Serious Play Documentary

Part 4 of 4

This is the last in the series, and focuses on Saejean and Katherine's spreads. They rock! I love these girls' work, and am now relieved not to have to see any more footage of me being a spaz...
http://www.zoom-in.com/spotlights/designing_minds_serious_play_part_4_of_4

Phone Booth Gallery

An Art Show dedicated to Tom Waits
I've got a piece in this on-line show which will be up from July 12th - July 31st:
www.phoneboothgallery.com

Serious Play Documentary
Part 3 of 4

Here's the link to part three featuring the lovely Kerry and Paula.
http://www.zoom-in.com/spotlights/designing_minds_serious_play_part_3_of_4

Serious Play Documentary
Part 2 of 4

Here's the link of part two. Owen and Enrique are total pros!
http://www.zoom-in.com/spotlights/designing_minds_serious_play_part_2_of_4

Serious Play Documentary
Part 1of 4

Adobe's documentary about our book is finally out. They are evidently releasing a new part every week. It came out better than we expected even though I look like a total spaz.

Here's a link to the video on Adobe's website:
http://www.zoom-in.com/spotlights/designing_minds_serious_play_part_1_of_4

Capitol Hill Watercolor Society Show
at Nancy
1930 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Open: Tues - Sat 11 - 6

Founded in the spring of 2003, CHWS is a collection of fifteen to twenty, local watercolor enthusiasts. With much admiration (and a tiny bit of animosity), the society aims to change the more official, stuffy reputation of the watercolor world. There will be some amazing, aquatic-themed pieces on display - maybe a narwhal, a boat or a bit of sunken treasure.

I forgot to post this in time for the opening, but it will be up through August, so if you are in Seattle you should stop by! Here are my pieces for the show. They are freshwater bacteria made from layered cut paper, watercolor, and ink.

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Here's two process pieces that I've been working on. I'm still dealing with spiritualist themes. These were done using additive and reductive techniques, cutting away and layering, and are still in progress.



details:

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5 Second Freak Out!!!

Here's a tiny sample clip from an animation I've been working on. I'll post the entire thing when it's done to my satisfaction. It takes so long!

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WRAP issue 1: Serious Play

The first issue of Wrap is now out! Eight teams of illustrators and designers worked on this book which coincided with the Serious Play Design Conference which was hosted by Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Each team worked on three spreads based on the theme of serious play, and together as one big team we compiled the work and designed the book. My design partner was Annessa Braymer who also designed the cover and intro essays. I also contributed illustrations for the intro essays.

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3x3 award!

I am honored and excited to have been awarded the Bronze medal in the annual 3x3 student competition, and will have four illustrations published in the next annual which will be out later this year! I'll make another post when the book is available.
(www.3x3mag.com)

Here's the four illustrations that will be published:


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The Spiritualist Series
This is a series I was working on last month combining my current obsession with transparency and layers with my other obsession on themes of spiritualism which includes mediums, ghosts, and ectoplasm. I really like the mystery and blurring of line that happens with the layers which seems to reflect the blurring of reality in spiritualism.

They were made with various media including oil paint, grease pencils, graphite, and various layers of tracing paper, and were designed to be seen against a light box. I created a 5' by 3' light table in which they are layed out flat underneath a large pane of glass, and are meant to be seen in a dark room to mimic the atmosphere of a seance.

detail from a larger piece:

detail from a larger piece:

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illustration process for Tom Waits:
This is a portrait of Tom Waits for a mock Rolling Stone assignment. I just finished it today. It's pretty straight forward, but I'm fairly happy with the way it turned out.

process from sketch


completed illustration

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The Spring Instillation at Art Center:

I was able to show some fairly recent work for this instillation, and was lucky to get a large wall to show off my sculptural work! I'm really happy with the way it turned out, even though I worked on it through the night until 8am. The sunrise and deer frolicking just outside the window was enough to give me energy.

these are porcelain plates which I re-fired, applying decals of my illustrations and then added the plush

these are current pieces dealing with my personal experiences with music




this hand plays my music box which uses color in place of sound

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Spacecraft Gallery Sticker Sheet:
Last year I was selected to do an image for Spacecraft's annual gallery sticker sheet. Spacecraft is a Seattle based snowboard/clothing/sticker company that puts out this sticker sheet to promote artists along with their brand. They give out this limited edition sheet as promotional gifts at their parties, and can be found in various magazines. They are really rad, artist friendly people over there, and although they didn't pay because it's a promo piece for the artist, they gave out a lot of freebies. This sheet came out late 2007.


front image, and back promo info

My sticker

The back info (yeah, my actual website is still under construction...)

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Messy desk:
Here's a taste of my typical work space. This was actually on a clean day, working on a portrait of John Lurie. That's my cat. His hair can be found in most of my work.

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