Vanitas 23 work in progress

I have been working on this graphite drawing for over a month now. It is roughly 24" x 18" and slow going. Technically this is another challenge: rendering of the lace of the blouse and the soap bubbles floating in the air, although I am kind of enjoying drawing the bubbles. I accidentally grabbed a wrong paper for this piece and that's also making the whole process more challenging than working on my usual go to material: Bristol board Vellum surface. I just finished laying down the basic tones of the background by rubbing the graphite powder with the areas of bubbles masked out with the masking fluid. I hope I can finish this before the end of July.

Bryn Du Art Show

Last night I attended the opening reception of an annual juried show at Bryn Du Art Center, Granville, OH. It was held in this beautiful Mansion from the Arts and Crafts period architecture style. I had 3 Vanitas pieces accepted into this show. One of them "Vanitas 16" won The Best in Show, and "Vanitas 22" was sold too. Not a bad way to start spring!

Me standing next ro the piece that won Best in Show.

This piece found a good permanent home.

934 Gallery Show

I had a 2 week run of my solo show "Vanitas" at 934 Gallery. Here are the snapshots I took the night before closing.

Vanitas 22 in progress

Here is a still image from a video footage I shot of me working on the final piece "Vanitas 22" for my solo show. This is so far one of the favorite pieces of mine. It is an homage to one of the artists I admire Kent Bellows. I am so close to the finish line. I am tired but I keep pushing myself. I have to make my show the best that can be.

Strokes of Genius book

I saw the cover of the next "Strokes of Genius" book online that is going to hit the bookstores in November. My drawing "Vanitas 11" is in this. I can't wait to see this in person!