Monday, November 25, 2013

Recent Works

It's been a little while sense my last post.  These are a few of the projects that were keeping me busy.

This painting is a work in progress.  It is intended to be a graduation present for my sister.  Done on a 2'x3' canvas with oil paint.  I'm nearly at the finish line for it though. Just a little more work...

 A stick and ink drawing of the natural history museum building on KU campus.  I feel the simple lines really add to the drawing.

 A pencil drawing of the interior of a mouth.    The way the teeth of the lower jaw trail off lends a scope of depth to the piece.

 A few experiments with linear perspective.  Nothing too noteworthy otherwise.

 I wondered what a lamp would look like if it were made of woven wood.  Using led bulbs in side the woven holes the lamp has an otherworldly presence.  I also thought that light in fruit-like bulbs would be interesting to see.

 Over the summer I acquired an old beer keg.  I was really interested in the round metallic structure of the keg and wanted to make a lamp out of it.  I drew this quick sketch the same day of the wood-like lamp.  The lamp became a flowing sudo-victorian streetlamp design.  I really enjoy the small rounded globes midway up the post, they feel similar to street signal lights.

I took this picture in front of spencer art museum a week or so ago.  The flower beds had been covered in blue stones of various hues, before fall began.  As fall approached, the leaves turned a brilliant shade of red.  The day the leaves finally fell the red leaves blanketed the blue stones.  I felt the image was very compelling.  The photo was later edited to increase the saturation of color for even greater contrasts. 

This is another stick and ink style drawing.  It was done using a Noguchi sculpture, found in the Nelson-Atkins, as the subject matter.  I feel the bold lines showing shadow and the light, some non-existant, lines are very effective.  I am very happy with this particular piece.

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