Sunday, August 18, 2013

"Marilyn" 2013

There is a lot that goes behind my love for Marilyn. I feel that with every picture she is giving away a piece of herself. When she was a little girl she was raped and her foster parents didn't believe her. I feel like she never recovered from this. Every photo she seems to be begging for someone to save her from her helplessness. But she spent her life making herself vulnerable. I understand being trapped by defining yourself by something you have no respect for. I see a lost little girl every time I see a picture of Marilyn. And I see myself in this little girl.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

"Squid?" 2013


Thie and I took a welding class today at LHUCA after I met one of the welders in the new welding studio during FFAT (if you haven't seen it yet, go!). I must admit, it will take more than one demo for me to get welding down. This was my attempt at a whale. However, since it looks like nothing distinguishable, I decided to say it was an abstracted squid. For all my Experimental Drawing friends, Jeff would be proud.

"The Hobbit" 2013


I made this poster for my brother because The Hobbit is one of his favorite books and movies. I chose to copy J. R. R. Tolkien's original design for the cover.

"Fitzgerald" 2013


This is a portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald and in the background I painted his rough draft for the first page of The Great Gatsby.