on the shoulders of...

Acrylic continued...

Magritte's Umbrella
on canvas
Magritte's 'Hegel's Holiday' with a Northern California Twist

Diebenkorn Remix
on bristol
A JC project to re-color Diebenkorn's 'Window'

Shoulder
on bristol
thumbnail copy of Morisot's 'Lady at her Toilette' seen below

JC work galore. Ha.

Transit
on unstretched canvas
referenced from a photograph I took on SR citybus...

My second home. :D

All acrylic paint.

Toes
on canvas
she popped into my head while watching TV and I had to get her out

Thunder
on canvas
inspired by tattoo cloud designs

Peony
on canvas
I was studying the ukiyo-e books at the library

Hikari
on bristol
JC project referenced from the Whale sculpture on the 4th floor of the library

Peacock
on canvas
Kim Jaejoong of TVXQ

Most beautiful man I've ever seen. Good voice, too. ^^

catharsis

Abstraction is restorative. Especially with paint. All of these are from high school or just after. I was on a really abstract kick for a while.

Aqua
acrylic on canvas

Sugar
acrylic on bristol

The Girls
acrylic on cardboard
this was a collaboration with a number of girls in art class, Junior year

Tir (land, in gaelic)
acrylic on wood panel

anthem
acrylic on wood panel

The bottom two were from a project. I had four sets in total, four panels each. Two sets were sandwiched together and attached with clear vinyl strips to create a giant 'Jacob's Ladder' toy. One of them was sitting at Chop's for a while.

oily

I love oils. They blend like butter. They stay juicy and workable much longer than acrylics. They shine on the wall.
But, my friends, oils are nasty. The chemicals involved, the smell, and the mess are a major turn-off for me. A class at the JC pretty much contained all the work I've ever done with oils. This one was a 'master' copy. My choice was Mondrian's 'Ginger Pot'. Mondrian did those paintings that everyone knows... all black lines and geometry and squares of bright primary colors. He did a lot of other stuff before that, including still-lifes that were increasingly abstracted.


This was a massive challenge for me. It never felt finished, but as the years pass... I don't mind it so much.