Painting: Reflecting on a Ledge

May 3, 2011

Just wanted to share my latest painting with the world (that means you!). It’s my largest so far, one meter high, which made it a challenge to keep the proportions of the figure visually pleasing. A few watercolor-like drips, various…

Painting: Chega! (Enough!)

March 18, 2011

Here’s my latest painting, Chega!, in acrylic and graffiti paint pens. Following the idea of my painting mentor, Renata Lauer, I even did an experimental second canvas reflecting the top image. Chega! (Enough!) + Reflection

Painting in Progress: Chega! (Enough!)

March 2, 2011

One of my current paintings on the easel. Studying portraiture and expression using a mix of traditional acrylic and grafitti markers. It’s a challenge to paint someone I know and love, and to render the facial expression so that it…

Painting: Vanity Satisfies

January 18, 2011

One of my best new paintings. I love the colors and the expression on her face. Similar to the Verboflys, I incorporated text into the image in a subtle way so that the message takes some effort to decipher.

Line Paintings: A First Attempt

November 24, 2010

It’s been nearly 3 years now that I’ve been playing around with pens and markers, exploring intuitively and leaving my more rigorous studies for pencil drawing and painting. Though I don’t really know why, I recently started doing a few…