Pattern Makin'

CELEBRITY PORTRAITS

(can be found on my instagram profile)

Spot the pattern?

I've been growing into working in sepia and warm tones lately when doing the spontaneous and iconic style portraits that I've done recently. Over the past 8 months, I've been focusing on capturing the essence of the subjects that I choose. They can be well-known but I like getting an emotional or typical feeling from them. I never really know how they are gonna turn out--- I usually just go in headfirst--literally and then let the way I use the materials direct the rest of the finished look. 

Grace Jones

Diana Ross

Florence Welch & Donna Summer

Sketching Love: Hey Hipster,

What is a hipster? How do you define one?

Trendy? Edgy? Into statement pieces? Attitude? Hypebeast? Sees Trippy and Be Trippy? Vintage?

It's a term applied to a define a stereotype-- "crowd" and "esthetic" even. I won't define it... but I can express what I think of how they might look. "shrugs"  Either way... I find the vibe pretty darn cool. Yea... I'll take it.

"Her" Own Display

I got another commission request this month that was so exciting to work on!

A co-worker of mine approached me about doing a painting.
 The inspiration? Reference photos of Bergdoff Goodman's holiday display windows from last season. I gathered my thoughts with this, picking out the interesting of most parts that caught my eye-- something surreal, rich in color, tropical yet prestige all at the same time. Acylics were in hand for this one. I haven't painted in this for a while so I was so excited to go from sketchbook to canvas! I merged them all creating the concept. I got to sketchin'... (left). Final painting (right) is done on canvas at 14" x 18".