Recent works- in Prog...

 

This is a painting I've been working on for several months. It's based on the concept of automatism, which is stream of conscienciousness drawing/painting. the work is still in progress, i'm working towards a solid resolve which i believe i will find with distinct imagery. We'll see, I'll post pics when it's finished.

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This is a peice again was made utilizing this process of making- automatism, though this work utilizes recognizable imagery referencing themes which have occured in my dreams over the past 6 or so months.

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Just finished this...

Childhood, playfulness, innocence- these seem to be prevailing themes in my work, i'm flowing with it...the materials here include cast bronze, brass, vinyl house paint, collage material, poly urethane. this maybe the first metalwork which i can truly feel myself in. so, that's good.

Finally Photographed my Jewelry!

 

The above piece i call- Good Night Moon. the forms and composition are inspired by a favorite bed time story from my childhood. the materials are- found object (saftey pin) brass, cast bronze, ceramic bead, and the stone is florite

 this piece was a quick put together, just a day lily sead pod and stem that i cast in bronze and fabricated a pin form to.

 this piece i completed about 6 or so months ago, it's inspired by the idea of the reliquary- this piece preserves my innocence- and it has a scent- that reminds me of growing up. the form is inspired by rhododendron flowers from summer to fall. The work is fabricated brass, brass meshing, thread, fabric, blended essential oils, nickel and a set garnet. The stand it sits in, when off the body, is cast iron. 

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In Progress-

 

after the show this passed month, i wanted to expand on the same mark making techniques but on an infinitely larger scale. so i am working on this painting, which is 4'x8'. there are certainly a new set of issues at hand with this peice and i am setting it aside for a short time to begin a new painting of a similar size. i'll get some new pictures up of this one in further progress as well as the newest painting in the next week or so.

from show. okay

... in the Collective on Howard street.

 

above are a series of collaborations between me and BK. They're coming along...

 

 

more from sketch series

 

 

showing the decoupage works...

i suppose its about time i let everyone know, since its just about 2 weeks out... i'll be having a show for my most recent works at the collective on the first friday of september. some of the works i have posted below, but many will be fresh for your viewing. so if you're in the area, check it out!

...from the Decoupage Sketch Series

here are some recent paintings I've made this summer. i'm mostly wanting to experiment and connect with the materials i am working with, learn their limits and create a particular vocabulary that i think can speak for me.

You Found MY ARt!

i'm working with Dan Kaple a little on a project he's been doing for a while now, called You Found My Art!. he and other artists in Boone have a mission to create art and hide it, releasing it to the world. This piece is a little print I did, from some old negatives of long lost family. not sure who these strangers are, but they're pretty darn cute, and we are related! and this is my art! find it, and check out dan's blog about it!

http://youfoundmyart.blogspot.com/

summer series...

i'm working on a series this summer, inspired by 1970's decoupage art.
here's what i'm talking about:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/94166164/elvis-wall-hanging-70s-elvis-art

but there will be somewhat of a painterly twist.
some of the paintings will be planned out and according to some vision i've had but many will be done in a similar vain to sketching in a sketchbook (for these the idea is for the subconscious mind to dictate the direction of the painting)

here's one of the first 'sketches' i have done. its not finished but close. i will just have to add several coats of poly urethane to give it that distinct aged look. i had a lot of fun with this and it's a mess for sure but i'm intrigued by a new direction, so i'll be running with it. stay tuned, there are many more to come.

the start of it.

this is the drawer that captivated me in my childhood. many days at the shop with my dad. oh, reminiscing.

more in prog. pictures. much more refined

 detail of shoes

 so these are shot from an installation-type work. conceptually this piece is meant to embody the loss (or shift) of innocence from the forefront of our personality as children to its settlement in the base of our skull where it pools up growing little creatures, growing green. the materials include cast bronze, twine, cotton shoe laces, thread, wood, graphite, acrylic and oil paint, cut paper...the list goes on. i'm interested in working with the interaction between sculpture and painting as they relate to one another but also serve separate purposes and recall different sensations of memory. i have still some logistics to work out with the stand (i'll be fabricating one soon i hope_) and the painting is still being developed. more pictures to come i think .

 detail of bird form (this is actually two birds which have been sewn together, burnt out of an investment mold and then cast in bronze), it's hard to photograph these so you can see both birds.

detail shot of the painting

Reliquary to Preserve 'Innoscents'

these aren't the most wonderful pictures ever and i'd like to also show the pendant as its being worn. the idea behind this piece was to create a contemporary reliquary, so i made one to preserve innocence. the piece is a wearable meant to be worn as a necklace. when on the body the flower is closed and the outside of the pedals has a traditional cupric nitrate patina (light blues to black). when it's not being worn it is meant to sit in this vessel form, which i made specifically for this piece (its cast iron, with some fabricated elements). the set stone which sits in the bowl serves to cork the center portion of the piece which is a pomander (scented necklace). inside is floral fabric which has been infused with scents from my childhood (a little concoction of lavender, vetiver, and rosemary).

also, this piece and the first broach piece are in display at the art department for several months to represent work being made in the metal smithing department. kind of exciting huh?

remember the 3-d sketches...?

well this is the sketch hashed out in metal. The materials are yellow sheet brass, bronze, meshed metal, resin-cast: hair, photograph, plant bud.
this is a wearable piece intended to be worn as a broach. the bottom portion detaches and another resin cast photograph fits in its place. this image is of my mom and her father, the other photograph is my mom's sister.

SNEAK PEEK!

these are some baby shoes that i took an investment mold off of. they came out pretty darling huh? cast bronze, and a sheer cupric nitrate patina, and some serious buffing and a pinch of mama's innocent feet spirit.
well, there is more to this little narrative, and so soon you will be seeing the piece in its entirety.

in progress of a painting i'm working on

I'm working on this painting for several reasons...the first being that i was itching to be painting after a (not quite a full) semester away from it. also, i've been working on the concept for a series, and this imagery references some of the key elements there in. Most of the images are composites i made in photoshop, although a lot of the source material came from old books, including(!) ...The Yearbook of Science 1976

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Symbiosis

digital print 8''x8''

Working on First Series

I dont much want to go into detail about this, but I am currently working on a series of works which relate to the fundamental shift from childhood to adulthood: our loss of innocence (and the preservation of whatever is left of it). so this piece documents a specific childhood memory and it's reflection on my contemporary state of mind. The materials are cast bronze, sage, fox fur, and stones with acrylic.

 

Roswell Family Photo

 

 

As some of you may know, Alex and I have started up a small darkroom in the garage at the house. It's formally named Roswell Family Photo. Several of us in town have been working in there developing personal film as well as recently starting up a collective project. Our theme for this months photographs will be 'Grills' AND for those of you reading this in the Boone area- you are welcome to contact me if you are interested in joining in on the collaborative works! Above are a few prints I did the other night. The first is from a series of negatives my mother gave me that are of our older distant relatives, and the bottom two are of a photogram I did. If you dont know what photograms are...check this out. MAN RAY- http://aqua-velvet.com/2010/06/man-ray-photograms/