Recently finished portrait: Sara the Golden Lab

Acrylic on canvas board
6x8





This piece is for sale at the creative evolutions etsy store, so feel free to stop by if you're interested. I'm psyched to finally give etsy a shot, and will be adding additional work and prints soon!

Recently finished: 'Saturday'

I was asked to create another cover for the latest sine cera, a local literary magazine. Here's a sneak peek of the front. The background image was used with permission, copyright Ard Hesselink of the Netherlands. You can see his original photo here.

Acrylic on paper + digital collage

And here's the original:

New site: Irish Arts Blog

I recently learned that Paul O'Mahony of Siopaeile.com has launched a new blog, focused on bringing together Irish artists and their work. Thus far, there are 11 artists in all, and they plan to add additional artists in the coming months. The artists come from all over Ireland and offer a variety of styles and perspectives. From what I've seen thus far, the work is rich in diversity, covering a range of mediums including paint, photography, mosaic, sculpture and crafts.

Here is a selection of the work featured on Irish Arts Blog (click each image to be taken to an entry with information about the artist). This is an exciting addition to the art blogging world, so be sure to stop by their site for more!

The Life and Works of Edward Hopper:

Born in upper Nyack, New York to a prosperous dry-goods merchant, Hopper studied illustration and painting in New York City at the New York Institute of Art and Design. One of his teachers, artist Robert Henri, encouraged his students to use their art to "make a stir in the world". Henri, an influence on Hopper, motivated students to render realistic depictions of urban life. Henri's students, many of whom developed into important artists, became known as the Ashcan School of American art. Hopper studied under Henri for ten years.

Upon completing his formal education, Hopper made four trips to Europe to study the emerging art scene there, but unlike many of his contemporaries who imitated the abstract cubist experiments, the idealism and detail of the realist painters resonated with Hopper. His early projects reflect the realist influence with an emphasis on colour and shape. Eschewing the usual New England subjects of seascapes or boats, Hopper was attracted to Victorian architecture, although it was no longer in fashion. According to Boston Museum of Fine Arts curator Carol Troyen, "He really liked the way these houses with their turrets and towers and porches and mansard roofs and ornament cast wonderful shadows. He always said that his favorite thing was painting sunlight on the side of a house."

While he worked for several years as a commercial artist, Hopper continued painting with moderate success yet not as much as he yearned for. He sold a variety of small prints and watercolors to tourists and minor publication yet received only a casual if warm response from curators and gallery owners.

Continue reading the biography at Wikipedia, or visit the Smithsonian's Edward Hopper Scrapbook.

You can also listen to a podcast discussing the art of Edward Hopper on the Diane Rehm Show. A gallery of images is included so you can follow along with the discussion.

Below is a selection of Hopper's paintings:

Punk paintings for sale:

Here are two pieces from my latest experimental series ("Splatter Punks"). Both original pieces are for sale. More soon to come-

Watercolor/Ink
9x12


Watercolor/Ink
9x12

The Art of Brian Despain:

Brian is a talented artist who paints many pieces strictly through digital means. He writes:

"I was born in 1971 with an overactive imagination and a penchant for coloring in the lines. By the time I was old enough to decide my future career there was no question that I was destined for a life of art. It's just something I do, something I HAVE to do, If I couldn't create I couldn't live. It's what drives me, it's my blood and bones."

Some of his work:

Check out his site for more work, and be sure to take a look at the descriptions written below most of the paintings. You can also see a step by step walk-through of the linked digital painting, here.

A walk through the art world:

Click the artist's name for biographical information.
Click the genre for more photos of their work.





Tina Barney - photography.



Christian Boltanski - installation.



Christo and Jeanne-Claude - experimental earthwork installation.



Walter DeMaria - experimental sculpture.



Lucien Freud - painting.



Viola Frey - sculpture.



Robert Gober - sculpture.




Nan Goldin - photography.



Duane Hanson - sculpture.



Michael Heizer - earthwork.



Damien Hirst - found-object sculptures.



Jun Kaneko - sculpture



Anish Kapoor - installation.




Jeff Koons - sculpture.



Barbara Kruger - conceptual graphic art.



Sally Mann - photography.



Cornelia Parker - sculpture, installation.



Charles Ray - found-object sculpture.



Mary Ellen Mark - photography.



Gerhard Richter - painting.



Edward Ruscha - text-based painting.



Richard Shaw - illusionist sculpture.



Cindy Sherman - photography.



Kiki Smith - feminist artist.



Robert Smithson - earthwork.



Jessica Stockholder - installation.



Mark Tansey - painting.



Kara Walker - installation.



K. Wodiczko - light installation.



David Wojnarowicz - photography, performance art.

In Progress III:

Three rooms (mostly) down. Here are some photos of the front living room wall--if you look closely in the first one, you may see the mysterious stain on the front door. We deduced there had been either a peeing contest, or a "throw paper towels doused in orange juice" competition.

Recently finished: 'Origin Unknown'.

This is the 'not quite finished' piece I mentioned in this post. It's been several months since I last worked on him. I still have a few touch-ups to do on the wall, and the final glaze, but I figure he's close enough to post on here.

"Origin Unknown"
Oil, 12x16
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This was actually my first oil painting. Prior to this piece, I'd done guache, watercolor, acrylic, etc, but not oil. And now I'm completely, utterly, 100% hooked.

This piece was inspired by the beautiful photography of Bruce Crane.

Recently finished: 'Away From Me'.

"Away From Me"
Oil, 16x20
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This piece was inspired by a photo taken by Daniel M Sandoval, and used in accordance with Creative Commons license Attribution 2.0 Generic. Mr. Sandoval does not endorse this work or this website. You can see more of his photography on his site, www.ahhdios.com.

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