Latest Pet/Person Portrait

Leavin’ on a Jet Plane

A few months ago I participated in The Canvas Project. Last night I flew into Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta and decided to take some pictures of the show. Coincidentally the curators at Art House Co-op decided to post their pictures of the show today. As the pictures that they took are much better, I’ll just [...]

Virus

Cellular Self Portrait: Viral
An individual gets sick, the virus spreads, populations bottleneck, immunities are formed, the viruses evolve and the cycle starts again. Viruses contribute to massive extinctions and help to bring about the conditions for new species to fill in the gaps where the sick species have fallen. It’s part of the history of [...]

Background Checks

I completed 3 new backgrounds for my self portrait series.

From left to right when completed they will be: Reproduction-Asexual, Virus, and Reproduction-Sexual.
These will be some of the works in the Cellular section of the self portraits. While I’m working on these I’ve been sketching some of the System section of the series. The [...]

Simultaneous Contrast

I was painting these sections, in my portrait of Fang, the other day.

I started to really pay attention to how my perception of the browns changed from palette to canvas. Even though I had just mixed the brown, I was really noticing how when placed next to each other, the tones were pronounced. [...]

Step 3 Painting Process: Finito el Krumo

Krum is done. I documented the progress of painting the beastie. You can see the changes as it progresses.
It’s good to be flexible while you’re working. I realized pretty early that his rear leg was too low. It’s better to pay attention to positioning and not be afraid to just paint over stuff as [...]

Background/Foreground

So I thought maybe it would be interesting to show the background before it becomes semi-obscured with black lines. I complete, a non-representational composition.
I draw the cells on with chalk and then go over that with black paint. The chalk lines can be wiped off with a wet rag after everything’s dry. The right [...]

Yippie!!! My First Rejection.

It sucks, but it’s not really a big deal. I get a free pass to the opening complete with finger foods and a cash bar. Woohoo. I can get wasted and shake my fist at all the paintings that made it in, while eating crab puffs.

Cranking It Out

I’ve picked up the pace here in the past week, as there are a lot of shows coming up that I really need to enter.
A brief list:
The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
Art Institute and Gallery in Salisbury Maryland
The Artist Guild of Northwest Georgia
and then there’s the Utrecht Art Competition which is a bonus.
My [...]

Painting Process 3

Here’s the 3rd installment of my painting process. Most of the background is in place and the carpet is finished.
Before

After

And here’s the carpet in real life.

I love it! It’s so old and pretty thin but I hope the mom-in-law never gets rid of it.
I adjusted the blue outlining as well. If I keep track [...]