PAINTING | Annie
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
ANNIE
28″ x 34″ (71cm x 86cm)
Oil & acrylic on wood
2010
The last painting of 2010…
COMMISSION PAINTING | Ape Flyer
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
APE FLYER
15″ x 15″ (38cm x 38cm)
Acrylic and Argentine newsprint on wood panel
2010
Above: A recent commission piece for a pilot friend of mine over at Jet Blue. This painting is based loosely off of one of my previous paintings, Big World, the first painting I completed after moving to Argentina.
PAINTING | Boombox Pilot
Friday, November 12th, 2010
BOOMBOX PILOT
28″ x 37″ (71cm x 94cm)
Acrylic and Argentine newsprint on wood panel
2010
He started as drawing a couple of months ago in my sketch book. He then lived on in a time-lapse video set to music by Harlem Shakes. In his latest incarnation he is 400% bigger and completely hand painted. Once again, I present to you…The Boombox Pilot.
Above is the original Boombox Pilot sketch. Click to enlarge.
Check out the time-lapse video of the drawing here.
PAINTING | “Madly”
Monday, November 8th, 2010
MADLY
14″ x 19″ (36cm x 48cm)
Acrylic and Argentine newsprint on wood panel
2010
This piece started as a commission based off of the original Orange Gorilla painting I did earlier in the year. The commission fell through but still thought it was a piece worth finishing.
Click on the image above to see the original Orange Gorilla painting.
First Self-Portriat in over 10 Years
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
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I’ve only painted two self-portraits in my lifetime and both were done over 10 years ago. In early 2006 I had an idea for a new one. At the time my studio was a garage in San Diego and in the corner of it sat planks of wood I had collected for use in future paintings. I snatched four of the planks and hammered them together. Over the years that followed I would periodically apply with a palette knife the leftover paint from other paintings onto this wooden panel.
The idea was that the background would consist of a random/chaotic conglomeration of colors from my other visual explorations and over the top of that would be juxtaposed an image of myself in grayscale. A few months ago, 4 years after beginning the background, I began working on that grayscale image, and finally finished it earlier this week.
To me, the finished piece represents a visual journey, and an amalgamation of intertwined, contrasting ideas: Color versus black & white, chaos versus order, and the movement of time versus a moment of it. The piece is called Self-Portrait (Somewhere).
Work in Progress | Self-Portrait – 50% Complete
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
The first and only self-portrait I ever painted I did over 10 years ago in college, in an Intro to Painting class. I’m not sure why I’ve waited so long to do another, but I figure it’s time I knock one out. Below are the work in progress pics of a new one coming to fruition.
