Santa Muerte 2012

I'm part of this annual show again! Coming soon. You can check out the works for the show online :) http://www.sacredmachine.com/

B+W+1 show at Antler

Two new works I created for the B+W+1 show at Antler Gallery here in Portland. As the title of the show states, the object was to create works that use black and white plus one color. Grays were an exception. Both of my works are 8" x 8" and done with india ink and watercolor on paper. The top image is called "Twilight Green" and the bottom image is called "Verdant Graveyard". Also, here are some pictures from the show. Check out the cool light boxes and paper cuts. It's interesting to see what everyone chose as their one color.

Works from "Nature of the Beast" show are now available for purchase!

I already posted the flyer for the "Nature of the Beast" show @ Flatcolor Gallery (for which this image was used), but just figured I'd post a better image of this piece.

Also, all the pieces from the show are now online and available for purchase! Check 'em out! http://flatcoloroctober2011preview.blogspot.com/#!/2011/10/nature-of-beast-group-show-october-6th.html

New work - "Ravished"

This is a piece I completed last month for the "Nature of the Beast" show at Flatcolor Gallery in Seattle. I had a few small works going into the show, and I thought I should also have a larger more intricate piece as well. Something you could really spend some time looking at. It took a while to get the whole composition figured out, and finalize all the details of the various creatures. I had an inspiration for this piece, which was the temptation of Saint Anthony. If you have seen images of this in art, you'll know what I'm talking about. Often this scene consists of a bunch of demons clawing and pulling at Saint Anthony in mid air. A pretty striking image. I've always remembered it and wanted to pay some sort of tribute to that. This was a fun piece to do despite the time crunch I was under. I had a lot of textures to draw, so that was probably the main thing I had to consider, next to the composition. It's a lot of figures and they are very much interlocked together, so sketching it out was my least favorite part. If you live in Seattle, head on over to Flatcolor and have a look :)

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purchase this work here: http://flatcoloroctober2011preview.blogspot.com/#!/2011/10/nature-of-beast-group-show-october-6th.html

Monsterbation 2 Show: Monstrously Erotic

Just wanted to post some pictures of the recent "Monsterbation 2" show at Pony Club Gallery in Portland. Jason Fischer has assembled a great group of artists once again for an erotic art show of monsters and creatures.









Here is a scan of my piece for the show. I paid homage (or parody?) to the famously bizarre painting "Gabrielle d'Estrees et une de ses soeurs" by an unknown artist. Ironically, the painting to which I am giving nods to has nothing to do with eroticism, but more fertility and motherhood. You can read more about that HERE if you are interested. Below is what the original painting looks like.


To see more pictures of the show, go HERE.
To purchase works from the show, go HERE.

UPCOMING SHOWS

Just a quick post about some upcoming shows/receptions:

Monsterbation 2, Pony Club Gallery, Portland, OR - Oct 6th - 6-10 pm (I have 1 piece in this show)

Nature of the Beast, Flatcolor Gallery, Seattle WA - Oct 6th - 5-9 pm (I have 4 pieces in this show)

Bewitching, Stranger Factory, Albuquerque, NM - Oct 7th - 6-9 pm (I have 3 pieces in this show)

F.U.E.L. Grand Small Works Show

I have this piece in the show in Philadelphia this month. I hope it sells.






here's a picture I took from F.U.E.L.'s flickr page just to show you what the space looks like.