For a while I’ve noticed that I never really paint any types of animals. So when I was given the opportunity to paint something I haven’t tackled previously, in this case a great white shark, I went for it.
ARTWORK: Jaws
April 11th, 2008 · 8 Comments
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ARTWORK: Fight Club
February 2nd, 2008 · 16 Comments
Commissions can be an interesting process. Some people have more input in what conceptually goes into a painting, making it more collaborative, while others allow me more freedom to come up with something on my own. Back in October I was asked to do a painting based on Fight Club. The finished piece is above, [...]
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ARTWORK: Pulp Fiction
August 29th, 2007 · 7 Comments
Every once and a great while I’ll watch a film that completely catches me off guard. The first time I saw Pulp Fiction, long before I knew who Quentin Tarantino was, I was fifteen years old. From the moment Jules shot the guy laying on the couch in the motel room, Pulp Fiction was as [...]
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ARTWORK: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
May 28th, 2007 · 2 Comments
It can be challenging to boil down an entire film into a single image, so instead of illustrating any particular scene I try find the major themes or overall concept of the film as I feel that will generate something much more powerful. With Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind I saw a film that [...]
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