Art Blocks For Ghana

More photography coming soon but for now here's my submission for the auction. I'm never happy with the way the wood stuff scans, it always looses line detail and the values are off. I had a lot of fun creating it. I love to draw.

"And when the moon is on the rise...",
graphite, micron pens, india ink, varnish on wood 8" x 8"

I was very happy and honored to be invited to be part of the Art Blocks For Ghana art auction. It's part of the Picture Book Project Foundation which is a charity art auction of original works created by top artists within the animation and illustration community to provide boarding and education for orphaned children in Ghana, West Africa. Besides this being for a great cause our work will be published in a wonderful book and there will be two group shows displaying everyone's work.

If you'd like to see or buy some original art work by some of the best in the animation/illustration industry then save the date:

February 26
New Art Center
580 8th Ave. at 38th St.,5 fl.
New York, NY 10018
http://www.newartcenter.net/

March 12
Gallery Nucleus
210 East Main St.
Alhambra CA 91801
http://www.gallerynucleus.com/

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

A bit late....

My next digital shoot is scheduled for January 23rd with ADYA (slime girl). She's coming in from Kansas that week. Super excited! I haven't seen her since that last shoot which was in 2008. I hope she is as awesome as I remember her being :) As always, I'm so not prepared and nervous that I can't get my shit together by then.

I actually had time to shoot some film AND develop it over the holidays! I was so happy. It's been close to a year since I last spent time in a dark room and I almost forgot how much I love it! Developing film is so much fun and so satisfying. One of my new years resolutions is to shoot and develop more film. I want to get better at it. I also feel like shooting film really helps me shoot my digital work with more care and more efficiently. Anyway, here are a few shots from my TLR. There's a few more on my philm phoblography site.

My two nephews

The Rocken Family

This is actually not a posed picture they just happen to all be aligned that way. Looks kinda like a music album cover doesn't it? Clearly my mom is the lead singer. LOL (This was taken in Simi Valley, CA).

It's been far too long but work has been kicking my butt plus I've been trying to wrap my head around what I want to do next. The new exciting news is that I have my next solo show lined up! The Spirit Gallery in Connecticut has graciously invited me to show my work there in August. It's a nice space and it's quite a bit bigger then the last place which means I have to get my shit together and create more stuff. So my next shoot is booked for January and I'm hoping to do another in February. This time I'm doing a bit more of a series. Should be interesting and I'm excited to get started. I also need to finish editing my last shoot (sheep) so I'll be busy in the coming months. Hope you guys are doing well,.... whoever you are :)

Solo show and more

This Friday is the opening of my first solo show (featured Artist) at the UAG Gallery in Albany. The show will run through the month of November. Big thank you to Jane who helped me set everything up .

Bah Bah White Sheep

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Model: Jane
Make Up: Lauren Weber

I just had fun with this one. It's silly and bizarre and that's what I wanted. I'm always amazed at how different I get Jane to look (with the help of Lauren). She seems to transform in front of the camera. This pose seemed to work the best with the setup and feel. We tried a few others but always went back to this so I didn't get a big variety of shots. I do have some others I may post later though. The wig by the way looked exactly like the pink clown wig I posted below. I painted, cut and groomed it into place, then added the purple ribbon to match the dress and background. The main thing was working with the colors I had in mind. I love working with color.

Bah-Bah White Sheep Preview

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Lauren doing her thing.

I've gotta get a better title.... haha...I finally got around to planning this shoot. I've had this visual in my head all summer long but just couldn't get all the details worked out. I always had this feeling that something was missing. I finally decided that it might never happen if I don't just set a date. Once I had the date set and got Jane and Lauren on board with my crazy plans it all came together. I got the hay from Moroni at work. He was awesome, didn't even ask any questions, just hauled in the hay to work. The hay was far more matte and green then I remembered hay being so I knew I was going to have to do something with it. I decided that spray painting it gold could be interesting and would be right with the overall color scheme. I figure it might not actually read as gold but the highlights would read and it would even out the weird color. Also had some funky ideas for the hair. As always it was a mad rush to get all the stuff together for the shoot. I got the props and set pieces before hand but only had one night to set it all up. I stayed up late and got up early to get the background setup and ironed, the hay spread out and spray painted and the hair prepared. I was exhausted and had a hard time focusing but I think it came out alright. Jane was a good sport as always and Lauren just gets me, which is awesome. Love working with these two ladies.

style

I love people who have style (not just in terms of fashion but the way they carry themselves and talk). I met some classy people this weekend, it was refreshing. I still have some more pics I'd like to add but didn't have time to look through them all. Besides that getting ready for a new shoot this weekend. Nervous cause I have a lot of work ahead of me.

he's got style

style and talent...

let me tell ya... this lady can sing!

what?.. it's an art shot

stylen duo

and the winner is........

........ oh my god!

smooth

the lovely host