(in class)
 (at home)
graphite on paper - 18 x 24 
I drew the nude in class, approx 45min.  The assigment was to take the drawing home and add a background.  She was sitting in a very comfortable and slouching pose, so I thought natural elements in the background felt appropriate.  I also wanted to add texture to an […]

         
There has been an ongoing ant problem in my apartment.  In the recent weeks, the ants have migrated to my desk.  In their search for food they managed to find their way into my monitor.  There are three ants trapped in my monitor.  One died after a day inside.  Now the other two […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gkzLK_mZDlQ
I was given a self-portrait assignment in my video class and this is what I ended up creating.  There are many things that I wish were different about it.  But hey, I am learning.  It was done in a stop-motion style with just me, a camera, and a lot of chalk.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PyOGM_6unEI
I had another assignment to […]

mixed on wood panel - 2.75 x 5.5
Copyright © Taro Hanrahan
I was very lucky to receive a gift this weekend.  Taro, an amazing artist, painted this for me.  Thank you Taro, it is beautiful.

acrylic on canvas
I have added the beginning of the beetles and a layer of drips.  I have a pretty good idea of where I am going to go with it, but it is always changing.  There will definitely be more line work and probably more black added later.

acrylic on canvas
This is the beginning stage of three paintings that I am working on.  I am trying to get a lot of texture and interest with the background because the foreground image will be mostly spot colors.  My current pallet is orange, green, and yellow.

I finally got around to updating the site — sort of.  Hopefully this blog thing will work out a little better than the old site. For the time being, you can view some of my work on deviant art. I will get new stuff posted soon.
I would like to thank Todd Marrone for helping me out […]