New York City

Sketch I did..  :)

Boat Yard

Working on a painting and nearly finished.  :)

Nonrepresentational

I don't normally do nonrepresentational pieces, but this one is a result of leftover paint and a need to practice painting with a palette knife.  :)

Pen drawing of a horse

I used this drawing 12 years ago when I applied for a job at Sea World.  My future boss turned the picture over and over, and I asked him what he was looking for.  He said he was looking for the pencil sketch marks.  I said there were none, I had drawn the entire thing in ink.  I got hired!  :)  Later on my boss taught me all about line quality, but I still appreciate the simplicity of this drawing done before I had more advanced training. 

I finally got around to framing this older piece of artwork.  I made this set of pears before I even left for Orlando to go to art school.  It's a larger piece so the framing was going to be costly.  But luckily, I have been gifted a large mat cutter that's easier to use than my handheld one.  I found this very large frame at Ikea and removed the mat that came with it since it was made for showing off small family photos.  So for those of you who are artists, don't be afraid to get thrifty with your frame solutions!  :)

A pair of pears

Just a couple of pear sketches.  I love pears, the colors they present vary so greatly between a vivid green and bright red-orange.  The shape, too.. teardrop-esque. 

More art for myself! :)

Orange and blossoms

Azaleas in watercolor

I've been creating some art just for myself.. here is a set of azaleas in watercolor, painted from my own photos. I started this painting with the intention of doing a small series on flora local to Orlando, FL.

Ink drawing

Been busy setting up a few new Etsy accounts

I've just started a new Etsy account at www.etsy.com/shop/theinnersideofme and a corresponding tee shirt shop over at Cafe Press at www.cafepress.com/theinnerside for people who want my designs in a tee shirt form. Not really sure what will come of those, but some people mentioned it, so I figure it couldn't hurt to take existing artwork and bring it over to Cafe Press!

The kind of work I'd like to do on The Inner Side Of Me is more of a fine art style, similar to this blog. Although it's not too difficult to start something new, I do find that the maintenance of the Etsy page is a little time consuming.

The reason that I have several Etsy pages is that I do several very different types of work, some of them for purely commercial sake. The work I do for myself can be found on this blog and on The Inner Side.

The drawing you see here is from a dream.  

Still life with pear and peach

Japanese Teapot

Pulled out the paints after a long break. Was genuinely surprised by this one, not that it's perfect (far from it) but I thought I would be a lot more rusty. I'll be painting much more often from now on.

Homeless man sitting

Still Life with Mango and Kiwi

This painting was done as an exploration into a very tight, realistic style. I painted it with medium, mostly liquin, which is somewhat discouraged now, but was recommended by my instructor at the time. I have taken some classes over at Crealde here in Orlando, and I can't really say enough about the instructors there. They are just superb. If you live in Orlando, and you want to learn how to paint, Crealde is the way to go.

Still life with pears

This painting is still in the works.. there are a couple of areas that need touching up on but I thought I'd share what I am working on at home! I am gearing up to do an especially intimidating painting of Michael Jackson for a friend of mine.

Grigor

I met Grigor ("Gree-gore") Eftimov at a convention several years ago. He's been doing some serious (and seriously good) oil work. I'd like to link you to his most recent blog post at http://existentialdreams.blogspot.com/ .


It's a figure painting (nude), and some may consider it Not Safe For Work, but if you're able to navigate over there, I highly recommend it. The piece is right up top (edit: it is no longer the most recent post, so it's no longer on top). It's called Seated Figure and it's worth clicking on it to view the full size. Pay attention to the careful brushwork. If I weren't a starving artist, I'd ask to buy it. Ha!

WIP Celebration painting

Closeup of the trees:
This painting is taking an incredible amount of time.. and that's one of my weak spots. One of my goals is to improve my speed, reduce mistakes and paint it right the first time. These things will help me build a body of work and enable me to show more in a single show.

Some plein aire painting

I'm gonna head over to the fountain at Celebration.. see if I can get some plein aire painting in. Might be hot so if I'm not actually there you know what happened to me! I'm going to try and capture a scene similar to this photo I took of the area:

Portrait of a homeless man

This painting is part of a series of portraits of a homeless man that I interviewed on the street.