recent exploits

here are some sketches/little paintings/drawings i've done recently.

sketches for neverwonderland tiger lily costume/hood thing. i started building this today:

some sketchbook pages:


and a little painting on illustration board. i forgot how much i like illustration board!

new things!

hello!
i've started up working on props and puppets for BoomKat's production of NeverWonderland, which I had worked on in the early stages, but now is back in action. anyway, here are some shots of the cheshire cat's mouth/head- he's gon' glow!

30 LEDs through holes in his mouf. this is bright. real bright.

little cones of poly foam make perfect little fangs

and in his (in progress) head!
he's gonna have crazy glass eyes. alligator eyes.

pocket saw her first squirrel today.

and reeally wanted to eat him.

oh and you can see the partially made pelt of the cheshire cat (that purple and red stuff) behind her!


also- thank you to everyone who came out to the La Luz show!
If you missed it, you can still go and see it (it will be up until the end of the month, or check it out here!)

its official!

helllooo!
I have eleven new pieces for sale,
you can view them at the La Luz de Jesus Gallery preview page:

here!
or come by if you live in the Los Angeles area -
opening reception, 8-11 pm
Friday June 4th
4633 Hollywood Blvd
info@laluzdejesus.com
323.666.7667

yay!

yay!

tonight i finished photographing and editing those photos of all my work for the upcoming show! woo!
more to follow, and a very updated website in the next week!

progress report!

hey friends!

i have been madly finishing things for the upcoming show
at La Luz de Jesus Gallery on June 4th,
here are some progress pictures!

here is my floor during the making of the wiring for my (now almost finished) dreamcatcher chandelier !
Thanks Mike Buerli for helping wire things! And Fu for ideas! And the guys who sold me the right things this time!


this is a closeup, (its her Myspace picture, obviously) of my newest and final doll, a snake charmer. OooOo!

this is what her little hand looks like inside. it helps make the finger strong and easier to position.

and this is a tiny tiny doll, about 5" or 6" tall! She is sad because her house was burned.

That is all for now, but next week I will be updating my website with real photos of all the new work!!

Starmites Review!

Hey friends! Go see Starmites at the Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica!
It's amazing, I promise!
herre's a review from Stage Scene LA!

fancy town!

so i was lucky enough to take some reference photos of the lovely Shaina for my next painting, which i started today and got SO much done because its way way way easier to paint something when you get to take pictures exactly how you want them! I think this is my new plan from now on. Also I get great joy from dressing up other people in pretty things! Here's a one of my favorite shots- there were so many good ones, this isn't what I'm painting, but isn't she gorgeous?

right after this picture a train went by about 20 feet away from us.
and thanks to shaina!

Post Penumbra, and other things!

Soooo myself and over 30 of my lovely artistic friends will be showing art at

POST PENUMBRA

April 24, 2010
7pm - Midnight
Downtown LA
(corner of Olympic and Hope st)

The space has been magically transformed by the ladies and gents of The Upper 600s,
you can see more information at their website, here!
I promise it will be a wild good time!
(I will be showing two pieces, which I managed to forget to take pictures of, so you'll just have to go and see them! )

i did, however, take some new process photos of a new little guy I'm working on:

He now has fabric feathers, but needs many more.

Also, I finished that tiny mandolin I mentioned before.
I will never again try to string an instrument this small.
My favorite part, though, is the REAL wood used for the top of the mandolin!

and, just for fun...this is what my desk looks like while I'm in the midst of things!
alrighty. back to work!

progress

Here are some shots of what I've been working on.
Above is a close up of a doll that I think will be playing a mandolin in a field of grass.
Below is a detail picture of a oil painting I've been working on.
I've never really painted water- that was tricky but I think I'm liking how this one is going.

and finally, this is Dakota, who keeps me company in the studio when there are no humans around.

puppets are finished!!

the "Banshee" puppets i made for Starmites are all finished!!!!

yayyyyy! i have never really made a puppet like this before, they are of a foam construction, pretty much all hand sewn, with feather hair. they are pretty silly. they were a lot of work, it should be fun to see them in action, singing and dancing!
modeling them is the talented director of Starmites, Steve Edlund.


This is Ralph, the Intergalactic Cat.
One lucky kid who sees the show will win him as a prize for the best job in the coloring contest! fun and games!