Weekend Work...

I had no luck shopping for items for the first assignment for class: Thrift items from Scrap? A fossilized shark tooth from Paxton Gate? Mexican wrestling masks from Mission Thrift? An aluminum top from the toy store? None of these immediately grabbed me. An idea better come to me soon as I only have tomorrow to gather the items to paint before Tuesday's class.

The two canvases are almost prepped. The gesso canvas has a final coat but needs to dry and sand.The oil grounds canvas needs a second coat and sand.

Outside of class I have been working on two small paintings of my parents cats. These are small and hopefully quickly done as a no pressure project.

Freed to Kill

Inspired by the book Freed to Kill about serial killer Larry Eyler. 10"x12" - watercolor on illustration board, 1994.

Alien Trilogy

This piece was for a class assignment to create an illustrated magazine cover. I chose the magazine Cinemafantastique. At the time it was one of my favorite film magazines and was one of the few that used illustrations as cover material. My design was to illustrate the 3 Alien films that had been released at the time. 10"x12" - watercolor on illustration board, 1992.

I started my oil painting class which, despite an initial set of reservations, seems to be exactly what I was looking for: an in depth look at the medium of oil from canvas prep to finish. The class is an wide mix of people from one guy who has never taken a class to artists looking to switch mediums.

Several errand trips last weekend included collecting materials for the class. To my surprise, I did not have many of the items on the list. Tuesdays are going to be long but I am very excited to be heading to class. First up is canvas stretching and prep.