Dimension #12 2013

Here are some time line photos of my new painting.  For sale $700

Vacation and toy table!

Vacation in 2 weeks.  Bald head and Outer Banks of NC.  Cant wait.  So its surf music till then. 
I also started taking some pictures of Pipers play table.  I find it interesting and fun. 

Colorado love!

This is a drawing I did for a friend's birthday.  his birthday isn't  for a few more months but I got it done a little early.   You can see it and many other pieces of my work at Uncommon Grounds coffee shop Burlington Vermont for the whole month of April. 
I won't be making any prints of this drawing.   Pencil and charcoal 22" x 30

3.5.13 doodle

Doodes keep me moving along.

Doodle a day till new year.

I've gotten away from drawing everyday, so I'm gonna try and do one every day till new years. 

So I've been slacking on my blog. I'm going to try and concentrate on keeping up with it.  Facebook has started charging to see the posts, so I say screw them.  I've recently left the S.P.A.C.E Gallery for a few reasons.  Mainly I just wasn't getting any work done.  All my supplies were there and I wasn't.  So I've moved my studio back into my house.  It takes some getting use to. I have a lot less space and my daughter running around.  So here are a few pictures of what I've gotten done lately.  I will also have some prints for sale for the holidays so make sure you check back  

Above is a new one. N-ER-G. If you haven't noticed I have done a bunch of pictures showing energy coming from the 3rd Eye.  I do believe energy and art flows threw us.  I am but a instrument for cosmic creation.

Another anatomy drawing.  I have a family of smokers, and I wanted to show how complicated the lungs are.  Don't smoke!

Above is a painting for the band, you guessed it!  Had a good time working with Insidious Inteference.  The vision they had fit my style nicely.  Thanks to the band for thinking of me.  You can check them out on facebook.  

What a great painter

On this page I'm gonna start a list of all my favorite painters.
Let's start with Winslow Homer.  I watched a great 2 hour show on PBS about him last night. 
Winslow Homer biography, paintings, and quotes http://www.winslowhomer.org/

I was talking with my good friend Brian Eckert the other day about 3d art.  I would love to try it out.  So I did some research.  I came across this
http://gbcmag.com/2010/03/29/xia-xiao-wan-3d-paintings/

Some of the coolest work I've some across in along time.  Although I will never be as good as this, it makes me want to try it out.  So look out for some 3d work in the near future.

"visions from the 11th dimension" series

Here is one I've been slowly working on.  Visions from the 11th dimension. 
So I feel like its done.  I put in another layer.  I practiced a few techniques on this one that I will use in the future.  Some of these geometric pictures are just a way for me to try new techniques without having to worry about messing up a painting.  Feb 12, 2012

Anatomy 101

I've done a second anatomy drawing.  I have a few ideas to change up the paper so it looks really old.  Plus I might do some strange/morbid anatomy.  My show at Muddy Waters was extended till Jan 30th.  So you got another week to get down there... .

Here is one I've done of a newborns skull. The skull stays soft and the plates fuse together and harden after birth so the head can get threw the birth canal. The baby in the womb is from a Davinci sketch book. I also stained the paper with coffee to give it a old and worn look.  3-10-2012

Here is one of the human heart. Again I stained the paper w coffee to give it a old look.  The picture doesn't show the staining. 

North bound train

I'm liking the panoramic canvas.  I've got 3 more that are a little bigger.  Can't wait to dive into a new painting. 

I added a few close up pictures.  I'm starting preorder for prints of this one.  Email me if interested.

So here are some of the microscope images in my up coming show.  Come on down to Muddy Waters this Dec and check out some cool art!

Muddy Waters art show

Anatomy drawing 1

Now that I have a daughter I haven't had much time in the studio. So I have been doing some small drawings when I have a free moment. 

Could make a cool concert poster

I was cracking some eggs into a strainer at work and thought this looked pretty cool.

2011 Art Hop was a blast.  Thanks to all that came.  I got some prints made of the Panda painting and have a few left. If anyone is interested drop me an email.  $50 24x24

Rainbow

Cool picture of my plant with some rainbow light.

Clown fish painting

So i did 3 paintings for Pipers room.  Free (hot air balloon), the panda and now the clown fish.  I'm sure I will do more in time but these were done before she was born.  I will have prints of the panda painting by Art Hop time.  They will be $50, unless you come by my studio during Art hop.  They will be $40.
Here is the link to Seaba, the host the South End Art Hop every Sept http://seaba.com/.  Hope to see you there.

Test

Panda Painting

So I started with an idea at work

I draw it a few time so I have a good idea of how I want to lay it out.   I used a 24"x24" canvas.  Sanded it with fine grit sand paper and a layer of gesso.  Then sanded it again for a really smooth surface.  Next I draw my picture and start with the background.

Now I start on shadows.  To make a nice reflection I repeat any shadow work I do on the panda in the water.  Then I started on painting in the fur.

I took a fan brush and cut the bristles so they were all uneven to make a more realistic fur look.  This also works good for painting grass.  

Added in the eyes and worked on the reflection.   And to finish it I added in a layer of blue and white to the water to give it more detail.  I used only 3 colors on this one, mars black, titanium white and cerulean blue hue.  I wanted to work on getting as many different tones from just 3 colors as I could.