Paying homage to a great individual through abstract portraiture Following Anthony Bourdain's recent passing, I felt compelled to create something new. Paying homage to a great individual through abstract portraiture was my primary goal. Bourdain taught me, and others to broaden our horizons I learned a lot of new things about the world from [...]
My most recent artwork translates influences from Spanish art My painting "Sketches of Spain" Translates influences from Spanish art. At first I sketched some ideas of your typical iconography: Bulls, flamenco fans, windmills from don Quixote, etc. I wanted to make this painting unique in its color with a deviation from standard colors. Lemon [...]
Over the years I have been asked about different approaches to the creative process. Questions come up like "where do you get your inspiration." The short answer is a little bit of "everywhere" and from inside. The long answer is that there's a pretty involved process. The thing is, everyone has their own ways of [...]
New abstract art for August 2017 [foogallery id="334"] Click the thumbnails above to see more This series began with the intention of creating a single stand alone portrait. I set out to initiate an abstract portrait of friend and fellow artist Jacqui Sommerman. In this case I will need to move beyond a conventional portrait [...]
How can you tell a story with iconography in art? I will explore this by discussing my 2014 painting "We Can Talk". I had a visual pallet and a general idea of what I wanted to explore. However, I ruminated over the actual iconography for months before finally getting to the point where I was [...]