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Graphic Recording of Monday’s at The Beinecke
2019-10-31 01:07:33 UTCHere’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… -
Graphic Recording of James Nachtwey’s Talk at Yale
2019-10-24 15:47:41 UTCYesterday 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… -
Engagement
2019-08-27 21:51:17 UTCThis 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… -
Old Fashioned Cocktail
2019-08-21 13:12:10 UTCThis 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)… -
Apple
2019-08-20 13:20:11 UTCI 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… -
The Sweetest Gift (Alternate Versions)
2019-08-13 17:33:42 UTCI 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… -
The Sweetest Gift
2019-08-12 13:37:42 UTCThis 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… -
By Your Side
2019-08-06 18:50:56 UTCContinuing 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… -
Kiss of Life
2019-07-31 23:37:33 UTCOne 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… -
Skin
2019-07-25 14:16:06 UTCI was told that creating a certain ambiguity in my paintings is a great way to engage my audience. As an artist I want to hold people’s attention while they figure out what my intention is. It becomes a conversation piece. As for technique I wanted to have a brushy…