ali catrina

Painting cute little ali!

Mama y Abuelito bailando

Painting is going well so far!

I'm really enjoying the experience.

My mom is such a babe!

more to come!

crows at hurdman

On my way home from school I saw these crows at the Hurdman bus station. I had to get off and try and take a few pictures... If only I had my tripod then the sunset would've been perfect!

Still it was pretty fun.. I felt like I was in The Birds...

Sexy Lady

Something I drew in horror+fic. Thanks Tor for the faboosh insipration <3 Your computer contains the most lovely images to be inspired by.

Grumpy birds "I'm grumpy when you're not around"

Old photos and new paintings

I think I'm happy to put these together....

Both still a WIP I think? maybe? Maybe not?

P

PS: Watched Evita. So wonderful. Love Antonio Banderas in that...

First Painting of the year...

WIP!
Source image:

WIP:

So far I like it.

**UPDATE: (better photo and a bit more on the first doorway)

Back to School

Well... It's time for school again!

2 paintings this sem.. I'll try and post more frequently. I'll have a total of 5 works (min) per course.. so there should be 10 paintings coming soon! Perhaps more?


Also.. I'm trying to do an artistic rendering of a room for a friend. I am a bit clueless- but I think I can make it work.


**UPDATE: AND we need to get cracking on our show for Five&One. I think the show title we went with may be.. "caught in the moment" ? Maybe?

I'm thinking of a painting of this photo:

and also a Shane (L word) inspired one..

Critique

So here's the painting from my crit (Friday's class).

I'm not too sure it went over very well. I feel a bit defeated to be honest. I didn't get a sense that it was liked...at all.

But hey... here it is. I like it, that's what counts sometimes.

 

Source image

There it is! I really enjoyed painting it.. I really enjoyed the class... I may feel better about all of this in a week or so.

On a side note: Yoga with Michelle tonight (with my Mom and Ali!) - SO amazing! I'm sore already.

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UPDATE:

I found the official source imagery. 

and here is my write up:

"

Photography allegedly killed Painting, and now Digital is killing Analog.

My inspiration for this painting comes directly from my sources. Not only my source images (taken from 35mm film) but from my personal sources that inspire me in art. I feel displaced in my life and I've always used art as a tool to reconnect with myself and more specifically my roots in Mexico. Mexican Dia de los Muertos has continued to inspire me aesthetically and spiritually within my art.

The specific source image used is the Kodak Digital LAD Test Image found at the head of several commercial and trailer reels in 35mm film. This image is used as an aid to produce properly exposed negatives and prints. The film industry is moving away from 35mm film and towards Digital formats implementing new technology in Projection Booths making the old machinery and the Projectionists obsolete.

In short, this image represents, to me, the death of the Projectionist. I have combined this image with iconic representations of papel picado from Mexican Dia de los Muertos. Paired together I am celebrating what I find beautiful about film; but also celebrating an aspect of the world that is not foreign to me.

This juxtaposition of the Kodak LAD Test image on film combined with the Mexican Papel Picado, for me, expresses a self-portrait from within. Film and Projection has been an obsession and fascination of mine over the past three years that has appeared as a constant theme within my art. Furthermore my tendency to feel out of place and my struggle to connect to Mexico is articulated through the Papel Picado that quietly decorates and interrupts the film. In an effort to express my sense of displacement the portrait was painted sideways at an angle and "backwards" (also so that the words were not immediately legible, ie: distracting). In addition, Film is used as a recording tool where one can go back and retrace specific instances in time, specific memories, and relive them shortly.

Film Projection is an unseen world to most viewers and I enjoy sharing my fascination with these unseen images with an audience.  To further this collection I would like to expand on the use of Mexican imagery to further illustrate my concepts.

"

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sketch of Peter...

That's gonna turn into a painting!

Then next week we were going to do lifedrawing set up as a murder crime scene.. but some people (3) had an issue with that... so now it's a girl with headphones and laptop and bag of chips?

I was looking forward to the crime scene... with fake blood... and caution tape... and perhaps Horatio's glasses.

Well.. here is the sketch I made today.. of Peter while he was trying to sketch me.
I don't know how to draw facial hair...

painting WIP!

Working on Gary's painting...

Zombie Walk

Some of my fave pictures I took today at the Zombie Walk

Recent Painting

Here is my most recent painting.

2.5ftx5ft
Acrylic on canvas
Untitled so far.

click on image to view larger.

Day of the Dead Altar.

The first one in my new apartment!

It's not complete yet. I still need photos of loved ones who have passed, and I also need to make some sugar skulls.

But here is a picture for you...

I heart BENTO

My parents were AWESOME and bought me a super cute Laptop LunchBox/Bento Box. You can get one here... or at Chapters I'm pretty sure.

LOVE IT!

I'm pretty excited about it. These pictures are a mix of my lunch + Monique's lunch. Yea, we have matching lunch boxes. Mine is black with flowers.. and hers is all blue.


xo


Paula

Spoon Ring

Yea. I made one. I made a spoon ring.

I went to VV again and they had TONS (i think like.. 30?) individual super fancy spoons. Someone donated like.. a HUGE spoon collection...

So I bought a coupe and I made TWO spoon rings. Here's the first one. Golden Rosey one...
























and another one! Mexico Spoon!

Starving Artist - You're Looking Very Shane Today

Hello hello.

So yesterday... I paid my tuition. ALL PAID. All million billion of it...

I am officially a poor starving artist with no money in my bank account.

I'll be working on some paintings to sell.. and I'm working on a blog to keep as a more professional portfolio. For the casual commision to come along. That one is here



Meanwhile I am enjoying time away from school. Tonight will be a fantastic night where my favourite people can come over and drool over Shane McCutcheon

TEAM SHANE!

Though really I'm in love with Alice.