Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Making messes...
I've been trying to learn how to make a mess and a decent work at the same time. I've never been good at cutting loose with my materials, and I've never seen execution via emotion as totally necessary. There are, however, times and places where I think my work needs a little spark of that. So, I'll keep working on it....apparently it's all in the wrist.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
...Refuses to dig your Grave...
I've long had an interest in world religions and beliefs, but Haitian Vodou is one of the few I've dug into a little deeper. I imagine it's my fascination with the way people rework and retool old and new cultural experiences into their own unique system. However, I hadn't thought about it in some time, when for whatever reason, I laid pen to paper and came up with a rough Baron Samedi.
Friday, August 21, 2009
The Pen is Mightier when the tip looks like a Sword...
There's a new style of calligraphy pen floating around amongst a group of friends. I didn't care for it at first, and had a tough time getting it to do anything close to what I wanted. Then I produced this...and something about the immediate graphic nature in a few swift strokes won me over.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The Roman Underground
It's odd, but drawing a statue gave me a helluva lot more trouble than just drawing a person.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
skritch...skritch...skritch...redux
That's correct. I drew an Aardvark. Now, by all means, justify your existence.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen...
Because of some reasearch I've been doing over the last few weeks, I decided to try my hand at something a little Neo-classical. Granted my composition is sort of lacking but overall, the drawing came together easier than I thought it would. I wouldn't, however expect me to produce any Waterhouse-syle paintings just yet...
Monday, July 27, 2009
My world's been sun baked...
The quills led themselves to drawin' some ice cream on this heated weekend. Who was I to argue?
Friday, July 24, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
My mother complained that the first painting on my website's most prominent feature was nudity...so I thought the only mature way to handle it was...well, more nudity. Broke out the quills again for this one...and though I do love the brush for ink these days...there's just something about that scritch-scritch of the quill on the fiber of the papers that feels so amazing.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Denied a Thursday...
My new regular Thursday night out with friends was cancelled due to Comic-con (which I won't be attending sadly). So if you're down San Diego way, be sure and stop by and say hi to Jason Shawn Alexander ( http://www.jasonshawnalexander.com/home.html ) and Kent Williams ( http://www.kentwilliams.com/ ). They prefer Scotch.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Almost have the hang of sketching...
I've never been as good and as diligent about sketching as I should've been over the years. There is, however, a fine line between sketching and doodling. More than once, I've watched myself start to cross over that line. It's like standing on the edge of an abyss.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
A Study in Hammers...
A sneak peek of my latest painting, which will be on display in August. I bet you'll just be tearing your eyes out wondering what the rest of it looks like.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Loaded Imagery..
There's still something I've always liked about the finger-gun. The implied danger leaves a little threat, menace, or sexiness in the air. I was just having some fun, and keeping things pulpy...
Friday, July 10, 2009
The Light is On!
For some reason, sketch-wise, I've been getting into a sort of surreal pulp zone. The results are evident.
