Oil Covered Hands

randoms

2010-08-23T10:39:00.004-04:00

Waiting

2007-07-19T22:58:00.000-04:00

I used some homemade chalk here. This was bone black and a ultramarine blue with a graphite binder. You can't really tell here but it gives a faint blue tint, very nice. One down side to the homemade chalk is it is brittle, I think perhaps I can change my liquid binder and that may help.

Andromeda

2007-07-14T21:12:00.000-04:00

Study from Richard Lack.
Graphite on paper - 2.5hrs

In the Pocket

2007-07-09T17:24:00.000-04:00

Sketchbook work

Museum and Pose

2007-07-08T21:25:00.000-04:00

Sketchbook fun

Museum fun.
Cupid

I wanna be a Cowboy!!

2007-05-22T22:08:00.001-04:00

Just playing in Illustrator.
It's my very own Michael Schwab!!

Bumpy Lump

2007-05-20T22:45:00.001-04:00

Here is my no neck old man.
Oil and paper

Thinking of Flowers

2007-05-12T17:55:00.000-04:00

Ink and graphite with the gel pen

Illustration Friday - Neighbor

2007-05-05T22:15:00.000-04:00

Inks on paper
He's always looking

and more ......

2007-04-25T21:13:00.000-04:00

Nice reds to soothe.

Fun little sketch.
Graphite and ink.

Couple more pages

2007-04-21T09:05:00.000-04:00

This one above is the flip side of the ram skull with some added color.

Both pages are inks and mediums of various kinds.

Hand on the Floor

2007-04-19T20:35:00.000-04:00

Ink and charcoal fun. Oh and some hairspray to set it all.

New Sketch Book

2007-03-10T19:51:00.000-05:00

Here is the begining of my new sketch book.

Illustration Friday - Red

2007-01-27T19:41:00.000-05:00

Inks on blotter paper

Watching

2006-12-16T15:49:00.000-05:00

Inks on paper

Off to Grandmothers house . . .

Some new paintings

2006-12-15T17:20:00.000-05:00

Inks on paper

Felt like some paper painting. I'm really pleased with the outcome. Plus there's more to come.

Stacks

2006-12-06T21:01:00.000-05:00

This is part of a larger piece done on Satin. It's a mixture of oil paints and layers and layers of Luma Inks (which happen to be the best inks in the world).

Dusk

2006-12-03T19:15:00.000-05:00

Oil on Paper, 7" x 9"
A new style struck me today. This is what happened.

Hey Look, Updates!!!

2006-12-02T09:30:00.000-05:00

oil on canvas
30" x 30"

This is a section of a larger painting, it was too large to scan.

Lots of mixed media on canvas
18" x 24"

Lots of inks and oils some mesh more layers of cut canvas. This is also just a section of the larger.

Dante's House

2006-12-01T23:04:00.000-05:00

Last Page

2006-08-25T21:12:00.000-04:00

Here it is, the last page of my alt-book. Plus as a bonus the answer to the Inspiration Thursday challenge. This piece was done with a mixture Luma inks and acrylics.

Page 24

2006-08-21T22:38:00.000-04:00

Second to last page!! Lots of ink play here.

Page 23

2006-08-17T20:43:00.000-04:00

I've been having so much fun with the last pages of the book. It's all coming to an end. :(
But wait there's a new book in the works!!!

Norman, this is page 24.2

2006-08-13T09:53:00.000-04:00

This is my "Psycho" house. Layers of torn paper and inks.

22.1

2006-08-09T21:36:00.000-04:00

More ink and collage.

21

2006-08-07T21:13:00.000-04:00

Did some image transfer and some straight collage here. These pages feel good.

Twintee

2006-08-06T18:02:00.000-04:00

I did not do this page, it was drawn by someone most special.

Inspiration Thursday - B/W

2006-08-04T21:25:00.000-04:00

"At the Window"
Oil on wood

Nineteen part 2

2006-08-04T17:56:00.000-04:00

This page was created with white acrylic and numerous inks with a piece of wire mesh to top it off.

The full spread.

Nineteen part 1

2006-08-02T17:41:00.000-04:00

Fun design work on a blob, floating in water.

8teen part 2

2006-07-31T21:31:00.000-04:00

Just some design and plant fun.

inspire me thursday - music

2006-07-30T21:36:00.000-04:00

This is my "flight of the bumblebee".

Ateteen

2006-07-30T19:13:00.000-04:00

This is a wee ant the wondered into my book, and I trapped him with wax.

17.2 and the Full Story

2006-07-27T19:44:00.000-04:00

The left side of the spread. This is a photo I took then applied it to the wonderful Luma inks in the background and sealed up with matte medium.

The full spread.

17.1

2006-07-26T19:13:00.000-04:00

This is the right side of the full spread. It's acrylic with a smooth india ink.

Pages 15 & 16

2006-07-25T20:07:00.000-04:00

I received a nice letter from the Grand One, so I sealed it.

The Fourteenth

2006-07-22T21:53:00.000-04:00

This is what happens when you venture into the octopuses garden.

Page 13

2006-07-21T20:51:00.000-04:00

Page thirteen. Just thought I'd encase a big wasp in matte medium.

Twelve

2006-07-20T21:23:00.000-04:00

This is one of my favorites. The picture on the left is a picture I took and I just pasted it down on top of the swirls of inks. The right is pure white FW ink.

"It goes to eleven"

2006-07-18T21:22:00.000-04:00

Page eleven a city scape made of magnolia leaf photo and some very fun sketches of the curvy parts.

Zehn

2006-07-17T22:11:00.000-04:00

Having some fun with flowers and amoebas.

Page Nine

2006-07-16T21:43:00.000-04:00

Well these pages were way fun!! The left side is my Heinrich Kley tribute. If you've never seen Kley's work do yourself a favor and check him out. The right page was really unintentional. It wasn't until I finished it, walked away from it, then showed it to my partner, and she said "You know I really hate Mondrian." I guess I had him on the brain and didn't know it. By the way I like Mondrian, so I took it as a compliment. :)

Page 8

2006-07-14T21:18:00.000-04:00

I took a blueprint for an obseratory, printed it on vellum, and saturated it in ink the incased it in medium. Very fun.

Page Se7en point 2

2006-07-13T17:43:00.000-04:00

The right side of the spread is all collage. Just some sneeking around the forest.

Page Se7en

2006-07-12T21:32:00.000-04:00

I was experimenting with layers and wanting the layers to "melt" together. You can't tell so much with this 2D image but it seemed to work really well; plus I love lace design.

Page Six

2006-07-11T21:08:00.000-04:00

This was a fun page. The right side is a photo of a sidewalk in the neighborhood. I stuck the photo down with gloss and matte medium then used ink to paint a ghostly figure, then put a paper doll dress on her. The left side was just some texture fun.

Page Five

2006-07-10T20:52:00.000-04:00

I spent some time working with the layers of images and colors with these two pages. All the arches in the building reminded me of palm trees.

Page 4

2006-07-09T09:25:00.000-04:00

These two pages were done by "sealing" images in the page. Layers of color then the photos then more color and mediums. The right side is a photo of a ghost on a staircase. I like the idea of fusing the photos on the page making them really a part of the book.

Page 3.2 and the Full Spread

2006-07-07T19:25:00.000-04:00

Here's the second part of page 3. Once again just playing around with some inks and I also used some yellow interferance. It's all sealed up with some matte medium.

And thd full spread. I'm really liking how the book is coming along.

Page 3.1

2006-07-06T18:41:00.000-04:00

This is a print of a tree silhouette printed on transparency then fixed to a page of mixed inks.

Page Two

2006-07-05T21:17:00.000-04:00

Welcome to page two. I gessoed these two pages for texture and used the great Luma ink for color.

Page One

2006-07-04T09:51:00.000-04:00

This is the first page of the book. I cut part of the front cover out and place a shiny blue paper over the hole and then covered that with some red tissue paper using matte medium. The other side is a decorative lace paper I colored with some inks and mediums. There in the top right corner is the next page peeping over.

From a Stranger to Friend

2006-07-03T17:47:00.000-04:00

Started working on an altered book. I took Camus "The Stranger" and I'm kinda redoing it. Here is the front and back cover. This is a photo I took, tweaked it a bit and attached it to a piece of copper that I painted and glossed and then attached it all to the front cover that I colored with a variety of inks. The back cover is the same inking process. I'm going to post the whole book here . . . promise.

Front Cover

Back Cover

Slacker Bee

2006-03-22T22:15:00.000-05:00

Sorry I've been so negligent on posting. Here are some recent sketches.

IF - Tea

2006-02-24T22:27:00.000-05:00

Inspired by Heinrich Kley.

Sketches

2006-02-24T22:22:00.000-05:00

Here are some sketches from life drawing.

This is a sketch inspired by Heinrich Kley.

IF - Simple

2006-02-11T15:50:00.000-05:00

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 7"
Just some simple grass growing in the water.

Life drawings

2006-02-09T21:11:00.000-05:00

Just a few sketches from life drawing.

Red Bird

2006-02-09T16:00:00.000-05:00

oil on wood, 7" x 12"

This is a painting that was sparked from a sketch. The sketch was ink on chipboard.

Murky Fish

2006-02-03T20:54:00.000-05:00

9" x 12" oil on panel
Oil used very thinly as a stain and then I covered it in several coats of Polycrylic.

Sunset

2006-01-29T19:06:00.000-05:00

oil on birch 12" x 19"

As a side note, went to a lecture given by Peter De Seve. Then afterwards had dinner with Peter, Rick Lovell, Ester Wilson, Jack Davis, and Theo Rudnak!! I learned so very much from all of these great minds it was a real treat.

Glamour in the Shadows

2006-01-27T12:41:00.000-05:00

Oil on Pressboard, 9" x 23"
(Click for larger image)

New Shoes

2006-01-23T15:46:00.000-05:00

oil on birch, 12" x 17"

It is so fun painting on wood. I typically paint very thick on canvas. This is a very welcomed change for me to paint thinly on the smooth wood. Plus the wood smells so good in the studio. I used polycrylic to seal this, it gives the piece a really nice glow. More to come very soon!

Torso Laying in Red

2006-01-21T18:29:00.000-05:00

12" x 17" Oil on Birch

......to be continued

2006-01-21T14:09:00.000-05:00

More coming very soon. . .waiting for them all to dry.

At the Window

2006-01-19T22:53:00.000-05:00

oil on birch 12"x18"

Splats & Swooshes

2006-01-16T16:32:00.000-05:00

oil on canvas paper 5"x7"each
mounted on 1/4" wood

Enjoy the color.

Envy

2006-01-15T00:14:00.000-05:00

oil on birch - 12"x12"