While blogging yesterday, I hit the "Next Blog" button at the top of the screen and was whisked away to a random blog. It turned out to be some person, not unlike myself, with a penchant for sharing oddball items for no good (or bad) reason. He had on there a link to a project by Aaron Trotter, a Portland artist who is seeking financial support for an art project--a deck of playing cards featuring his own drawings of Portland city scenes. He was looking to raise $500 for the venture, and the blog featured a video explaining his project and displaying a number of his prototypes. I liked his drawings, generally (especially the two of PDX bridges), and was intrigued enough to explore his work further on the Net today. Before I had the chance to, however, I had some errands to run with K. I dropped her off for an appointment and then drove up to Alberta street to kill an hour by having a coffee and taking a walk down the street to see what's new (a great "art street"). Amazingly, I came across one of Trotter's prints in an art studio/shop window: a drawing of the "Made in Portland" sign in Old Town! I wasn't sure it was his until I got home again and researched it on the Web. Now I'm generally not a superstitious fellow, but I do sort of half-believe in the notion that if something is consistently making itself known to you without your consciously seeking it out, you should probably pay attention to it. Soooo...here's a link to his own website on which he discusses his project: http://www.aarontrotter.com/. Spend some time there. He's got all sorts of crazy things--but I especially like his abstract drawings and paintings (most of them). There's something good a-happening there...
~CD
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