wedding portrait

i was commissioned by dylan over at subtext gallery to do a portrait for his friends that were to be married. i haven't been able to post anything until now. they are officially married, and this is the portrait of the couple...

vague

this is part of a project in the works...i've added her to my etsy store...kengarduno.etsy.com

saturday night/sunday morning

i got home pretty late tonight, but still wanted to finish this piece so i could take it along with some others to get framed tomorrow. i'm pretty excited and a little bummed out about tomorrow...the final episode of "lost". i've just recently become a huge fan of the show, so i'm sorry to see it end. i won't go off any more on that tangent... this piece is appropriately titled "l'amour"
goodnight, world.

5,6, and 7

these are the final 3, and my personal favorites.


check out gallery1988.com for availability!

4 of 7

the twilight zone tribute art show is tonight.i thought i'd post one last image before the show. this next piece is a tribute to the man behind the show...

3 of 7

for the twilight zone show at gallery 1988, this thursday may 20th, 7-10pm.see you there?

newton revisited

i was recently commissioned by a collector friend of mine to "free newton". dave is much better with explaining what he had in mind in terms of concept, so i asked him if he could send me a quote that i could post along with the pieces. i've posted the quote below the art. the first image is "newton" by william blake, and below that is my response inspired by his piece, which i've titled "enter spectrum".


"Romantic artist William Blake banished scientist Isaac Newton to the depths of some sea, wrongfully imprisoning him inside an unmovable rock by locking his leg in place and forcing Newton to gaze down with great focus, self-absorbed: as if blind to the beauty of the world around him.

This view expressed an inherent disdain for science, that Newton had the audacity to “reduce” nature into deterministic explanations — into natural laws that allegedly eroded the mystical, metaphorical heart of art and even suppressed personal interactions with an active God.

The human species, however, uses science to better understand not only the reality in which we exist but also this same reality of which we are made. And this understanding can lead to greater feelings of interconnection with the world and with each other, not less.

Newton supplied humanity with the beginnings of several groundbreaking insights, later refined (as is often the case in science) by many, including Einstein, who improved rather counterintuitively upon the notions of time and gravity.

Freeing Newton from this imprisonment should have occurred long ago; and with the march of progress and a longing for enlightenment, we as a species may continue to attempt to assess the real nature of reality, rather than deluding ourselves with our own inventions, beautiful as they may be.

Physicist Richard Feynman generalizes the overall point quite well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSZNsIFID28"--dave fischer

i had a great time working on this commission. thank you, dave...

2 of 7

this is another piece for the twilight zone tribute show at gallery 1988. it's this coming thursday, may 20th from 7-10pm.

top secret...but not really

i made this piece for an upcoming project, but it won't be used for that after all. i'll mention the project soon when i find out more about it. i'm really happy with the piece either way.
"tangent"

another dimension

gallery 1988 is having a twilight zone tribute show on may 20, 7-10pm. i did a total of 7 smaller pieces based on some of my favorite episodes, so i figured i could show you a piece ahead of time...

more love.

a new tshirt i designed for clandestine industries was just released today. this is my second design for the label.i've posted the art and the printed tshirt below. my thanks go out again to jensen and pete at clandestine.



www.clandestineindustries.com

spot.

this is a spot illustration i did for chris bovey at the Inlander in spokane, washington. it's a story about a mother/daughter that decide to take up shooting at a range as a way of dealing with difficulties in their lives.thanks, chris!

cover

i did this cover a while back, and it's finally going to be released. the book is a great read, and it was optioned by Spike Jonze, so read it before it hits the big screen. below is the original painting before design. i painted the balloon separately, so it was added on digitally along with the type. this is the final design. i love what the art director did with the final. kudos to paul buckley for his design skills.


i've added the amazon link below, just in case you were interested in picking it up.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143117785/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1B2BK8BMEZSEBNKC2VC0&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

i guess it's a series.

i love doing portraits, but i wanted to take a break from doing my regular faces. lately i've been sketching out faces that look alien-like, and yesterday's post was the first in what will now be a continuing series of these "out of this world" characters. i call this one "traveler".
i thought i'd post this sketch too. i used to hate drawing hands back in the day, but now i find myself drawing them obsessively.

quickie

i've had an image of this in my head all day long. i couldn't wait to get it on paper. when i make a new piece, i usually like to come up with a short one sentence story in my mind about the character/s. "portal"


on a side note: i just got a bunch of paintings back from a gallery. i'm running out of space to store work. email me at kengarduno@yahoo.com if you're interested in finding out what i have available, and i'll offer these pieces at a deal!
these are pieces that i won't be putting up on my etsy store...

thanks,
k

still life.

i've been in a groove with making new stuff. i'm trying to keep it going as long as i can.

"offerings" 8.25"x10.75"



more soon...

back in black

as i mentioned before, i've been wanting to return to my limited palette ink illustrations. i've got a few planned out, and this is the first.
"ethereal"


most of the pieces i've posted recently are for a show coming up in august. i'll be posting info about the show once everything is confirmed.

let the ink flow.

i've been having fun working in color lately. i do, however, miss working with black/grey wash so i'll be going back to doing a few of those soon. this piece was especially fun for me. i really enjoy painting loosely with my inks.
"reality overload"

4 am

it's that time again. for some reason, i keep finishing paintings at around the same time. this piece is called "vision".

tired eyes.

it's about 4:30 am, and my eyes are getting ready to close. i kept them open long enough to finish this painting, and scan/post it.
"Machine"

good night!