lost somewhere in the mountains

reductive linoleum

2011-04-26T15:35:00.000-07:00

both fairly small in size - 4" X 6" and 5" X 7". Really enjoying this process and printing with just a wooden spoon.

....and tigers, oh my

2011-02-27T21:13:00.000-08:00

linocuts...roughly life-size

explorations

2010-12-01T14:26:00.000-08:00

2010-09-08T15:52:00.000-07:00

another one from my st. sebastian series

long time coming

2010-07-07T22:37:00.000-07:00

pieces i've created in the past year since graduating. the first being the first in a "saint sebastian" series i've begun; recreating the popular renaissance and baroque periods subject of the martryd saint sebastian, with endangered animals in place of the figure.

final works for my mfa

2009-04-06T17:18:00.000-07:00

"Mom, watch me"

6' X 3 1/2'

pastel and vine charcoal

on barrier

"Steady"

3' X 6'

pastel and vine charcoal

on barrier

"Gorilla"
3" X 4"

drypoint engraving

on arches cover white

"Pitcher Plant Nursery"

12" X 18"

multiple plate color intaglio

on BFK Rives

and another

2009-03-17T22:26:00.000-07:00

engraving

4 1/2" X 5"

and a few more

2009-03-13T00:06:00.000-07:00

engraving
engraving

more stuff

2009-03-03T23:31:00.000-08:00

multiple plate color intaglio
engraving

engraving

Recent work

2009-02-08T12:29:00.000-08:00

woodcut
engraving

reductive linoleum

(first attempt)

engraving

Well?

2008-12-02T10:49:00.000-08:00

untitled (for now)

24" X 36"

multiple plate color intaglio

dry point, line etch, aquatint, soft ground, scrapping

....and about two and a half hours to pull one print

bathing blue cat

2008-11-20T12:16:00.000-08:00

oil on paper

somewhere around 50" X 50"

i recently finished a research paper on Franz Marc and in all honesty couldn't help myself. i love my cat.

recently found old drawing

2008-11-17T14:11:00.001-08:00

4' X 7'

graphite, conte, charcoal on barrier

working state etchings

2008-10-21T18:41:00.001-07:00

"flamingos," working state, 24" X 36", dry point, line etch, aquatint, extensive scrapping.

will eventually be the red plate of a primary color multiple plate color print.

"flamingos," working state, 24" X 36", drypoint, line etch, aquatint

will eventually be the yellow plate

"birds of paradise," working state, 12" X 18", dry point, line etch, aquatint

some recent stuff

2008-10-17T12:14:00.000-07:00

38" X 38", graphite, charcoal, conte
38" X 38", graphite, charcoal, conte
32" X 50", vine charcoal
24" X 24", oil on canvas

2008-09-09T23:32:00.000-07:00

these are drawings from an abstraction assignment. completely sense based, we were to create a drawing in sort of a reactionary fashion according to the obejct we were holding or that which we were hearing and so on.

top: texture, 24" X 36", charcoal, pastel, gouache, acrylic

botton: weght, 24" X 36", charcoal, pastel, gouache, acrylic

sauron

2008-08-27T15:39:00.000-07:00

34" X 40"

oil on canvas

i'm starting to really enjoy painting and i think it's due to the fact i'm using the palette knife instead of a brush.

anyway, this painting is for a show commenting on the "wierd happenings" that go on, or have gone on, here in New Mexico. decades and centuries ago there were pterodactyl sightings near Lordsburg, NM.

experimenting with oils

2008-07-20T18:25:00.000-07:00

oil on canvas

both are around 24" X 36"

one good turn deserves another

2008-04-05T16:45:00.000-07:00

9" X 12"

multiple plate intaglio, drypoint, line etch, aquatint, softground, extensive scraping

on arches white

better start runnin

2008-04-03T15:22:00.000-07:00

Untitled

4 1/2' X 7'

graphite and charcoal

on barrier paper

"i live here"

2008-03-03T20:08:00.000-08:00

untitled

54" X 77"

graphite, conte, charcoal

on barrier

squirrel monkey

2008-02-14T15:18:00.000-08:00

Untitled

4 1/2' X 7'

graphite, conte, charcoal, white pastel

on barrier paper

i love intaglio

2008-02-10T14:35:00.001-08:00

Macaws

12"X18"

multiple plate color intaglio

dry point, aquatint, extensive scraping

Can't help it, I'm a scorpion

2007-12-03T18:27:00.000-08:00

Untitled

24" X 18"

multiple plate color intaglio

dry point, aquatint, softground, roulette, extensive scraping

Look before you leap

2007-11-28T19:47:00.000-08:00

This is the final drawing for my workshop class. However, I do intend to keep drawing this subject matter on the same scale.

untitled
7' X 4', barrier paper
graphite, charcoal and conte

bone picker

2007-11-05T11:22:00.000-08:00

i have been reading several of aesops fables and in the process i begin to see the story as an image and not text. i find the human experiences and emotions that these animals carry within the story very fascinating. therefore, i am creating drawings that express this in a subtle, mysterious manner.

2007-10-23T20:33:00.000-07:00

untitled

woodcut, 24" X32"

playing with drawing

2007-10-23T20:14:00.000-07:00

i'm trying different approaches in contextualizing the animals i represent. the idea of play is very prominent in my drawings and prints, so in taking that further i've incorporated playful elements from childhood and more specifically from my childhood.

love them woodcuts

2007-09-29T14:27:00.000-07:00

Untitled

12"X 18"

woodcut

first stage

thought i'd better get a

new image up before BPJ

ostracizes me from the print community.

movement, tension, expression

2007-09-05T14:58:00.000-07:00

A work in progress. Have yet to figure out what to do with the negative space. My largest drawing to date.

Untitled

7' X 45"

pen & ink, gouache

'nother woodcut

2007-07-24T18:00:00.000-07:00

disco fever

2007-04-23T19:26:00.000-07:00

the Mob

2007-04-16T17:02:00.000-07:00

meerkat triptych

each plate is 8" X 12"

maybe try to throw some color in it

first woodcut

2007-04-02T19:02:00.000-07:00

first woodcut, first stage. it's pretty awful i've never done a woodcut before. this one's somewhere around 12"X 8". i may have to do more...it's pretty exciting....as well as time consuming.

so forgetful

2007-03-05T17:57:00.000-08:00

12" X 18"

drypoint, aquatint

(lot of scraping)

2007-02-23T07:35:00.000-08:00

24" X 18"

acrylic on paper

Animal Inspiration

2007-02-14T17:41:00.000-08:00

18 X 24, acrylic on paper

strength to move...direction lost

2007-01-29T12:27:00.000-08:00

biggest print to date...18"X24" and it feels fantastic.

line etch and aquatint

maybe do it in color, we'll see.

whatever

2007-01-21T12:35:00.000-08:00

couldn't tell ya

supposedly elephants have a really good memory

2006-12-04T21:26:00.000-08:00

Theses are some prints i've been working on for the past 2 months or so. Again i'm using the three primary, but i ran out of zinc so i used plexi for the yellow. Obviously the first one is only red and yellow. I'm also playing with the shades of my colors...adding white or darkening them up. So far i'm pleased with them. Might start inkin 'em up in different colors just to see what happens. Tell me what ya think.

baldy

2006-12-04T21:05:00.000-08:00

The prego was for my drawing class. The assignment was beauty....whats more beautiful than the female figure growing another life inside her. I used the silouhette approach because i really wanted to emphasize the curves and counter-curves.

strength and vulnerability

2006-10-24T12:13:00.000-07:00

something a little different

2006-10-19T14:14:00.000-07:00

Out side of my drawing class I have been much looser with my drawings and have been surprisingly pleased with the results. Enough to try and make them into prints. It's a completely different approach to the plate than I'm used to, which is very much a good thing.
So here are a few in progress prints; and drawings which may become prints. Check it out, tell me what you think.

first prints pulled as a grad student

2006-10-19T13:57:00.000-07:00

I made this stuff over a month ago, I just haven't had the resources to post it. This was how I was feeling, and still am a little bit, at the beginning of the semester.
Untitled, 9" X 11", aquatint, scraping, ala pupe

wait no longer

2006-10-19T13:38:00.000-07:00

These are a few drawings I did for a drawing workshop class I'm taking. Both of them are done with graphite pencil as well as charcoal. The two assignments were finding the significance in the mundane, (pine cone) and emphasizing space (the monkey). The pine cone was about two inches big and the requirement was a drawing no less than 3' X 3'. I've never really worked that large so it was a little difficult..not to mention tedious. The monkey is about 3' X 4', there was no size requirement, however when conveying space it's better to have it larger.

sorry seth, i couldn't help myself

2006-10-08T20:22:00.000-07:00

wish i was there

2006-10-05T15:28:00.000-07:00

A few of the many reasons why I miss La Crosse. These are a few pictures my girlfriend took from the marsh. Those are the kind of days we wait for being midwesterners. Days like these make me wonder why I moved to the desert.....oh yeah, grad school. Days like these remind us not to bitch as Wisconsinites!

2006-09-26T18:17:00.000-07:00

These are some puzzles I put together with my girlfriend this past summer. When we weren't playing yahtzee or backgammon we were putting puzzles together. Thought you all would like to take a gander.

2006-09-26T18:12:00.000-07:00

This print was entirely subtractive, etching three plates to a full value then scrapping and burnishing to reveal different hues and form. Time consuming, but a very physical technique. A lot of proofing as well.

2006-09-26T18:02:00.000-07:00

I really needed to get some images on my blog, and these were the only ones I had on digital. These are the final prints using the color techniques we learned in Barga, Italy back in June-July of '05. This first one is strictly additive, choosing ten hues and replicating them in an image using three plates and the three primary colors. It is aquatint on zinc with little drypoint.

2006-09-24T14:48:00.001-07:00

it helps to remember your username and password when creating a blog. i guess a level of intelligence about this box in front of me wouldn't hurt either. damn the technological revolution.

here goes nothing....or, everything

2006-09-08T14:12:00.000-07:00

i'm not quite sure what i'm doing, but maybe with a little time and some playing around...i'll get the hang of it.