I finished the poster for my Domy Show last nite, here it is:
The opening will be 7-9 on Saturday, 9/25, at Domy Houston, 1709 Westheimer.
2010/09/07
2010/09/03
Hypermorph Sketches
I came up with the name for my Domy Houston show on Wednesday. I was originally going to title it after one of my paintings, The Rise of the Miizzzards, but then I decided that I didn’t want to restrict my show to just paintings of Miizzzards. So, I came up with something more generic: Hypermetamorphologies. After talking with my d00d Paul DeVay, I shortened it to Hypermorphologies. Later, Glade convinced me to (rightly) truncate it further, and so I settled on Hypermorph. Heavy lifting done, I wrote up the statement and my bio, and selected my promo images. You can see the whole package here.
I still need to come up with a poster image for the show, so I’ve been doing some sketches of hypermorphs. Here are the first two that I did:
2010/08/31
Studio Setup and In-Progress Painting Shots
In order to really get in there and work on some large paintings for my upcoming show at Domy Houston, I crowbarred an easel into my already crowded studio. Here’s a shot of my new setup, with annotations below:
- Custodian CD
- Hat from the Very Large Array where they filmed Contact
- Multiforce by Mat Brinkman
- In-progress painting (see below)
- Stereo playing some DJ Screw
- Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson – a very interesting, innovative fantasy series, I’m super stoked to read the first book of his new multi-volume epic The Way of Kings
- Thanks for the birthday present Martin!
- Secret Prison #2
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (not to be confused with Iain Banks) – I really enjoyed his book The Algebraist but I haven’t gotten to this book yet
- My stack of Wheel of Time books – I’ve been reading this series since junior high and I can’t wait for the final two volumes (I keep wanted to write a long blog post talking about how these books have influenced me and why I appreciate them but I’ll probably never write it)
- TV tray
- I really dig this chair
Here’s a more direct shot of the painting:
Here’s a shot zoomed in on one of the Miizzzards:
I finished this painting last nite. I’m going to take some better photos and post them later this week. I’m thinking that this image will end up being the postcard for the show.
2010/08/27
Domy Houston Show Sept 25th – Oct 21st
I’m going to have a show at Domy Books Houston from Sept 25th to Oct 21st. The opening is going to be on Sept 25th from 7 to 9 pm. I’m going to be working on it as much as possible until then. I have a long list of things that I want to make but not enough time to make all of them.
Here’s a sketch I made for a painting for the show:
Right now I’m thinking that the show is going to be paintings from a battle between the Miizzzard and the Wojrollox. I want to paint a lot of weird transformations, intensely patterned and colorful costumes, and strange worlds.
2010/08/20
Josh Burggraf Inks
Last week I posted this sketch to my flickr:
Unbeknownst to me, my buddy and fellow GCPM member Josh Burggraf decided to try his hand at inking over my pencils. Check out the dope result:
I especially dig all the details that he added to the Miizzzard at the bottom.
2010/08/10
Hyperplanet Paintings
It’s been a while since I’ve posted! I assure you, although I may have been quiet here, I’ve been busy. If you want to hear more from me be sure to also follow me on Twitter for thoughts on sci fi, mini updates and other commentary.
I have images of the paintings that I made for the Totally Wreck show In Science, the Lion Sleeps with the Lamb. They are two paintings of Hyperplanetary systems.
2010/06/08
Sketch for “In Science, the Lion Sleeps with the Lamb”
The opening for Totally Wreck’s latest show went well, thanks to everyone who came out!
For those of you who couldn’t make it, I don’t have any pictures of what I painted yet but here’s a sketch I did in preparation:
The show will be up at Big Medium until June 26th. Gallery hours are 10am to 4pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
2010/05/07
2010/05/04
Preview of My Comic for Catch-Up #2
I’ve been working on my comic for the second issue of Catch-Up all last week (and the week before). I’m still coloring but I thought I’d throw up a preview, here it is:
The comic features Jak Cardini, Dr. Chuch, and the Miizzzard, three members of the Gold County Paper Mill. It’s based on the performance art that we used to do, here’s a choice vid from my youtube channel:
I’ll let y’all know when the issue is available.
2010/04/24
Sketches for a New Comic
I’ve been working on a new comic for the next issue of the magazine Catch Up, which is produced by the publishing/art collective that I’m a part of, the Gold County Paper Mill. The comic features some members of the GCP, so I’ve been doing some sketches to figure out how I want to draw them.
Here’s Dr. Chuch:
Here’s Jak Cardini:
Here’s some other sketches related to the comic:
Jak Cardini, Dr. Chuch, and I used to do performance art together. You can view some videos documenting those performances on my youtube channel, which will give you a preview of the comic. They’re also available for you to own on the GCPM DVD, which is for sale on our etsy.