New art in progress:

Today I constructed four 5"x 4.5" canvasses.

eisenhauer
approximately 15" x 18"
oil on canvas

Three Kings
approximately 8" x 9"
oil pastel on paper

I made this piece in the early Fall. Don't let the title push you into a certain mindset. This is an abstract piece and the interpretation is flexible. I consider the title as a place to begin appreciation. I'll share what I think, but perhaps you would care to take a moment to make your own interpretation before reading mine:


When I made this piece I was thinking about cities, and I wanted to create an image where the buildings seemed like people. I didn't want to clearly depict a city, but rather the sense of commotion and vertigo. I didn't want the buildings to look exactly like people but I wanted them to have a human-like posture, like a group of statesman questioning somebody (or should I say an auto executive?) Above all, I wanted the image to be simple.


If you have the time, on this cold snowy day, I'd like to read what you think when you see this.

some faraway beach
approx 6" x 8"
color pencil on paper

This piece was made this fall. It currently exists in a sketchbook, hence the shadowy appearance of the photograph. This image makes a good desktop background, I recommend setting it as "centered" and using a very light gray color for the surroundings.

Ink on paper
about 5" x 3"

I made this about a month ago after watching Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I'm thinking of taking this image and making an oil painting, possibly adding some color.

This is an oil pastel drawing from late this summer. Its a larger piece, three by two feet. The material is from a large spool of packaging paper that I saved from work.

I'm not sure if this is true for other artists, but I'm often more motivated by the prospect of making something than I am about the image itself. Nothing makes me want to draw like a stack of blank paper.

One day I would like to make a very large drawing, maybe twelve by twelve feet, something larger than me that I could stand next to. If anyone comes across a huge piece of cardboard or wood that they don't want, like something that's over eight feet on one side, let me know, I'd like to see what happens.

This watercolor is one of my favorite pieces. Its nearly five years old, I haven't tried a lot of water color since. It started off as a very faint sketch and painted over it. You can still see the pencil marks on the sail. Normally, I would make several sketches of something before painting, but for this piece, the final product fits well right on top of the draft.

Remember, a new image will be posted on Monday so be sure to stop by.