Late December

Above is what the studio looked like this morning. It's been a crazy three days of work. Long story short; a new exhibition possibility popped up this past week and the deadline for consideration is the same as another show's submission deadline. I couldn't pass up the new opportunity and so counter to how I have been thinking I worked toward finishing 5 additional works quickly so that I would have 11 pieces to to split between the two submission packets.

Painting with a deck brush.

Rejected Possibility.

The following four images are what I am considering to be completed along with the image with the orange tulips on it from my last post.  At least they will done for now, I think I will probably work on them after the submission process or any subsequent shows if they are accepted.

Hey man, the work is looking good. I am really enjoying seeing the progression and evolution of your more recent work. This is the most recent animation that I've been working with. I'm thinking less about gender / gender roles and more about programming and messaging.

Early December

 Scratched lines created with a nail punch.

Work

Creating some flat color panels to see how they would incorporate into the configurations.

Continued work on the patio portraits. Since the figures are in shadow it has been a challenge to get an established balance of the lights and darks. The background may need to go darker and I may need to loose some of the detail in the seated figures face.

Going in Circles

Two weeks ago I ran into painter's block, and was not getting anything done in the studio. As a way to get away from whatever was holding the work back and as an excuse to at least be doing something a little experimenting was done using circles on some random panels. Screws were drilled into portions of the panels and a thin board with a 3/8" hole drilled into it with brushes spring clamped to it was mounted onto the screw, this arrangement was used to generate the circular marks. 

Last week saw an all day critique at school and a long weekend trip to San Antonio to get away for a bit. Feel ready to paint again, got some work done last night. Hope to push though the next month and really get some paint moving. Kind of excited about the circles.

Two Weeks of Work

Tried working "outside" in the garage this weekend. It was too nice to be in the basement studio. 

Coffee

Here is the next piece in a series of 'daily video' explorations. The process is more time consuming that I had hoped, but the results seem worth it. I am not sure that I will be able to maintain the pace. 

These started out as an appropriation of imagery combining color elements into a gray environment, but with the content it seems to be a bit of a look at antiquated gender roles. The advertising seems absurd by today's standards. Other than that. I have three panels going with some paint . . . I'll attempt to get some pics posted eventually. 

Weekend Work

This portrait had become lost toward the end of last week, it is beginning to materialize again.  

Working with the figures in this composition has been enjoyable. The foreshortening in the larger seated figure is not correct yet.

Long Time No Post

Things got busy with transporting work for a show as well as a crit on campus last week. With that being the case time in the studio was a little less than normal, below are shots of the images that were worked with over the past week+.

 Oil paint was used to begin to tighten in some detail on portions of the green lamp piece. I think the contrast of some more in focus detail may be a needed balance to some of panels that are mark making focused.

Spent a majority of time working with this piece. The last photo here really shows how the image got away from me, but the opportunity to salvage it should make the image more interesting than where it was going earlier in the week.  

There was a good deal of paint left over on a palette and rather than saving it, the paint was dumped onto these panels along with some of the water from the cleaning bucket. Panels and palette were stacked on top of each other to dry, hopefully they will stick together and when pulled apart something interesting will happen.