Self Portrait

I'm going about it at a slower pace than I should be, but I want to begin to deal with more complexity in the negative space of my images. This self portrait is a start.

Circle Paintings 4 Up

Painting Journal Pg.1(or something)

Third Piece in C&LD Commission

Lil shiny shine

My painting "An Open Invitation" received a little publicity on the Walworth County Today's website. If you're in Whitewater, Wisconsin go check out that piece and the work of several other great artists at the Cultural Arts Center @ 402 W. Main St.

Aaaaand Done.

The changes may appear subtle here, but it's a few hours difference and if you look carefully this finished version is more refined.

I've been working on this painting of my friend Malika the past couple days. It's painted on top of the older acrylic painting shown below.

Some Cool Plant or Some Thing...

I've walked past this plant about 3 times a week for the past month. Every single time I approach it I pause a little, thinking it's a huge caterpillar or some other creature. Today I decided to stop and get a shot of it.

Commission in Progress

I am currently working on a commission for the Career & Leadership Development Center at the University of Wisconsin -Whitewater. The painting here is the 1st of four paintings that are scheduled to be exhibited in the Warhawk Involvement Center upon completion.

My Love...

I built the frame to stretch this canvas on before I knew what I would paint on it. A portrait, of course, but who to paint? After rummaging through all the different photographs I have taken of family and other loved ones I decided on this photo of my wife. I rarely draw or paint images of people smiling or wearing expressions that can be easily read, but this photo of my beautiful Meky was irresistible.

Altogether Now!

I was paging through an issue of Artnews from this past February and came across an intriguing video installation artist, Candice Breitz. Check her out. http://www.candicebreitz.net/
I love the concept behind some of these works. She constructs installations using found video, but also incorporates her own video of amateurs performing songs by iconic musicians, including Bob Marley and Michael Jackson.

Four Finger Ring of Indifference

The ring pictured above is the result of a project assigned in an Intro to Metals course I recently completed. I have a thing for Spike Lee films. The ring I constructed out of copper is a reference to a scene from his film "Do The Right Thing". BIll Nunn as Radio Raheem. I love this scene and the rings are dope. He gives this great speech on LOVE & HATE. I started thinking about how humans tend to go to the extremes to describe our feelings for each other, and that regardless of how strongly you feel about someone that doesn't determine how they feel about you.
I thought it would be comical to etch a a multi-syllabic word on a ring that sat somewhere in between love and hate. Now, of course I don't plan on getting into any fist fights ever in life, but theoretically if I were to hit someone with this piece of metal it would do some serious damage. But it says, INDIFFERENT, so why should that cause so much pain? It's not nearly extreme an idea as love or hate.
It took me some time for me to grasp this concept, but the process of constructing this piece helped me get a handle on some personal feelings I hadn't previously taken much the time to deal with.

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