Mt Tam Overnight Bicycle
Gunmetal grey fighter jets in formation traverse the blue sky above the Golden Gate Bridge, grey lovebirds dance a chaotic areal dance in the Marin air, below them rides a lone human on a bicycle. I’ve had to get used to riding solo a lot lately. In…
Breaking down the false artist/non-artist dichotomy, Pt. 1
I posit that merely consuming art can be a creative act & it flexes the same muscles as those the artist used in creating the work. If the viewer can appreciate what the artist was doing, they become a collaborator in the creation of art. Just as…
Surf Queen
This one is actually from a couple weeks ago. The model was wearing mermaid earrings and a necklace referencing St Christopher, the patron saint of surfers, she said. She said she was going for a regal expression, so I added the tiara. Amazing how…
New stuff
Okay, it’s been a while. I’ve still been making art, just haven’t been updating the blog. I’ve been saying “yes” a lot lately, maybe too much. Here’s my latest portrait from last night’s class. I was sitting almost exactly opposite of the light…
Let's get abstract
Portrait of a model named KT A figure drawing that ended up looking very Judeo-Christian deity-like. I’m getting better at being less representational in my art. It’s like swimming in the ocean and gradually getting comfortable with being farther…
Flower Piano
In the botanical garden, pianos are distributed throughout as if sprouted from seeds, inviting any wandering maestros to give a performance. I meander until I find a pond under a canopy of trees. In the middle of the pond, a piano hides on a tiny…
Slowly but surely getting decent at (digital) painting
Last night I went to portrait drawing class, that is, people sitting around in a room making representations of a model sitting in a director’s chair somewhere in the middle, with some music playing for inspiration. It meets every week at a new…
Getting cultured, on a dime
So I went on a little adventure last month. I’m posting this a month after the fact because I wanted to finish this thing I made to accompany this blog post. Been putting in a couple hours a day a few days a week. What is it? A box that shows photos…
Bikesgiving!
Above an interactive map slash photo gallery of our adventure. Click on any photo to zoom in. You can also use your keyboard to switch between photos: right arrow / enter / space => next photo left arrow => previous photo escape => view map tl;dr…
Glacier National Park
Was in Glacier National Park in Montana earlier this month. We saw some mountain goats, some birds, and this guy: Grizzly bear! 📷 by Shing Some other hikers coming the other direction warned us and we backtracked to the top of a hill then stopped…