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Thoughts and writings about art, painting, and tattooing, as well as my experiments and explorations in other media such as film photography, digital photography and design, video, and more.

Notes & Advice 3: Photographs vs. Paintings

The appropriate and effective use of reference material–notably, where and how to deviate from it to actually heighten illusions,...

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Oct 13, 20121 min read

Artbook Archive: iPhone

Recently I wrote a post announcing the release of Artbook Austin, an iPad App featuring the work of yours truly, among many other Austin...

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Oct 4, 20121 min read

Influences 2

Light Shines Through was a painting I completed in 2010 for a group exhibition memorializing artist and tattooer Monica Henk, whose life...

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Oct 1, 20122 min read

Street Anatomy

Thanks to the nice people at the very interesting and fun blog Street Anatomy, who just reviewed my Apostasy series. Check it out.

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Sep 29, 20121 min read

Passion

In between paintings of my ongoing surgical theme (The Apostasy), I’ve been searching for little sparks of inspiration for my next series...

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Sep 24, 20121 min read

Frackdown

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Sep 22, 20120 min read

Artbook Archive

Attention: iPad users! I’ve been included in a project called Artbook Archive. This ever-expanding digital product is national in scope,...

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Sep 21, 20121 min read

Notes & Advice 2: Darker/Grayer

There are certain tricks or techniques an artist can use to enhance the illusion of 3d form in their work. Picking any number of these...

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Sep 19, 20121 min read

Wildlife In the Post-Natural Age 2

This past Friday, September 14th was the opening reception of my friend Cara‘s curatorial debut at the WIlliamsburg Art & Historical...

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Sep 18, 20121 min read

Wildlife In the Post-Natural Age

I have two recent photographs included in a group show this month at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in Brooklyn, NYC, called...

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Sep 5, 20121 min read

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