DAAPworks 2012

School is over, thesis is finished, and DAAPworks had their exhibit... Here are some images from the show including my final thesis paintings of homelessness and Over the Rhine!

painting

Both panels are 4'x4'. This is how the panels will viewed. 

you see what you want to see.

Progress on my new painting....

 Starting with the study I decided to make another larger one..

 This is 11 x 14 on paper. This is my first drawing done in graphite. I wanted to make it look a little confusing not like the study where parts are colored in.

 This is after I added drips and erased the parts that were not affected by the polyurethane. I am not sure if I should go in and make the lines darker on top of the polyurethane. 

A closer view.

I think this one is busier than the study, which I like because in the study I was giving too much away, so now I have to make you work for it hah!

side little pieces!

While I was making small pieces for my thesis, I took a little break to make some for me! Also because one got damaged so I just ripped it worse.. Ha oh well! I like how they turned out and now they are hanging on my wall.

The one on the left inspired my idea for my piece seen here.

little pieces

At the end of last quarter and beginning of my spring quart (sniff, sniff, my last quarter as an undergrad) I was/am working on different little studies.. Here's the work!

I started with this drawing I made using sharpie markers.. my studio smelled good after a little while.

 Then I added it to one of my studies that's on an 8x10 canvas. The background is the same as my large otr painting. The black is sharpie again.

This is the same painting but the buildings are cut out (which shows the wall of my studio ha). This is not finished I want to do something to the wood that is exposed from the canvas, possibly stain it. 

Working from this picture I took at Streetvibes Christmas party, I painted the picture below. I used photoshop to manipulate this picture so that there were shapes. 

For this painting, first I drew the man using a regular pencil, then used some black oil paint and polyurethane to drip onto the canvas. I used polyurethane to keep the pencil markings on the canvas, then where the polyurethane didn't drip on I erased the markings. I am really happy how this turned out! So it might not be the last time you see this technique!

collaborative pieces...

So in the studio this week, Leanne and I did some non-thesis work and just fun work!


Round One: We attached a 4' x 4' piece of canvas to the wall. Then filled balloons up with paint using a soap dispenser. FYI water down the paint, it will help. also have paper towels ready, no belongings near you, and wear old clothes. Then we threw the balloons on the wall! It looks great plus it was fun but it made a huge mess which caused us to stop... (that's a different story)

So here is the result!

 under the painting it was crazy cool!

Round Two: After crazy mess round one, we decided to approach this from a different angle, down. We put two boards on the floor, filled balloons, and dropped the balloons on the boards which also had push pins. This is awesome and we got some really great results! First layer is black, then after that dried we added pink/red, yellow/orange/salmon, green/blue, and blue.. After this dries we may add more, but so far it looks amazing!

finally finished!

For awhile of staring at this...

I have finally finished it...

This piece is much better viewed in person because there are layers that the camera does not do justice.. But it works!