Odds and Ends
got some conks at stewart park, cant wait to paint them :D
James Roper - Paroxysm
“By constructing abstract bodies formed from multiple elements these works mimic the complex bodily structures found within nature. Biological machines such as the human body process and retain energy and any processes placed under restraint will result in an intensification of it’s eventual release. The work attempts to portray this intermediate state as control gives way to chaotic abandon and a transition occurs from one state to the next. I am heavily influenced by the excessive and sensuously rich imagery of Baroque art and it’s depiction of the unfettering of religious restraint. Instead of the gentle ushering of the spirit towards the heavens my paintings spit, ejaculate, regurgitate and projectile vomit the spirit out, rejecting it’s bodily form in a fit of maniacal hysterics, a nonsensical reflexive outburst like the spasmodic speaking in tongues of those ‘slain in the spirit”
This is my poster for Seres Queridos, the play by Bajotierra teatro. At first they were intending to use a photograph for the poster, but they didn’t like how the photographs turned out and then decided to use a drawing instead. This was almost a last-minute decision, so I had very very little time to do this. Besides, they wanted something similar to the setup they used in the photographs, with all those rags and folds you see in the picture. I decided that my best chance was to do the drawing digitally from start to finish… and that’s what I did. I was intending to use at least my “marker layer” technique for the colors (see it here), but I didn’t had time enough for that either.
I think this is already being hung all over town.
Lucian Freud and Kate Moss in Bed, 2010.
A new exhibition at London’s Pallant House Gallery features photographs by David Dawson, who was Freud’s model and studio assistant for 20 years. The show features some of Freud’s key paintings alongside Dawson’s photographs of the artist at work in his studio.
See more here.”
my boyfriend and i in 20 years :)
Name Richey Beckett
Location Wales, UKRichey Beckett is an illustrator from South Wales in the UK. He works in pen and ink, mostly on music-related design projects like album artwork, merchandise, and poster art. “For me, working with new bands, exciting new records treading fresh ground—that’s as rewarding as working for any established act because you never know where it’s going to take you and what the finished record is capable of achieving,” he says. Richey’s dark and mysterious works have been exhibited around the world, and he sells limited edition prints through his store.
Also check out…
The Kennedy Center
Go behind the curtain of performances of the nation’s cultural center in Washington, D.C.Ballerina Project
Dance, fashion design, and photography played out against New York City’s landscape.Our Valued Customers
Conversations overheard at a comic book store, illustrated.
jeff (drag), 2011 - my friend Jeff came to 3 of my portraits in the park sessions, because he’s awesome and a good friend. He decided to drag it up a little bit to see how the park go-ers would react and I couldn’t resist doing a portrait. Love him.
on amazing man, one amazing hat. mr., i may not know you but i have high respect for you. Drag on good sir! Drag on!
