Moods

This is an oldie. I made it in 2004. It was a study for a feature idea that never quite made it.

This is the BOX version, also directed and edited by Ryan DeRamos and produced by Jason Loya and Mutiny Universe.

This is a music video for the song White Rhino by The Society of Gloves. It is directed by Ryan DeRamos and produced by The Society of Gloves and Mutiny Universe. Did I mention that it KICKS ASS?

This is a music video for the song I Know You Live by Peter Chavez. It is directed by Ryan DeRamos, Produced by Jason Loya (that's me) and Mutiny Universe, and stars Roshelle Pattison.

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Structure IV

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The Canticle is an epic poem that I began writing in 1997. It surely will never completely end. Here, I share what I have written thus far for the first time. CLICK THE TEXT BELOW TO SEE THE PIECE IN ITS ENTIRETY. Enjoy

The Canticle
by Jason J. Loya


Underneath the pink umbrella
lies an unsuspecting criminal.
Is it even appropriate to
offer any sentiment?
Alone -- a loss
a brief confusion
Alone -- beyond
without a motion
He sits there slyly smiling,
deeply craving loneliness
but all's not well because if it were
the falling sky would breathe in tune...

Corrosive morose understanding
Isn’t the same
If it isn’t amazing,
Fluid and out of control

Out of the hole
Out of the hole

Flying so violently
Then there’s a lull
But it’s hardly
A good-hearted storm outside
Blinding the
Good-hearted troll

Fond, disengaged understanding
Couldn’t be more of a lie
As long as it promises prominence,
Comfort, and plenty of time.

©copyright 2006 jason j. loya

All images ©2006 Jason J. Loya

This is the huge spider that was setting up shop outside my apartment before it so graciously gave its life to art. He is now immortalized in the center of the red rubber band circle in Project X².

Mixed Media on Canvas 30"x40"

This is a piece that I worked with Robyn Gorgos on for about 2 years. We did Project X before this and really liked what came out of the effort. This one took much longer because we just couldn't seem to settle on a feel or a style. After several different images inhabited this canvas, the thing finally started to come together in the fall of 2006. The canvas now contains so many great ingredients and textures, I don't think they can all be listed here. These are a few: paint, marker, rubber band, real ants, plastic ants, string, plastic army man, giant spider, rubber glove, neck tie, oil pastel, tape, encaustic, grass, dirt, carpet fuzz, thermostat wire, thread, and the letter f. I really enjoyed doing this project and I think it makes a great pair with Project X. A lot of emotion and care went into this piece as Robyn and I each went through different things in our lives over the course of its creation. While it is best viewed in person to appreciate all of the texture and complexity, this blog will have to do for now. Here's to Project X²!

Oil Pastel on Paper 11"x14"

Oil Pastel on Paper 11"x14"

This is David Lynch's 55 second short filmed with an original Lumiere camera. 40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes. Having seen all of the results (including Spike Lee's pithy effort) Lynch's film is unquestionably the most interesting. It makes me wish he would shoot an entire film with this stock. Remember while watching that all the effects are in-camera and there is no cutting for scenes.

The same old story...

©Copyright 2006 Jason J. Loya

This is not on canvas. I built the piece into a wooden canvas frame starting with a masking tape skeleton and collage on top. The back is painted with acrylic and sealed with acrylic gel so the thing is solid.

It is made of paper, dictionary pages, animal biology notes, magnetic tape, masking tape, plastic, string, rubber bands, cellphone parts, ink, metal, plastic ants, and pencil. There may be some other things in there but it's hard to say.

Man Made is 30"x24"

oil, rubber bands, masking tape, electric tape, marker, string, plastic ants, band aid, paint brush bristles, paint brush handle, brown recluse spider, moth, plaster on canvas
24"x30"

This was my first oil painting - ever - re-worked a bit. I like it better now. What do you think?

pieces of pain
and paint and
a stain
shaped like an onion
with skin of a rat
with fat
litter the place
where it rained
where I claimed
where I stayed
and layed my past
to rest a restless sleep...
pieces and grains
of saddened recall
and long lost lines in sand
litter the hall
and cause me to fall
in time with those
pieces of sand
through the glass
By Jason Loya 9.9.06

Marker, oil pastel, string, metal, wire, rubber bands, plastic ants, colored pencil, masking tape, graphite, acrylic paint on canvas
18"x24"

Do you speak French? Do you have teeth? Are you all neat and tidy?

All Photographs Copyright 2006 Jason J. Loya

Do you?

Marker on canvas
30"x40"

Is it art? Is it Le Pique Nique? Which one will satisfy you? In meatibus nostris solum vagamur.