LLOG BLOG #34: The Birth of the Cool / February 9, 2019 by Matt Everett

February is a GREAT MONTH here at LOGMAN INDUSTRIES INTL! It’s a month of LOVE & BIRTHDAYS! Well, let’s make that the theme of this week’s LLOG BLOG:

“We LOVE your comments”: LLOG BLOG STAFF, 2019. (Artist: LMI. Ink on Paper. 5” x 8” 2019.)

LMI LOVES painting of bubbles? (Artist: Unknown. Paint on Wall. Huge. 2019?)

Who doesn’t LOVE NYC? (Artist: LMI. digital image. 2018)

WOW! That looks just like a high-rise building! (“Log Hotel.” Artist: LMI. Ink on Paper. 5” x 8” 2017.)

Everyone LOVES a good, old fashion throw-back! (Artist: LMI. “Logman #8,750.” Ink on Paper. 5” x 8” 2017.

Many people LOVE Henry Rollins. Photo (MPR Photo/Nate Ryan)

February 13th is HENRY ROLLINS’ birthday! WOW! Happy Birthday HENRY ROLLINS!

“Logman Water Tower” Artist: LMI, digital print, 2018.

Have you ever noticed that water towers kind of look like birthday cakes?

Logman Water Tower Birthday Cake? Artist: LMI. Graphite on Paper. 5” x 8” 2019.

And, finally, here’s the LLOG BLOG READERS’ FAVORITE…

THE LLOG BLOG READER OF THE WEEK!

*drum roll

It’s NATHAN! YES! Congratulations NATHAN for being the LBROTW!

NATHAN = winner! (coincidentally, NATHAN’s birthday is also FEBRUARY 13!)

And many of the LLOG BLOG READERS would be totally mad if we didn’t add the FAMOUS 34 for this week. And OBVIOUSLY it’s this guy:

#34 Walter Payton. Photo: (Ed Wagner Jr. / Tribune File Photo)

Okay, then. Do something nice this week…buy a stranger a cup of coffee or something! And, as always, have a very LOGGY WEEK!*

*LMI still legally obligated to say this.
**This LLOG BLOG is approved and certified by the Logman Industries Approval Committee Intl.

LLOG BLOG #33: Lots of 33s / February 1, 2019 by Matt Everett

WOW! LOGMAN INDUSTRIES: LLOG BLOG PRODUCTION DEPT learned a LOT about the number 33 this week. Here’s what we learned: 1.) it’s magic, and; 2.) there are TONS of top-rated #33s throughout history. Therefore, like history, this week LMI: LBPD will be sprinkling #33s throughout the LLOG BLOG issue. Enjoy.

First up, here’s some local color for you:

Whole place was painted like this. Cool!

LMI should add some of those colors to one of these dang water tower pieces.

Next up, LMI presents: THE LLOG BLOGGER ON THE STREET:

Dude, sorry Jean Making 101 didn’t work out for you. We are all sorry.

Now, a FAMOUS 33:

Next up, THIS PICTURE OF ART:

Phil Collins. Artist: Unknown (or I didn’t write it down.) (oh, Wait! It’s Yury Malkov)

Now, another FAMOUS #33:

Next, LMI presents: ART MOVIES THAT YOU MUST SEE (THAT WE WATCHED THIS WEEK):

This one was really good. (We are not just being a smart ass on this one.)

“The Price of Everything.” (yes, it’s more than $100 bucks.)

Okay, let’s get to the other #33s, as promised:

Next, check out this print which LMI recently received:

“David Bowie, Life on Mars.” 1973 Photo by Mick Rock

WHOA! RAD!

Next: Here is a log smoking:

“Smoking Log.” Artist: LMI. Acrylic on Panel. 16'‘ x 19.” 2017

Last and everybody’s favorite is the LLOG BLOG READER OF THE WEEK!

Here we go! (we did not get permission to use his photo on here, so we will just call him “Scott.”)

Do something nice for someone this week. And please, please, have a LOGGY week!*

This content approved by the LMI Approval Committee of America, INTL.

LLOG BLOG #32: Wrestling with Jake the Snack. / January 27, 2019 by Matt Everett

WELCOME to LLOG BLOG EPISODE 32.

Here at LMI, we pride ourselves on two things: QUALITY and QUANTITY. So, let’s start with the latter and get right into it:

**“Portrait of a Jar of Cilantro as a Young Man.”** Artist: LMI. (I know… so meta.)

“Logman Water Tower #5” (work in progress). Artist: LMI. Oil on Canvas. 30-1/2” x 30-1/2” (Should be completed by 2035).

“Magnolia Water Tower.” Artist: LMI 2019.

Sketch of a Fictional Building. Artist: LMI. 2019.

Gamblin Cerulean Blue: A little less than 48$, but still not cheap. LMI went with the local Daniel Smith.

Here by popular demand is the LLOG BLOG SECTION we like to call, “LLOG BLOG READER OF THE WEEK!”

Congratulations, Jason. You are the LBROTW!

That was nice to award someone with that.

Here are a few more pics:

Okay. That’s enough.

Do something nice for someone this week. And, as always, have a LOGGY WEEK!*

*Still legally obligated to say this.

LLOG BLOG #31: Untittled. / January 20, 2019 by Matt Everett

Happy Mid-January 2019! Here are LOGMAN INDUSTRIES, we are hoping the very best for you and yours for a SUPER-UBER-PRODUCTIVE AND CREATIVE week.

Let’s have a look at what’s going on in the LMI Studios this week:

**Digital Asset Management:** LMI Mainframe Exterior Hard Drives. Protected.

**“The Eye In the Sky, Looking at You.”** Artist: LMI. Actylic on Linen. 20-1/4” x 25-1/2.” This painting looks good outside.

LMI recommends that you go and listen to some songs by the Alan Parson’s Project this week. “Pretty good stuff...” raves Greg Treelog from accounting. That means it must be good.

That reminds us… LMI should do an employee spotlight each week. The LLOG BLOG READERS would surely love that. Stay tuned.

Here are some more images from this week:

**Fun Face** in the Sewing Studio. Photo by: Lilly Everett at http://www.rakeandmake.com/

**Permalba White**. Does anyone use this stuff? We figured we would try it this week.

**Williamsburg Cerullean Blue**. Does anyone use this stuff? It’s 48$ /37ml tube. LMI will NOT have a report on this product next week.

In closing, we would like to present this AMAZINGLY AWESOME LMI LLOG BLOG READER SEND-IN. This is REAL. Really real. We were blown away.

Seriously. Look at that one again!

Many Thanks to our LMI LLOG BLOG READER OF THE WEEK, Michael Clownman. Actually, Let’s make it official! Michael, you are our LMILBROTW!

And, many thanks to all of you! If you have something to send in, please send it to info@logmanindustries.com and we will likely post is for your friends to see here! It will be so cool.

@logmanindustries on the ‘Gram. Hit it.

Have a Loggy Week.*

This content has been Logman Approved by the LMI Approval Committee of America, Intl.

*Still legally obligated to say this.

LLOG BLOG #30: Progress is a State of Mind, Dude. / January 13, 2019 by Matt Everett

The LOGMAN STUDIOS have been all abuzz! The new year offers new opportunities:

“Water Tower Logman #2” Logman Industries Intl, 2018. Oil on Linen, 19” x 24".”

“Logman Cloud #3” Logman Industries Ltd, 2019. Oil on Panel, 8-1/8” x 4-3/4.”

Sketch. (apparently, not liked by LMI Editing Division.)

Here are two things that made me laugh:

More bathroom art. Artist: We don’t know.

Ham. Artist: Betty Crocker, I think. (This also made me laugh. I don’t know why.)

Here are a few photos we found in the LOGMAN ARCHIVE from Long Beach, WA:

Pretty flowers and a cool-colored trailer.

Here’s the newest LLOG BLOG SECTION: COOL GRAFFITI!

Ghosts on a “No Stops” sign. Artist: Philip Guston (I think).

Political Tag? Or just a plain old opinion?

Awwww. That’s so NICE! Fans are always welcome!

THIS JUST IN: That last one was made by an LMI ACCREDITED ARTIST and was not real graffiti. :-(

Do something nice for someone today! Don’t wait to start that project… Start RIGHT NOW! & Have a LOGGY WEEK!

LLOG BLOG #29: A Llog Blog a Week in 2019: #1: Preparations / January 7, 2019 by Matt Everett

Hello and Happy 2019! The LOGMAN INDUSTRIES FAMILY is very excited for 2019. Stay tuned for more great LLOG BLOGS throughout the year…YEAH 2019.

LLOG BLOG #28: Painting Pictures is a hard business. / October 21, 2018 by Matt Everett

Oh wonderful autumn time! It’s a great time to get your favorite wool scarves and sweaters out (probably with patches on the elbows) and your artsy hats of choice, and hit the street for first Thursday, Friday, Saturday…(whatever your art opening night is at the galleries once a month).

Yes, art is in the air! So this week, LOGMAN INDUSTRIES is dedicating the LLOG BLOG to the recognition of the trials, tribulations and ultimate ecstasy of the best form of art: PAINTING! (wink, wink, nudge, nudge.)

But first, here is a picture of some leaves on the street.

Leaves on a street. Fall. ( Not a painting.)

That reminds me, LMI recently had an LMI: Aesthetics Division R&D Group with boots on the ground in NYC… probably working on R&D. (that means “research and development.”)

Here are some items of interest:

Ooooooh. Marble fountain thing at The Jane hotel in NYC. (Not a painting)

This place looks like somewhere directly lifted from a Wes Anderson movie.

frame from “Rushmore.” A Wes Anderson Movie. (not a painting) (Though, his movies are painterly. I recommend “The Grand Budapest Hotel” for some good examples. Or any of his movies, really. Really.

Wow, Check out the carpet in the elevator:

Carpet in the Elevator (NYC). (Also, not a painting.)

Meanwhile, LMI: LLOG BLOG NEWS TEAM sent a crew up to NEW ENGLAND (Connecticut, to be precise) to do some research for a few autumn-based posts. Let’s check in with them:

Connecticut State Mental Hospital: abandoned building. (That is FREAKY!) (not a painting.)

Yes, that is a little spooky, to say the least! However, a few quality members of the crew were able to bring some levity to the situation:

Aunt Joanne: “Watch out. That last step is a real DOOZIE!” (not a painting)

Nephew Matthew: “watch out. THAT last step is DOOZIER.” (also, not a painting)

Ha. Ha. These crew members get an A+ this week. High5’s all around.

(Side note: Doozers are the poor-bastard things on Fraggle Rock that would build these little building thingies all day and night (not that they knew, because they were in a frickin cave) only to have them constantly destroyed and eaten by Fraggles.)

Doozers: Poor-bastard Things (not a painting)

Next up, here is the LLOG BLOG READER FAVORITE: THE ART BOOK OF THE WEEK! (did we already do this one in a previous episode?)

Here it is. WHAM!:

“Ungrateful Mammals” by David Eggers. (Also, not a painting. Doesn’t even have paintings in it.)

This next one might qualify as a painting. A painting on a towel or something.

This one was in Connecticut, too. The store it was in smelled like a pumpkin-potpourri baseball bat hitting you right in the nostrils by Aaron Judge. Delicious, but perhaps a bit much.

Here’s a photo taken from the highway at 63 mph:

Cobalt, Connecticut. Sign. (not a painting.)

Cobalt, coincidentally, is a rich blue color with a long history. I thought it became popular in the 1500s, but maybe not. LMI: COLOR STUDIES DEPT will have to do some more reading on this subject.

This (Keith Richards-looking dude pointing at it) may or may not be cobalt blue. Sorry Raphael. (THIS IS A PAINTING!)

LMI: PRODUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION DEPT: ATLANTA promises us that they are working day in and out to get more canvases to the LMI: ART PRODUCTION DEPT: AESTHETICS & PAINTING DIVISION: PARIS people as soon as possible (ASAP). Just in case, let’s check in on the ATLANTA crew:

Blue tape Dark Knight on a rafter square. (not a painting)

Poplar stretcher frames. Probably for canvas. (not a painting, but will be one day.) (wink. wink. nudge. nudge.)

Yep. Working hard.

(BTDub: Why are we paying freight to send these things from Atlanta to Paris? Doesn’t anyone in Paris know how to make these motherfuckers? LMI: ACCOUNTING AND LOGICAL BUSINESS STUFF DEPT: VANCOUVER, BC, Please look into this by next week.)

And you… YOU, THE LOGG BLOG READER should be encouraged to work hard this week on being cool to your neighbor. Take time to make something awesome… or just okay, even. It will make you feel better, we promise!

Don’t look at social media too much this week, either. But when you do, follow @logmanindustries on Instagram. There’s a lot of cool shit on there.

Have a great day and HAVE A LOGGY WEEK!*

*Still legally obligated to say this every week.

LLOG BLOG #27: The "Brat Trot": The October Running of the Wieners / October 7, 2018 by Matt Everett

Yes! This is our FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR here at LOGMAN INDUSTRIES. The changing of the leaves in our northern offices, the sports in our eastern offices, the squash in our central offices and the seasonal beers in our… well… all of our offices!

Just kidding. We have a policy against beer… or anything fun in our work areas.

October in our Boston offices: Break Time?

Let’s get directly into it! Why waste time? Let’s just start the first portion of the program right now…I mean why wait until later? Let’s just get it going…HA! (oh that bit never get’s old, right? Ha! HA!)

Anyways… First item of business for LLOG BLOG #27:

Remember when LMI: LLOG BLOG reported on some painting work LMI: Creative Aesthetics and Cultural Group: Atlanta (LMI:CACGA) did featuring some images from the painter Michelangelo Merisi aka Caravagggio?

“Head of Medusa” c. 1598-1599, Caravaggio: RAD!

Well, LMI:CACGA didn’t do that one, but here is the painting from which LMI:CACGA are working for their new project: “The Magical Things that Hill Billies See” Project…

Detail from “The Musicians” c. 1595-1596

They used this “Musicians” image to start the second painting in the series “The Magical Things that Hill Billies See” …

“Mama, That Stone Dun’ Look Like it got a Caravaggio Face on It, Don’t it?”

Well, LMI:CACGA, Looks like that painting “got a drip on it, don’t it?” HA! HA! HA!

Seriously though, clean it up. And put some more details on those fingers. You can barely tell what that is a picture of. We will check in again in a few weeks.

Speaking of checking back in, let’s have a look that one from the LMI: Chicago Sports Aesthetics Something (see LLOG BLOG 25) (LMI:CSAS(sLB25):

(Will someone get Dan from the Chicago offices on the line… tell him to have his staff move all the shit off the shelves before they send in their friggin’ progress photos?!)

Oh… Sorry… I didn’t see you there. Looks like LMI:CSAS(sLB25) still has some work to do. We’ll happily check back in with them once we hear back from Manager Dan Logman up there in the Windy City!

(This just in from Dan: They promise to do better next time.)

Next… Let’s go to the LLOG BLOG READER favorite “LMI: EMPLOYEES’ PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR COOL ART THAT THEY SAW THIS WEEK”

This one is from the Dollar Shave Club thingy: Free Advertising: You’re welcome Dollar Shave Club

This one if from that church called the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo did this one. (not the Caravaggio one mentioned before, BTW)

The Wiener Runner on the T-Shirts for the Brat Trot Race. Artist: UNKNOWN.

That was GREAT!

We’ve ran out of room for the other LLOG BLOG READER favorite: LMI: TEXT MESSAGE OF THE WEEK. We will report a real BANGER next week for that. Stay tuned.

Well, that’s it for this week. Please check in on Instagram (@logmanindustries) and really, seriously…

Do something nice for someone this week. If everyone did, just once per week, this world would get 150% better. immediately. We promise. We guarantee it.

…And have a LOGGY WEEK!*

Logman Industries