fall trees

I did this while watching exit throught the gift shop, 20 minutes of Where the wild things are, bit of mtv cribs, and the bachelor

haha I love the slippery slope of late night friday tv.

Exit through the gift shop

Just watched most of it- Mr. brainwash is hilarious! A must watch. Im glad I finally watched it :)
Did thierry really do that gallery...or was it banksy all along that fooled us in the end.???
mind just blown. poooooowwwww
cool whqip.

person behind the name on the bottom right hand corner

Sometimes when you look at a painting, when you get so encaptured by its point of view or enraged by its simplistic abstract ways you look for the signed name on the bottom corner of the canvas. All that you may know about that name is that they painted that picture, the emotions they brought out in you- and thats it. I mean, okay, yeah of course you can read the artist
biography and read the very selectively written description about themselves..but who are they? People spend thousands of dollars on art pieces, do you think that they would choose to support an artist who may be hitting the acid once in awhile? And of course there are tons of famous pieces of work out there that have been commissioned or done by people on drugs. heck, some of the greatest discoveries in science have been made in delusions and non consciousness. What im trying to say is that person, that person whos artwork that you chose to bring into your house could have been anyone. A bible thumper, a rapist, a soup kitchen volunteer, a coke head, anyone. Isn't that strange? I mean when I paint, especially recently, it takes me away from the world. I never want my roomates to come home and need to use the living room that I hogged up with my art supplies. I never want the brush strokes to end somedays. Because somedays the reality of life is not as joyful as painting is. I mean, im only 21, theres ups and downs in life and there are going to be lots more to come, I guess im just thankful that I have something that allows me to get away. I dont think everyone can say that.  haha the whole point of this post - before i got side tracked-was to put out a better understanding of person that is behind the name that I sign my canvases with. And no, this isn't my weird way of telling you that im a bible thumper, rapist or coke head haha.
I love going to galleries and again i find it interesting how someone can go to a gallery, purchase a painting for $11,000, and not know anything about the person who painted it. I've always wished that their bio's be placed next to their pieces because I always want to know. So enough of being a hypocrite, here's a little about me, the person behind the signature. - coming to a blogpost near you aka the next post :) happy p90x'ing to meee

posts and such

Dear blog.I've been neglecting you for a long time! I don't mean to cut you out of my life. So I'll be a better blogger -
I promise that I'll post everyday ( even if just to say a few words on what im working on or an update or maybe even to ramble) so you and I both know that Im still here haha. I love you blog! Ill keep you up to date and you in exchange have to post my pictures muhaha. You know whats funny- i havent really been klumsy in a long time, almost like it was something that came and went- weird huh? anways blog, post tomorrow

trees again? surprising

I went to Granville Island to buy acrylic paints recently. I had the best time, it was amazing. The paints were from a store called Kroma - and the reason why

I wanted to go  all the way down in granville island was because it was local and they were of amazing quality. They made all their paints in vancouver and used 100% pigments. Anyways, as I veered away from the average acrylic paints and towards good quality  professional grade paints I started changing the way i painted. From abstract to more impressionistic/realistic. These two paintings are ones that I have done in back to back days and they will always remind me of that awesome trip to granville island. It was fun talking to all the locals, like that oil painter who did these really cute 3'3 square canvases of coke cans and fruit.  It was amazing and it was nice talking to her. And even of all the cool desserts in the display cases and the gnocci with the amazing sauces at this one pasta place. or even the cool yogurt options they had. haha.

Stenciled tees



Jimi Hendrix



Angus Young- ACDC
This is the latest one I have done

John Mayer

Lil Wayne

the very second tshirt I did

M jackson

Tupac

This one is the largest print, it took four 8x11 sheets to complete

Four Trees and a bird

Just a black tree- wouldn't it be neat to see a black tree? There is an eery gloom to this one... which is why

its strategically situated on the very bottom off my wall.



This came about while I was creating an outline for my "unconventional art tools" lesson. Remember those tempera paint prints in kindergarten you did using potatotes? Well this is my take 16 years later using acyrlic on 180 lb watercolour. Has a look that isn't in line with anything I've done before.

 

A purple tree? May not be the most accurate colour depiction of a tree hugging the side of a lake but I like the way it turned out. I tried my hand at creating a reflection in the water and I now have a whole new found respect for reflection paintings. Next time you see a reflection piece take a closer look at the ripples and reflection.

 

So I had no idea where I was going with this one. Actually... now that I think about it I rarely do in any of the paintings initially. ha. It's funny how you appreciate those things that came out of little or no intention, things that were accidental. This easily could have been a disaster- you know that saying "failing to plan, is planning to fail"

but it turned out that it didn't end up in my recycling bin. premium joy.

Alas, a lonely bird.

I thought it would be a good idea to paint something other than a tree.