Christmas Cards

Happy Holidays to everyone!

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....

  

Sierra Art Trails = Success!

First of all, thanks to everyone who visited me at the Sierra Art Trails this weekend!  You all helped make the show a great success!

Along with selling a piece of artwork (excitement!), I also managed to drum up some other illustration jobs, including an advertisement for Gallery S' Change of Season Sale, commissioned by Seth Gonzales, the gallery's owner.

The ad will be appearing in the Thursday edition of the Sierra Star.

Also, make sure to check back in soon because I will be posting a new, updated version of the "chair logo" I've been working on for Gallery S.  Seth had some ideas for revisions.  The logo will be appearing on promotional stuff, such as t-shirts, letterhead, business cards, etc.  Maybe Seth will get a tattoo.  Who knows?  The possibilities are endless.... 

 

Art Trails

So far, so good.... all my work is hung, looking good, it's a warm sunny day with a slight breeze, and hopefully people feel like spending money!

Sierra Art Trails this weekend!

Sierra Art Trails is this weekend!  Still have some work to do but I'll be ready....

More Mandalas

Here are a couple more mandalas, both feathers....

Getting ready for the Sierra Art Trails on October 2-3.... making lots of frames for these mandalas, also contemplating size.... I'm thinking much larger pieces may be in the future for me.

Bucks Soccer Team

A friend of mine is coaching his three-year-old daughter's soccer team, the Bucks.  He wanted a logo that was badass but also appropriate for little kids.  So I channeled my inner Paul Frank and came up with this - intimidating yet appropriate.

AIB Illustration Blog

My art school alma mater, the Art Institute of Boston, recently interviewed me for the Illustration blog!  To read my interview,  click on the link!

Mandalas

Just a sample of some of the mandalas I've been working on for the Sierra Art Trails...

Sierra Art Trails

Surprise!  On October 2-3 I will be participating in the Sierra Art Trails.

Luckily I have been working on some mandalas of local wildlife, with handmade wooden frames, that I think will work nicely.

Sierra Art Trails is like a huge art-walk that covers the tri-county area.  As of now I do not have a location, but hopefully that changes soon!

Pines Village Bakery

I've been working on converting the window sign painting I made for the Pines Village Bakery into a digital Photoshop file.

So far this is what I have:

The picture is small but if you look close you can see the dude is holding a tasty-looking pepperoni za.

Drawing on the computer is not nearly as satisfying as painting with real paints and canvas.  I especially enjoyed actually painting this design on the window.  

Art Show

The art show was a success!  Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting the local arts.  I'm looking forward to doing another show sometime in the near future... I already have a couple ideas that I'm going to start working on.  So excited!

Going Green

This one's from awhile back.

Gettin' ready for my show tomorrow...going to buy wine and cups at the store....

Chairy Bomb

This is the logo/branding/mascot design I've been working on for Seth Gonzales at Gallery S. 

Pretty punk rock eh?

King Arthur

I painted this while I was reading "The Mists of Avalon" by Marion Zimmer Bradley.  It's a ferociously long read, so after about fifteen years of owning this book I finally decided to conquer it.  So glad I did!  It's the story of King Arthur, only told from the female perspective.  Lots of pagan stuff and witchery.  Super inspirational.

Also, the newspaper article about my upcoming show, along with a picture of me, was printed in the Sierra Star this week, very edited and without my quotes.  Very nice though.  It's weird when people recognize me in town.

Preparing for my first art show - "Welcome to My World"

Off to the press -

Postcards for art show (see previous post) - thanks to Nelson Press
Press release in which I quote myself (funny) - thanks to the Sierra Star

Haven't had much time to paint lately....


But I did get all inspired by an illustrator I found, Angie Hoffmeister.  One of her pieces, number 22 I believe, is my desktop now.

Sketchbook Project

My sketchbook will have the theme "Nightmare". Dreams are so interesting and open to interpretation, so I'm excited to see if I can fill an entire Moleskin sketchbook exploring this theme, without just making it a dream diary. I don't really have nightmares all that often anymore.

Sasquatch

This is one of my newest pieces.  Hope you like it.

This painting is dedicated to one of my friends, Johnathan, a true flatlander.  He's scared to drive up here in the mountains, he thinks the wild peacocks living around here are velociraptors, and he is totally afraid of sasquatch.  So I painted him this painting.  It's acrylic on wood, and on the back side there are two, long, natural gashes in the wood.  I love that part.

First Post

This is my first post and it is pretty much sure to be mediocre.

I'm super busy lately, which is fun and exhausting. Been doing a lot of smaller jobs, like display and design work at the Pines Bakery. Today I painted on the window using tempera paints, which turned out to be more challenging than I thought because it required so many layers, and for some reason the blue color was especially thin. I'll try to remember to take a picture of the finished project and post it on my new blogspot! Tah dah!

Also I have an art show coming up at the end of July, at Gallery S. I'm getting stuff ready to be hung up, and trying to think of unconventional, new, and inspiring ways to display my work. I also spent the better part of yesterday scanning a bunch of my new paintings and converting them to JPEGs, which was horribly tedious. I will post some pictures of new work soon.

Here's the postcard I'm designing for my show -
















Seth's work is very nice. In person the pieces seem almost fragile, though I'm sure they are sturdy and well-crafted.