Anchovy, Portrait of a Distinguished Lady Cat

Finally finished this cat portrait for a friend of mine. I'm not too crazy about it since I think the piece itself is very boring in nature. I was going for a stately look, much like a Victorian painting...but it's lacking. It's too plain, not enough going on for my taste. I'm on a new path of completing paintings and work in general, though, so I had to finish this regardless of liking it or not.

Anchovy Watercolor and India Ink 9 x 12 in. 2012

  My next painting of a cat is going to be far more interesting and fun to paint.

Fred's First Car

Made a new watercolor/gouache painting for my buddy Jenn. She just moved into her first apartment, this is her housewarming gift.

Fred is a toy shark we found in the office I used to work at, it became our mascot and source of entertainment/humor during trying times and boredom.

I'm sure she'll appreciate it.

Fred's First Car

El Oso Luchador

El Oso Luchador Climbs Into the Ring!

Oil paint, I would use you more if you didn't take so damn long to set up and work with. Maybe when I move out of New York and have more time to myself I will once again use you. Wrestling bears...how god damn original. The painting has a very soft children's book feel to it, since I wanted to be a children's book illustrator at one point at FIT. Maybe I'll do more of these style of paintings down the line to build a solid portfolio.

Another Batch

Bear taking a dip in the river

 Back when I was learning to paint with oils in college, I did a whole bunch of stupid little practice paintings on surfaces not intended for oil paint. This one was done on foam core. 

 

Children's book character that never took off, Pablo the Heron.

 I started this painting of Pablo the Heron back in 2009. I worked on it some more in 2011, and then never finished it cause I'm a lazy mother fucker. I should start a new painting for this guy. The story is about Pablo the Heron who goes through people's kitchens in the middle of the night and starts making a racket. He then flies away when people come to see whats making all the noise. Pablo is such a jerk face heron.

Preliminary sketch for a poster I never even made.

One of my projects from school was to create a series of posters for a concert or band. I chose the Mars Volta. This piece is supposed to show children as sheep and the two major forces that control them, religion and politics.