Undead King

I started this one a ways back, left it for dead and then resurrected it. Graphite and CS3.

Scout and Goblin

More freelance for the iPhone RPG.

Wizard

Here's an illustration for an unannounced IPhone RPG. It was created in Photoshop and based off a sketch of one of the models I often draw at the DigiPen Life Drawing sessions.



This is the sketch it was based off of.

Monkey on my back

While I was visiting with my folks this past Winter I came across an old painting I did entitled "Monkey on my back." It's essentially an illustration on various types of addictions. It's roughly a 4' x 3' Masonite panel done in charcoal, Conte crayon, colored pencil, ink, gesso, gold paint, collage, acrylic, oil, egg tempera, kitchen sink etc. - a true Mixed Media!!

It was exhibited at an arts festival back east and I overheard two people commenting on it.

The first said, "This isn't art!"

The second person said "This painting looks like how I feel when my wife asks me to mow the lawn!"

I think I like the second comment better!

Wrigley

Here's a drawing I did of my sister and brother-in-law's dog "Wrigley" for an Xmas gift. It's about 18"x24" and I used Sumi Ink, Conte Crayon and Acrylic. Wrigley's an energetic, playful pup so I did the drawing in one sitting and as loose as possible to emulate her personality.

More Work In Progress

Here's a painting tentatively titled "Hallelujah." It's linked to "Blind Hubris," a drawing you can see in an earlier post. The colors are off but I'll be taking a proper photo soon. Enjoy.

New Figure Drawings

I'll be attempting to upload new drawings from the weekly figure drawing session I run at DigiPen. Here's a couple to get the ball rolling. The first is a 5 minute and the next is a 20 minute.

Work in Progress

It's been a while since the last update but I've got a bunch of irons in the fire. The following are pieces in progress for the series "Post Mortem." Enjoy . . . feedback is always appreciated and encouraged :)



"Blind Hubris," graphite on Rives BFK



"Sacrifice," charcoal on vellum



"Sacrifice II," mixed media



"Salome," oil on canvas



"St. Bartholomew 2008," oil on canvas

Sketchbook part 2

Figures - mixed media. Poses ranging from 5 to 25 minutes.

Sketchbook part 1

Faces . . . conte and coffee from 25 to 5 minutes

Studio Tour

Here's a stitched up image of the new studio Eric and I are sharing. The space is much larger than the closet we shared before and even has a slop sink - yay! The studio is located at the OK Hotel. It's the same location as the gallery we co-curate so it inevitably acts as a storage space for the exhibiting artists.

The OK Hotel has a pretty significant cultural history for the role it played in the Seattle "Grunge" Scene. At one point the hotel had a stage, bar and a cafe and it was the first place Nirvana performed "Smells Like Teen Spirit." You can watch the gig on You Tube. Many important grunge bands played the hotel including Pearl Jam. I was informed that they recorded a music video there but I'm not sure of the song. Parts of the movie "Singles" were filmed there as well. I think I'll rent it and see. Whooopeee!

A 'newer' drawing . . .

Here's Incommunicado IV- last in this series. It was done on vellum with conte pencils. I finished it some time ago but have been lax in updating . . . enjoy.

Incommunicado III

Incommunicado - deprived of any communication with others . . . I never realized how prophetic this piece would actually become . . . enjoy. The image is 9"x14," graphite on Arches paper.

Bon Voyage

My friends Jazno, Andie and their beautiful daughter Bella are off to Singapore for 9 months. These pictures are from Andie's farewell performance and a "going away" lunch at a local eatery.

Alecia and Gordon . . . colleagues and friends

Andie and her sister Teresa . . . Eric, my studio mate and I

Teresa belts one out . . . Andie, Bergman, me and Eric in the back

reminiscing . . .

Getting up . . . and trying to connect with Jeff the meth head one last time

Indian buffett . . . Bella meets Lily

. . . the gang

Recent Figure Drawings

These are a sampling of some figure drawings I've been doing at the Wednesday night DigiPen and Thursday night Arena.Net life drawing sessions. They range in time from 10 to 25 minute drawings. Enjoy!