A portrait of singer/songwriter Emily Haines in watercolor on Lightweight Rives BFK . done in 2 hours. watercolor takes me time as I'm kind of new to this medium. I also now see that Rives was a bad choice. Another portrait for fun. The reference is a photo by Osman Balkan. Done in about two hours inbetween watching Conan and Fallon. oil on Rives BFK
The Opening for the show was great, Proximity Gallery is an awesome place and I hope to get the opportunity to show there more often. At the show I was able to see some old friends and even meet some artists I admire. The food(chips+dip and the pizza truck) and drinks were awesome, the margaritas were never-ending and so was the PBR which always makes for a good time. Not to mention that my piece sold!!!Here are some pics, I love my friends they came out and showed support which made me feel like a million bucks and I thank them, even the ones that couldn't make it. :)A pic of the crowd, including the blurry Joe Game (founder of the Autumn Society). My friend Jenny Le came out... and so did my homies Danny Mak and Marvin Silvestre ...
Allie got lost but found her eventually...
and Gloria, Anisha, and Kellie-Lynn all awesome people.
Hey, I was messing around with some sumi-e ink the other day and I kinda like the results. Ink makes me think differently and is a fun way for me to let go of some of the tightness I'm used to in painting. Had tons of fun doing these little ink drawings/paintings. done on rives
This is my submission for the Dia de los Muertos show. When doing research for this piece I loved that everything that is done on this holiday(altars, shrines, flowers, candles, face painting, story-telling, etc.) is meant to encourage a visit from the deceased. I thought to myself what if the dead could usher themselves back into the realm of the living by creating their own encouragement to return. So here's my interpretation of that idea in acrylic and oil on rives BFK.
I Hope everyone enjoys and I can't wait to see the show on Friday, all the work I've seen already looks amazing. Who's stoked? I am! :)
Soooo....Theres a Raccoon living in the house across from mine thats under construction. I'm weirded out by this because I live in the heart of the city, I mean there are no woods for miles. I wonder if Animal Control is 24/7 because of course I only see him at 4:30 in the am.
P.S I never realized that Raccoons are about as big as a pitbull and they look like they can do some serious damage.
Another t-shirt design for a friend based off of a painting I did called " A Tale of Regret". I need to get my friend to model it so I can see it on a form other than the photo I have taken I enjoyed this one. took about an hour and a half done with fabric markers. :)
Hey I just got an email from creative quarterly that said I got in so I thought I would share the piece that they chose. It's a portrait of British actor Ben Whishaw who's role in the movie "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" inspired me to do a portrait. The movie is awesome and if you haven't seen it then you should treat yourself and watch it.....Since it's Autumn I decided to a simple portrait of him blending in to his surroundings. I hope you enjoy and keep an eye out for the creative quarterly 17. I'm excited!! :)
So this song has been stuck in my head the past few days. It's Pat Benetar's "Love is a Battlefield" my favorite song right now... and also check out these guys, Live To Tell they do an awesome cover
This is my custom toy for the Nosego toy release show at Jinxed. The show was great and the new location for the Jinxed store is simply amazing at Piazza. I really enjoyed making this custom so much in fact that I had to give him a name. He is "Noodlez" and in case you were wondering he is the man.
I'm a huge Bat for Lashes fan and they're new album is great. Her music whimsical and makes you feel like your in a dark fairytale. Now I give the music Video for Pearl's Dream by Bat for Lashes
So I went camping for the first time in my life. It was great to get in touch with nature while reconnecting with friends from my old Martial Arts school. here's some pics of the river we found when we went hiking and the tent me and my friend shared.
Hey this is my and Debbie Plesnarski's submission for the 8-bit and beyond show. This was a fun piece to make and Debbie was really great to work with. I'm hoping to do more collaborations with different artists in the future.
So I just made this t-shirt for fun the other day. This was my first experience with fabric markers which turned out to be really fun to work with. This was kind of a gift for my sister so I had her model it. The image is a lady surround by flowers with a flying bee in talk bubble I'm happy with the results. I will definitely be making more tees now.
Yess I also have the new and improved Samus sketch complete with a rough color study. This painting will finished within a few days or maybe even less. This Metroid collaboration is going to be wicked when its finished.:)
Hey I'm kind of restless tonight and thought that I'd share a cool music video. I figure that on restless nights when I can't sleep and have already blogged about my art I'll just blog about other stuff. I'm going to call these posts "In the AM" as they will probably all be posted at some insane hour of the morning/night. so I'll start tonight..errr..today.
This video is from The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the song is called "Heads Will Roll". This video is great because of its dancing Werewolf who's dance moves are soaked with the flavor ofthe late Michael Jackson. The band has a new sound this album with more synth and electonic bells and whistles which I'm actually enjoying. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs continue to stun and inspire me with every album they make.
Recently I completely rearranged my living space so that it can me more accommodating for me as an artist thus resulting in my home studio 2.0. My old set up had me between an easel and a bed with a trash can which I learned very quickly would never take the place of a good old fashioned art desk. My art desk I have now is freakin' awesome and paired with my sweet new Logitech satellite speakers & sub-woofer(not pictured) and the wall adorned with postcards & posters by my favorite artists and people are going to make painting and drawing a piece of cake from now on. I'm both excited and pleased especially when I look my old workspace.
oh yes and I can't forget my Metroid collaboration with friend Debbie Plesnarski is in the works we will wrapping paintings this week and then next will result in our final product which will be in the "8 bit & Beyond" show at Brave New Worlds on August 7th.
This is the Sketch
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