The Most Beautiful Woman In The World

this is what gave my new style (pencil, water color and gld leaf) momentum.  i wanted to present it as an antique, and yet contemporary gem.  Its my wife, yes i know-hot huh?  I drew it for her birthday last October.  It shares the same high gloss quality as the mayors home and the temple doors.  my school (MCC) sent this to Phoenix to appear in an art show where it receved many compliments and interested buyers...if only i hadn't priced it at $20,000.  Ha! are you kidding me? sell my wifes Birthday present?  Nope.  i guess my attitude was a mix of repelling buyers from taking this special peice, proping myself as a 'hard to get' painter whos stuff is way too expensive for most people, and the famous Jack-in-the-Box saying "All I need is one [buyer to make me rich]!"  Ash loved it!

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On Land or at Sea, or in the Sky are the Sheep?

i just came up with the title...you like it?  its another piece of questions.  where is the boat?  where are the sheep headed?  because the stairs portion of this freaky apparatus are on the floor, does this mean that it is on land?  or how about the destination of the boat?  is it drifting toward an island at sea...or a clowd in the sky? is it even drifting (or firmly planted)?  The telephone poles receding toward the horizon shows with certainty the first placement of the subject matter.  But then the trees in the clowds?  does that show that there's perhaps a peice of land up there?  but the connecting point of the stairs and the boat (with the clowds far behind them) show that they are up in the sky.  it makes sense if you divide this work in half or in thirds, but as it stands i guess its rather confusing.  Why sheep?  i dont know, I like sheep i guess.  I know it seems a bit unfinished, well it is.   I got so darn tired of drawing it! 

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Mayor John Lewis' Home - Details

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Home Portraits: my new thing

I start with an few pictures: one main one, and a few essential details 

fill in the details

begin to shade and fill in shrubbery

apply where you want the red base coat, this will show throught the cracks of the gold leafing

apply special adhesive, let dry, then apply gold leafing

add needed details and antiqueing.  Then add water color paint over top. 

let dry, mask w/ tape wher you want to put trimming (black).  also age the paper w/ drawn-in cracks.  mount with spray mounting glue onto 1/4 inch MDF and add wooden trim.  paint black.

then glaze and let dry.

Mayor of Gilbert, John Lewis', home.  They were so happy with how it turned out.  they had Ash and us over for dinner for "The Unveiling."  but i forgot my curtain  ):

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If you step on THIS crack youll have to pay me back! ha!

this

On my way to my art class a few months ago i saw this inspiring crack in the sidewalk!  i had to take a picture of it w my cell phone and then sketch it.  its a charcoal piece.  criticism: its too neat for real life!  there should be more texture in the highlighted portions of the crack...and debris and texture on the flat surface.    

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paper bag detail

heres a detail.

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The Crinkley (sp) Paper Bag!

why is this signifigant?  well 1st off its really good!  secondly, its really really good!  thirdly, its really...and so on.  please enjoy.  this charcoal peice took hours and was formed under the wing (mcc teaching aid) of Uncle Dan Fogal! 

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Laundry-Day Visions

not quite sure what this means yet...give me a few weeks.

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"the professor" details

And here are the details.
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The Professor

this is the wisdom of the world and the bondage and burden therefrom.  look at the details and you may notice what i mean.  Threre are some popular ideas today that are truely evil (in other words: contrary to true happiness and progression), and if they are adopted one can expect nothing less than darkness, destruction and bondage.  notice the prison like bars (there are 4 of them accross the whole piece) that presents all of the subject matter in their appropriate setting: prison.  The philosopher (in the forefront-mid left) is pointing outward toward the world around him.  this indicates his idea that truth comes not from God but from the world around him.  he represents "philosophy" as a whole.  on his shoulders there is a city, showing that the popular world rests on, and is founded upon such ideas.  to his right we see the professor who stands alone (in this piece) in the midst of the misleading ways of the world.  he stands in his conviction that truth, though it may be discovered in the world around us, is manifested to men in its fullness and clarity by God (notice he points up).  in his right hand (if you can find it, you will see a book with the title "ABC" indicating that Truth is basic, elementary even.  to the right of the professor is a few homes...on his shoulders-you know what that means?  the strength of homes and familys are dependant on True principles.

in Rafaels painting "School of Athens" (or "Philosophy") plato and arostotle stand in the center of the school making these same gestures (pointing) representing their conviction of mans axess to truth.  plato: from Godaround us; Arostotle: from the world around us. 

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10 ready to sell!

and here they are (when thy were almost ready)...and now theyre ready to sell!

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