New water tank and L tracks painting

Took a walk today near the studio. This painting is based on the photo I took on that walk. Still a work in progress but gets me back to painting city scenes and water tanks.

New Aerial Landscape Paintings

These five new paintings were finished a few weeks ago. They are part of my aerial landscapes series based on maps and overviews of the landscape. This particular set of paintings took on a new color palate with shapes and colors that resembled various reptiles, which is where the names came from. Enjoy!

Gecko River, acrylic on canvas, 36x36, 2011

Tortoise Delta, acrylic on canvas, 36x36, 2011

Turtlehead Lake, acrylic on canvas, 36x36, 2011

Rattlesnake Ridge, acrylic on canvas, 20x20, 2011

Snapper Islands, acrylic on canvas, 20x20, 2011

RAWednesday DIY Art Marketing Event

I'll be participating in a panel discussion tonight about DIY Marketing. It's part of the RAWednesday series of events. It's free and you can still sign-up!

Sign-up here: http://rawednesdaysept2011.eventbrite.com/

Ravenswood Event Center
4011 N. Ravenswood Ave.
2nd floor (follow the 2010 posters once inside)
Chicago, IL 60613

Art at Transistor

As of last weekend, I have a some screen prints on record album up now at Transistor. The shop just moved locations from Andersonville to Ravenswood/North Center (on Lincoln near Trader Joe's).

I just moved back to an apartment in Andersonville but the new Transistor location is, coincidentally, three blocks from my art studio. I'm excited to be a part of this great space with its mix of art, music, books, electronics, live music, DJ's, film screenings and art classes.

Thanks to Andy and Rani for inviting me to show at Transistor! Here are some photos of my art on the wall behind the DJ area:

Rooftop Water Tanks

Rooftop water tanks are a unique architectural feature in cities - especially Chicago and New York. They are a link to our industrial past and a disappearing element of the cityscape. Due to the decline of these structures, I've been making it a point to photograph them when I see them. These photos are then used for reference in my cityscape paintings or as the main focal point of my screen prints. 



This series of screen prints created on record album covers uses a photograph I took of a water tank on Kingsbury Street in Chicago. I used acrylic to paint over record album covers, then screen printed the water tank image on top, allowing some of the original album art or text to show through.

I enjoy the multi-faceted process of screen printing and the experimental nature of the medium. I like to work quickly so screen printing lets me create many images at once.

going back to nature

Just realized that I didn't post in June. So, here's one in just under the wire...

I've been getting inspiration from nature lately. For about the last month, I've sketched trees in a forest preserve on my lunch hour. Took some photos too. Then started some paintings (still in progress). It's been fun starting something new. I'm also enjoying how the three mediums are influencing each other and the way I work.