A Portrait of an Artist and His Wife

9x12

ink on bristol board

Here is the last of the commissions from the Sh!tshow Kickstarter campaign. The client wanted a portrait of me and my significant other. Why? I have no idea, but I took it as a challenge to have a bit of fun. Well, as it turns out, I had a lot of fun with this one. I incorporated elements of surrealism (think more of Dali than say, Tanguey) and symbolism and went to town. The background design is the facade of the Italian church that we were married in. And, of course, I had a little help from Sandro Botticelli. 

 

Triptych History: The 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition

11x17

ink on bristol

(click to enlarge)

This here drawing was done during my mentorship program with Giuseppe Castellano and The Illustration Dept. This was the second series that we worked on involving odd, little known and interesting moments in history. I always liked reading about Salvador Dali's deep sea diver antics during his lecture at the Surrealist Exhibition early in his career, so chose that for this drawing's topic. 

 

Yves Tanguy Sketch

 

I've been super busy as of late and will have much to show, hopefully soon. In the meantime, I couldn't resist doing a sketch of my 2nd favorite surrealist, Yves Tanguy. Dali, owed a lot of his early ideas to this guy, this Tanguy. His wife, Kay Sage, was quite a surrealist painter, as well. Maybe better. Further examinations of her works are a definite must.