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1. Seattle Superman

   February 27, 2020
   Wow, I haven’t blogged in a long time. Today I’m adding something new and making a commitment to posting on a more regular basis. Jonathan Belle aka The Black Superman or Seattle Superman is a cosplayer, photographer, traveler and just an inspiration. I’ve been following his account on Instagram for…

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2. Graphic Recording of Monday’s at The Beinecke

   October 31, 2019
   Here’s my second graphic recording of a talk at Yale. I decided to attend a gallery talk at The Beinecke. The talk was on films by Gil Wolman, censorship and pushing the boundaries in the 1950s. Since this was a very brief talk (15 minutes) I captured a few main…

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3. Graphic Recording of James Nachtwey’s Talk at Yale

   October 24, 2019
   Yesterday I attended the talk “James Nachtwey: Visiting Artist in Photography” at The Yale School of Art. I created a live illustration on my Apple iPad using the Procreate app. I captured James’s amazing lecture about his war photography. What I love about graphic recording is that in enriches the…

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4. Engagement

   August 27, 2019
   This is not the ring I meant to propose with. It was an option I had in mind. She discovered it in the mail and I played it off like I wasn’t considering it. I had been planning to propose to my girlfriend for the better part of six months…

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5. Old Fashioned Cocktail

   August 21, 2019
   This cocktail was introduced to me through Mad Men on AMC. At the time I had no idea of its rich history. This was a true prohibition drink. The orange peel, sugar and bitters were used to mask the taste of alcohol. I prefer mine with rye whiskey (ex. Bulleit)…

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6. Apple

   August 20, 2019
   I got inspired to take a break from portraiture and create an interpretation of a classic still life. Painting from direct observation (or a photograph in this case because I was on the train) is an amazing way to develop as an artist. The brush I used in Procreate was…

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7. The Sweetest Gift (Alternate Versions)

   August 13, 2019
   I decided yesterday to continue playing around with this painting. I’m on a creative high and I feel like experimenting. Digital art affords me a lot of opportunity to revisit a piece and quickly make adjustments while preserving the “original” My intention was to move away from the renaissance theme…

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8. The Sweetest Gift

   August 12, 2019
   This is the seventh and final painting of this series inspired by my fiance, Rahisha and songs by Sade. The inspiriation was renaissance and impressionist paintings. I affectionately call her a “Queen” and this feeds in to how I treat her in the relationship and how I interpret her through…

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9. By Your Side

   August 6, 2019
   Continuing with cropping I borrowed a selfie Rahisha took with my phone of us on the beach and used it for inspiration for this painting. The message is companionship. I have the privledge of being in a relationship with my best friend. What that looks like is conversations that light…

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10. Kiss of Life

    July 31, 2019
    One thing I started to take on in this series of paintings is cropping. Each painting is inspired by photo reference from a recent photoshoot Rahisha and I created. Usually I paint the entire picture without making adjustments. This time I decided to take one piece of the reference photo…

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