Philly Block Print

This new block print is huge. Its a rubber stamp.

Random Old Art

Norm Installation in Sweetie's Pie Diner on 19th and Spring Garden

Wheatpasting on 17th and Ben Franklin Parkway

1984 Robot, 9" x 12" colored pencil on paper

Norm in Technicolor 4' x 6' oil on canvas

The Yellow Bird That I've Been Waiting For, 11" x 14" colored pencil on paper

Disney/Porn Hybrids

Disney/Porn Hybrids

Recently I've really started to wonder where my crazy Disney/Porn paintings I made in art school have ended up. I worked on this series for a good 2 years while at Otis College of Art and Design. I started off doing really vibrant cartoon-collage paintings, then did small drawings (shown below) and later moved to larger-than-life paintings for my senior show. I know where a lot of these works are, but some of them remain lost in Los Angeles. I sold them and forgot to get the contact information for the purchasers :(

 

Man's Best Friend

  Man's Best Friend

My brother and his family recently adopted an awesome 5 year-old bull terrier named, "Ty". This dog is amazing. He's sweet, interesting, loyal, and silly. It's as if he's always been in the family; they love him so much. The bond between them all has really inspired me to make this drawing. This piece is 11"x14", colored pencil and graphite on paper. I still have a lot of work to do on it, I will post more pictures soon.

Lino Block Printing :)

Back to Printmaking

I wanted to make some fun block prints for an upcoming group show in October 2011. This is a 9" x 12" lino block being prepared for carving. I drew the image on the block and filled in all the areas I want to keep with black sharpie. The lighter areas (that expose the lino) will be carved out, that way when I apply the ink it will only touch the surfaces on which have not been carved.

A Work In Progress

This is the first painting I've done since moving to Philly almost 2 years ago.  Its 3' x 4', oil on canvas. It's a self portrait that discusses the constant battle between my current and former self. In this painting my head is a rotary phone. The picture reads as human, object, and character, pulling different characteristics from each group and combining in an intense way.

This is the sketch that the painting is based off of. It was taken from my sketch book and is very small in size so I had to use a projector to get it on the huge canvas.