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Studio Vlog | Paintings Locked Me Out

Studio Vlog | Paintings Locked Me Out

The oil paintings locked me out, and I couldn’t paint, but luckily my wax for the bronze sculpture saved me. I like working in wax. It’s a great medium that allows you to get lost in the process. I also began painting into these tiny etching prints with acrylic and ink. The line drawing in these is very different from painting in oil. I think the time spent working on the etchings loosened me up enough to return to the oils on canvas, and you can see how I am finding my way back to them towards the end of the video. I am enjoying painting in oils, but the paintings I am working on at the end of …

Studio Vlog | Emotional Calories and Flying Tigers

Studio Vlog | Emotional Calories and Flying Tigers

This episode of the vlog is a prime example of the non-linear path of any creative endeavour. You see me introduce working on paper alongside oil painting. My mind skips from flying tiger motifs to self-portraits and back to abstract painting, all in a single day. Getting lost in the process is a great way to access another level of creativity and distract myself from what …

Chasing Tigers

Chasing Tigers

The hero awakens with a strange feeling of otherworldliness caused by a vortex floating through an open window and landing on his head. His mind is firmly stuck inside it, but his body is rooted in this world. The fears that plague him, real and imagined, are momentarily diminished, and in this pause, he is overcome with the burning desire to be free from his prison of conditioned thought. He slowly rises from his bed and begins to walk out into a deserted city. As he is pulled ever deeper into the silent city…

Swashbuckled Self-Portraits

Swashbuckled Self-Portraits

This technophobe got an iPad Pro. I am still waiting for flying cars, but in the meantime I let my mind be blown by mixing “live paints” on this glowing glass thing. To be honest, I found it frustrating to get into it. The concept of layers is central to my painting process, but these digital layers feel so alien. I have spent so much time thinking about “layers” and “masks” recently that they have tweaked how I see paint. These small self-portraits are the first…