I've finally started helping out with some public mural painting, thanks to the Beautify Lincoln (now Beautify Earth) project that fellow artist Evan Meyer started over a year ago. This week I was touching up some spots on a mural designed by another artist who is part of the project. Often multiple people help out […]
This has been forming on my studio wall for a while now. It's currently a bit bigger than what's shown in this photo, but is ready for some sort of backing. Right now these half-circles from National Geographic magazines are mounted directly onto the wall. But for the purpose of installing it elsewhere, I have […]
It takes courage to keep evolving. I was thinking about this tonight in regards to my creative path, but it can really apply to any area of life. I think as an artist, or as anyone else who has gained some level of proficiency with a skill set, learning new things feels like starting over […]
I've been finishing off a sketchbook for the Brooklyn Art Library over the past few weeks. Mine is a compilation of rough sketches and ideas, pasted all in one place. Some snippets:
I really enjoyed this opinion piece about the intersection between music and art. I think it applies to all creative fields, really. That's why it's so fun (and pays off) to invest in a lot of different creative forms as an artist. Something in one field will trigger something in another, and so forth. Two […]
What started as doodles the other week on my studio wall is turning into a pattern layered with meaning. It seems like a new layer of meaning comes to me each day I'm in there working on it. On one level it is a reflection of gemstones being mined from the depths of the earth. […]