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Here was a big piece I did for the Grace Ellay show. After doing all the portraits it was hard to do a painting with a background, quite frustrating actually. I ended up removing the back window along the way and adding my cat to balance it out. I was quite happy with the end result. Here are a few images of the process.

Sorry for the delay, not that anyone was waiting on the edge of their seats. I had a great show at Grace Ellay, a cute boutique and gallery in Silverlake. I sold quite a bit of art but to be honest it was just nice to get all my paintings out of my apartment and in the publics view. This friday i pick up what's left to redistribute along my apartments walls. The opening was packed and it was great to see my friends and family all together. Along with my portraits I did a whole series of characters on cigarette packs called "Pack of Insurgents" which seemed to be a big hit. Ron Livingston (the lead actor in Office Space) bought 2 of them! Here are some pictures from the show.

We painted last night at Jeremy's for the 1st night in a while. I did a self portrait while Jeremy did 2 paintings of me painting. Here is the sketch and the nights fruition.

Yaaaay, I think its all finished. I lightened up the background and added a few more details to the faces and eyes. Now the piece feels well balanced and every ones faces seem sincere and believable.

Its really coming along, everything is laid in and now I just have to make some finishing tweaks. I'm not sold on the background and have to decide on where to take it, but the forms are all there and I'm happy with the likenesses.

I started a new commissioned piece for my buddy Phil. It's a Christmas present so I have to knock it out on a pretty tight deadline but so far I'm making good progress. I started with a base drawing to layout all the forms but didn't get too crazy with the details or shading, I'll save that for the actual painting.



After the drawing I did a brown rub on top to unify everything all the paint that will follow. The portrait is of 3 people who have passed away so I thought the brown sepia tone would help give the piece a aged quality . The next day once the wash was dry I did my 1st pass with paint. I tried to get a good base on all the skin tones, and blocked in the eyes and the clothing.

delivered

I finally turned it over and said goodbye. Dalia was even a little teary eyed. Awe