May 27th, 2010
This painting is still in progress. It is obviously inspired by the recent BP Oil spill in the Golf of Mexico. Below you can still see the Oil Rig and the spill as well as the “burn off’s” in the distance. I would love to mix in some real oil form the spill, so if you have any [...]
May 21st, 2010
Medium: Oil on Panel (Framed)
Size: 48 x 24 inches
Date: 2007-2010
The composition was modeled directly after Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” but that’s where the similarities stop. Each group of apostles deals with the differences between themselves, while not relating with the central figure. The visual dialog is meant to be read from right to left.
The [...]
May 18th, 2010
Trying out this new “identi-pen” for signatures on paintings.
May 17th, 2010
Run a test of ten people both kids and adults. Put them in a circle and let them paint or draw for ten seconds. Then pass to your left the now paint over as much as you like, for ten seconds. Then pass to the left. Again draw what you want to ten seconds. Repeat.
May 12th, 2010
I just submitted this painting to the Portland Bridge Festival, at first I wasn’t going to submit anything because I don’t really paint bridges. Then just yesterday this mossy bridge came out of nowhere and I love it, so I thought I would now give it a try. This oil painting belongs in my “Northwestern [...]
May 6th, 2010
At the top you see this collage now takes on the symbol of a god like being. Both male and female are present in two different states. The male is the photo of chuck close and the bull, he looks at the viewer and studies man kind. She reads and her alter ego is this [...]
May 6th, 2010
Getting lunch and a latte while talking with the owner Kevin about the gallery scene in Portland. Thinking about the best fit for a gallery for my work.
May 5th, 2010
Painting in progress…
First it was called the pool of galkyd and now this. To the left you can see a large waterfall that feeds into the river and an evergreen tree that is in direct relation to the Human Figure on the Cross. These two images both represent the natural and super natural.
May 5th, 2010
Check out the Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside band.
http://opbmusic.org/performances/129-Sallie-Ford-the-Sound-Outside
May 5th, 2010
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