Satellite Dish

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New painting! The first image shows a bit of my process, how I worked out some of the broad color and composition.  The second is the final product.  Enjoy!

Adult Swim and Juxtapoz Magazine

On my way home recently, I popped into a bookstore and picked up the July issue of Juxtapoz, which is entirely dedicated to Adult Swim.  I did a painting of Early Cuyler from Squidbillies for this issue (see below)!  Definitely exciting to see my work printed in such a great magazine!  I'll try to post some process images in the next post.

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It's been a long year, full of big changes.  Laura and I got married, then moved across the country to Berkeley.  I moved out here to work on Social and Mobile games; life in Berkeley also has me cycling on the weekends, going to farmers' markets, and (after reading Extra Virginity by Tom Mueller) becoming increasingly interested in the processes that go into the production of fine Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Although I'm not (yet) allowed to discuss with any specificity the project I was hired to work on back in March, I can say that I'm excited about this issue of Juxtapoz!

Here is a in-progress detail of a drawing (one of a series) on wood:

Sneak Peek

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Finally getting around to finishing this sketch out! In the meantime, here is a sneak peek of what I've done so far.

Eric Egerton

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I was looking through an old sketchbook, and I found this quick painting of my freshman roommate, Eric. I don't get the chance to do portraits like this much any more, so it was refreshing to find this.

Prismacolors

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Another drawing from the sketchbook...Gotta love the vibrancy of prismacolors.

Feeding the Beast

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I've never been as diligent as I should be about blogging, but I apologize for my recent delinquency. I have been kept busy by work, among other things.

I do not often do abstract pieces--and had not, until recently, done them since RISD--but there is something satisfying about abandoning oneself to application of paint and composition. I did this piece for my parents.

Not sure what the response will be by those generous few who follow my blog. Not even sure what my own feeling is about this work sometimes. But I haven't blogged in far too long. It is time to feed the beast.

Such passion!

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Yet again, a drawing excerpted from my sketchbook. It's not the best sketch I've ever done (those hands feel a little lazy)--but he's just so passionate and so happy, it's hard not to like him.

A little something for everyone...

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Another page from the ol' sketchbook. I don't know how I feel about the lady yet, but the geometric face of the waiter (or is he a maître d'?) makes me happy, makes me feel like I'm onto something.

Jazz

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Something recent from my sketchbook. I really love the loose gestural quality I get when using a China Marker. Very interesting and almost abstract forms emerge when I draw that way, and I love building on those forms.