This Nest Is Not A Home (Santuary)

Oct. 26, 2011

Watercolor

"I'm going to sing that everything's going to be alright tonight"

-Evening Hymns

Between Sorrow and Bliss

Oct. 25, 2011

Watercolor

"Well I guess this is it
We turn into dust
Those things that we did
Well we can never go back
Guess we fade into black"

-Evening Hymns

December 17, 2011... In Pictures

The sugar cookie angel I decorated while on break at work :]

I Just Wanted To Blend In... (I am a Chameleon)

October 2010

Oil on Canvas

It Was Hard To Sleep At Times... (I am an Owl)

October 2010

Oil on Canvas

I have a couple more to upload from this series.

In Progress IV

I took these over the course of two work sessions. They're of really bad quality because I used my phone's camera haha

Finally got some work done on the rooster.

Expanded all work on the rooster and the nest, about 80% done.

A Doe

Oct. 19, 2011

ballpoint pen, from sketchbook

A Wolf

Oct. 11, 2011

ballpoint pen, from sketchbook

In Progress III

Worked on the skull for 2 days. I will need to come back to it and clean it up once I've finished the rooster.

Finally began working on the rooster itself :]

Like a Sigh...

Oct. 1, 2011

ballpoint pen, from sketchbook

In Progress II

Finally started to put the figures into the painting. These will eventually be a rooster nesting a skull.

Studies: All Good Birds Leave For Winter (Teach Me To Fly)

I hardly ever work with blue, but I knew i would need to on this painting so i decided to make some side studies to help me out. Here is my initial concept for the painting, it was to have a horizontal color wash as the main background. Of course everything is always tentative and never set in stone. The final piece ended up having a mix of horizontal and vertical washes... just goes to show everything changes haha

Swatches in blue... and a random doodle.

Swatches in warmer hues... halfway through planning, I thought I'd like to add some warm tones to help signify the period in season that the painting alludes to, but finally found it unnecessary. The colors are off, but you get the idea :]

A Wizard & A Serpent

Sept. 25, 2011

from sketchbook

All Good Birds Leave For Winter (Teach Me to Fly)

September 26, 2011

Watercolor

"I know our days are numbered, early bird of the summer

you'll fly south just as the fall begins..."

- A Fine Frenzy

In Progress...

I'm not working on a new painting for my intermediate painting class. I had a difficult time getting started, for more reasons than one... here are the first set of photographs (taken on campus) based on its progress.

I started by working up the atmospheric backgrounds i usually do, this time in blue. In all honesty, I was very hesitant to use blue in such a massive way, but I was trying to see into the future of the painting and it eventually back-fired on me. For some reason, it did not register in my mind that I was painting "the sky." So, being that this was not my intention, I knew I had to make a change, fast.

I painted a coat of white over the whole painting in order to remove the traces of blue. You could still see the hue come through, but I knew once I set the next color down, the blue would be extremely difficult to see.

With the coat of white still wet, i began to add my new colors. These included viridian and a subtle use of naples yellow. I was told it still resembles "the sky." I believe it is drastically different, although I admit I don't have a decent picture to show the painting's current colors accurately.

Caricatures, of Sorts

Random drawings from Sketchbook.

Green Mask

Inspired from a paper-mache mask I made about four years ago.

Pear Study (Final)

Here's a much better photo of the final result.

October 26, 2011... In Pictures

yesterday...

Pear Exercise

We were handed out this image in my painting class about a week ago and told to recreate the pear. The image is a lot more vibrant in the handout.

First attempt. Not a great one.

Second Attempt... just went back and refined the pear and the shadow. 

Meyer Schapiro

"The painting symbolizes an individual who realizes freedom and deep engagement of the self within his work"

-Meyer Schapiro              

1904-1996              

Random Studies

Flamingo Sketches for my painting titled, "A Weekend Spent With Rude, Self-Centered, And Insensitive." I don't believe I had ever drawn a flamingo prior to this project, and i don't believe I will be drawing another one for quite some time haha! They were alot more difficult due to their odd proportions... and of course, I decided to forshorten them :/

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

April/May 2011

Mixed & Found Media on Canvas

"I won't be lying when I tell you
That I'm a gardner, I'm a man
In your eyes babe... "

-The Tallest Man on Earth

"The Gardener" Live on KEXP

http://youtu.be/Wa3lyo_Eowc

Bird Studies

The first a few drawings/studies I made while brain-storming my songbird paintings. These are of a scarlet tanager and a house sparrow. These drawings helped me pick out which birds to depict within the seperate pieces. I will post the others soon!

August 9, 2011... In Pictures

I made this dinosaure silhouette out of a pen chain while waiting for my friend to fill out his check haha

Nest

April 2011

Mixed & Found Media on Wood Panel

"As I knock your door from inside once more
How I wish a soothin' breeze would let me in
Shake my tambourine at your glowing dreams
So honey won't you let me in, oh..."

-The Tallest Man on Earth

Western Meadowlark

The first in a series of work based heavily in nature, more specifically, songbirds. I am very pleased and proud with these and hope to continue to expand the collection. I will later add a more thorough description behind the process and concept behind this series of work. As of now, there are a total of five paintings.

April/May 2011

Mixed & Found Media on Canvas

"Well if I ever see the morning

Just like a lizard in the spring
I’m gonna run out in the meadow
To catch the silence when it sings"
-The Tallest Man on Earth

"I Won't Be Found" live on KEXP

http://youtu.be/sWaZJOU4GY8

Chip & Dale

Quick drawing from my collection of Disney doodles.

July 15, 2011... In Pictures

This is what my summer days look like...

Justin Reed

This guy is AMAZING.

http://www.justinreedart.com/default.html

Self Portrait #4

May 18, 2011

Watercolor and Ball Point Pen

"You're my favorite daydream

I'm your famous nightmare

Everything I see looks like gold..."

- Twin Shadow

Painted Robin

 

April 2011

Watercolor

Abstract Exercise

May 2011

Oil on canvas

These Are The Hours When I Am Most Creative

 

April 23, 2011

Watercolor

"Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains..."

-Simon and Garfunkel

A Weekend Spent With Rude, Self-Centered, And Insensitive

April 14, 2011

Watercolor

Following The Leader Is Much More Than A Game

April 12, 2011

Watercolor

Who Are You Calling Anorexic?

March 27, 2011

Watercolor

This Isn't A Limp, It's My Pimp Walk

March 10, 2011

Watercolor

Waiting Patiently For Spring And Constant Sunshine

March 7, 2011

Watercolor

"Temperature rising, I can feel it all the way down...

Up in the light of the high Temecula Sunrise"

- Dirty Projectors

Now That The Storm Has Passed, The Sky Is Clear And The Sun Is Warm

March 20, 2011

Watercolor

Finals Week

This picture pretty much sums up how I'm feeling and I'm still nowhere near done... 4pm, Friday afternoon cannot come any faster!