cathartic painting

ive done this before and it worked then. physically painting over or with something that you want to forget, yes it works. it works really well. i also happen to know that burning works too ;)
so with my new discount prussian blue fave, this is the beginning of something better.

kismet & inspiration

so im obsessed with http://www.woostercollective.com/ and a while ago i saw a photo posted on the site of this image. i was loving it for some reason and since the site shows alot of street art from nyc i wondered if id ever see it in person. well i stumbled upon it this weekend and felt that yes..it was kismet that we met. friends and i were waiting for a table in a restaurant across the street and i had to take a pic. the corner of elizabeth and prince. some girl was selling overpriced but awesome earrings right in front. love it. inspiration.

oh lover

oh lover....



so what ive realized is that though i claim to just let the creative juices flow when sketching it seems my mind is working on its own and has a plan that mocks me. well with this particular one ive caught myself. how literal is this? the subconscious really has a frign grip. im kidding myself.

heaven has his head around me

heres my heart. random.

been looking for this drawing for a few days and found it randomly at the house where im painting a mural in with the sketch book i use as a paint palette.

a lapse in painters block

its become a tradition thus far that when a friend or family member gets married my gift is a painting. my sister got married in october. i went giftless. for some reason i blocked halfway through the work. i tried working relentlessly the few days before trying to get things done but without painting for painting sake. i am devoted to keeping these paintings in the style of reason..if that makes any literal sense. usually when i do a piece for someone specific the work takes form on its own and its usually symbolic of the individual or my own ideas on the essense of the individual. well for some reason i blocked on my own sister. whom i love dearly and know from the inside to out. this should have been easy but..no progress came. and so, about 4 months later..i am suddenly working it out and without force. so this is what i am working on now, the procrastination has stopped, along with the covering the canvas with fabric(out of sight, out of guilt radar). gift is not yet ready for giving so here are details (just in case the sister really does read the blog)to prove im working and will eventually fulfill my promise.

some more of my forgotten babies

more oldies from the attic. why didnt i continue this wax idea????! looking back i do remember making these. they are way small. like maybe 3x3 in? & i think the wax was really due to boredom but im liken it now..gonna have to revisit that with new work. im loving that seeing this older work is like seein it for the first time. its making me want to work more and more,,back to when i used to just do whatever without so much thinking. just create work. my new mantra

in love with old artwork

lately ive been thinking to myself..i have made some art...where the hell is it??!! it seems it had been forgotten and taken up permanant residence in my parents attic. oh yea..i did create some art. and oohhhh yea..i used to be a complete rockstar with the sketchbooks. how did i have the time for so much drawing? well..it couldda been that i was an absolute slacker starting off this past decade..well well guess slacking was detrimental to putting off my life in general but way enthusiastic in the art dept. hello old art ive missed u. <3
looks like this time im lookin at myself as inspiration way to go me

something accomplished

so yes i have failed the 10 days of sketches but not due to slacking. for once. i have been working on a mural and just finished today. i was lucky to work at my leisure, the mural being at my aunts house. this was a mural i had promised to do for many, many years. finally i have been able to give her what she wants, and even slip in a portrait of the cutie dog carlie. this will be the third aunt of mine that now has one of my paintings in their home. i am lucky to have fam that supports me, trusts my creativity....and allows me to use their walls as free advertisement.yay.
i am notorious for forgetting to document the process from start to finish. its great to have to before and afters..but of course i dont. i did get a few shots showing the process from day 2 to today.

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