Degree Project # 1 ~3/27/08~

I'm in the middle of this big Degree Project for graduating from college. This is piece #1. My idea is to somehow take little blips of wisdom, which I've been finding in the work of several abstract artists, and put them into illustrations. The pieces are inspired by short quotes, which are taken from the words and writings of artists like Jackson Pollock, Makoto Fujimura, and Clyfford Still (if you haven't heard of these guys, google them, they're really cool). Each little proverb is portrayed as a different member of a small group of friends, artists, members of the Christian fellowship at massart. I'm one of them, so the first piece is a self-portrait, illustrating these words from Jackson Pollock: "There is no accident."

Banana Explosion! ~3/27/08~

This is an Illustration I made for a sort of narrative experiment. Think of it as the 3rd frame in a 4-frame comic. Two others did the first 2 frames, and another illustrator did the last one. I wish I could post those too. It was a pretty fun project.

My Friend Sam ~3/27/08~

That same year, as the "Cut Away" piece, I made this tryptic of my friend Sam. This guy also draws and paints. He's really into comics and is in the middle of making a graphic novel right now. The idea behind the picture is that he's starting in his hometown in Maine (he's younger, not by his features but because the time-of-day is morning), progressing to when he studied abroad in Japan (now it's noon), and then finally ending the day in his appartment in boston (ahh, sunset). For reference, I used my friend Matt G's apartment. I miss that guy. He lives in Vermont and is an awesome painter/illustrator!

Cut Away ~3/27/08~

Here's a self-portrait I did a couple years ago. I was really trying to express my faith in Christ through this one. It's mostly inspired by this verse: "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." -Galatians 2:20. When I painted the piece, this verse was crucial for me. It still is.