February 2008 – Page 3

Pop Art Eve

I want to start off by saying I love pop art.

Some of my favorite artists were part of the pop art movement. (Lichtenstein being at the top of my list.)

I think it’s the bright colors that pull me in, (in case you haven’t notice I tend to use a lot of color in my work).

That being said, tonight’s piece is another friend tribute.

I loved her new profile picture and had to swipe it.

I’ve been staring at it for probably months now trying to decide how to approach it.

I even did a version in marker (simplified colors like my yelling man) but it just didn’t turn out right.

I didn’t want to loose any of the subtleties of the picture so tonight I decided I’d do a Warhol inspired version of her.

The thing is, I couldn’t decide on which color scheme to go with. I think both suit her personality.

I guess I’ll let you decide which you like better. (Of course Eve gets the final say as to which (if either) is the better one 🙂 )

Here she is, “Eve” pop art version 1 & 2

If you haven’t already noticed I’ve made a few modifications to my site.

I’ve added a main page (welcome to the milke way) complete with a slide show of my art. (not too shabby if I do say so)

I’ve also added a few page links to make getting around a bit easier and I’ve changed the music player ~~to not start automatically~~

~~upon page loading~~. or rather removed it for the time being as well as the pic I had on the right column.

So have a look around and let me know what you think or if you’ve encountered any problems.

I’ll probably continue dabbling with things for a bit. (added a few new pics too that weren’t originally in the Traditional Gallery)

Cheers for now,

I was going through my old pieces and came upon this painting I had given to my sister as a birthday/Christmas present

(I can’t remember which) back in 05. So I thought what the heck I’ll play around with it.

(If you’re curious the original was based off of a similar image I liked though for the life of me and I can’t remember what lol)

So here is the original:

I wasn’t planning on posting anything this evening but, I started working on this piece after work and finished it in a few hours.

I figured I may as well share it since it’s finished.

I’ve titled it “Pierced”.

I could try to give you this long and no doubt disjointed explanation on the symbolism etcetera, but I’ve never been the best with words.

Instead, I’ll just let the piece speak for itself and leave it at that.