Traditional Paintings
Traditional Paintings
Sundancer
Oct 5th
Sundancer
Detail
Detail
40x50cm
Watercolors, watercolor pencils and acrylic paint on canvas
References were used
Painted in 2010
Elysian Fields
Mar 20th
Elysian Fields
Detail 1
Detail 2
Detail 3 - Butterfly
My first oil painting.
The title refers to the final resting place for the souls of the virtuous in Greek Mythology. It is also a reference to the term “The Little Death”(orgasm), highlighting the relationship between death and ecstasy. Her blue figure and explosive colors express the moment of climax and death. The flowers on her eyes are a play on the ancient Greek ritual of putting coins over the eyes of the deceased so that they may pay the ferryman Charon to sail them over the river Styx to the Elysian Fields. Normally, though, the dead only needed one coin as they would stay in the afterlife forever. This woman gets two, because she must cross the river twice and return to life.
References were used
Approx. 40x120cm, oil on canvas
2010-2011
Shortly after I finished the painting a butterfly decided to sit on it for a while. I’m not sure why it did that, but it was a sweet little moment.
The Lilith Effect
Jan 29th
The Lilith Effect
Detail - Lilith I
Detail - Lilith II
Detail - Snake I
Detail - Snake II
Detail - Bloom I
Detail - Bloom II
Detail - Flower & bumblebee
Detail - Hummingbird
Detail - Snake & Hummingbird
Detail - Hummingbird & signature
Painting Lilit
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Acrylics on canvas
Assorted references were used
Approx. 80cm x 60cm
2007 – 2010
Lilith is a character from Jewish mythology. She was created at the same time and from the same earth as Adam, unlike Eve, who was created from one of Adam’s ribs. Lilith was Adam’s first wife (before Eve), who is scorned and demonized in the writings, because she refused to be subservient to Adam and decided archangels were more fun. It was this treatment that inspired my work with the painting – why is a woman a sinner if she refuses to be passive? Should Lilith really be regarded as a demon or is she in fact a victim in the story?
The painting has many symbols from the Garden of Eden and various other associations. The larger image of the woman and the snake is mirrored in the center of the painting where the snake is eating the hummingbird (see Details).
Traveller
Jan 15th
Traveller
Detail - Traveller
Detail - Eyes
Detail - Hands
Detail - Walk
Detail - Trees
Detail - Desert
Detail - Green gecko
Detail - Yellow gecko
Detail - Paint gecko
Detail - Signature
Process
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Medium: Acrylics on canvas
References: Jeffro
Size: Approx. 120cm x 120cm
2009 – 2010
This painting is about traveling through music and is generally an exploration of adventure and wonder. The most important parts to notice is how the wire from the headphones turns into a string of lights that continues throughout the desert, but there are other hidden secrets. Geckos are said to bring good luck to travelers and the three geckos in the painting come to life the closer they are to the scene beyond the wall, blurring the line between the real and imaginary. Why are the trees levitating?
Traditional art portfolio
Dec 18th
The Lilith Effect
Elysian Fields
MJK:Vessel
Lament
Mars
Traveller
Goodbye
Embrace
About Envy
Roboerotica
Sundancer
Amir Derakh
HyperRed - Matt Bellamy
Martyr
Rebel
Jeffro
Rebel Yell
MJK : Vessel
Dec 4th
MJK:Vessel
Detail - Face I
Detail - Face II
Detail---Strings I
Detail---Strings II
Detail - Edge
Painting process
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This is a painting about the process of creation. In many ways it is a personal attempt to understand and communicate events that I have been experiencing while painting or singing. Often I have felt as if I am simply the medium through which ideas and inspiration is expressed. In those brilliant moments it is as if you plug into something outside yourself in the ether, which feeds you enormous amounts of information -both factual and emotional. You no longer need to think or plan – you simply act. There is perfect synchronization between you and everything else that exists.
References: random photos of Maynard James Keenan. At the time I found myself being very inspired by his voice.
Medium: Acrylics on canvas
Size: Approx. 30 x 40 cm
About 3 months of work, finished in 2010.
Mars
Sep 30th
Mars
detail
process
photo references from "Ghosts of Mars"
My first painting on canvas.
Mars is the god of war. This portrait is inspired by John Carpenter’s movie “Ghosts of Mars”.
Acrylics on canvas.
August – October 2007
Approx. 40x60cm
Lament
Jul 31st
Lament
Cliffs detail
Heart detail
Flower detail
My final high-school project for art class.
Finished in April, 2006
Acrylics on board.
It measures 2,55m x 1,30m (roughly 8’4” x 4’3”….and I’m 161cm tall, you do the math) and took me 2 months of hard work to finish.
This is a painting about change and choices and creating and self-expression. You can let misfortunes drain the life out of you or you can use them to feed pretty things, filtering bad blood through pure white flowers.
Obviously there are lots of symbols in this. The most important is the thick, green vein that leads from the heart, through the body, out the head, around the arm and into the flower that bleeds.
