Monday, April 6, 2009

Dress-up

Two ideas for an eye-opening surrounding:
Chris&Ruby's Footies, socks for your chairs

and TRASH:Any Color You Like, a rapidly growing project by Adrian Kondratowicz, based the simple idea that trash bags are also sculptoric forms.



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Sunday, April 5, 2009

The Von Tiki - Tiki Style Party Bar on wheels



I wrote about the von tiki party bar art car some time ago. Now I bring you the in depth video interview with the creator of this art car, Jake Goldstein.

Manly Studies

practice practice
portrait studies of Nemesis from irc
another study
30 minute doodle

Reality Show

(Working hard on a show with the Portuguese academic group CITAC...
Here's a teaser of the performance, called Reality Show:)

REALITY SHOW from Vvoi on Vimeo.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 24

What is it?


A slashing tempest?


A rugged granite cliff?


A rolling river?


The tail plumage from a firebird?

Naw, it's just the way Robert Fawcett draws a face:



This intense little portrait (approximately 4 inches tall) is a virtuoso performance by a master draftsman. Look at the speed and facility with which Fawcett employs a dazzling array of marks on paper to channel the designs of nature. This is what I call drawing!

Fawcett took draftsmanship very seriously and was fiercely proud of his ability. As Roger Reed of Illustration House observed about some of the lines in this drawing, "he must have used a bamboo stick to draw with, like he searched for the most difficult-to-control tool in the box."



Do you prefer your drawings less intense? That's OK. Simplicity is another weapon in Fawcett's arsenal:



I am pleased to be working with Auad Publishing on a book about the life and work of Robert Fawcett. I hope you will keep an eye out for it.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Umbrella

Oil on canvas panel, 28" x 22"
Private collection





*A story is featured this month in Inkless Magazine about my paintings--
Brian Forrest - "God is color."

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Sheep Covered in LEDs to Make Art - Art Sheep



I know this is totally off the subject but these LED covered sheep used to make art is pretty darn funny and creative. Who knew?