Great News!

I have been accepted into the art show! I will get a 10'x10' booth to showcase and sell my artwork. This is the first time I have done a vending art show, and I am very excited! I have almost 3 paintings done and I plan to have about 15 by June!

Abstract All the Way

 After visiting the Chicago Art Institute, I found the inspiration to try a littlke abstract work. As you can see, that was a while ago because now, most of my work is abstract. The one to the left is completley abstract while the one below has more of a message.

This one has a message. It is unfinished because of how the people on Earth are not done cleaning up our environment. The green displays: Earth and life. The smaller amount of green against a white background shows the disintegrating opportunity that goes along with our neglecting of the environment. Whacha think?

Testing out the Dots

I tried out  my dot idea on a simple cartoon "My Little Pony". I found a coloring book and traced it. Then, I got to work mixing colors and finding household items to make dots with. I ended up using acrylic paint and the end of a cheap plastic paintbrush to make the dots. The dotting took a while. I'm not sure if I could get a whole series of dots done by June. I mean I could, but I want quality work especially for the show. I'm still trying to think. With some of the colors, I am afraid that the intensity of the colors would be diluted because of the white in the background. I don't think I will do the dots, but I do like this picture. Maybe I'll do a cartoon series of dots in my free time. We'll see...

Art Show Series

I plan on doing an abstract emotionalism series for an art show in June 2011. I am going to be doing paintings like the one on the left that capture a lot of emotion, but are still artistic. I am going to do Martin Luther King Jr., Oprah Winfrey, Michael Phelps, Michelle Obama, Lebron James, and Tyson Gay. I need to spend a lot of time mixing colors because I feel that that is where a lot of the emotion comes from. My inspiration is Andy Warhol and Shepard Fairey. Plus we also did this project in art class. I might add my own touch to it, which I always do, but I might do it the same way that we did it in class. I'm not sure yet. I was also thinking about doing it in dots to capture the simplicity of the depicting emotion. Not sure...

Found Old Sketchbook

  I found my old sketchbook and there were a few drawing in there. I did these 1-3 years ago. Some are from my art class and others from my inspiration of simplistic emotionalism. The one to the left right here is a part of that series. I used colored pencils and drew what I was feeling usuing shapes and simple objects.













This one is a dragon. I'm not quite sure what my inspiration for this one was, but I like it.









 This one is a symbolic sketch. It's sort of an "early bird gets the worm" idea, except with fish. I did this one a while ago, so you can make up your own story. 















This is a pretty analyzable smbolic sketch. In the background there is an ear and in the way is music, money, pop culture, and gossip, which can get in the way of hearing the things in life that are the most important. I like to use symbolism, as you will probably see in a lot of my work. Give me your input! Whacha think?