Model Sketches

Here is a selection of drawings made from 2, 5, 10, and 20 minute poses during the sketching sessions @ Muchmores that are happening every Saturday 2:30 - 5

Cave

Cave - acrylic, color pencil, oil on canvas, 24" x 30"

"Behold ! human beings living in a underground den, which has a mouth open towards the light and reaching all along the den; here they have been from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained so that they cannot move, and can only see before them, being prevented by the chains from turning round their heads. Above and behind them a fire is blazing at a distance, and between the fire and the prisoners there is a raised way; and you will see, if you look, a low wall built along the way, like the screen which marionette players have in front of them, over which they show the puppets."

Plato: The Republic, book VII

A lot of new work will see completion in this new year. 

This recently finished painting is concluding on the concepts of the Divided Line series, while also moving on technically and aesthetically. 

Muchmore's

Recently was invited to show my work at Muchmore's
Muchmore’s is a music venue, bar and coffee house located in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We host events each night, and don’t limit ourselves to music, but also host stand-up comedy, debates, festivals, open mics, film forums, theater, visual art, lectures, performance art, poetry, improv, you name it. We pride ourselves on providing a home for events that might be too avant garde or out of the mainstream to find a home at other venues, and for fostering a creative community around the space that doesn’t really exist at other venues.

Will be exhibiting the Divided Line series
No official reception, but drop by for a drink tonight (Thursday, dec 5th) if you're in the area (2 Havemeyer, Williamsburg).

Along with Divided Line updated the website with the rest of the work from 2013:
Departure
Detach
as well as Intuition and Hypothesis


Hosting the model drawing sessions still and every week at this venue:
Saturdays 2:30 - 5 pm @ 2 Havemeyer st, in Williamsburg

Below are sketches of 2, 5, 10, 20 minute poses, some later overpainted and/or drawn over:

New Things

New studio in Bushwick

Had a gilding job for a few weeks,
working on a private apartment (5th ave & 72nd street)

Thanks to Carolyn and Jenny hosting model drawing sessions with them
every Saturday afternoon 2:30 - 5 
@ Muchmore's (2 Havemeyer st, Lorimer/Metropolitan L/G stop)
5-15 bucks (donation based, to cover the model cost)

Anti/Anti

Had the pleasure of working with a design agency Anti/Anti to help create a piece for a show
Image of the Studio / A Portrait of New York City Graphic Design
Featuring over 75 current NYC graphic design studios @ 41 Cooper Gallery, Cooper Union.
More details & info on the site.

The idea was to create an epic parody over the top portrait of the 4 members, and so it turned out to be this preppy conan the barbarian/donald trump/zoolander man erected in front of the hell freezing over and pigs flying, presented in a rather excessive golden frame...

Had a lot of fun with this project, and have to say it felt pretty unusual being the humorous one out of the batch.

Some shots of the exhibit