update on my latest piece...

This one has been moving along nicely. The time that I've had has been most helpful in creating this piece. So as of right now I've basically finished the detail of the tree image and now beginning to pin point or give a pearl relief as an outline. This is to follow in with the concept of it being stained glass or following in towards a middle eastern tone with the colors. This piece has also had a large feeling of meditation for me and patience in creating it. The next part will be shown shortly once completed. By then it may finally be done.... To Be Continued...

Latest piece update.

So I am quickly reaching some crucial moments with my latest piece. As of now I have highlighted certain characteristics and am now in the process of putting the color scales together in order to hope make this image pop. The next step is for me to begin to create as was discussed with my buddy Stuart the "pearl effect" that I am trying to incorporate into these new works. I'll describe it more with the next update so as to let you the viewer see what I am referring too. It has been excellent and also tiring to have the amount of free time that I've had due to my recent surgery. This must be what it is like to be able to paint full time. Anyone out there want to sponsor me or become my sugar momma so I can continue to paint like this full time??? Just a thought....

sneak peak update on a wip

Here is a sneak peak of where my latest piece is at as of right now. I actually can't wait to continue working on it in the morning. I'll give more description about how I've painted it after I complete it tomorrow.

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Three new pieces revolving around my glass works series.

Each one of these paintings is done on found windows and glass cabinetry. The windows were donated to me from a friend (Shannon Mendoza). The first piece titled: Desolation/ Isolation is based on my personal concept of transcendental meditation. I was trying to picture a place, somewhere, where I felt I was all alone entering a sanctuary within. I then wanted this to be something that could be shared amongst the viewer that I can not let into my mind, but through this window you can peak inside or out. Which ever way you may want to interpret your moment.  In order to achieve the reflections and depth on glass.  I then have to paint on both sides. This will create depths and illusions. 

For this piece I had found 2 separate glass cabinet doors in an alley near my home after work. The glass on both of these cabinets are colored. This is the first time I've ever tried my technique on opaque glass. This one was a milky white. This piece titled: Internal Landscape (arborescence) is based off of photographs and images I had seen of the internal structure of the knee. This is an interest to me since I just had to have my right knee worked on this past Nov. 14th. More  to come.......

Title:Duality of Solitude

This is another piece based off of one of the donated windows. The concept for what came about here is based off of certain views on society. On one hand there are people in the world whom thrive off of being alone and then there are others whom crave the adoration of people. Over stimulation, bipolarity, At one, in tune. This work is a multi media piece. This is a combination of acrylic paints, spray paint, cotton balls and phonebook pages.  

  

Latest rehashing of an old piece

The image of evolution walks again.

Recent pieces along with a new mural I painted near my apartment in Humboldt Park

The first piece you see here was another rehashing of one of my idols Hunter S. Thompson. In order to create it I used a sheet of peg board and then pasted on sheets of phonebook paper. From here it was quite a fun splattering of paint and then the placing of the stencil which I had drawn and cut out. 

This next piece was created on a canvas in the same style as the H.S.T. piece. The only difference was I ripped away part of the painted paper and then designed the birds flying in the sky.

This is a piece I painted at Summer Camp Music Festival this year. This piece was inspired by the band STS9. It is painted in spray paints and acrylic paints on flat canvas which I temporarily stretched while the music was being performed. After the set was over I am able to pull down the piece and roll it up for easier portability.

This piece was created as a test piece for the large mural I painted down the street from my  apartment. This piece is a stencil I drew up and cut. It is painted on a canvas which I found in an alley where someone had thrown it out.

This is my newest mural going into the summer. It is created by Hand made stencils and spray paint. It stands approximately 4.5ft.  tall. It is located at Maplewood and Hirsch in Chicago Il in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The location is an outdoor gallery entitle Uncle Art.