Thesis Teaser

Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today I turned in my thesis!!!!!! Woo-hoo!!!!

The final presentation is not until December 3rd, but the only things left to do now are minor adjustments...

I just wanted to give you a little teaser of what I will be presenting and I wanted to invited you to our Master Thesis Show taking place December 8th from 6pm to 9pm at the Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum... Official invitation to be posted soon....

This painting is part of my series and one of my favorites. The man that changed my life and made me the painter I am today: Professor David Y. Chang...

Enjoy!!!

Professor Chang

24"x36"

Oil on Canvas

For Yvette...

Just as a small break from my thesis, I created this colorful bromeliad... This time I experimented with quartz crystals in order to create my own surface for the pastels. I learned this technique while I studied with Daniel Greene... I applied it to masonite board, and I have to confess I missed the "bounce" that you get when you work on something softer, so next time I will do this same experiment on canvas. I'll let you know how it goes...

"Polychromatic Bromeliad"

10"x10"

25.4 cm x 24.5 cm

Pastel on Masonite Board

Available for sale here

Photo-retouching

Because of my limited time to produce other paintings while I work on my thesis, I have found myself experimenting more and more with digital media. I am especially intrigued with photo-retouching possibilities. I was trying to create an old picture feel with an emphasis on the lightning. You can see the before and after pictures here... Enjoy!

"Sofy"

Digital Image

Digital Art

I received this special commission from one of my closest friends. He just got married a month ago and wanted to give his wife a little something to remember him by... He came to me and I decided that in the time frame that he needed it by this was the best option. The good thing about this is that the colors can be easily adjusted to the liking of the client and you can print it in any size you want. We ended up choosing a different color scheme, but I have posted two of the options that we explored.

"JC & Giovanna"

Digital Images

Private Collection

Golf

Here is the result of a painting I have been working on... The client wanted a golf related beachy scene with two men depicted. I gathered several references online and came up with this...

"Golf"

9"x12"

Pastel on La Carte Paper

Private Collection

Backyard

While I continue to work on my thesis (I just begun portrait #6 out of 10)... Here is a quick painting I did of my aunt's backyard in Orlando... It was not a very sunny day but there was still some light.


"Tia Mercedes' Backyard"
Pastel on La Carte Paper
9"x12"
$150

Back to Reality

Ladies and gentlemen,


I am back in Miami and today I bring my best painting from the workshop I took with Mr. Daniel E. Greene. It was a great experience. I met a lot of new people and I learned several things that I had been wondering about before...

This is Vito, our model for the morning session. I think this painting came out great... I had lots of trouble photographing it though. I couldn't get rid of all the glare...



"Vito"
18"x24"
Oil on Canvas