Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 04:45AM I have been working on a new graphite drawing "Vanitas 16". I am trying to finish this before the end of August. This one has a triangular composition. My model Julie is lying at the top of the picture stretching across the picture plane horizontally, and I am going to place a cracked raw egg at the bottom center. I am not quite sure how an egg might be rendered with monochromatic pencils, but will see...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 08:23PM "Vanitas 15" is very close to the finished stage. I just need to fine tune a few things here and there. I decided to drastically darken the background by rubbing graphite powder all over it in order to heighten the contrast. I was not 100% sure about it, but I feel it was a right decision after all. It took me a while to find a right object to go with this drawing. The idea of using a feather came to me a few days ago and it just felt right, so I went with it.
Monday, July 16, 2018 at 05:23PM This past spring, Columbus College of Art & Design did a photo shoot of me working in the photo lab making VanDyke Brown prints on glass. And that turned into a little photo essay in a school publication "One Eight Six" that I just got in the mail. Below are the spreads. The cover photo was by our former photo student and very talented Kelsey McClellan.
Monday, July 16, 2018 at 05:16PM 2 pieces of mine were featured in the latest issue of "The Hand" Magazine. This was the first time I submitted any work to this publication. I am glad I did. In the same issue I see some familiar artists' works I have always admired.
Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 01:26PM Last week I started a new Vanitas drawing. This is #15. All in graphite. I have not completely figured out all the visual elements yet and am still looking for a right object to place in this image.
