In The Center Of Experience
I really liked how this painting turned out. It was a challenge and a lot of fun to make. The title refers to the concept of having an outside perspective on your life. Sometimes we can get so detached from wondering if the work we do in the world is taking shape or having an effect. The two main forms were inspired by old-fashioned animation wheels. So the idea is that the painting is a scene where you are observing your life from outside yourself and are able to recognize your actions and intentions and see how they have shaped you as a person. Hopefully that makes some sort of sense, this explanation will have to do for now. The painting is on 30″ x 40″ stretched canvas and the sides of the canvas are painted black. The painting is coated with several coats of Vermont Natural Coatings soy-based semi-gloss polyurethane for protection. Please feel free to ask me any questions, thanks for taking the time to look at my art. This painting is for sale on my Etsy store, I’m asking $800 (plus shipping & handling) Click on the image to enlarge.
Artshow on Vashon Island
On monday evening I loaded up our car and took the ferry on over to Vashon Island. It’s one of the main islands in Puget Sound. I’ll be showing my work at Wings Seed Co.. It’s a fun and funky little store that sells an eclectic array of things for your home and garden. They have a large gallery wall in the front room where I’ll be showing my work, and also have other art in their back room. The opening is this Friday from 6-9pm. Their address is: 9923 SW 178th St # B – Vashon, WA 98070. It’s on the main street you take from the ferry terminal, just past the movie theatre on the right. There is also a strawberry festival happening next weekend on the island, so that would be a good time to check out the show too. I have on display several new paintings, some daily biscuits, and some rekindle stones. 95 pieces in all. It sounds like a lot, but the majority of them are small. Ok, that’s all for now, have a great 4th of July weekend!
I started these two paintings last fall before moving from Berkeley, CA to Seattle, WA and just recently finished them. They were made with acrylic paint on heavy archival fine art paper and then mounted it on wood panels.
I’m still in a process of establishing myself in Seattle and feel I’m in quite a transitional period in my life. The title “Nighttime Travels” refers to a lot of work that goes on “behind the scenes”. Meaning either subconsciously throughout the day, or when I’m asleep dreaming. The title “Transferring The Light” transferring my way of living from one place to another, and creating new friendships and relationships.
Both paintings are on 12″ x 12″ cradled wood panels and are 1″ deep. The sides are stained with a light wood stain, and the each piece is coated with several coats of eco-friendly polyurethane for protection. There is a wire attached on the back side for easy hanging.
These paintings are available for purchase on my Etsy store, which you can visit by clicking here.
Nighttime Travels
Transferring The Light
I thought it would be a good idea to make my step-dad Larry a Rekindle Stone for Father’s Day. I ended up making three of them and chose the middle one below for Larry. I’d send one to my O.G. dad, but since he’s passed away, I wasn’t sure where I should send it. But Happy Father’s Day to both Larry and George (dad), and all you dads out there. So two of these Rekindle Stones are available for purchase on my Etsy store, by clicking here.
Painting on Driftwood
These pieces of driftwood come from East Bay, California. They were found on a beach at the Albany Bulb. I thought it would be a lovely idea to paint on them and make some unique little creations. I finished painting these after moving up from the East Bay to Seattle. These pieces are available for purchase at my Etsy store, click here to visit. (There are also additional photos at my Etsy store.)
Waiting In Turn
Among New Waters
New Banner for Grip Studios
I recently made a banner for my custom artist series guitar grips I paint for Grip Studios, to be used on their home page. Grip Studios makes several varieties of custom guitar hangers which you can see on their site: www.guitargrip.com. You can check out my available grips here, and can click on the thumbnails on the top right hand side of the page.
This project began when deciding to make a mother’s day gift last week. I thought I should use one of the linoleum carving blocks I have and make a print. This turned out into 30 different pieces I made that all used two different printing phases with the same linoleum block. So all of these pieces relate to each other, but all of the backgrounds and finished elements are different from each other. In addition to the printing with acrylic paint, I also made the flame image in the center of several of them with a stencil I made. I wasn’t sure what to call these. They aren’t prints in the traditional sense, they are actually more individual paintings that all relate to each other as a series.
These pieces are for sale at my Etsy shop, which you can go to by clicking here. Each piece is $15 (plus $5 shipping & handling)
Each painting is on archival fine art paper, and is signed and numbered. The image area size is roughly 3″ x 4″, with each piece specifically cut to size at 3 1/2″ x 5″ to fit inside a 3 1/2″ x 5″ frame.
Click on each thumbnail below the slideshow to view a larger image of the piece. The colors of each piece are better represented on this site rather than my Etsy store.
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Reworked a couple of paintings
Several months ago I made a few paintings with using stencils and spray paint. You can view the original post by clicking here. Although I liked the results and had a fun time with the process, there was something about the colors of spray paint I used that made the paintings a bit too bright for me. I was staring at them the other day and decided to do some color washes with acrylic paint to change the tone of the paintings. Now they have a much warmer feeling to them. I like how they turned out. There is a third painting in this series that is currently on display in Berkeley, so it didn’t get the updated treatment. Below are photos of each image. To see more photos and to purchase these paintings, you can click here. Each painting is $200 (plus $30 shipping & handling). Click on each image to enlarge.
The Tribe At Twilight (scene #2)
The Tribe At Twilight (scene #3)
Endpoint Group Painting Session – November 2010
On November 10th, 2010, my friend Michael Saporita and I decided to do one more group painting session before I moved to Seattle. It was the end point of a series of collaborative painting sessions we did over a year and a half. The idea of these sessions is to keep it loose and free of expectations, to take turns working on each painting, and of course to have fun. For this particular session, we only worked on two paintings that were done on wooden panels. Although I’ve recently relocated to Seattle, WA, I hope that Michael and I can continue to make art together in the future. It really is quite a different experience making art with someone else. It’s a great exercise to free up your creative process, and you always end up making something that looks totally different than what you would normally make on your own. To see more of our group painting sessions, you can do a search on my site for “group painting session”. Below is a time lapse video of the session and also images of each painting. Click on each image to enlarge. To view other time-lapse painting videos of mine, click here.
I was recently asked by the Berkeley Sauna to show some of my artwork in both the lobby and the individual massage rooms. There are 19 paintings that are currently on display.
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