Alla Prima study with acrylic on canvas. One of my friends actually gave me the name macaroni by talking about the feather in his hat.
I learned recently that that song "Yankee Doodle" is basically an 18th century dis track. Macaroni, which is what Yankee Doodle called it when he stuck a feather in his hat, does n...
2023-11-03 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Last chance to get this piece at a Choir only discount before I make it public and the discount disappears like a ghost!
Not sure what this means? Me either! but it put it in the poll for some reason and you voted for it for some reason! lol
This where I'd typically add some guidelines or whatever....I got nothin! go wild with it. As always I'm open to your interpretation of what it means.
Plus, it's a contest. So I have no idea how...
2023-11-01 01:03:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Featured image by Katrin. I love how Katrin uses the decalcomania technique. She really gets interesting textures and does just enough to suggest what she sees without over doing it.
Katrin
@mutmalerei.katrin.uffelmann 2023-10-31 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I did four studies for the prompt before I did the final two paintings. Rather than make separate videos for each painting I just rolled them all into this one little video with a pretty slappin halloween beat (if I do say so myself.)
Full 2 hour painting session with commentary about what I'm doing. This is my painting "The Cardinal," which came out of a small watercolor sketch that I did about a year and a half ago. I painted this Alla Prima. This video starts with a timelapse of the whole process to give you an overview. Then I show the whole process in...
2023-10-30 00:14:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is my official prompt submission.
I started with a study for this. At the beginning of the video I'm signing it.
I tried out a new panel for this piece. It was the 3/8" version of this one
<... 2023-10-28 23:03:09 +0000 UTC View PostI'll announce the new prompt on Halloween 👻
2023-10-28 19:08:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't know where the footage went for Bozo I. maybe I didn't film that one.
This some pretty strange music I made for this video. enjoy!
I tend to paint dark stuff. That's just what I'm drawn towards. The macabre if you will. Reflecting the fact that everyone dies. Death is a part of life. It's grim and morbid but it's also beautiful and fascinating. I've always tended towards that side with my art because it's more natural and comfortable for me.
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2023-10-27 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
There's this video I watch when I feel like nothing is working out. When the trial and errors seem to be mostly errors. It's of one of my favorite skateboarders attempting a trick over some stairs. It's kind of painful to watch. But it kind of personifies how I feel about the process sometimes. Like is it even worth it? Why a...
2023-10-26 01:25:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I did a timelapse of this painting so you can watch it without me blabbing about one thing or another.
2023-10-25 00:55:18 +0000 UTC View Post
This piece is from the covid collection. I just remember I was watching the finale of the Sopranos when I was working on it. And I think the character looks like Junior Soprano.
One of the nice things about editing paintings that I did in one sitting is I don't have to speed the footage up too much. you can really see w...
2023-10-24 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As an artist I've always had mixed feelings about people saying, "you're talented," when they like my work. On one level, it's obviously a compliment and I know they mean well so I say thank you. But on a deeper level it reflects a common misunderstanding of where good art comes from.
Sometimes this "you're so tal...
2023-10-22 23:54:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I was not doing a whole lot of filming at the opening. But I did go through and get some video of all the pieces.
Please follow all these artists!
Shane Izykowski
Brett Herman
Brenda LA Tremenda
Aizyaht
Jazmin Jude
Jeremy Labib
Huyen Khanh
La Dama Luna
Morgan B...
2023-10-22 01:52:31 +0000 UTC View Post
The first one is almost done the second one is probably less than half way done.
2023-10-21 04:46:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I was just thinking about this last week because it seemed like nothing was working out even though I felt really good about the work I was doing. Right now I'm really trying to focus on the only thing in my control: improving my painting.
I'm sorry about the bad audio on this video. There's some kind of bug in th...
2023-10-20 04:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
When I was working on the covid collection (I.e painting while I had covid) I did this one study where I really liked the idea but I felt the overall painting could improve.
I’ve honestly been feeling a little dow...
2023-10-19 01:59:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I've got these 4 little ghost studies. I like them all for different reasons.
But which one do you like? which one do you think I should I develop into a finished painting?
This is one of the first paintings where I did the weird floating eyeball thing. Most of these paintings I've been sharing lately are studies. That just means that I'm planning on using them to develop more refined paintings from. Maybe refined is the wrong word, but they're more like sketches. I plan to work them out more. 2023-10-17 04:17:58 +0000 UTC View Post
People always go "what's the story behind this?" When they're looking at my art.
Most of the time, there isn't one. To me, painting is about transcending language. It's about experiencing something that you can't necessarily describe in words.
Coming up with some sort of verbal justification...
2023-10-15 22:39:48 +0000 UTC View Post
This is one of the pieces from the Covid Collection.
I've noticed that a lot of my paintings have been based on more simplified forms lately.
Those who have been following for a while will remember the complex textures and long process of bringing out the painting from them. That will surely come back....
2023-10-14 20:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This was my submission for the Sept. Prompt "Automatic Drawing."
The Completion of the piece happened to Coincide with the Hive Gallery having a "Creepy and Cute" group show.
So I put this cutie in the most handsome frame I had and took him over to the gallery.
2023-10-13 21:00:04 +0000 UTC
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From the opening of the show tonight. The Devils Daydreams.
Artists in the show (not all pictured:)
Shane Izykowski
Brenda LA Tremenda
Aizyaht
Jeremy Labib
Huyen Khanh
La Dama Luna
Brett Herman
M.M Barajas
Follow all these artists. Check out their stu...
2023-10-13 08:05:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Stamina
I have been doing these studies
Followed by automatic drawing
There's an ebb and flow thing though
The paintings are just flowing and they make sense
But that just can’t last forever
I can’t do that every day
I can paint every d...
2023-10-13 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A development from the first one. I think I might just take this to a bigger panel. I have a pretty sweet frame that I could use for it.
2023-10-12 07:20:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I like the long head wounds in old loony tunes cartoons. I'm trying to figure out a way to incorporate them into some paintings. I think they're funny.
Here's two studies.
**I'm currently working on videos! I've got so much footage. But I'm working on music and writing some stuff to narrate the videos with. ...
2023-10-11 23:36:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Totally forgot to post today. It’s been super busy. Here’s a painting I just did.
The first pass at my ghost.
I originally started painting the ghost from life (second picture) but I got kind of exhausted and bored from it.
So I painted the canvas black and did the first painting
I think there’...
2023-10-11 07:28:13 +0000 UTC View Post
This was at the peak of my one Alla Prima painting a day thing.
I think this one took an hour or an hour and a half.
This was very much like an automatic drawing.
It's hard to describe the sensation. but I could just see the light and forms.
I attribute that to the practice of doing i...
2023-10-10 01:39:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I call these paintings “happy bozo” and “sad bozo”
Setting up shows and going to shows. I haven’t been able to prepare any of the usual choir content.
But I have a bunch of paintings that I’ve done that I haven’t shared before. So I’ll be sharing some of those for the next few days while I work on ...
2023-10-09 04:11:30 +0000 UTC View Post
