Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I've been told I have a slight obsession with trees, I blame FernGully.



Rendezvous with Death, my DrawingII Final

One of my 1st oil paintings

After we were allowed to use color. :)
I actually tried painting on drywall. The texture isn't too different, but it's very delicate.


The wonders of shellac

Saturday, November 21, 2009

The final illustration for the cover of West with the Night. Screenprinted. (text not included)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Of Print and Pilots


Amelia Earhart 09
Drypoint and collage




So... it's been a while since I've posted and all the promises I've made of uploading new work are still void.
Anyway... I'm working on illustrating the cover of a book for my illustration class. The book I chose is West With the Night by Beryl Markham. I've noticed over that last year a lot of my work was about pilots and feminism, probably because my senior lit project in high school was on West with the Night, Markham and other early female pilots.
The current cover:

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

KLimt

Something I found today:

http://www.imge.net/klimt_remastered.html

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Rivers and Tides

Capt'n showed me this video yesterday of one of Andy Goldsworthy's pieces. I think the sculpture slowly spinning to it's demise is one of the most beautiful things I saw that day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBcdL8uO71E
So, I've been working on a series in printmaking about Sarah Bernhardt and other historical women that lived fascinating lives. Here's one of the plates.