T-T-Tattooin'

YEAH!!!!!!!

The McGuffin

"According to Roger Avary, who co-wrote the Pulp Fiction script with Quentin Tarantino, the original plan was to have the briefcase contain diamonds. This seemed neither exciting nor original, so Avary and Tarantino decided to have the briefcase's contents never appear on screen; this way each filmgoer could mentally "fill in the blank" with whatever struck his or her imagination as best fitting the description "so beautiful". The orange light bulb (projecting shimmering light onto the actors' faces) was a last-minute decision and added a completely unintended fantastic element."

Getting there...

The classic "Mexican skeleton girl" ....!

New work!

Form X, graphite on paper, 2010

http://www.riverstyx.com/
The graphics here are coool, really reminds me of The Manhole, which I played a lot as a kid! (A big influence on the way my mind works, to this day) and a precursor to Myst, I think you could say.

"Make yourself comfortable. Have a biscuit, baby!"

MDK was also a pretty cool game, especially aesthetically...

Down In The Park

Omega, b+w photo, 2007

Wait, phototransfer lithographic print, 2008

Down in the park
Where the Machmen meet
The machines are playing `kill-by-numbers'
Down in the park with a friend called `Five'

I was in a car crash
Or was it the war?
Well, I've never been quite the same
Little white lies like "I was there"

Come to "Zom-Zom's", a place to eat
Like it was built in one day
You can watch the humans
Trying to run

Oh, look, there's a rape machine
I'd go outside if it looks the other way
You wouldn't believe
The things they do

Down in the park
Where the chant is "Death, death, death"
Until the sun cries morning
Down in the park with friends of mine

"We are not lovers
We are not romantics
We are here to serve you"
A different face but the words never change

Tattooing!

Watch as I get BETTER :D

So many gadgets

Stats, Followers, whuh?

So I'm getting back into drawing for the first time since finishing the SMFA Post-Bacc Cert Program. I just finished this website ...which I will include in a later post... but I figured this is a more transparent way of documenting what I'm up to anyway.

Here's some of my most recent series:

Form I, 2010, graphite on paper

Form II, 2010, graphite on paper

Form III, 2010, graphite on paper

Form VII, 2010, graphite on paper

Form V, 2010, graphite on paper

Form VIII, 2010, graphite on paper

Form VI, 2010, graphite on paper

There are more. They range between 4"x 5" to 6"x 8", give or take. I like keeping them small so that 1) I care about the craftsmanship and don't get impatient (I have a problem with this :) ) and 2) because I like feeling like a tinkerer. I see each of these as a little creature I'm creating, something with a tiny gyroscopic life force that I set into motion. It began as noodling around with the pencil as I like to do, reproducing textures. I noticed I had a penchant for spending time and attention on intricate organic materials. Patterns not so much, but something rich, dense, and latently living.

More later...