Recent Projects

Printmaking Weekend

It’s been a while since I’ve done any kind of printmaking, but over the weekend I went a little print crazy. I was only planning to do one 3 color print, but I got a little carried away and did two additional prints. Radiate, Consequence and Exposed. All are 6×4″ linocuts using the pink blocks that I have never used before. While they are excellent to cut, the printing was a bit difficult because of their flexibility. I think I would use these again in the future but maybe in conjunction with the typical wood-backed blocks for smaller, fully-cut details. Or possibly back the pink blocks.

At any rate, it was a learning experience and I am already looking forward to more printing in my future.

Figure Drawing Virtually with the Brooks

I had the pleasure of joining a virtual figure drawing class last night, hosted by the Brooks Museum of Art. It was an interesting class and reminded me of being back in college, all those many years ago. We started off with quick drawings, 1 minute, 5 minutes, and worked our way up to 10 and 15 minutes. I am looking forward to joining another virtual art class.

Here are a selection of the drawings from the event:

Now streaming on Twitch

You can now join me live in my studio several days a week on Twitch TV. Here I will be painting, drawing, and sculpting while chatting with viewers. I wanted to find a good motivation to get and stay in the studio, and the Twitch art community is very accommodating.

I am looking forward to improving my live streams, and getting more comfortable talking about my conceptual work.

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Farmers Market Gets an Upgrade

Paragould Farmer’s Market is upgrading this year and I had the privilege of upgrading their logo.

 

2018 Ozark Film Fest Branding

Once again I had the great privilege of working on the Ozark Foothills Film Fest branding once again. This year’s main color is RED. I love it.

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Christmas Cards 2018

My cards have become somewhat of a collectors item in my circle. Once again, this year I handmade every single one of my 70+ Christmas Cards. Each one is unique and made specifically for the recipient. This is year 5 or 6; lots of people have all of their past cards from me framed to put out for Christmas decor. I love it probably just as much as those getting the cards.

 

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New Commissions

Two new commissions.

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Lots of New Dog Commissions

I really enjoy when I get pet commissions, and lately I have been able to paint some really cute puppers.  I have created a whole new website section on commissions to make the process of accepting them easier.

 

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45RPM Coming to DVD!

I can’t believe it’s finally here!

The movie I had the great pleasure to work on a few years ago with the incredible Juli Jackson on her full-length, Arkansas-made feature – 45RPM – which I helped not only with branding, but also did most of the work for the artist in the film, including 30+ sketches, 20 large paintings, a sketchbook, hundreds of frames of animation and more! Not only that, but I have done the branding and much of the packaging for the movie.

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Butterfly Girl

This one will forever be special to me.

Ben and I took a day trip to Lake Frierson here in Arkansas. I painted (this) while he did some fishing. After a while, he called me over to ‘look at something’. When I got to the bank, he got down on one knee, pulled out a little white box and popped -the question-. What a moment. This painting is filled with so much emotion, just like that day; very fitting.

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