Vision Poster

We've all had near misses with love.  But does that mean we give up on love?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0n4dtroy7Y

This is a mock up of a poster I was asked to do.  I'm liking the layout and general idea.  Finding the fonts for the final draft will be a challenge, but one that I take on gladly. 

raven

This is a Buddhist raven from Tibet.

A lot of good things are happening.  One of them this color scheme.

A friend of mine recently "liked" some of my artwork on facebook.  This friend is from Liberia, and after another Liberian friend saw that this person had liked my work, they were asking them about liking "art done by white people." 

In light of that, I just want to say that I don't discriminate based on race.  I don't really discriminate against anyone, unless they are an asshole, and even then I will let as much slide with them as I possibly can in order to keep the relationship at 100%.  This is about art though. 

Art has a value intrinsic to it, an importance that lies completely outside the ethnicity of the artist.

I'm sure that my being white and growing up in small town white America has contributed to the content of my work in some fashion.  Still, I'm able to find so much beauty in observing, learning about, and interacting with people of other cultures, that defining my art work as "art done by white people" is just a reflection of that individuals shallow understanding of a number of issues. 

In other news, I'm excited to get started on another commissioned drawing.  It is another love themed drawing, and this time will be including two Cenzontle, a.k.a. Mexican Mockingbirds. This is the rough sketch I did to map out the composition. 

I can't wait to get started

Weak ape throw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrmgiPO_260


This is amazing.

prints

Raven, Atticus, Bishop

I should have more of these by now.  Too many distractions.

Lovebirds

2400 project views on my behance page, 115 project appreciations.  How to get to epidemic status?  Until I find a way, I'm going to work out these projects.  Progress shot:

Love birds theme.  They are based on buntings, a painted bunting on the left, an indigo bunting on the right.  The painted bunting is looking endearingly at the indigo bunting, who is serenading the painted bunting with a song.  The branches come together and wrap around each other, as a heart shape.

Update:  11/16

Update:  12/3

Update: 12/12

Update: 12/14

Final

Sitting on three commissions.  Accepted a show at a gallery in St. Paul for January.  Preparing for two art events through Hennpin County Medical Center.  This is just great.