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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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9th International 2012-2013 ARC Salon Catalog
I’m very honored to be featured for the second straight year in the Art Renewal Center’s annual juried catalog! This year’s book features...
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Dec 26, 20131 min read
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Creative Quarterly 30 + 31
I’m very excited to be featured in the current issue of art journal Creative Quarterly, which just went on sale recently. As of writing...
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Aug 15, 20131 min read
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What Is Art? (Part 1): Self Inquiry
“If a tree falls and no one hears it, does it make a sound?” This is the kind of existential crisis I circumnavigate when considering...
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Jul 13, 20133 min read
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Transfiguration: Process
Here are some studio and process shots from the few months’ timespan of painting my latest large work in the Apostasy series:
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May 20, 20131 min read
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Transfiguration
Here’s my newest painting in The Apostasy series, in progress since early March and finally completed this week: The Transhumanist...
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May 5, 20131 min read
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Dissecting Art, Intersecting Anatomy
I’m a bit late with this post, but I’m still thrilled to be included in this currently running group show co-curated by Vanessa Ruiz of...
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Mar 10, 20134 min read
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Glorification
My latest installment in The Apostasy series, and the last for 2012, is now complete. Four times as big as the next smallest piece in...
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Dec 31, 20121 min read
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Escape From Flatland: Apostasy Redux
Last week while reading the work of my newest fascination Ken Wilber, I stumbled quite happily upon an eloquent explanation of one of the...
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Nov 5, 20123 min read
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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
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The Inquisition
Painting #11 from The Apostasy series, finished a few weeks ago: I wrote about some of the aesthetic decisions made during the painting...
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Jul 28, 20121 min read
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In The Studio 2
After completing painting #12 in the Apostasy series this week I cleaned out my solvent rinse cup which I’d realized had possibly reached...
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Jul 24, 20121 min read
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Realism Techniques 6
After a few experimental forays I returned to the studio recently to continue work on The Apostasy series, which has been my major...
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Jul 21, 20122 min read
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In The Studio 1
I had these studio pictures laying around, so I figured I’d post them. They’re from my recent series “The Apostasy” which is still on...
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Jun 21, 20121 min read
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Then, And Now 2
While looking through a file cabinet today I unearthed a relic from one of my more memorable childhood artistic phases, centered around a...
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Apr 15, 20121 min read
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