Monday, April 11, 2011

Cloverleaf Events & Promotions

Ahhh, I think Spring might finally be sprunging!  And to celebrate, a new logo design for my friend Erin and her budding new events and promotions company, Cloverleaf....

This is one of many options, and it's still a work in progress, but it's my current favorite.  Erin's a vintage pin-up type gal - inspired by better times and a classic aesthetic.  She's been using an image of an old brooch as her company sign, so I took some inspiration from my dear friend and her old-school style and came up with a logo.  I think it's classy and snappy, just like Erin.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Owl #2

Lately I've been very interested in owls.  I've heard a stand-up comic deliver this joke about owls:  if you capture one and bring it inside your home and put it in a cage, the owl is the only animal that will plot your death every single day.  It's a funny joke - especially when the comic pretends to turn his head in a complete circle as he glares at you passing by - but it's been brought to my attention that there is no possible way anyone could know that about owls.  Nay-sayer.

The other day I heard a hooting outside my house in the pines trees, and since I couldn't visually locate the bird, I found the telltale hoot online and identified it as a Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus.  This is the link to the hoot-noise:  http://www.owlpages.com/sounds/Bubo-virginianus-8.mp3  

I am so happy with this little guy.  He sits in my living room next to a little owl-shaped incense burner I got at the thrift store:


Whitewash and acrylic on wood.

P.S.  Thanks Seth Gonzales for the wood scraps!  Beautiful.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Deerskull

This is one of the largest pieces I've done - it's about four feet long and two feet wide.  There's something very haunting about the simple intensity of it.


Whitewash and acrylic on wood.

Get excited!

I've spent the winter tucked away in my studio, working on a bunch of new pieces.  After the Mandalas from my last show, I wanted to return to my more personal style and themes, using the sparser, more spacious color palette and design I was exploring with the Mandala pieces.  Also inspiring are these design blogs: RemodelistaInk and Post, and housemartin, to name a few - the aesthetic is clean and homey, with a touch of do-it-yourself roughness and miles and miles of white paint.

My new series of paintings is clean, crisp, and airy.  But don't be fooled - there's a primal undertone there, beating war drums just beneath the surface.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Ongoing Tattoo Design

More work on Ian's tattoo...the ship is already done.  He wanted to add more to make it a half sleeve....