Ooh, Aah and Oh is a triptych of self portrait studies for a future oil animation. Though the animation was never created, I like these finished studies.

Ooh, Aah and Oh is a triptych of self portrait studies for a future oil animation. Though the animation was never created, I like these finished studies.

Ooh, Aah and Oh is a triptych of self portrait studies for a future oil animation. Though the animation was never created, I like these finished studies.

Oil Painting on Wood – 16 x 16

Crazed is a part of a series of portraits that I painted in 2008. All of the paintings at that time contained empty “unfinished” areas. I let the drawn image and underpainting come through. Also the focus is on the mouth. You can see that both color and application is richer and more finished there.

“Crazed” was used in the fundraising efforts for The Art League’s 60th anniversary. Pictured Above.

20″ x 38″ – Oil on Canvas

The impetus behind blowfish is an oil painted animation. Blowfish is an unflattering self portrait, the animation is a loop of me pursing my lips and blowing. It is purposely Nonsensical and has no meaning.

This is a small self portrait. The study I did for this painting you can find here.  This self portrait painting is smaller than most of my work, however it holds up well when viewed at a distance. This is due to the high contrast values, vibrant colors in the lips and the larger than life scale of the face within the composition.  The figure in this painting appears to be looking through a window, but instead of leading with the eyes, he is perhaps ready to say something.  Therefore with “Wanting to speak” I wanted the viewer to focus on the lips and nose of the face. The window of the soul is not the eyes. To me it has always been the mouth, this piece is my way of reflecting that idea.

I have my own body issues, and “Waiting to Eat” is a reimagined self portrait as obese. The painting is a mixture of pencil drawing, oil stains and thicker passages of alla prima painting techniques. I intentionally left parts of the piece unfinished so that the focal point is on the mouth.