Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Other Nudes
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Looong Break
Yeah, I ditched this blog for a while, but now I want to make it move again. I wanted to do some serious art and explore some subjects outside my norm, horror. I have done so and still am a HUGE advocate for nudes and dispelling the myth that ANY body part is wrong inappropriate, or obscene. Even an erection is just another body part when viewed logically. The idea that the human body is dirty comes from religion and has plagued us for far too long. I say, end it now! To that end, I painted many many nudes and showed them at a very successful art show in Donelson TN it was a blast and I laughed at every scandalized face. In this post, I have provided some of my contributions. I would love to hear your opinions.
Sold!
Sold!
Sold!
Look out! This last one is too much for many people!
I warned you!
Some quotes to take with these images.
This one is in some ways, my greatest work. It forced me to push past the cultural stigmas I have been programmed with and the fear of offending people with controversy.
It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. Salvador Dali
I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. Georgia O'Keeffe
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. Thomas J. Watson
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Portraits
Portrait painting is one of if not the most challenging things an artist can undertake. Capturing the essence of a person requires an accuracy and attention to detail that few artists have. The work can be very rewarding, but it takes time to master and is not for everyone. I rarely do it, it isn't something I feel a natural passion for, but when a client requests it I am always happy to do it.
This portrait is of the great Boris Karloff in full makeup for the original Universal Mummy movies. I am a big fan of his and he had such an iconic look I had to draw him. This image was done in pencil.
This image was a speed painting done for one of my classes and depicts the actor Vincent Price. It only took two hours and is only vaguely accurate, but it was more about color and teaching the students how to to do things than it was about the final results.
This speed painting was of a local photographer friend of mine Jeffrey Nelson. It was done for practice sake and as a gift to him.
Another great actor, Sidney Poitier. This pencil when I was a student.
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Monday, December 15, 2014
Digital Landscape Painting
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Censorship
I was commissioned to create an illustration showing how
the imagination refuses to be repressed and the internal struggle of the
creative in oppressive situations by a professor I work with at IADT of
Nashville. I am a strong advocate of creative freedom and agree with the
following quotes on controversy. The images erupting from the man’s head show a
progress of thought from left to right of shapes forms and connections in one
way or another, illustrating the progress of thought. All of the other symbols
are fairly straight forward and do not need explaining.
“I
don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.”
― Marvin Harris
― Marvin Harris
“How
could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups?”
― Edward Abbey, Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
― Edward Abbey, Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
"The only time I feel alive is when I'm
painting."
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
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Thursday, December 11, 2014
Mural Concept
The thing I have to remind myself about trying to get work is that not everyone has the same vision and they can be afraid of ideas that are unique or might attract attention. It is hard to get work here in Nashville Tennessee, but every now and then the effort feels worth it. I plan to refine this concept and to paint this image in detail and in full color in the not so distant future.
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