my childhood home

Here's a new piece I just completed, for a solo show I have coming up with Trickgo. This is a portrait of the house I grew up in, in East Falls. The type and everything else is painted in acrylic. (on canvas).

my studio mate

I do all of my painting out of my studio I have set up in the living room of my home.

Here's Bighead sitting right on top of the spot where i was sketching.

sketches!

I haven't been blogging much recently, and for this I am sorry. I'm working on a project now trying to come up with t shirt designs for Trickgo clothing. These are my final sketches, I'll be working on the 1st and 3rd designs and creating the finals in Illustrator doing vector art. I just bought a new bamboo pen wacom tablet so I will be testing it out with this project.

Painting on Wood

So I've been really bad this month with updating the blog, but I've been working alot with my serving job. These pieces aren't really illustrative, but I like to paint what I feel like sometimes. No sketches involved.. just straight drawing and painting on the wood pieces. Wood is a fun surface to paint because it isn't as smooth as illustration board, therefor I have to work more the achieve sharp and crisp edges.

I'm going through a weird phase where all I seem to want to paint is triangle patterns. It feels like Picasso's blue period or something. Post graduation pattern slump?

Custom Nose Toy

Hey guys! I had this piece in a show at the new Jinxed location at the Piazza in nolibs this past first friday. Everything other people did looked great! I love customs!

Piece for Autumn Society Show

I just finished this painting for the upcoming Autumn Society group show that is themed Dia de los Muertos. I don't get to paint people alot so I decided to do a portrait of the Aztec Goddess of the Dead. The flowers around her are Marigolds which are commonly used during the festivities of the holiday. 

Travel Piece Finish

Where I want to be when I can't stop sweating in my studio.

Where half of my friends moved when we graduated. : (