Emotional Trees

 "Struggling"

Graphite on paper - 2012

 

"Awoken"

Graphite on paper - 2012

 

 "Joyful"

Graphite on paper - 2012

 "Drunk"

Graphite on paper - 2012

Remakings

Some pieces from my painting class; this first one is an assignment where we have to do a remaking of a master's work; I chose to do one of a portrait by Gustave Courbet.  We also had to use the grid system, which I never use; I like to do things free hand! And I don't personally like to do these remakings, but I guess it's a good way to practice technique.

A remake of a portrait by Gustave Courbet titled "Portrait of the Artist (Man with a Pipe)"
c. 1848-49
Oil on canvas  

To see original painting: http://artchive.com/artchive/C/courbet/courbet_pipe.jpg.html

This is where we paint. 

Some studies of other master works that i did in soft pastels:

My interpretation of a portrait done by Rembrant

My interpretation of a portrait done by Courbet

Visual Journal

Hello 2012! So I've decided that I will start a visual journal - a place where I will share my ideas.  I can say now that this will not be one of those goals that I set out in the beginning of the year and eventually forget about (last year, I bought myself a palm sized daily calendar mole skin where I planned to draw something daily and I only got to Febuary so the rest of the pages are empty.  Now I use that little book as a coaster and sometimes as my bookshelf divider - so I guess it hasn't gone to complete waste).  But that's not the point.  

 

I'm sharing some pages of my sketchbook from last year's painting class.  This is where I sketched out random thoughts and ideas; so in this visual journal I will be including many of my sketchbook pages.  In this first page I've included a quote from Mary Rozzi, a photographer featured in Feist's documentary Look at What the Light Did Now, which talks about the feeling of being exposed in public (not literally).  I don't quite remember why I wrote down that specific quote but I can tell you that I'm obsessed with that documentary.   Leslie Feist is one of my biggest inspirations because she is a woman who knows who she is and the world is her playground.  I saw her live last November in The Wiltern in Los Angeles and I ended up on stage with her - but that is a story for another day.  

I love reading my own notes, it's like, you're observing yourself.  Observing your past thoughts and ideas.  In this second page I was doing research on Latin American artists for my class.  One that I really liked is Jason de Caires Taylor, a man who made these underwater sculptures.  Here's a link to his website, in case you're curious:  http://www.underwatersculpture.com/ His work is insane.

This next one is just my little doodles of organic forms.  I love organic forms. I’m thinking of maybe starting a whole series of paintings or charcoal pieces dedicated to them (I don’t mean to be repeating the great Georgia O’Keeffe, whom I highly admire).  I’m thinking of being more ambiguous.  Ambiguous like a Panda bear.

Island Series

I've been back home in Bali for the past two weeks.. here are some pieces I've come up with during my lazy, lazy days while enjoying the nice hot weather.

 

Stillness - Charcoal and Pastels on Cardboard - 2011

 

Untitled 1 - Charcoal and Pastels on wood - 2011

 Untitled 2 - 18 x 24 -  Mixed Media - 2011

Metamorphosis

A piece I made as my final project for my life drawing class.  This is based on a stop motion series.

Metamorphosis - Oil on Canvas - (2x) 18 x 24 - 2011

Student Exhibition: San Diego Mesa College

This piece will be in the San Diego Mesa College Student Show which opens this Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 4 - 7 pm.  Come check it out!

Letting Go - Oil on Canvas - 24 x 36 - 2011

First ever oil painting.

This is my first oil painting - it was supposed to be an in class "exercise"; we were supposed to make a gradient of colours, moving from one corner to the other gradually (say, from a blue to violets and eventually red).  I obviously failed to do so - the painting completely took over me. This was the piece that made me realize my love for painting (with oils).   

 

Untitled - Oil on Canvas - 16 x 20 - 2011