ball point

I wanted to paint tonight, but I didn't get around to it. Instead, I took the easy route and worked in my sketchbook. I've been using my sketchbooks a lot lately, which hasn't happened in a VERY long time. I forgot how much I love working with ballpoint pens. I've posted a couple of sketches that I just finished.

someday

This is another "being" character in my ongoing series. I would love to someday make a sculpted version of these characters. "Guardian"

to the point

I don't have many words to add to this post tonight. I just wanted to post this latest piece. "Narcisse"

mail

I just got this in the mail today. I did a cover for a Penguin book awhile back called Light Boxes by Shane Jones. Since the book came out, I've been contacted by numerous publishers from different countries to use the cover for their editions. I especially liked this redesign of the cover, so I asked the art director is she could send me a copy. As you can see, this edition has a box cover...so awesome! I'd like to thank Alice Beniero of ISBN Edizioni for sending and designing this!

My second Penguin cover that I worked on(designed by Paul Buckley) comes out next month, so I'll make sure to post more about that soon!

tribute #2

This is my latest contribution to illostribute.com. This time, the selected artist is Al Hirschfeld. I owe much of my inspiration to his work. My earlier works were heavily inspired by Hirschfeld. He truly was( and is) the master of linework. The post at illostribute.com probably won't be up until sometime next week, but i'm sure it will be worth checking out. I decided to pay tribute to the artist by drawing him under the influence of his style.

continuation

I'm really enjoying working on these past couple "experimental" pieces. In the past, I've done pieces like these to loosen up, and I usually get something really important out of them. It's a way of me getting even more familiar with my medium and process. This piece is called "Elders plague"Thank you for the kind comments and support. I may not get a chance to respond to the comments, but I do read and appreciate them!

it's weird.

I know. Sometimes my mind flows in an abnormally strange direction and my hands try their hardest to keep up. This is another experimental piece. I call it "contamination"

sometimes

It's not very often that I do something in a sketchbook that I feel is worthy of a blog post. I've been sketching more often, so maybe that will change. I did this sketch while having a few drinks at a local bar, and I'm pretty happy with it.

comedy

I just found this video on Gallery 1988's blog. It was written by Jensen Karp of 1988, and shows my Tony Danza painting from one of my previous posts.

Bromance w/ Michael Cera, Tony Danza & Martin Starr from Michael Cera

Awesome.

cheerleaders

They make a fun commission.

late night paint party

Actually, it wasn't much of a paint party. I worked in complete silence tonight and made this. "Messenger"
I'm dropping him off at my etsy store.

a bit early for this...

I was asked to be in a tribute to Edward Scissorhands show coming up at gallery Nucleus. This is my contribution.

I'd like to thank Sebastien Mesnard (littlewhitebat.blogspot.com) for including me in the show. The art so far is pretty awesome, and can be viewed at scissorhands20th.blogspot.com/

I'll post more info on the show as it draws closer. As far as I know, it's sometime in April.

The boss.

Who is it? This guy.This piece is also part of the show at gallery 1988 along with the Conan, Crystal, and Letterman below.

another post so soon?

That's right!! This is the piece I had in the LeBasse group show tonight. "The illusion of sanity"

the other two.

The art show was pretty fun. These are the other two pieces I had for the show...

I was asked to do another piece tonight, so I may have one more in a few days!

guess!

First of all, I'd like to mention how much of a difficult time I had on this. Doing a likeness is pretty difficult, so I did another version of this comedian and had to scrap it because the likeness was off. This is the first of three comedians that I did for the show. I was only going to do one piece for the show, but was asked to do a couple more. This also happens to be the last one that I finished. I'm pleased with the outcome. The
I'll post the other two after the show tomorrow!

shows

I'm part of a couple group shows coming up this weekend. The first show is on friday night at Gallery 1988. "Is this thing on" is a tribute to comedians and I have a couple pieces in the show.

On Saturday, I'm part of a group show at Le Basse projects in Culver City.

I'll post my pieces for these shows within the week.

makin' a mess

As I was taking my usual walk tonight, for some reason the thought of coming home and experimenting with charcoal sounded appealing. I've been thinking about this for awhile, but I decided that tonight I was going to go for it. It was a nice break, once again, from my usual work method. It was nice to get my hands covered in charcoal, and using my fingers as a blending tool was pretty cool. It's been awhile, and hopefully it won't be too long before I use them again.

If it's not already obvious, I love to do portraits.

Here comes the bride.

I did this piece in my free time tonight. It's nice to take the time once in awhile and paint something just for fun. I haven't had a chance to do that lately. I call this piece "Bride of Traveler".
Many more updates soon!

back in action

Actually, I've been in action lately. I haven't had anything ready to post, though. I just finished this commission, and it may have been the most fun I've had working on a project in a long time. The patron wanted a portrait of his girlfriend, so he sent me some reference and let me do my thing...
I hope to get more commissions like this in the future!