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The same idea as before, except this time I used copper wire in lieu of pushpins and added subtle color. Maybe this set is the cheerful coun...

Experiment with watercolor paper, pushpins, ink pen, staples, water, and xacto knife... I loved working on this series. I must have been fe...

Completely random... The inspiration for this is from a dream that I had a few days ago. In it I was frantically studying last minute for a ...

Been painting quite a bit today... but I'll have to save posting for tomorrow. Right now I can't form coherent sentences due to the ...

My use of line is influenced by (1. calligraphy, one of my loves and (2. Art Nouveau, another one of my loves. See Victor Horta or Aubrey B...

The addition of water to the pen creates interesting shades of grey. I'd like to play with this more. Early on I had condemned this draw...

These are a bit too cartoon-ish for formal painting, as the emphasis is definitely on line rather than shape and color. Maybe I can expand o...

These past few days I've been in classes, masterclasses, and recitals almost continuously, so these sketches are the result of me trying...

"It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill – it’s a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I’m all right...

Confession of the day – I love Kitsch art. There’s something so wrong about it… yet so incredibly appealing at the same time. But am I even ...

Here's a random website where the artist has challenged himself to "make something cool everyday"... I love his playfulness a...

Continuing the cardboard series. These paintings have been darker than usual... reflection of stress? uncertainty? Tonight I accompanied Bra...

These two paintings were bothering me because they lacked a clear focal point. I tried to bring more focus to them through the addition of p...

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." Francis Bacon, Irish-born British Expressionist painter

Current Loves = Munch//Chagall//Francis Bacon Willem de Kooning//Egon Schiele

This one didn't photograph so well... actually each one in this series looks better in person because the 3dimensional aspect of the shr...

"For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh." Georges Rouault, French Fauvist and Expre...

Though I've been negligent in posting this week, I have been painting... working on a series of "faces" - subtle or overt - on...

There is a knocking in the skull, An endless silent shout Of something beating on a wall, And crying, "Let me out!" That solitary ...

I think I'll need to revisit this one at some point...it lacks a focal point. The tea-stained paper is probably my favorite part since i...

I've been questioning Art (as well as all of life...) quite a bit lately... why art? what is it? it's purpose? "What is art, bu...