Belated Egg Post

I just realized that I had finished some painted eggs over a week ago and I forgot to show them off. It was forgotten in the excitement of my first Bluewater job.

There is a Chinese Dragon egg and a Phoenix egg. The Phoenix was painted on wood, instead of a real eggshell, since I figured I ought to have a non-breakable example that customers could pick up and examine when I'm at shows.

When I finally get around to selling them, I'm probably going to poke holes in the top and offer them as Christmas ornaments. That way, even if customers didn't want to hang them on a tree, there'd be a much easier way to display them than trying to locate a decorative egg holding contraption.

My studio turns into a total disaster zone whenever I get caught up in a frenzied bout of egg-painting. All of the painted eggs I've completed are now available to view on my website. Look for them in the Sculpture gallery.

Yes, I know they're not really sculpture, but they are 3D art!

In my continued quest to stay busy while I'm waiting to hear from Bluewater, I've been working on more comic character art. You've already seen Ms. Marvel, but there's a Cloak & Dagger image on the way! Stay tuned for more details!

Family Affairs

Last week I took a break from the sketch covers to finish up some projects for my family.

My brother Robert and his wife Stacia have a hive on their property that produces really delicious honey. These are logos I designed for when their budding bee business takes off.

(They live in Tehachapi, CA- hence the pun.)

Also, my Dad's 73rd Birthday is coming up in a few days, so I've taken a favorite photograph of ours and converted it into a pencil sketch.

I'm seriously considering adding a Portrait category to my website, because I tend to do a lot of these simple graphite photo-to-sketch portraits. Gathering them all up is going to be rather time consuming, unfortunately, because almost all of those were created to be gifts.

UPCOMING ART SHOWS:

Collingswood's Second Saturday on August 14th has been cancelled, due to scheduling conflicts with a craft fair of some kind. However, I'm hoping to be in Collingswood, NJ on September 10th. Updates as they become available.

Breaking the seal on a brand new blog!

I realized something last night while showing my website to somebody new:

When I present my portfolio in person, I get to tell how certain pieces came to be and that sort of insider information gets lost when the experience is purely digital and I'm miles away from the viewer. On top of that, there really isn't anywhere on my website proper to share those stories (and the photographs that go with them) with the general public.

Hence, the blog.

This'll be where I provide a behind-the-scenes peek at how my artwork comes together, as well as post about any upcoming events I'll be participating in.

Stay tuned!