night sketches Feb 28

from my courtyard

night sketch from balcony

The next ones will get better. It seems like an ideal time of year to study the trees at night. The leaves haven't filled in yet, but the evenings are warm in Austin.

dreamscape 2/24/11

11x11in black & metallic ink, gouache on watercolor paper. Finishing odd and end dreamscape free associative pieces so they don't nag at me anymore. The weather is perfect to shift gears into working from life and interpret the real thing. It is an important way of working for its own sake, but it helps expand my visual vocabulary when I'm in brain drain mode as above.

dreamscape 2/23/11

Still going to get to painting from observation...but I do have some dreamscape work I want to finish up for a SXSW display at Guero's (Austin, TX) on Friday, March 18th. Though it would be a good idea to do some portable landscapes on location ...hmmm. I need to go to bed earlier and get up earlier if I want to catch the light. Here is what I just finished: 12x16in gouache, metallic and black ink.

new dreamscapes 2

     

These are fun to make, but a little over the top for my own tastes. I must have a split personality. I think some days painting from life will set me straight.

new dreamscape

gouache, black and metallic ink on watercolor paper12x16....... hope I have better success finishing next dreamscapes in progress. Going to start a painting from life tomorrow. Whether that is an outdoor scene or self portrait I'm not sure yet.

Four * Fur State * The Boxing Lesson

Here is the vimeo link.
 Try playing with and without hd for best viewing. Its been a mixed experience as we have previewed these.

 


Note for smooth viewing-- I find watching through firefox sometimes causes stuttering. I find using safari makes a better viewing experience.


Or just enjoy on the embedded youtube link at the top of the page. 


Thoughtful comments welcome!!!

Project is complete! Will be released soon!

We (The Boxing Lesson and I) are working out some bugs for the smoothest playing on Vimeo. We are also trying to find sites that are friendly to artistic projects that contain some adult material without being a xxx hardcore fest. If anyone has suggestions please let me know in the comment section. Here are some of the later stills I worked on.  Future posts will consist of  paintings and drawings until I dig in my heels to work on Eight, the last track to the album. (I am trying to incorporate real physical paintings along with graphic programs for that project.) I'm hoping the progress on the next one will be faster.