My version of Andy Warhol's "6 Marilyn Monroes"

My verison of Jean-Baptiste Regnault's " The Three Graces"

An abstraction of a chewed bone

3 more Puppums for FREE!

painting project update and FOOD WAR

Well, I have 3 out of 6 painting/ photographs done. In the next 2 or 3 days I plan on completely the rest of the paintings. I've decided to do 6 individual paintings so thats caused me to do more work. So far I'm pleased with 2 out of the 3 I've done.

For my war project, since we have to have 6 images I'm doing to host a massive food fight and take a 6 photo series of everything going on it the food fight. perhaps 2 panoramas and then 4 up close photos of people engaging with each other. Its a BYOF type event. I plan on having over 20 people attending this event. As for location I want an open field. perhaps have everyone dressed in their finest. I still have the details to work out as far as wardorbe and hair and what exactly am I trying to achieve with this epic food fight. or more like a FOOD WAR!

Better late than never.

Pups dresses in Drag sometime.

My version of The Anthropomorphic Cabinet by Salvador Dali

Olympi-pup

My version of Mark Ryden's Saint Barbie.

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Yellow ballll time!

3 days of puppums

Thursday's Worm Dog

Where is my BALL!?

My version of Manet's Le déjeuner sur l'herbe

Original Version



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My version

just so ya know

I'm shooting Manet painting tomorrow..still iffy on a location. I went looking today but only came back with cat poop on my shoe. Tomorrow I'm getting up early to go and find a location, got to good will and get all props. 2 of my models dropped out of the shot. so I might use multiples of my 2 other models. I'm going to do a total of 5paintings and pick the best 3.. I really hate when I hit snags in the road, but thats the life a photographer. Models are flaky plain and simple. blah

They cut off my internet..sorry for the delay

Really?....

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Do not Distrub

Weekend 2 for 1

One of My Favorite Painters.

Mark Ryden came to preeminence in the 1990’s during a time when many artists, critics and collectors were quietly championing a return to the art of painting. With his masterful technique and disquieting content, Ryden quickly became one of the leaders of this movement on the West Coast.

Upon first glance Ryden’s work seems to mirror the Surrealists’ fascination with the subconscious and collective memories. However, Ryden transcends the initial Surrealists’ strategies by consciously choosing subject matter loaded with cultural connotation. His dewy vixens, cuddly plush pets, alchemical symbols, religious emblems, primordial landscapes and slabs of meat challenge his audience not necessarily with their own oddity but with the introduction of their soothing cultural familiarity into unsettling circumstances.

Viewers are initially drawn in by the comforting beauty of Ryden’s pop-culture references, then challenged by their circumstances, and finally transported to the artist’s final intent – a world where creatures speak from a place of childlike honesty about the state of mankind and our relationships with ourselves, each other and our past.

Clearly infused with classical references, Ryden’s work is not only inspired by recent history, but also the works of past masters. He counts among his influences Bosch, Bruegel and Ingres with generous nods to Bouguereau and Italian and Spanish religious painting.

Over the past decade, this marriage of accessibility, craftsmanship and technique with social relevance, emotional resonance and cultural reference has catapulted Ryden beyond his roots and to the attention of museums, critics and serious collectors. Ryden’s work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including a recent museum retrospective “Wondertoonel” at the Frye Museum of Art in Seattle and Pasadena Museum of California Art.

Mark Ryden was born in Medford Oregon. He received a BFA in 1987 from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles where he paints slowly and happily amidst his countless collections of trinkets, statues, skeletons, books, paintings and antique toys.

mmm...meaty nuggets...SQUIRRLE!

Changing my mind

So, the Turkish bath idea is not going to work and I've grown tired of entertaining the idea of juggling nakedness and nudity. So i'm changing one my paintings. I am going to go for Mark Ryden's " Saint Barbie." This will be a brilliant recreation.

SPECIAL THURSDAY

Here are 2 finished images from my special thursday shoot. I made the balloon a little bigger as well as the basket. Dropped a background and BLAM done.

The toughest part of completing this project was trying to meet my own expectations. At first I was really unhappy with how the set turned out, mainly the ballon and how the scale balloon to box was just not right. It semed to come together very nicely. I'm happy with these two images, and I might possibly do more editing later on the other photos.

I've always wanted to build my own set of some sort I just never really had a reason since I rarely shoot in a studio setting. I think this is something I'd like to continue as soon as I start making more money. Since materials set me back a bit.

Anyways,

To Whom it may concern,
Enjoy.

3 for 1 special :)

Non je ne regrette rien.
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Whats up with all these oncoming Chickens?
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My Kindom for an Asp

Pup-odalisque and the slave

Pup-odalisque and the slave