Pieces for my Show

Here's a couple additions to my show that is in July. The new pieces are all concentrating on container gardening. Some of the plants, such as these two, are in found objects .

New Stuff

Been working on a few new projects. One is this illustrated map of yellowstone that I posted about awhile ago. I've been doing little paintings of the different sites in the national park that will all be imposed on one big map painting for print.

I also just picked up a gallery show with one other artist in July which will be at a very nice coffee shop in Center City called Chapterhouse. I am putting a couple older paintings in the show but also doing part of a new series about urban gardening and container gardening, which I thought was an appropriate theme since it is almost summer!

This painting features an orange tree, some blackeyed susans, ferns, and a pretty little calico.

Coming to a Mailbox Near You!

Happy Holidays everyone! Here are some cards that I printed from a painting I made. Hope everyone has a great time with friends and family!

Official Alphabet

all these pieces are still available for sale and viewing at mugshots coffehouse located on

110 Cotton Street (in manayunk)

phila, pa. 19127.

heart show

Hey all! this is a piece i just finished for a show at jinxed gallery on Saturday Feb. 13th. There are a TON of artists participating. Jinxed is located in the Piazza in Northern Liberties. Hopefully by then it'll be a little warmer out. My design is based off the song "House of Cards" by Radiohead. The type is hand drawn and painted.

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. 

keeping busy

Having just graduated a few months ago, I'm finally feeling the slight sense of panic that what I choose do to with my art now is going to make or break me in terms of starting a freelance career. So I decided to revamp my webpage, because I wanted to achieve a more fun and professional look than the current one has. Until that is completed I am just having fun experimenting with painting different things.

Below is a jewelry box I bought from AC Moore, painted with acrylic.

Photographing out back of my house attracted some onlookers!

My room mate Cayt is also an illustrator, her work is cool.

Pattern Design

This pattern design has been in the works for a month now and I finally finished it. I designed it for my friends blog mcjawn, which is a philly art and culture blog. Doing the pattern the way I did is hard because you really don't know what the end result will be 'til you are finished and able to tile it together. I think it might've gotten a little busy with the contrast, but I am happy with it overall, hopefully my friend likes it!

Below is the first part of the image which has to be split into four corners, with a separate image painted in the new negative space.

Here is the resulting design, which is supposed to smoothly tile on the corners.

The end result!

Green Series

Here's two out of three pieces I have done thus far in a series of works about being "green" and all the cool stuff about it. I would like to keep building on this.. so there will be more to come!

Coming Up

At Jinxed gallery on February 13th, I will have this piece in the 3rd Annual Alex Curtis Memorial Heart Show, along with a ton of other artists, including some of my fellow senior illustration majors from uarts. This is one of my favorite pieces ive ever painted, possibly because the colors worked out well, oh yeah and it has cats in it!

Updating

So I haven't had much time for new posts, but here's some projects ive done in the past month.

Above is a painting I did, it is supposed to be editorial and would be for an article about green roofs and their benefits for the environment.

Below are a few designs I did that would be printed on blank note cards. The series of images are all african mammals.

       

     

   

    

Digital Illustration

Within my style.. I believe it would be very easy to go to doing digital work because I paint in flat colors. For anyone who doesn't know me, my work is all painted with acrylic paint and I do it because I LOVE the process of mixing colors and the work that goes into doing a physical painting. For my one assignment I decided to do a full spread book cover for a field guide on birds, and it was my first digital piece. As you can see there is not much difference between the digital work and my other painted work but I think I'll stick to painting!