Studio, March

Getting ready for the group show!

Building boxes...

...wrapping paintings in miles and miles of bubble wrap...

...using scraps to build cardboard corners...

studio table

Bonus round - detail of a new painting - oil on canvas, 30"x30"

Let the countdown begin!

Visual Inspiration and Paint Chips

One of my best students from last semester has started a blog. She has some very inspiring things on there! Check it out here: http://www.haleystralka.com/blog/

In other news, I dismantled a few old paintings recently to reuse the stretcher bars. Moral of the story: always work fat over lean in oils. Otherwise whole layers of paint flake right off. I desperately want to make a new painting about this pile of paint bits... but that will probably have to wait until after my thesis shows. Stay tuned for exciting new paintings, coming soon! :)

Strip Framing

Getting this little painting ready for the Rock Island Fine Art Exhibition!

Figure Drawings

studies from this week's open life drawing, charcoal on paper (19x24")

Studio Portraits

The extraordinarily talented Juan Fernandez came by to shoot some studio portraits this week.

See his final photographs here: http://jmfotography.tumblr.com/post/75893967859/niu-faculty-staff-and-graduate-student 

Also make sure to check out Juan's website: http://www.jmanuelfernandez.com 

Sketchbook

some new sketchbook pages / studies from life