Fashion Forward

So for the past year or so I've helped my girlfriend get her blog off the ground by shooting all of her fashion photos for her. This is one of the most recent pics I took.  Her blog has really taken off and I'm proud of her for all she's accomplished with it. To view her blog and all the photos I've taken go to www.popcultureafternoon.blogspot.com

MICROSCOPISM

I guess I was kind of inspired by a Brittle Star for these pieces. I used to find them in the tidepools when I was a kid. A brittle star is like a starfish but is a lot more spindly, and well brittle. Hope you like them :)

LOLLYPOPS

14"x28" oil on canvas

Birthday Party!!!!!

Did this one in 03' actually so it's not that recent but I still like looking at it, it's just fun. It was a collaboration with my friend and amazing artist Katie Grey.

SketchBook Collages

I decided to take all of my favorite sketches and small paintings from the past few years and make a few colllages. This is an easy way for me to refer back to them from time to time, it's easier to see what I have done or ideas I have when there hanging on the wall rather than searching through sketchbook after sketchbook. The one on the bottom is from like 1999 to 03' and the one on the top is is 06' to present.

Balance Is A Thin Line

This new one is based on a couple of masks from Indonesia.  I was really taken with the culture there when I went a few years ago. Everyone there believes that art should be a part of daily life and is essential for living in balance. That is what I was trying to convey with this piece, balance.  The checkered patterns represent good and evil in their culture and you find the pattern everywhere as a reminder for them to live their lives with a purposeful balance. 

Catskull

11"x14" oil on panel

This little trompe l'oeil I did was selected to be in the annual spring show at the ACADEMY. I'm really excited because there was A LOT of really good work submitted and a lot of people will be seeing it. I'm glad my hard work is starting to pay off.

 

The One That Got Away (top) Sf Trawler (bottom)

These were both a couple of experimental pieces I did as far as landscape and composition go. I generally like to steer clear of the traditional landscape and I'm pretty happy with how both of these turned out. They are both worked from photos.

Cow Skull....

11"x14" oil on canvas

Portraits of beautiful people

These portraits were done mostly with a carbothello 645 pencil on toned paper for the redish ones, and the darker ones were done with charcoal pencil. Enjoy!

PORTRAITS

Spare timeI

In my spare time (which I don't have a lot of) I love taking mass amounts of photos. I rarely ever use photoshop. I like trying to create mood with light and setting. I also like crab dinners, balancing on chains, walking my bulldog, and climbing the same old oak I've been climbing for twenty years. 

untitled

This was sort of a "filler piece" I did for my show at Whiskey Thieves, It's oil on canvas and based on a photo my friend took of the Santa Cruz harbor. I used a black and white photo of myself to make a stencil.

Hello Kitty suitcase

I painted these for one of my girlfriends friends. She is Japanese and wanted items that represented her heritage hence the Hello Kittys, cherry blossoms, Mount Fuji, and the calligraphy. This is a totally custom job and I have many more and commissions are always welcome. The case is fixed with a polyurethane glossy finish which serves an aesthetic purpose as well as protection from scratches as well as wear and tear.

When Life Gives You

This is a oil painting from my class with Adam Forfang, I wanted to do a simpe composition but have the lemons "ultra cropped" It's also a lot larger than life 22"x28" I had a lot of fun doing it, and am quite happy with the result!

Kid Cudi-music video

This song and video are amazing!!!!! I also think this dude looks exactly like Jean-michel Basquiat, what do you think?

PROCESS OF STIMULATION

I recently framed this piece and it came out pretty good, simple.  16"x20" Oil on Canvas

New "Still Lifes"

These are a few of my newest still lifes from my class with Adam Forfang. I think the skill level of the instructor makes a huge difference in the quality of paintings I've been producing and Adam is an amazing artist! Check him out at www.adamforfang.com

"Lighters"

12"x 16" oil on canvas

"LIZ"

This is from a figure painting I did of my g.f. it's just the top half.

18"x30" oil on canvas.

Charcoal Studies

All of these drawings are 18"x24" compressed and vine charcoal drawings on paper.

Woman Eating Ice Cream

                            "Girl Eating Ice Cream-Mastercopy" oil on canvas 18"x36"

This is a Wayne Tiebauld mastercopy I did because I love his use of color. He is probably known best for his pastel cityscapes of San Francisco, and hs still lifes of  pie's, pastries, and landscapes. His oil paintings of figures aren't well known but to me they are just as visually striking as any other he has done.

Slide Sister

                                                                  "Slide Sister"

                                                             15"x18" oil on canvas

This is another of my (hodge podge) paintings. I like doing this sort of collage painting because I think that's sort of how thoughts materialize. They come quickly and sometimes without any reason. I just try and hold onto them a little longer before they get lost in the hard drive. 

Solar Convergence

This was taken from my back deck in Santa Cruz. Gotta love those December sunsets.

Naked Life

Thick oil paintings painted pretty loosely. These aren't my favorite, but people seem to like em. Maybe you will too?

Red Love

18"x11" Pronto Plate

Original sketch with collage elements-edition of 5

Key to my heart

                             9"X5"X4" Bronze 2008

                  

                          This was my first bronze piece, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. I think it might be a little perverse but the goal I was going for when making it was too get some sort of reaction out of you. Good, bad, I don't care as long it does "something" to get you thinking! This piece is for sale and is one of a kind. The price is $450

Mandala

                                                          Gouche on Bristol 2008