RHONDA TURNBOUGH

I hope this means I’ll finally get to meet someone named...

Sun, 05 May 2013 23:48:40 +0200

I hope this means I’ll finally get to meet someone named Luigi!

I’m making these fish for my sister-in-law’s wedding...

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:28:43 +0200

I’m making these fish for my sister-in-law’s wedding reception as the seating assignment thingy.

How's the flag campaign coming along?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:25:02 +0200

it’s currently lying quietly in the corner like all my best ideas :-)

Treeless

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:13:00 +0200

Treeless

“newborn” some intuitive drawing turned into this...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:32:23 +0200

“newborn”

some intuitive drawing turned into this portrait of a mother and baby (wearing a hat)…alright!

since this has been my most re-tumbled image, i feel inclined to...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:40:00 +0100

since this has been my most re-tumbled image, i feel inclined to mention that i finally have some real nice gicleé prints up in my etsy shop of this very thing…and THEN SOME!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/127874787/framblings-11x14-giclee-print?ref=ss_listing

I painted these patterns on an old sheet today. I plan to use...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:01:11 +0100

I painted these patterns on an old sheet today. I plan to use them as photo backdrops, but I also want to use this as my national flag. What I’m really proposing here, is to reinvent the U.S. flag. Who do I talk to about this?

There’s gotta be a more p.c. term these days than...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:00:55 +0100

There’s gotta be a more p.c. term these days than “outsider art.” …that being, art made by people out of some compulsion, not a desire to be a famous artist, therefore, they are “outside” of the art community (until an “insider” artist discovers them.) I hear the term “folk art” being used in the same way, but I think folk artists are maybe more conscious of their works? I’m no expert here, but it seems classist.

Whatever the correct term is, my grandma is that.

She says, when she was growing up, being an artist, especially for a woman, was not a possibility. Sadly, it was, one just needed to be in the right place, like New York or Paris, to see there were others out there. So she has never thought of herself as an artist at all.

Her art has inspired me since I was a kid. I used to try to draw just like this in elementary school and the other kids thought I was a genius…nope! just rippin’ off grandma! We did collaborations, too, but her contribution had a carefree, flowing look to it, whereas mine looked forced and over-thought.

She uses the worst materials, completely non-archival, which really started sending me into a tizzy once I learned more about it. I’ve tried to supply her with good pens and paper but she still prefers sharpies on crap paper that turns yellow quickly. For her, the importance lies in the process of making them, she couldn’t care less if anyone else saw them or if they last another week.

This is just one of her freaky drawings. She has notebooks full of these and she finds them as fascinating as I do, as if she is not actually in charge of making them, they sort of channel through her. Really! She often draws in the dark or low-light, letting her mind go to another place. My grandmother is very high-strung and this is one thing that relaxes her. When her mother died, my grandma told me she was drawing throughout the night, without thinking about it at all and when she looked at the drawings later, was surprised to see all the people and animals that appeared in the lines.

I don’t think there is anything wrong with her methods. She makes art for herself. It’s me who selfishly wants to preserve it and show it to other people. It’s a good reminder that art is intuitive in all of us and not only the art-educated are allowed to express themselves however they feel with whatever is available to them.

Peace, Rhonda

here’s something from my archives, 4 years back. someone...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 23:04:58 +0100

here’s something from my archives, 4 years back. someone was really making me mad at that time and i remember who it was. my life has changed in unimaginable ways since then!

cocoa tv

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:00:36 +0100

cocoa tv

Your stuff is wonderful! I found you from commenting on puzzleoverit's post. What do you use to make most of your art? Also, do you ever sell things?

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:20:43 +0100

heeey thaaanks! that’s nice to hear! nowadays I’m using Inktense™ watercolor pencils, these other water-soluable crayons and gouache on paper. I do have some things in my etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/artyturnbow but it needs to be updated badly. I have a lot of new things in the works so I have been putting it off. I have some originals there but soon I will have prints and other stuff. If you see something you like that’s not on etsy, let me know, I will make you an offer you can’t refuse :-)

D. Boon of Minutemen. (taken from a photo but I don’t know...

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:25:58 +0100

D. Boon of Minutemen. (taken from a photo but I don’t know who took the picture.)

been away from my studio for a few months while I was back in...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:00:45 +0100

been away from my studio for a few months while I was back in las vegas. finally getting my senses warmed up again. i could draw these squiggles and zig-zags all day long!

“Plants in animals” finished version.

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:00:24 +0100

“Plants in animals” finished version.

“Framblings” finished version.

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:00:27 +0100

“Framblings” finished version.

plants-n-animals pre-drawing. (my scanner HATES hot pink!)

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:23:00 +0100

plants-n-animals pre-drawing.

(my scanner HATES hot pink!)

In an attempt to be a better artist, I now try to make...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:22:00 +0100

In an attempt to be a better artist, I now try to make pre-sketches before ruining 5 or more sheets of expensive paper due to drawing a weird line or used the wrong shade of green, etc. It’s a better way to live.

I now have a gicleé print of this available in my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/listing/127874787/framblings-11x14-giclee-print?ref=ss_listing

here are the final pages of a journal i was supposed to make for...

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:37:00 +0100

here are the final pages of a journal i was supposed to make for school TEN* years ago. I finally decided to get the credits and make the thing.

*i just did the math, it’s actually 12 years late.

a gift for a baby not yet in this world! shiny gold lion.

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:00:18 +0100

a gift for a baby not yet in this world! shiny gold lion.

Photo

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:52:38 +0200