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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.

Daily Rituals & Creative Routines

This year I’ve been picking my way through the book Daily Rituals: How Artists Work in little bits and pieces and being thoroughly...

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Jun 5, 20141 min read

Notes & Advice 8

If you’re into oil painting or realism and somehow not already a fan of Jeremy Geddes, do yourself a favor and check him out. He is a...

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May 24, 20142 min read

What Is Art? (Part 2)

Last year I started collecting my thoughts on the continual debate in my head about what art is, and how it can be (among other things)...

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Apr 30, 20146 min read

April Magazine Exposure

By sheer coincidence I have paintings featured in 2 magazines this month, both from my ongoing Apostasy series. The painting Hand Of God...

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Apr 16, 20141 min read

Finding Your Heart Again

Recent artwork and graphic design for Bronx, NY band Daly’s Gone Wrong. The imagery and design concept was based on the title (and...

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Mar 28, 20141 min read

Notes & Advice 7

I came across this great quote the other day from the duo behind The Artist’s Road website and thought to share, since it beautifully...

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Mar 23, 20142 min read

Take Refuge: Fallout Shelter Designs

Here are some graphics I designed for a tattoo-related project last year, with accompanying text (see the final product here). I made the...

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Mar 9, 20142 min read

Shenpa II

Here’s a process sequence for a tiny diptych painting I did a few months ago related to the recurring theme in my work of healing wounds....

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Feb 11, 20141 min read

Painting Gallery Updates!

One of my smaller New Year’s resolutions was to update this website with all of the paintings I’ve done over the past two years. Well,...

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Feb 2, 20142 min read

Aluminum Limited Edition Prints

A few months ago I had an opportunity to produce limited edition prints of some recent paintings from my Apostasy series on a unique...

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Dec 31, 20131 min read

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