Iago
This painting involves the culmination of everything I have learned in the past eight years of painting. It is a mixed media piece that includes oil paint, watercolor, acrylic, and resin (both mixed and unmixed with pure pigment). The composition of the piece was designed to bring out the strong points of each of the mediums. Careful use of the resin is the secret that allows you to mix the water and oil colors together along with the acrylic in a stable way that maintains its archival qualities. Along the left and right sides of the painting are extremely textured ...
Man Resin Study #2
I refer to this painting as the ‘Hero’ painting because the initial inspiration for this work comes from the comic heroes. I was interested in how heroes are portrayed in popular culture and how this differs from actual heroes in real life. Most people that demonstrate courage and honor in their lives do not have ripped abs or arms the size of tree trunks. The most courageous person I ever met was a 16 year old boy who was thin as a rail and never complained once even though he was at the end of his life. I have stripped ...
Coca~cola
This painting is part of my 'Poetry of the Senses,' and is a flavor painting. Each color in the painting represents a paticular flavor found in a Coca-Cola. The colors are meticulously chosen for their ability to interact with the other colors in the precise way that the flavors interact with one another. This painting is actually done on three seperate panes of glass that are seperated from each other by a speacially built frame. This gives the painting much deeper depth allowing the light much more penetrating power through the layers of translucent paint. Prints will be available soon.
Merlot – Bogle Vintage 2007
This painting is part of my 'Poetry of the Senses,' and is a flavor painting. Each color in the painting represents a paticular flavor found in the 2007 Bogle Merlot. The colors are meticulously chosen for their ability to interact with the other colors in the precise way that the flavors interact with one another. Prints will be available soon
New York State of Mind
Whenever I hear music I see color; this painting is a visual note for note interpretation of ‘New York State of Mind’ by Billy Joel. Writing that appears on side supports of painting - Right Side: It comes down to reality, and it's fine with me because I've let it slide - Out of touch...free... Bottom: I know what I'm needing, and I don't want to waste more time. No Reasons Left side: I don't have any reasons, I've left them all behind, I'm in a New York State of Mind - 11 seconds Top: It was so easy living ...
Something’s Wrong with this Picture
Whenever I hear music I see color; this painting is a visual note for note interpretation of the bass line for ‘Something's Wrong with this Picture' by Galactic. The coloration of the woman is taken from the flavors from a Punch (Rothschild) cigar. Prints will be available soon.
Western Heritage
Growing up in Texas you are surrounded by a rich tradition that is unlike any other place in the world. The idea of the Cowboy lifestyle and the freedom that it represents has always been embraced by the people of this state. It is a way of life that is older than the state of Texas, The Republic of Texas – in fact it stretches back over 400 years to the vaqueros that worked the plains of what is now Texas and New Mexico. Living in this part of the world the culture becomes a part of you in ways ...
Woman Resin study #1
I had an incredible time working on this piece. My objective was to marry the flowing qualities of the resin with the precise color control that oil paint gives me to achieve a look that appears natural and organic yet also rigid in form. The surface of the painting is almost as smooth as glass. My paintings have traditionally always had raised lines, while this is a necessity for me to be able to feel the lines it is also a limitation in that it restricts the flow of paint like a dam across a river. The trouble was that ...
New Works
Merlot – Bogle Vintage 2007
This painting is part of my ‘Poetry of the Senses,’ and is a flavor painting....
Something’s Wrong with this Picture
Whenever I hear music I see color; this painting is a visual note for note interpretation...
Coca~cola
This painting is part of my ‘Poetry of the Senses,’ and is a flavor painting....
New York State of Mind
Whenever I hear music I see color; this painting is a visual note for note interpretation...
IsolationOne of the first things that Dr. Rodman told us at the very first creative workshop...
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My Life in ClothesI don’t do laundry, and I think this has led to some weird and unanticipated...
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PBS Interview — A Nerd’s Dream Can Come TrueI may be a lot of things, some I’m proud of, some I’d rather forget,...
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Special Arts FestivalThe 2011 Special Arts Festival was a great success. I want to thank Marilynne Serie for the creation of this event. It was inspiring to see what talent is out there. I was fortunate enough to win the Mayor’s Choice Award but all the artists there had unique and beautiful work. Thank you! What do you think of this post?Interesting (1) Read More →
Seeing with your HandsFeeling Tony Hawk's face for portrait One question that I am asked a lot is how it actually works that I can see with my hands, and that is a great question – perhaps even better than the person asking it even realizes. I say this because I think that there is a misconception that visually impaired people are given special training to visualize... [Read more of this review]
Artist Talk! August 22 at 3PM in the Haley-Henman GalleryMerlot Painting on exhibit I’ll be giving my artist talk for the Haley-Henman show on Sunday August 22nd at 3PM. What to expect at an art talk like this? Well, for all intents and purposes the gallery is closed except for people attending the talk which makes it a much more relaxed atmosphere, just a few people sitting around have a conversation,... [Read more of this review]
My Friend TerryTerry This is a painting I just started today, but it is one that I have wanted to do since I began painting. The painting will be a music painting, all of the colors of the painting will come from Hot Chip’s song Colours, and will be included in my Poetry of the Senses series that will be showing at Haley-Henman in a few weeks. The figure... [Read more of this review]
Wood Working BlindVideo – So far I still have ten fingers; so I feel pretty good about that. I like to be hands on with every aspect of my art, and that includes stretching my own canvas, cutting the supports for those, and also cutting and shaping the wooden panels that I paint on when I chose to paint on wood. In the video I show a few of the tools that I... [Read more of this review]
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My Life in Clothes: I don't do laundry, and I think this has led to some weird and unanticipated behavior such as clothes hording - not clean clothes mind you, but the dirty ones. Not even dirty clothes really - I have no problem at al...
My Book Being Released This Fall!: I have just recently found out that my first book is going to be released this coming Fall, and I just had to share – besides it’s the start of a new year so what better time is there to talk about new adventures! I...
