July 8, 2011

June 25, 2011

Von Phishen

I worked for Van Halen for two months on the prep stage of their tour. One of only ten or so people in the room, I sat in rehearsal listening to Eddie, Alex and Wolfgang for weeks and drew some cool stuff. Eddie was a really nice dude and MAN could he shred. he totally dug this piece

May 20, 2011

An improv full scale head sculpture made from WED clay. I produced this in a class taught by Jordu Schell. We sculpted for two days, and then cast a negative in plaster on the third. When the clay was scraped clean, we let it dry out as much as we could and then poured the Latex and popped it out a week later after the plaster had absorbed the moisture from it. On the last full day Jordu lectured on painting tequniques for the masks. He started and finished his own rad creature throughout the class as the example(http://schellstudio.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=225). It was an amazing experience and he is truly hilarious and crazy in all the right ways. A master of what he does. I took another class from him just on painting techniques afterwards. Probably going back soon

May 14, 2011

papa bear

a pivotal moment, or an all too common thought. Made it for my pop. very appropriate if you know him. - acrylic on plywood

April 27, 2011

My first digital still-life. I dont dig still lifes anymore, its like doing standards sometimes, but this was an in-class quickie assignment for my "digital painting" class, with Sam Gephardt, which has completely started to warp my abilities more than most any class Ive taken here.(we moved on right away to landscapes) I guess it was my first from-scratch digital painting where i had to mix all the paints n shtuff, and I really should start with the basics if i know whats good for me in this new digital world. Its so awesome being able to mix paints and bust out a painting in five minutes with photoshop that would have taken half an hour or more, plus a mess, in oils. I cant believe i resisted computers for art for so long...better late than never though, right?

March 23, 2011

I took some photos of my best buddy Becky and photoshopped this little retro experiment. I framed an appropriately folded and frayed cut-out of it for her birthday, and added some real coffee cup stains that you dont see in this version. she loved it- 2010

Made for a creature design class. I didnt know a single thing about photoshop until then and he was a great instructor. the piece even recieved "best of term" at school and then a great spot in the student art show. (http://www.gnomongallery.com/shows/2010/gnomon-student/index.php.)