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On The Road 5.5
Adventure photos from my recent trek across the great Pacific. All images created with my iPhone 4s. I (Hawai’i) II (New Zealand)
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Mar 7, 20131 min read
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On The Road 5
On a recent adventure in New Zealand I had the good fortune of staying at Solscape Eco Retreat in the hills above Raglan, overlooking the...
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Mar 2, 20131 min read
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Notes & Advice 5
The Artistic Learning Curve The internet can sometimes be productive…usually when you least expect or want it to be. On a recent...
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Feb 9, 20131 min read
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New Vessels
Lately I’ve been brainstorming and refining a new artistic vision, taking the opportunity of any downtime between large surgery paintings...
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Feb 2, 20131 min read
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Liberate, and Create!
I just finished these designs, to be implemented on promotional materials later this year:
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Jan 29, 20131 min read
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Influences 3: Catharsis
catharsis [(kuh- thahr -suhs)] — n 1. An experience of emotional release and purification, often inspired by or through art. 2. American...
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Jan 25, 20133 min read
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Catharsis Reunion Show Flier
More to come in the near future about this band, this phenomenon which forever altered the course of my life, called Catharsis. For now,...
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Jan 16, 20131 min read
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Grasping
I unearthed this old thumbnail sketch recently while searching for some reference photos in an impossibly overstuffed manila folder, a...
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Jan 9, 20131 min read
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Glorification
My latest installment in The Apostasy series, and the last for 2012, is now complete. Four times as big as the next smallest piece in...
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Dec 31, 20121 min read
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Notes & Advice 4: Clear Seeing and Accurate Drawing
Earlier this month I attended a 3 day intensive drawing course hosted by an artistic mentor of mine, Edward Povey. This course started...
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Dec 21, 20123 min read
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