner, more intuitive, user friendly designFrom 2 pages to about 30 pages should help bring the old bounce rate downLooks great on the smart phones (old one didn't even show!)Much more search friendly, logical sitemapQuicker page loads; less wait, less frustrationEasier to manage and keep up to dateActually figured out with the redesign that my

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Fine art paintings on your smart phone, sans FlashOne of the main reasons I am spending the many hours redesigning my fine art website out of a total Flash base is that I'm noticing more and more web surfers surfing via their broadband smart phones. These broadband smart phones like the Storm, iPhone and Omnia (just to name a few) don't usually show Flash. In fact the Omnia, which I have and

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Sitting here listening to WHAM "AT40 5/25/85 #01 - Wham-Everything She Wants" while restructuring/redesigning my website: kickthefaucet.com. Not one of my favorite Wham songs, but it did actually hit #1 in 1985. Seemingly, I can't get enough of 80s music though!I'm redesigning the website out of flash. It will still have flash components to show the fine art paintings, but I know the flash is not

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People who suffer from mental disorders, like uncontrollable anxiety, wish it was that easy. The pain IS as real as a broken arm to them, but there is no easy fix like a cast.A good bit of the concepts that derive my fine art stem from stories of obsessive compulsive disorder sufferers. Fact is, many people don't even know what the acronym OCD stands for though. If they or someone they know

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"But as he points out, you can't outsource creativity." Daniel Pink author of A Whole New MindFull story here: Why right-brainers will rule this centuryIt is good to hear that I have job security. Creativity IS a huge headache to try to outsource.Not to mention outsourcing creativity is also far from efficient and cost effective. Don't believe me? Try it! By the time you go back and forth with "

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Fine art has tremendous value, BUT..."the days of the $300 million dollar sale are over"And I say they should be! I've always believed globalization will determine true value for all things: labor, commodities, materials and even the fine art market. In a recession true value is determined very quickly.NY art auction market in "free fall" for springThis article suggests this fine art slow-down is

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Technophobia is no psychological disorder... no phobia... just unwillingness to learn! Let's call it what it is.It is a bit of malaise! A bit of just plain laziness! A bit of the old proverbial "towel" being thrown in and admitting that you are old!Stevie Nicks is a self-proclaimed technophobe, but I say she has no phobia:http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/04/09/entertainment/

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Part of what makes fine art fine art lies in its creation processFirst allow me to define oxymoron and fine art:An oxymoron is basically a set of expressions with stark contradictions in the, usually two, terms. Commonly these oxymoron (paradoxes) serve a kind of rhetorical effect. Typical examples are:act naturallydeafening silencejumbo shrimpFurther definition of the word oxymoron: http://

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Could the city of Lancaster be the next Soho?I read an article in the local newspaper this past Sunday that suggested that Fine Artists are leaving the exorbitant, high-cost-of-living areas of New York City, Boston and Philadelphia to settle in areas around Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The article suggested that artists that normally show their work in places like Soho will now show in

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Hands down, for me, this is the most interesting thought the media echoed all week. Honestly, I have never thought of OCD in this context. I know Obsessive Compulsive Disorder can make suffers do things they really don't want to, do things they really don't feel good about doing, do things they really don't think are logical, but could it make a mom have more kids?The obsessive logic here (or

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Psychologists use this test to try to examine the personality characteristics and emotional functioning of their patients.Note: This Rorschach is slightly modified from original.This is the initial layout / mock-up for a series of prints I'm working on. Should turn out to be a series of 10 (or so) Rorschach-esk pieces.What do you see?What is a Rorschach inkblot test you ask?

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3' X 4' acrylic painting on canvasThis piece titled Strange Days is approximately 70% finished. The photo above is a partial sketched version of the painting with mocked up signature, shadows and background, so colors may change as I head into the final piece.I'm shooting for completion off this and another piece in early 2009 as I have been getting requests for "any new paintings?" from

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Occasionally I'll offer advice from my experience dealing with people with OCD. This is such a time.I find the mind of an obsessive compulsive disorder sufferer can wreak havoc on their body. Yes, mental stress and worrying about the "what ifs" of life can actually manifest to real physical and medical problems – IF YOU LET THEM!So my advice for those of you suffering from obsessive worrying and

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How about this blue suit as the official uniform for obsessive compulsive disorder sufferers? The ones who are phobic about germs anyway.Could help ease their pain, no?Really though if it were socialably acceptable to walk around in one of these - without freaking other people out - then maybe OCD(ers) would have more social freedom.I've been toying and adding the third dimension to several of my

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My Fine Art substrates don't make themselves... they take time, a craftsmanship skill-set and a table saw - at least.I prefer painting on wood panels, so NO new panels = NO new paintings. I'm excited to say I just got a new table saw. Now I can churn out some more panels; more paintings; series three (3).The "major" cuts to the plywood (panels) will be done at the supplier (i.e. Home Depot or

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After graduating from PSA&D I transferred all my credits to Millersville University, Millersville, PA to get my bachelors in the arts. PSA&D is now called PCA&D as they became accredited and shifted from a 3-year degree program to a college (a year or two after I graduated - argh).My advice - from my experience - is NOT to transfer from one school to another or switch majors unless absolutely

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Market your fine art via the Internet with social networking websites, blogs & other social mediaThere has never been a better time than the present to market yourself as a fine artist. Today's technology combined with the Internet offers unparalleled opportunities for you to harness and have your fine art seen by millions of viewers every day! With tons of networking options and sales tools at

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Ever asked yourself "Do I have OCD"? If not, have you ever wondered what having obsessive compulsive disorder feels like?Well, if you have to wonder then you are blessed to be free from the constant agonizing, intrusive thoughts that come standard with OCD. If you don't know how you can tell if you, your loved one or your child have obsessive compulsive disorder, then maybe I can help with the

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A few years before Pennsylvania School of Art & Design (PSA&D) changed from a three year associates degree school to a four year college, now known as Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D), I studied there. It was from 1994-1997. I lived very close to the school on Prince Street in Lancaster, PA.I found the school to be strongest on the level of fine art. I actually excelled in the second

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Let's get one thing straight, I do think that a fine artist can be successful in today's artworld without the knowledge of any computer software programs. It happens all the time! But, I would say it to be factual that it definitely helps to know a super-duper pixel manipulation tool like Photoshop (even if only to market the fine art that is being created elsewhere). I realize that there are

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Psychological disorders are important to the content of my art. I say that these same disorders or mental illnesses, that I use as concepts, actually have helped artists in the past create successful fine art.So I ask these two questions as illustrative examples: Would Vincent Van Gogh be as famous as he is without a cloud of psychological disorders surrounding his life?Would Pablo Picasso's '

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Answers to questions about fine art by Dennis Ryan: paintings about psychological disorders, specifically obsessive compulsive disorder: OCDFrom time to time I'll share comments from emails I very frequently receive on my fine art website kickthefaucet.com - paintings and art work about psychological disorders, specifically obsessive compulsive disorder: OCDThis post is a copy of questions I

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