The rest of my Toys series

Silver army man with tin parachute and a flamethrower 18" x 18" Oil and Toys on Canvas

(detail of silver leafed army man)

64 Crayons 18" x 18" Oil and Crayons on canvas

(Detail of crayons)

A String of Monkeys 5" x 36" Oil and Toys on Canvas

(Detail)

Next painting in my toys series!

More toys on canvas...

For this painting I was semi-inspired by some impasto techniques, and the effects that can be achieved by simply applying paint to the canvas. My initial idea was to create a paint toy mix and apply that to the canvas, but I forgot about the effects of gravity, so I attached the paint smothered toys to the canvas using simply (in most cases) oil paint. In a couple areas I cheated and adhered the figures that fell off with acrylic caulking. For the most part, this is pretty much just white oil paint on canvas.

Toys used: Legos, Army Men, Crayons, Puzzle Pieces, Play Sand

Child's Play, Oil and Toys on canvas 52" x 40"

(Details)

Potato Heads on a canvas

Three 18" x 18" canvases, oils

Surreal Potatoes?

32" x 24" Oil on Canvas

Potato Experiment!

18" x 18" Oil on Canvas

Mr. Potato Head Tryptic

The third painting in my Mr. Potato Head series (My second painting remains un-photographed for those following closely! To be shared as soon as I photograph it!) I'm exploring different ways to portray Mr. Potato Head in paint, moving from still life, to "an illustrative cartoony" approach, and others that will be shared shortly!

Oil on 3- 18"x18" Canvas'

Mr. Potato Head

This is the first in a series of Mr. Potato Head paintings that I will be finishing the semester with. I treated this first on as a still life study, but the idea and imagry will move forward from there. We'll see where this one goes!

18" x 18" Oil on Canvas

Printmaking Final Book

Final hand made book to hold my prints from throughout the semester.

All prints can be viewed by clicking here

Lithography: Rock'em Sock'em Robots

2.5 Dimensional (Low Relief??) Lithography

5 Elements placed within 5 different planes to create depth

Printed in a series of 4

Embellished with watercolor

Available for purchase here

http://www.etsy.com/listing/69423558/rock-em-sock-em

Drypoint print colored

Color added with watercolors

Available for purchase here

http://www.etsy.com/listing/69423888/barrel-o-monkeys

Aquatint - Mr. Potato Head: Color Processes

Same Aquatint matrix as before, printed using a la poupée, localized color

Line Etch colored

Line etch painted with watercolor

Printmaking - Line Etch

Zinc Plate, 8 x 10

Printmaking - Dry Point, Plexiplate

Barrel of Monkeys - 8 x 10

Relief Print - Linoleum Block

"Magic Eight Ball" Relief Print on Rice Paper, 8x10