Holding a .... - Graphite on paper - 14 x 11"
Painting from Alaska
Great Sunset - Watercolor on paper 5 x 7"I have posted 15 watercolors done this summer in Alaska. View the rest here.
Finnished Mural
This mural's theme centers on the nature around Jamestown, CO. Plenty of animals turned out including eagles, elk, bears, a fox, and a mountain lion. The angled ceiling across from the sun/paradaseER logo has glow-in-the-dark painted stars in the 12 zodiac constellations. I used oil paints (except for logo and stars) and it took about 10 days.
Inspiration
Stanislav Szukalski - Mermaid Stanislav Szukalaski was borin in Poland around 1893 and was recognized early as a great artist between the great world wars. However, much of his early work was lost to the invasion and he fled to the US and settled in Los Angeles in relative obscurity. Apparently he was not Mr. Charming and so was not well received in traditional art communities at the time. Stan the man was wicked with technical abilities, creative potential, and smarts. He tought himself english by reading National Geographic and created some of the most inspiring sculpture of the last century but never climbed to real fame. His artistic potential cut by a world in conflict but we are still nurtured by his touch.
Murals
This is a Mural I started yesterday at a house in Jamestown, CO. Today, I'm still working with backgrounds and thin varnishes but beginning to build into something. The stream running through the middle should be the tricky part but the efforts pay off with things like this. I'm looking forward to adding the color of the fall aspens and pine trees around the sides.Knowledge
1. I use color print outs of landscapes to have as color gauges and the original sketch I made for composition and tone.
2. I use orderless mineral spirits to thin my oil paints. Its great for reducing dry time and creating thin varnishes.
2. I use orderless mineral spirits to thin my oil paints. Its great for reducing dry time and creating thin varnishes.
Inspiration
A. Andrew Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas, is an award-winning figurative artist whose work has been exhibited in several countries. He comes from a artistic family and his work can be said to center on the human's sensual and spiritual connection. He explains "feeling the need to contribute transformative images of beauty to the collective imagination" and "by sublimating the erotic towards an angelic sensuality and by using ascension and rebirth symbolism, a sacred eros would emerge as the predominant theme of my work." Right on Andrew Gonzalaz, right on.
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