Practice Practice Practice

I have just reintroduced myself to charcoal and forgot how fun it is. It's awesome (and humbling) to break out of graphic-mode long enough to smuddddge my way through shapes and volumes. I could stand to be a little more fluid, use the *whole* grey scale and explore composition... that being said, more to come.

Here's the Bear Grylls study next to the MATADORA...all dressed up in her pink grip tape.

This is Sundays in the Garage

When my "other" work goes well...

These are a few of the gems from this year's invitations, logos, flyers, concepts...& it's refreshing to look back and see the diversity of events: lacrosse camps, weddings, vacations, charities... Keep the need for printed pieces coming!

When work goes well!

AACC Tradeshow in Chicago July 2009

Testing out new tech

Ideally this can all roll (tumble) into one big, beautiful update.

...in progress....

I'm just interested to see how this one turns out...

(untitled)

Massachusetts Marina

Marina (2009)

I absolutely love marinas. Especially New England Marinas.

Jamie sent me the inspiration for this one, and it's currently hung at Nick's in Baltimore Maryland. It's 36" x 24" acrylic on canvas.

Matadora

Jackson bought this blank deck for me to paint (43"x 9")...our new hobby of personalizing our skateboard quiver.  All said and done, I wanted something feminine but tough, something to be respected in our little gang of all boy skateboarders :)))  (w'd up Peggy Oki)

This was the result. Matadora (2009)

I didn't think it was worthy enough for preservation/display (despite the hi-gloss lacquer), so she's getting all new trucks, wheels and grip tape tomorrow. 

What makes this (a little) more badass is that after titling it "Matadora," I attempted to spell check the spanish to english and simply put she's a:  Murderess