Magazine Cover

This month I was invited to illustrate the cover of Verdure Magazine on the subject: "Protect Our Libraries". This is a photoshop college with a scanned pencil drawing of Andrew Carnegie. CMYK Offset, 8.5"x11" Check them out here.

Portrait Mural

These are some of the 44 people who's portraits' I painted.

The instructions for participation. It was very difficult for some people to pose without a smile.
I wound up taking more photos then I was able to paint in 8 hours.

I love how Jim's portrait came out. He has great hair.
In the upper right corner, I painted in Chinese the student's name. She kindly gave me a clear written sample to work off of. I hope it came out properly.

I love how the names came together in this part. It happened somewhat organically.
Order emerged out of chaos.

Charmaine was one of the artists in the show. Most impressively,
she used her feet as a drawing tool for part of a pastel mural.

Lisbeth, a student at the college was the first portrait in my mural.
She was most helpful and fun to talk to.

Satchi was a young and reluctant participant. When asked his name, he said "No Way!".
His mom helped me out.

This weekend I was invited to Allegheny College to participate in their annual 8 Hour Projects exhibit. Along with a dozen artists, I was given an area in the gallery and 8 hours to create my project. Over the course of the day, I took instant photos of the general public, artists and students that came to gallery to watch. Looking at those photos, I painted 44 portraits on the wall. It was SO MUCH FUN. The people were all so willing to participate and the energy of the gallery was extremely inspiring.

One real highlight of the show was seeing little kid's reaction to the instant camera. I guess they have grown up in an age with very few instant cameras and could hardly believe the magic of it. It's funny how old technology can remain so impressive. When asked how it works, my response:"Lots of chemicals."

Portrait Drawing!

I'll be at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh tomorrow, Tuesday, August 31st drawing portraits from 10-11:30 in the art studio. Come down and I'll draw YOUR portrait. Free with admission.

Also...(!)

I'll be at Allegheny College this coming weekend creating a GIANT PORTRAIT MURAL on the wall. Come by and I'll make you famous! 8 Hour Projects in The Penelec Bowman-Megahan Art Galleries.

Portraits at the Children's Museum - Week 2

Week 2 - More 3 minute portraits at the Children's Museum! Another sweet day of drawing young people.

Next up: collage portraits in the spirit of Cubist Art.

Portraits at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

This past week marked the beginning of my five week engagement at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. I'll be there every Tuesday morning from 10-11:30 in the art studio doing various art activities on the theme of portraiture. Here are some of the images I created from the line of patient museum visitors in the art studio. 18"x24", compressed charcoal on paper. Approx. 3-5 minutes each. The pink hue of these photos is due to the cast light of a beautiful art installation over head. You can see an image of it here. I'll be at the museum again this coming Tuesday drawing more portraits. The following weeks will involve some hands-on portrait activities inspired by Picasso and Kara Walker. Hope to see you there!

Thanks to Angela Seals and Hallie Harger for support and assistance with this project.

Louise Bourgeois

In memory of Louise Bourgeois, a French-American artist, sculptor & hero. 1911-2010. Gesso, pencil and charcoal on 100% rag paper from India.

Poster Show

I went to Artist Image Resource last night and printed this two color poster on some nice French cover stock. It will be for sale in a poster show, "Steeltown Stock" at C Space Gallery. The show is being curated by Mundania Horvath of Steeltown Anthem. You can read more here and here. Friday June 4th (part of Unblurred) from 6-9pm
Location: <> Space : Collective 4823 Penn Avenue.
Hope to see you there!