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Music Bent

Original painting. Done in acrylics on primed linen canvas. I titled it Music Bent. I'm not quite sure what it conveys but I do know it is but one way to describe my passion for music.

Diocese

Original abstract painting. Acrylics on linen canvas. Titled Diocese.

Structural Integrity

Abstract painting. Acrylics on linen canvas. Titled Structural Integrity. I have been experimenting with a lot more shapes and color blending techniques. Also been allowing more spaces between the paint to show. I don't know where it will lead me but I persist. :-)

Starched

Original acrylic painting titled Starched. Measures 8 x 10.

Multitude

Original acrylic painting.

Two Yellow

Original acrylic painting on cardboard.

Tree House

Acrylic painting titled Tree House.

Witless

 I painted this yesterday. I've titled it Witless. It measures 16 x 20.

Three

 I've been sketching a ton of buildings lately and just decided to turn one of the sketches into a painting. This one is titled Three.

Intromit

 Recent acrylic abstract painting titled Intromit. In addition to acrylic paint I also embedded pencil shavings, one penny, tissue paper, two torn paper arrows, two aspirin & a super secret ingredient that is only noticeable by staring at it up close.

It Figures

I painted these two careless looking figures. I've been making an effort at improving my figure drawing and painting skills but I still want to make sure my own style shines through as well.

Ain't a Song (Series)

 I painted these three in somewhat of a painstaking manner but I do like the end result. I originally wanted them to have a lot more texture and fluidity but they are what they are. I've already sold the first one on ebay.

Realm Smack

Eleven

I've added a new painting technique to my repertoire. The other day I was gonna' paint some plastic forks and adhere them to the canvas and then apply more paint on top of them to create some kind of great textural effect. But before I could do it I somehow mistakenly started using one of the forks as a paintbrush and then I noticed it created an awesome effect of its own. By using a fork instead of a paintbrush I began to feel much more free in my technique. It somehow creates the illusion of texture within the paint. It looks better in person than in pictures but here is a pic of the first painting which had the honor of benefitting from this technique. I titled it simply "Eleven."

I haven't been up to much else other than re-watching the Jackson Pollock movie and the boxed set of the HBO series Rome. And also reading Love in the Time of Cholera. :-)

Enjoy The Crash

Impressionistic

 I've really been painting a LOT lately. All week long I've just been hitting the canvas first thing in the morning and not stopping until late in the evening. So far it appears to be paying off because now some of my friends have taken an interest in my work and have agreed to purchase a couple of my paintings. Today, I figured I'd take the day off from painting and allow my mind to rest. Of course, I do still have a ton of ideas running through my head.

Here is one recent painting of mine titled "First Impression." It is my own version of an impressionistic seascape. I spent a good four hours on layering different colors for the building, water and sky.

Over Ripe

I consider this one to be a prelude to all other still life/figurative paintings of mine that have yet to be created.

A Bunch

This still life painting turned out better than I thought it would. I am quite proud of it.

Secluded Artist

I have been somewhat secluded from things for the past couple of weeks. Well, secluded from the things that most people tend to take for granted in a modern society. But I am remaining as focused as I can be on my art and art related ideas. I find that I am drastically improving in my drawing skills and color mixing skills. I don't quite know what I will create with such improvements but I know it will be something on a grand scale. For now, I shall just continue to draw as much as I can and paint as much as possible. I've mainly been using cardboard boxes as canvases due to the fact that I cannot afford real canvas, stretched or unstretched. Besides, I like having the freedom to do with a box what I may and cardboard is just as durable/frail as any linen canvas. I've also been learning a lot from the Van Gogh biography I've been reading. He was very diligent with his drawing and painting. He knew that he wasn't very good at it in the beginning but kept practicing and practicing. He put up with a lot of criticism in his lifetime, the worst of it came from his mentors. It is a shame that he insisted on cutting his life short. There were plenty of other misunderstood artists during that time that persisted and continued creating well into old age. Perhaps it was just his schizophrenia/depression that got the better of him.

Here are some recent pieces of mine. The first pic is of two small paintings. A blue building titled "Building No. 1" and a black building titled "Building No. 2". Both were done in gouache paint on a recycled cola box. I tried to really make them stand out and convey a deep emotional context. That is also why I painted a red background for both of them. The second pic is just a charcoal figure sketch titled "Talk Now." It reminds me a lot of some picasso-like abstract figure. His work has also been influencing me as much as Van Gogh's. But I've yet to read a Picasso biography. I definitely will in the near future. I hacen't sold many pieces lately but that is mostly because I have been studying a lot of different drawing and painting techniques in order to expand my repertoire and add more depth to the canvas. I do see myself selling a ton of sketches and small abstracts on ebay and in person soon. I'll update on here with a few links once I'm ready to start selling again.