So now I take the picture and I make what I call a “first draft”. Its always really loose and really bad. This one was extra bad for me. The composition just was bugging me. I was not feeling it at all. But… its always good to start.

Once I have the image sort of sorted out in my head, and the lines on paper, I then set up the canvas. I’ve been working on unstretched canvas pinned up tp a wall. Why? I don’t like the edge from the stretchers that I get sometimes. And for whatever reason, this just works for [...]

I usually then take the photograph and I do a preliminary sketch. It helps me to get a feel of the lines and the contours of the face. So you can see here that this is exactly what I have done. Tautology is free around here! This leads me into my artistic theory. To be [...]

Two more months to go and I feel like I’m going crazy, I’ve been painting and working on so many things! But I’m sure you remember we promised you Behind-the-scenes? Well here we are!! This is what I’m working on now. This is a genuine work in progress. A famous face! Anyone here recognize this [...]

This is one more shot from Brent Malones funeral / memorial / celebration. In the pix you can see what I imagine is a self portrait from back in the day. Did anyone see Brent’s last show? Journeys it was called and it was weird. Weird in the sense that, it seems like he knew [...]

At Brents funeral / memorial / celebration, there was a communal painting. Anyone who wanted to could go and put a few marks on. The effort was led by pretty much the entire artistic community. Jackson Burnside. Stan Burnside. John Cox. Antonius Roberts. All of the heavy hitters. I didnt’ put a mark on the [...]

I’ve never been to a funeral before where I could actually say, “that was a good funeral.” But I can say it about Brent Malones memorial service. Maybe it was because he was cremated and the service wasn’t dominated by something as depressing as a corpse. Like your body is stealing the show from the [...]

Brent Malone seems to have been on a serious spiritual journey when he died. He seemed to be at peace with himself and the universe. If only we all could reach such a place. This was a cross that he constructed for the New Providence Community Church. In the service the pastor (Clint) said that [...]

Went to the memorial service for Brent Malone today. The art community was there in full force. Got some pictures. I’ll put em up tomorrow. Here’s one for now.

I’ve decided to merge my two blogs. You see I was busy blogging away on the Famous Faces of Nassau website and I was really neglecting my personal site. So why do I need to blog twice? Art related musings aren’t really that bad you know. Because of time and such things I’ve been reduced [...]