Posted by: eric (24 posts)
September 25, 2007 9:13 PM

This is a quick study I did for a larger piece. It is silk screen on mulitple layers of jewel cases. The dark parts are clear with the wall showing through and the light parts are opaque white. Truly a difficult thing to document. Click on the image to see multiple angles.

I guess, unconsciously, I was trying to land somewhere between the photographic portraits of Rodin and the imagery of Jamie Reid. And no, I'm not Jo Jo, the dog faced boy. But at one point, I had a rather large beard.

Posted by: pa (144 posts)
6:49 PM

A drawing in the sketchbook made of the mountains of northwest Montana as seen through Google Earth.

Posted by: kerry (54 posts)
September 21, 200712:00 AM

This is a casein sketch of another potential painting based on a photograph taken by Jen Judge and torn from Outside magazine. My intention with this image along with the ones from a previous post is to eventually lose recognition of the source image, creating a final image that is more abstract and pattern oriented. Inspiration for this experiment can be found in the images of Shawn Dulaney or Kevin Kearns.

Currently I have three of these images down on oil primed wood panels. Once their under layers are dry I intend on going at them with sandpaper, glazes, scumbles, whatever seems interesting. Results may vary.

Posted by: keegan (125 posts)
September 20, 200712:06 AM

One of my favorite things about this website, is that when it's my day to post, and I don't have anything lying around that's obviously post-worthy, it forces me into the lab to play around and experiment...I don't do it enough, but it always leads to interesting things (though not necessarily this piece).

Posted by: bz (51 posts)
September 19, 2007 7:55 PM

so i recently got engaged (yay!) and am slowly entering into the crazy/bizarre world of planning a wedding. so, that being said... anyone want some wedding cake?

Posted by: jamie (90 posts)
September 18, 2007 8:09 AM

Posted by: kurt (60 posts)
September 17, 200712:06 PM

spent the weekend down in DC and visited the National Gallery which is one of my favorite museums. it's chuck full of masterpieces; the main rooms are all lit with natural light; and there's a beautiful austerity to how the art is displayed. this is a photo that i took of Randolph Rogers's marble statue entitled "Nydia, the Blind Girl of Pompeii". carved in 1860. photography of a museum's general collection is usually permitted. it's the travelling shows that prohibit photographs.

Posted by: eric (24 posts)
September 14, 2007 3:25 AM

Roll over the image to see it glow. There is no Photoshop trickery here. The first image was taken with the lights on (duh) and the second with a long exposure in the dark.

This project was therapeutic at first, and eventually became something I had to force myself to finish. Kind of like running a yarn marathon.

It's approximately 48 x 48 inches. Rug "resolution" is about 25 ypi (yarns per inch), so it had to be big to show detail in the image.

I became intrigued with the idea of this type of imagery colliding with a clean home furnishing item. And, I guess I threw in some childhood nostalgia for good measure. The glow-in-the-dark (anyone else have glow-in-the-dark boxes for your baby teeth?), the skull (raised on punk rock) and shag rugs (the 70's) all remind me of when I was a kid. Why not jam them all together?

Posted by: jamie (90 posts)
September 13, 200712:36 PM

This a long exposure of the summer sky looking northeast. The Summer Constellations are the 17 constellations that fall between June and August. Some of the more famous ones are part of this group, including Sagittarius, Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquarius. This was taken from Long Island.

Posted by: pa (144 posts)
September 12, 200710:19 PM

I completed this illo of Ben Bernanke earlier today for a Wall Street Journal economic forecast interactive. The spooky atmosphere may be influenced by the Algernon Blackwood book I've been reading as of late.

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Posted by: kerry (54 posts)
September 11, 200712:00 AM

Sketch drawn on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade days after September 11th, 2001.

Posted by: keegan (125 posts)
September 10, 2007 8:30 AM

If you pick up a copy of this week's U.S. News & World Report you'll find a few of my drawings inside. The illos are for the annual 'Paying for College' package, and the team at the magazine picked a fun "Texas Hold 'em" theme for this year's section. Lots of great visuals to work from!

The image above is the opener for the package.

Click to see a larger version with the rest of the illos.

You can see more of my work for U.S. News & World Report here.

Posted by: jamie (90 posts)
September 5, 200711:33 PM

Posted by: eric (24 posts)
September 4, 2007 1:07 AM

This is my first attempt at a mirror. It was inspired by all of the cloud photos I've been taking and the work of Hokusai.

I'm definitely drawn to natural forms built with unnatural materials. I've seen a few laser-cut mirrors around and they all seem to stick closely to a square format. I thought I'd give it a go and see what happens with other shapes.

Moving forward, I'm going to add other cloud formations to form a group. Small, medium and large clouds. This would most likely be the large. (5 x 34 inches)

I would really like to hear what people think of this piece. Please leave comments. Or, feel free to contact me if you'd like to purchase one :)

Posted by: eric (24 posts)
12:53 AM

Apparently, I'm not the only fan of music and/or irony.

Posted by: pa (144 posts)
September 3, 200712:57 PM

Growing up my family did lots of camping and the highlight of every trip was always the ghost story told by my father once the fire grew low. He was a master practitioner of the art. I made his always bone-chilling stories the theme of this pattern drawing I just completed. Click the image above for a larger version.