Thursday, December 26, 2013
ME-109 Sketch
This is a small acrylic study for a larger pastel I would like to tackle. 7x5, acrylic on board.
Miss Detroit update
I have added some "Marsden Matting" into the sketch. It was suggested to me that I should add it in for some historical accuracy. It's a bit daunting but I hope that the extra effort will be worth it when this piece is complete. There's a few other perspective issues that I need to deal with as well. Will post more once I get a chance to do some further work on it.
Friday, December 20, 2013
John Lennon Print Special Order
"Hi Norb, Len is doing better, thank you for asking. I'm very sorry to hear about your wife. I hope you have extended family to support you especially during the holidays. I can only IMAGINE how you must feel. Take care Norb, Merry Christmas to you."
Monday, December 16, 2013
Pink Ribbon Kit
Finally completed the Pink Ribbon Kit for the CBCF. I hope to do more volunteer work for them in the fight against breast cancer.
Christmas at the Niche
Maddy and I went to the niche on Sunday to share a part of our Christmas tree and an ornament with Sara. I feel that even though Sara isn't here physically she is here spiritually.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Miss Detroit Update
I've got a comprehensive linear worked out. I addressed the problem of the foreground barrel by removing it and creating a much more interesting scene involving ground crew. I sourced some reference images from various sources, including taking a picture of my son posing for the back shot of the mechanic working on the engine.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
100 Small Paintings Show and Sale at the Visual Arts Centre in Bowmanville
The Visual Arts Centre in Bowmanville is opening their annual 100 Small Paintings Show and Sale this Friday, November 22nd at 7pm. I will have two pieces there, "Climbing Out" and "Safely Home"
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Miss Detroit Update
Here are the linears of the main aircraft and background aircraft, I out this together using both photographic reference and photos of models.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Eddie Vedder Word Portrait
An image of Eddie Vedder's face created with key words from his song "Society".
Sunday, November 3, 2013
JS Bach in Oil Pastel Completed
Church has been added. Oil Pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper, 19.25" x 24.5".
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Bach in Pastels Update
More progress, just the church to do now. I usually leave a piece for a few days and come back to it to see if there is anything that needs tweaking.
Bowmanville Visual Arts Centre 33rd Annual Juried Show
My portrait of my daughter Maddy was accepted in the 33rd Annual Juried Art Show at the Visual Arts Centre in Bowmanville, on until November 10th.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Bach in Pastels Update
More progress, the wig is almost complete, need to tweak it by trimming it back a little bit in places to give it a more irregular shape, less of an oval, and blocked in the chin area.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
J. S. Bach in Oil Pastel
I've begun a portrait in pastel of J.S. Bach. I would like to get across a sense of universality because his music is revered for its intellectual depth, technical command, and artistic beauty. Even more than being a prolific composer, he was a servant above all, creating a monumental body of work while facing difficult life circumstances. The thing that I find most amazing about Bach was his lack of concern over fame and fortune, being mainly concerned with glorifying God through his music and toiling for the church as an organist and choir director.
Monday, September 16, 2013
Miss Detroit
Urban "Ben" Drew was famous for flying his P-51 Mustang "Detroit Miss" in the ETO during WWII. After completion of his European tour, Drew served with the 413th Fighter Squadron, 414th Fighter Group, flying P-47N-5s from Iwo Jima. I have chosen to depict his "Jug" being serviced on Iwo Jima in 1945. On another forum it was mentioned that Ben himself said that the aircraft was named "Miss Detroit", not "Detroit Miss II" which I originally thought. I'll most likely add some little tidbits of detail such as tools and things in the foreground. I will portray this same scene in oil pastel as well.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Six Shooter in Pastels (Complete)
Here is the final Hellcat piece depicting Alex Vraciu in his Hellcat on June 19, 1944 as he shot down 6 Japanese Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bombers during the First Battle of the Phillipine Sea in what came to be known as the "Marianas Turkey Shoot".
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Hellcat in Oil Pastels WIP update
Here's another update with more background and the Hellcat started. It's a lot of layering and burnishing with the stomps, and cutting of stencils.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Six Shooter WIP in oil pastels
Here's a couple of "in-progress" shots of the Hellcat piece which is being rendered with oil pastels. Again, it was scanned on a small scanner so I always have to tile and piece the images together in photoshop and it can be a pain in the behind. One shot has the Hellcat from my acrylic sketch placed. As I did in the Spitfire piece, I placed it to help give me some perspective while progressing with the piece as a whole.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Another Breast Cancer Series image
Another CG graphic image with the theme of breast cancer. Trying to convey a sense of the importance of positive thinking as a part of the process of facing this or any other disease.
Spitfire in Pastel
Here is a section of the pastel piece I had mentioned some time back when I did the small acrylic study. I will post the entire image when I've had the chance to scan the entire piece in sections and put it together because I have a very small flatbed scanner. The piece is on Canson Me-Teintes pastel paper, 25" x 19".
Monday, June 10, 2013
Painted Rock Memorial
I just finished painting a rock which my father-in-law, Jim, had chosen off the beach from Newcastle. Sara and I used to love walking there, so he asked me to paint a shoreline on it with Sara's name on it and to place it in the garden. I'd been promising Jim that I would do it for months so I finally did it this past weekend. It will be placed beside the hosta that Sara had asked me to plant as well.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Wendel Clark in Pastel
Just completed this pastel of Legendary Leafs Captain, Wendel Clark. 18" x 24" on pastel paper.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Breast Cancer Awareness Graphic Work
A couple of "experimental" design projects in my volunteer work for the CBCF to develop some concepts for use on their collateral material to be used for the fight against breast cancer. I hope they go with something in this direction because I feel these to be very communicative while they are also graphically strong. I will expand on these with more along these lines.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Bach Music Posters
A couple of graphic design ideas for music posters, one for Bach's Cantata BWV 67, the other for his Easter Oratorio, BWV 249. Each image has imagery and verbage pertinent to the themes of each cantata. The Cantata BWV 67 was composed for the first Sunday after Easter in 1724. His Easter Oratorio was composed in Leipzig and first performed on 1 April 1725. I am planning on building a body of this type of work.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Light My Fire
Another in my series of musicians portraits that I would like to complete with pastels. Jim Morrison was a poet and musician who possessed a bit of a brooding personality. He was a fiercely independent and free thinker who sought for ways to express himself through words and music. Pastel on Paper, 25.25" x 11".
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Sara
Here is a pencil portrait of my wife. It was created for her parents in remembrance of Sara, who passed away on January 30, 2013. She will forever have a place in my heart. We enjoyed 22 years of togetherness in marriage and we have two wonderful children in whom a part of her will always live. I miss her terribly. They say that time heals all wounds and I hope that the pain of our loss will lessen with time. Rest in peace Sara.
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