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Electric Printmaking Workshop
This is a one day intaglio process workshop. Instead of toxic acids, we will be using very low voltage DC current to etch copper plates. The workshop will be May 13th from 10am-1pm. Please contact me or visit http://artroundtennessee.org/artalongs for more info.
Jessica / Nathan
Some detail images show the deconstruction/damage of the painted surface and the custom square chisel I made for the job.
Bald Eagle
You Were Never Duckier
Blue Plum Roller Derby Championship 2013
A variation on last year’s poster.
Pipestone
I bought few small chunks of catlinite to see if I could pulverize it for pigment. Its not fast going yet but I’m working on a contraption to automate the process.
Great Turpentine
I keep a little turpentine around for aromatherapy. I pop the top and take a hit, er I mean whiff. I don’t do that with everyday hardware store turp though. The smell is just awful. Art supply turpentine can be hit or miss too but Utrecht and W&N are the ones I’d usually get and […]
Honorable Menschen
I often consider a lengthy explanation of a painting, but it’s usually like explaining the punchline of a joke. First, let’s get this out of the way: Nietzsche’s writings were co-opted and twisted by his sister and the Nazis, so he gets a bad rap. The Übermensch (Overman or Superman) is often tied to a […]
Dutch Art, Patrons, and Markets
I’ve been selected to study Dutch art at the High Museum this summer! Here’s a summary from the Council of Independent Colleges prospectus: A rare traveling exhibition of masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age paintings featuring works by Vermeer, Hals, Rembrandt, and others will visit the United States in 2013, while the collection’s home at the […]
Season Opener Bout Poster
Bout Poster – October 2012
Fresh Stuff
Just labeled a few recently made batches of varnish, blue, yellow, red, and green (pesto).
Rizzmataz Basil Pesto
A friend phoned me up the other day asking if I’d like some basil from her garden. “Of course!”, I said, thinking I’d save myself the guilt of plucking a few leaves here and there. I plucked the small tree she gave me and made these few jars of pesto I’ve called Rizzmataz. Thanks to […]
Well Heeled
The stretcher frame for this canvas came from Tedd Blevins and I knew the subject I would paint upon it had to be at least a little lascivious. After I had decided on the composition, I remembered a strip club story told in the parking lot after Tedd’s funeral, for it was too lewd to […]
Same As It Ever Was
Sunday Afternoon
The Walking Unled Dead
Let’s call it a casual Friday as this worker walks past other idle machines.
The Other Half
Holding a Balance
oil – 50×62 inches I’ve always had a thing for Flemish still life, almost a dirty little secret for a painter of the modern age. Such decadently illustrative paintings may seem superfluous to the contemporary eye. Johannes Vermeer’s work has a modern simplicity, allowing the viewer to focus on the figure. Vermeer’s painting of a […]
Blue Plum Roller Derby Championship
The Little City Roller Girls are taking to the streets, the Tipton and Spring Streets specifically. Here’s a poster I made for the event.
Tramp l’oil
People often get tattoos in order to feel unique, owning the bodies they were born into without choice. Selecting a generic design from a book however, seems to only reinforce conformity.
Annabelle’s Curse
My friends, Annabelle’s Curse, have new typography. The first line is set in Oxida, tweaked a little for variety and character. The bottom line is set in Goudy Catalogue.
Across the River Same
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
Winter Wonder SLAM!
Seat Yourself
A private conversation in a public place was the prompt for this painting. The cropped exit sign, broken Dos Equis bottle, table and chair legs, and more subtle hints throughout, all give hints as to the topic of this conversation.
Intermont Art Walk
Virginia Intermont College hosts our first Art Walk on November 11, 2011. The event includes artwork from students and faculty in locations across the comfortably walkable campus. Theatre performances of Shakespeare’s The Tempest are also happening the same weekend.
Little City or Bust
The bout title was just bursting with possibilities. Come to the bout on October 8th and get a poster while you’re there.
Across the River Same
Heraclitus said we cannot step into the same river twice. We hold on to things as representations of moments, people, places, and past self-images. This fictional, née mythological Atlas Storage facility bears these things we cannot bear to lose.
Prometheus Band
My go-to bar, Machiavelli’s, sets the stage for one of my favorite local bands, Annabelle’s Curse, cast as Prometheus.
Toole Creek Falls
Great time painting with my friend Kyle Buckland.
Star Spangled Slammer Bout Poster
My poster design borrows heavily from Delacroix, whose painting incidentally also inspired the Statue of Liberty.
Derby on the Loafer Magazine
This week’s Loafer sports a lovely cover! There’s also the usual one color quarter-page ad inside. I adapted my bout poster theme to fit the magazine. The Loafer is the go-to publication for all the things to do and places to go in the Tri-Cities.
LCRG’s February Bout Poster
Roller Derby Bout Poster
If you have a heartbeat, you’ll want to be at Freedom Hall on November 13th! This is the last home bout of the season!
I designed the bout poster in Adobe Illustrator. The derby girls are drawn in vectors and based on Rock Nasty and Taz Maniac.
Mountain View
Figure Study – Jordan Mullins
Last evening’s figure study at the William King Museum.
Creeper Trail
On the Creeper Trail in Abingdon, VA.
Portrait of a Tree
Painted on the grounds of the William King Museum.
Bald Badass – Birthday Card
Allison Linder found this great card! V’ry nice!
Self Portrait at 34
This was yesterday’s painting; I thought I’d whip out a self portrait before my birthday. I pulled out some colors I don’t usually use, starting with Green Earth and some Cobalt Violet Light, Stil de Grain, Lapis Lazuli. All of these were low tinting strength.
Under the Bridge
The back side of Bristol.
Unicoi County
Fast and loose by a babbling brook.
The Reluctant Recluse
While sorting photos, I found these from my BFA show.
Self Portrait Sick
Just found an image of this painting from a couple years ago. I was feeling like ten miles of hammered shit.
Plein Air and More Rain Air
Lincolnshower Park
Just the other day, I went out to paint for a bit at Lincolnshire Park in Tazewell, VA. Of course, being ill prepared and perhaps ill advised, I was caught in a rain shower. At first, there were just a few drops and I continued painting – oil and water don’t mix, right? I did […]
Brian Coryell’s Lighting Assignment
A tripod composite using only one light source. The light source that was used was a 800 watt Alien Bee strobe setup. I also used a snoot which I attached to the front of strobe unit to control the size of my light source. Rather than having a tremendous amount of spill light, a snoot […]
Caricature
Shane Mullins, one of my students, made this caricature of me.
Excellent Photography
I came across this photograph and followed a link to an album on Flickr.
Assistant Professor of Art – VIC
With great excitement, I have accepted a position at Virginia Intermont College.
Trade Show
Every year, Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff sponsors a trade show in Boone, NC. I’ve never been to such an event and Boone isn’t that far away so I went to the show this year. Overall, it was a good show but the selection and prices weren’t as great as I’d hoped. I think “Cheap” Joe […]