Pencil and casein paint in a Molskine sketchbook.
Exsanguination No.2
Category: art
pen. marker. paint.
More pen, marker, and casein (Cadmium Red Deep) sketches from the book.
A Rite of Spring
Exsanguination No.1 : A ritual bloodletting. A symbolic sacrifice to speed Winter on its intemperate way and make room for the upset of a new season; of change. Nature’s not kind nor gentle— why should art be?
On Writing, Part II— Writing is not just for writers
Writing is one of the best ways to sort real emotions from troublesome nonsense. I first experienced this via The Artist’s Way, and what the author calls Morning Pages. After a few weeks, your notebook is transformed— it's a spiral-bound bullshit detector; a college-ruled catharsis.
Sketchbook monarchs
A couple of rather messy sketches from a few of nights ago. Just nonsense, but I like them.
The calm before the storm: snowy Green-Wood Heights
Some test photos taken with a new camera
When I was traveling in September, I did a very careless thing and dropped my camera (a Canon Powershot ELPH 130) on the ground in Paris— it was on and the thing landed smack on the edge of the lens. It still worked, but just wasn't able to quite focus correctly; the right side of every… Continue reading Some test photos taken with a new camera
An aim to establish some schedule
Three weeks into the new year's January. Best of intentions, and all that, but work has been steady and hard-hitting for the dead of Winter, and so I've not yet established a schedule with which to be more timely or consistent on this blog (something I'm interested in doing). I think the best way to… Continue reading An aim to establish some schedule
Skating on a frozen canal— a poster design
A poster commissioned by Luff for their upcoming show at Union Hall in Brooklyn. They wanted something wintry yet warm, and though at first I was thinking of ice boats, my mind quickly jumped to the thought of ice skating on canals— so naturally I decided on an image of Amsterdam. I made both a daytime and nighttime version.
An illustrated book acquired on my travels
“Anbetung des Korsetts” Or, Adoration of the Corset, by Bele Bachem and Wolfgang Ebert. I found this at a book seller's stall in a little market in Amsterdam near Nieuwmarkt. Zac and I each found several books there, and a lot of vintage postcards. It's a German book, published in 1961, and the illustrations are fantastic. They remind… Continue reading An illustrated book acquired on my travels
e daggar art: THE MUSEUM 