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March 23, 2011
 

The Pleasure is all Mine

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My lovely and talented wife Rachel Styer is in a group show tomorrow ()Thursday, March 24) in Chelsea, NYC. The wonderful duo Elizabeth Barragan and Kathleen Mahoney-Cobb are curating this exhibition as their first under their new collaboration Finch & Ada.

 

March 24, 2011 – April 8, 2011
548 W. 28th St., Space A, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10001

Opening Reception, Thursday, March 24, from 6-9pm
Emerging Collectors’ Symposium, Wednesday, March 30, 7-9pm
Afternoon with the Artists, Saturday, April 2, 3-5pm

or follow this link for even more info http://www.finchandada.com/events.html

 

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December 17, 2010
 

Cha Cha Cha Changes

So there's been some changes going on in my art making lately. I've pretty much not enjoyed making it to tell the truth for almost the last year hence not updating much (because I wasn't making anything). I took a portrait class last spring which was amazing in how much I learned, but I then realized I had no emotional "feeling" in this kind of art. There just wasn't any expression or spontaneity in it. I knew what I was feeling for a while but I didn't know what to do about it.

Basically I wasn't motivated with my art. I didn't like it anymore. Any of it. A friend of mine here in NY invited me to a few "draw jams" where 5-10 people meet, bring supplies and draw, paint, collage etc. The thing that makes this amazing is everyone puts what they've been working on either on the floor or a table and anybody can pick it up and continue to work (unless a consensus deems the piece finished, which then gets tacked to the wall). Nothing is too "precious", nothing is thought out much (more stream of consciousness), and nothing is worked on for too long. This process has opened my eyes and creativity to places where I've always wanted to go but was either afraid or just didn't know how. I'm usually a pretty planned out person which I really wanted and needed to get away from in my art. This is the beginning of that process and I'm excited.

Below are a few shots from one of the draw jams.

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Filed under  //   Inspiration  
Posted from Brooklyn, NY

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July 20, 2010
 

Bunnies!

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Started a new painting. Bunnies and motorcycles! Here's the beginning underpainting. Just mixed my paints and will start color today.

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May 2, 2010
 

Color Time! Last class

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Last class final touches.

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April 24, 2010
 

Color Time! Day 3

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April 17, 2010
 

Color Time! Day 2

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Continuing to add subtle values and hues of color to build up the face. 2 more classes, gonna finish this head as much as possible. Marvin is an amazing teacher. I'm learning so much and will never look at a painting the same way again.

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April 9, 2010
 

Color Time! Day 1

Here’s the first step of color from last weeks underpainting. 3 more classes til the end of class and I’m going to focus on making this as finished as I can and learn as much as I can in the short amount of time we have left.

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Filed under  //   Class Time!   Oils   Portrait  

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April 5, 2010
 

Class Time! Wash 5

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Decided to do one more underpainting since the likeness of the model just wasn't there yet. Glad I did as this is way closer to what the model actually looks like. Pretty happy. Starting color this week and will have the remaining 4 weeks of class dedicated to finishing the color.

Filed under  //   Class Time!   Oils   Portrait  

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March 27, 2010
 

Class Time! Wash 4

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Here's my 4th wash from class. Didn't take a photo of #3. Going to start color next week. Getting better at proportions but I still tend to elongate the face a bit too much. Ah well I'm starting color on this one. Not 100% caring if it's not completely accurate since there's only 5 more classes and I need to get some color time in!

Filed under  //   Class Time!   Oils   Portrait  

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March 9, 2010
 

Progress

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I've started painting a still life from a photo my wife took using the techniques learned from class so far. I wanted to try and get the values and hues down as close to the photo as possible. Wish I took a photo of the underpainting. I'll keep the progress updated.

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