Portrait.

So i've been trying to paint figures more and i knew for a long time that I wanted to capture my beautiful roommate caitlin with my brush, and after much time and effort, this is my final! She is a person with a complex yet refined personality, which I was trying to express with the border around her. She is also a children's book artist (caitlinwelsh.com) so I associated these animals, the barn owl and the fox, with her because she is great at painting them.

deep sea cannibal killers

i just finished painting this album cover and back for my good friend sheena's band d.s.c.k. The band plays dark soulful trippy hip hop/soul music.

below: front cover.

below: back cover.

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.

iphone covers

been working on some vector art patterns for this custom iphone cover project with trickgo. I hope they get approved!

first friday june 4th

above: piece for the autumn society 90's show at brave new worlds gallery. i chose the cartoon captain planet as my inspiration for the painting.

below: my piece for the made in america show at trust gallery.

detail of what will be an album cover for my boyfriends band.

bighead

sometimes making paintings without sketching first, is a good way for me to loosen up. This painting was made with alot of pre-mixed colors that I had left over from previous pieces. The heart shape was something I had cut out of board that I was going to use for a gallery show, but never did. So I guess you could say it was made out of recycled art projects.

above is one of the only pictures i have of a mighty mugg toy that I had painted for my solo show at trickgo in december. unfortunately the toy was stolen from the gallery the night of the opening. : (

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.

"el condor pasa"

It's strange how much music and painting can be connected sometimes. I find that I get much inspiration for my work from songs i listen to on my itunes. 

This new painting i just completed is inspired by the simon and garfunkel song "el condor pasa." here's the song below.

i like painting houses

i guess this is what south philly would look like in my world.

last minute holiday show..

Tomorrow night there is a show at Mew Gallery next to Sabrinas cafe at 9th and Christian featuring myself and different artists such as Dan Hughes, Greg Pizzoli, Emily Wallace,  Steve Streisguth, Kevin Wallace, Tim Gough, and more!

With great music by Chicken Ate the Dog and the Divine Lorraine!

Below is my painting for the show. Maybe the holiday spirit is getting to me and making me feel all warm and mushy inside.

Keeping Busy

I haven't been such a diligent blogger in the past month due to the amount of work I've been trying to get done for my solo show with TrickGo Clothing, which will be on December 11th.

I hand cut and painted these letters to make a customized sign for the window of the gallery at 12th and Pine. Below are some pieces I will have for sale at the opening.

This is the t shirt design that I did for the show, which will be printed on v neck american apparel shirts in the same warm grey color as the background. 

I will post the flyer for the show with the official time and address once it's ready.

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.