Tag: North Hollywood

Large Scale Painting Completed: “A Breath of Fresh Air”

After going through many compositional changes throughout the past few months, and having began its existence in early 2013, this large scale painting has just now been stretched and completed this March 2014! What used to be a double canvas, un-stretched, hanging-free piece has now been divided into two separate works. With its re-orientation and… Continue reading Large Scale Painting Completed: “A Breath of Fresh Air”

Artist Jounral #16

1/30/14 This journal entry consists of linguistic brainstorming for titles of my new drawings. Typically, when I am titling my work I will sit down with it and write out almost small stories about my feelings and reactions to the finished piece. Sometimes this journaling will involve memory of the experience of making it, or… Continue reading Artist Jounral #16

Artist Journal #15

1/20/14 It’s all about response; reaction; react. It’s about reacting to previous mark. It begins with the immediate mark, no matter what it’s based on, even if it’s based on pure instant automatic drawing; instant feeling; instant motion; instant hand gesture. It’s about action, most importantly. Action and reaction. Reaction to mark, to color, to… Continue reading Artist Journal #15

Artist Journal #14

12/20/13 Angry Drawing (Lg scale 2) It began with an unfinished and unsuccessful crumpling of primed canvas. It needed an element of collage; a physicality of deeper layers. I felt as if I was digging- masking and scraping the colors like soil and gold. The pearl white was like a shimmering of frost/snow/ice – beneath… Continue reading Artist Journal #14

The Sketchbook Project: Brooklyn Art Library

It’s done, scanned and sent off to Brooklyn! So glad I participated in this great global project. Look for my sketchbook in the Brooklyn Art Library in NY or online on their digital database. Or if you are in the area when the traveling bus comes to California, look me up!

Scanner Experiment #2

Another hiccup from my good friend, the printer. I’m still not sure what these will become, but they are looking pretty interesting so far…