Filicide

From April 4th through the 26th, the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts is exhibiting artworks from the graduating BFA and MFA students. I’ll be showing my work along with the eight other graduating BFA students at the lower level of the museum. The opening reception takes place on Friday, April 4th from 6-9 pm.

From left to right: Biomechanical Ejaculation, Artificial Sweetener, Troubled Skins

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The exhibition was held at the F.U.E.L. gallery in historic downtown Philadelphia. The showcase highlighted four students and recent grads from Florida State University (spring ‘07) including myself. I was awarded the national iDMAa award of excellence in recognition for my showcased digital print triptych, City Screams.

Newly completed silkscreen print. This is my first edition using the process and the result was ten 11×17″ prints (of 20 produced). More silkscreen work to follow in the coming month.

I’m still working on Varicose whenever time allows (and sometimes even when it doesn’t). Working on the book has recaptured my enthusiasm for art and design as social commentary. The process has managed to somehow become simultaneously therapeutic and depressing for me, but all the while completely necessary.

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Please excuse the lack of updates. I’m presently working on a 50 page “artist book” entitled Varicose: Lotions For Troubled Skins. I’m enclosing the front and back cover (spread) for now - a preview of things to come. Thematically, the book deals with the degeneration of the American media and how this coincides with the human psyche at its primitive level. When Anna Nicole Smith is considered the top headline on so-called major news networks, I think it’s one indication that we’re steadily devolving as a civilization. People will sedate themselves by any means necessary to distract themselves from dealing with the real issues — reality. Unfortunately there’s more to reality than most people have confronted.

This is a mixed media painting I recently completed dealing with the theme of astral projection — easily my most involved work to date. The process begun as an initial rough sketch, then was translated into a 18×24″ charcoal drawing on toned paper. The completed drawing was then imported to Corel Painter, used as a template and painted over. After paint layers were put on, finishing details including lighting and textures were put in place. Click the thumbnail on the left to view the full version.

This was my first attempt at Corel painting, but I have to say that the process was something I took a liking to. Corel Painter IX and a Wacom pen tablet is a killer combination for someone like myself with a more graphical approach to artwork.

This is a five-page magazine spread I created for a class project. The magazine design could be based on any article of our choosing. I chose to use text from sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick’s novel A Scanner Darkly. The spreads recap the first chapter of the book and the imagery was inspired by the story.