Madonna On The Hill

T. Renner, "Madonna On The Hill," 2012, digital photograph.

Frosted Moss

T. Renner, "Frosted Moss," 2011, digital photograph.

Flowers in the Rain

T. Renner, "Flowers in the Rain," 2011, digital photograph.

Sundown at the Confluence

T. Renner, "Sundown at the Confluence," 2012, digital photograph.

Composition in Red, Green, & White

T. Renner, "Composition in Red, Green, & White," 2012, digital photograph.

Opera

T. Renner, "Opera," 2012, digital photograph.

Ballet (for Kristamas Klousch)

T. Renner, "Ballet (for Kristamas Klousch), 2012, digital photograph.

Cockle Burrs

T. Renner, "Cockle Burrs," 2012, digital photograph.

Statue

T. Renner, "Statue," 2012, digital photograph.

Ice

T. Renner, "Ice," 2012, digital photograph.

Mimosa #2

T. Renner, "Mimosa #2," 2012, digital photograph.

Orchid (for Nero Wolfe) #2

T. Renner, "Orchid (for Nero Wolfe) #2," 2012, digital photograph.

Pansy

T. Renner, "Pansy," 2012, digital photograph.

Untitled

T. Renner, "Untitled," 2012, digital photograph.

Wind Sculptures

T. Renner, "Wind Sculptures," 2012, digital photograph.

Two of Lyman Whitaker's wind sculptures at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Mimosa

T. Renner, "Mimosa," 2012, digital photograph.

Happy Birthday, David Bowie

Happy Birthday to David Bowie who turns 65 today!


T. Renner, "Weeping Wall," 2010, acrylic on paper, 6" x 4".


T. Renner, "Warszawa," 2010, acrylic on paper, 4" x 6".


T. Renner, "Art Decade," 2010, acrylic on paper, 4" x 6".


T. Renner, "Subterraneans, 2010, acrylic on paper, 4" x 6".

These four paintings were made in response to the four lyric-less pieces on David Bowie's album Low. I had been reading Hugo Wilcken's 33 1/3 book on the making of Low and set out to try to capture some of the feeling of the songs.

Antoni Tapies, R.I.P.

In honor of Antoni Tapies, who died on February 6, 2012, at 88, here is a series of prints that I made in the summer of 2010, in a workshop led by Jeffrey Sippel, who greatly admires Tapies.


T. Renner, "Untitled #6 (for Antoni Tapies)," 2010, monotype, 8" x 10".


T. Renner, "Untitled #5 (for Antoni Tapies)," 2010, monotype, 8" x 10".


T. Renner, "Untitled #4 (for Antoni Tapies)," 2010, monotype, 8" x 10".


T. Renner, "Untitled #3 (for Antoni Tapies)," 2010, monotype, 8" x 10".


T. Renner, "Untitled #2 (for Antoni Tapies)," 2010, monotype, 8" x 10".


T. Renner, "Untitled #1 (for Antoni Tapies)," 2010, monotype, 8" x 10".

Orchid (for Nero Wolfe)

T. Renner, "Orchid (for Nero Wolfe)," 2012, digital photograph.

Untitled

T. Renner, "Untitled," 2012, digital photograph.

Butterfly

T. Renner, "Butterfly," 2011, digital photograph.

Self-Portrait (After Lee Friedlander)

T. Renner, "Self-Portrait (After Lee Friedlander)," 2012, digital photograph.

Pink Flowers

T. Renner, "Pink Flowers," 2011, digital photograph.

Green

T. Renner, "Green," 2011, digital photograph.

White Flower

T. Renner, "White Flower," 2012, digital photograph.

Started the new year off right with a trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Untitled

T. Renner, "Untitled," 2011, digital photograph.

Happy Birthday, Patti Smith

T. Renner, "Shroud (for Patti Smith)," 2010, monotype on newsprint, 9" x 12".

Happy Birthday to Patti Smith!

Improvisation for a Forgotten Jazz Musician

T. Renner, "Improvisation for a Forgotten Jazz Musician," 2008, acrylic on paper, 24" x 18".

Untitled

T. Renner, "Untitled," 2009, acrylic on paper, 6" x 4.5".

The Birth of the Cool #12: Darn That Dream

T. Renner, "The Birth of the Cool #12: Darn That Dream," 2008, acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24".

Untitled

T. Renner, "Untitled," 2011, acrylic on paper, 4" x 6".

Untitled

T. Renner, "Untitled," 2011, acrylic on paper.

Merry Christmas

T. Renner, "Merry Christmas," 2009, digital photograph.

Poinsettia

T. Renner, "Poinsettia," 2011, digital photograph.

Waterdrop

T. Renner, "Waterdrop," 2011, digital photograph.

Cactus

T. Renner, "Cactus," 2011, digital photograph.

Ampersand

T. Renner, "Ampersand," 2011, acrylic on canvas, 8" x 10".

Moss Garden

T. Renner, "Moss Garden," 2011, digital photograph

Inside "Double or Nothing" #4

T. Renner, "Inside 'Double or Nothing' #4," 2011, digital photograph.

This is a photo taken from the interior of an installation by Patrick Dougherty currently on view on the campus of Washington University in Saint Louis.

From an article on "Double or Nothing" by Liam Otten on the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts web site:

There is an undeniable romanticism to the sculpture of Patrick Dougherty. Working with the simplest of materials -- sticks, branches, and saplings -- the North Carolina-based artist creates playful architectural forms that variously suggest nests, primitive shelters, and fairy-tale castles.

This fall, Dougherty enlisted dozens of students to help construct Double or Nothing, a new commission for Washington University in St. Louis' Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts. Located along Forsyth Boulevard, on the south lawn of Givens Hall, the piece consists of two large woven-wood structures, each rising approximately 20 feet in the air.

"I think of myself as a sculptor, and I think of sticks as worthy sculptural material," says Dougherty, the Sam Fox School's 2011 Louis D. Beaumont Artist in Residence.

"People have a visceral response and connection to sticks," says Dougherty, who to date has created approximately 200 "stickworks," as he calls them. "People tell stories about their favorite trees. I just had to figure out what birds and beavers already knew about fitting sticks together."

Double or Nothing grew out of a master class, titled "Stickwork on Campus," co-taught by Dougherty and Ron Fondaw, professor of art. (Funding for the project was provided by the Sam Fox School Dean's Office and by the Colleges of Art and Architecture.)

Sixteen graduate and advanced undergraduate students—drawn from art, architecture, and the new Master of Landscape Architecture program—met with Dougherty for an initial site visit last August, then attended a series of lectures on public art and architecture

Inside "Double or Nothing" #3

T. Renner, "Inside 'Double or Nothing' #3," 2011, digital photograph.

This is a photo taken from the interior of an installation by Patrick Dougherty currently on view on the campus of Washington University in Saint Louis.

From the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts web site:

Combining carpentry skills with a love of nature, acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty weaves, bends, and flexes tree saplings, wooden sticks, and other locally harvested materials into playful architectural forms that suggest themes of shelter, environment, and sustainability.

As the Louis D. Beaumont Artist in Residence in the Sam Fox School this fall, Dougherty has led a "Masterclass in Art & Architecture: Stickwork on Campus." Co-taught with Ron Fondaw, professor of art, the class includes 16 students drawn from architecture, landscape architecture, and the visual arts, all of whom have assisted Dougherty in the design and construction of a monumental, as-yet-untitled sculpture. The completed piece, which took approximately three weeks to build, consists of two woven structures, the tallest of which rises approximately 20 feet in the air. The initiative was organized by Peter MacKeith, associate dean of the Sam Fox School, with funding provided by the Sam Fox School Dean's Office and the Colleges of Art and Architecture.

Based in Chapel Hill, NC, Dougherty has completed more than 200 such sculptures around the world. Stickwork, a monograph about his art, was released in 2010 by Princeton Architectural Press.

Inside "Double or Nothing" #2

T. Renner, "Inside 'Double or Nothing' #2," 2011, digital photograph.

This is a photo taken from the interior of an installation by Patrick Dougherty currently on view on the campus of Washington University in Saint Louis.

From the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts web site:

Combining carpentry skills with a love of nature, acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty weaves, bends, and flexes tree saplings, wooden sticks, and other locally harvested materials into playful architectural forms that suggest themes of shelter, environment, and sustainability.

As the Louis D. Beaumont Artist in Residence in the Sam Fox School this fall, Dougherty has led a "Masterclass in Art & Architecture: Stickwork on Campus." Co-taught with Ron Fondaw, professor of art, the class includes 16 students drawn from architecture, landscape architecture, and the visual arts, all of whom have assisted Dougherty in the design and construction of a monumental, as-yet-untitled sculpture. The completed piece, which took approximately three weeks to build, consists of two woven structures, the tallest of which rises approximately 20 feet in the air. The initiative was organized by Peter MacKeith, associate dean of the Sam Fox School, with funding provided by the Sam Fox School Dean's Office and the Colleges of Art and Architecture.

Based in Chapel Hill, NC, Dougherty has completed more than 200 such sculptures around the world. Stickwork, a monograph about his art, was released in 2010 by Princeton Architectural Press.

Inside "Double or Nothing" #1

T. Renner, "Inside 'Double or Nothing'," 2011, digital photograph.

This is a photo taken from the interior of an installation by Patrick Dougherty currently on view on the campus of Washington University in Saint Louis.

From the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts web site:

Combining carpentry skills with a love of nature, acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty weaves, bends, and flexes tree saplings, wooden sticks, and other locally harvested materials into playful architectural forms that suggest themes of shelter, environment, and sustainability.

As the Louis D. Beaumont Artist in Residence in the Sam Fox School this fall, Dougherty has led a "Masterclass in Art & Architecture: Stickwork on Campus." Co-taught with Ron Fondaw, professor of art, the class includes 16 students drawn from architecture, landscape architecture, and the visual arts, all of whom have assisted Dougherty in the design and construction of a monumental, as-yet-untitled sculpture. The completed piece, which took approximately three weeks to build, consists of two woven structures, the tallest of which rises approximately 20 feet in the air. The initiative was organized by Peter MacKeith, associate dean of the Sam Fox School, with funding provided by the Sam Fox School Dean's Office and the Colleges of Art and Architecture.

Based in Chapel Hill, NC, Dougherty has completed more than 200 such sculptures around the world. Stickwork, a monograph about his art, was released in 2010 by Princeton Architectural Press.