leona

another before and after:
here are the pencils for leona,



and here's the final oil painting.



i laid the background in with a pallet knife, kept it choppy. the skin, sweater and hair was put down and blended with a brush.

photos from concrete jungle

thanks to everyone that came out to check out the concrete jungle show. if you missed it, there's the artist reception on the third friday (june 16th). come check out the art work, meet the artists, grab a beer, give an artist the finger...you know, just live it up.

here's some photos from the first friday:

the concrete jungle is here

today starts the run of the concrete jungle at the paper heart.

the show got a nice little write up in the phoenix new times (06/01/06 issue), check it out:

final firday at wet paint, 05/26/06

final friday went well. some good art by clay elliot and koleszar.

my painting of the one8 is up there now as well.




here are some photos of the event.