This month marks ten years since I stopped working as a graphic designer for international meetings to devote more time to painting. My hectic pace of life, of client deadlines and to-do lists, kept interrupting painting. The change led to forks in myriad unmarked roads. I had wanted to discover what might be possible, to cultivate my potential, and I was motivated to make the change by nearing … [Read more...]
Chai Cups
Chai Cups — gouache, 5x8 inches, handbook sketchbook, 04.17.15 Chai Cups — gouache, 5x8 inches, handbook sketchbook, 04.13.15 Red Pear and Kleenex — gouache, 5x8 inches, handbook sketchbook, 12.31.14 … [Read more...]
Oil on Paper
One of my goals in graduate school is to become more consistent in my painting process. Daily oil on paper paintings are done before or after sustained paintings. Small and quick, they are a way to capture a ephemeral or fleeting experience. Time spent painting on paper took the place of drawing in ink done earlier in the semester. ABOVE: Clementine in Bag, 5 x 6.5 inches, … [Read more...]