Finished Another One! AND show at CSUEB Oakland extension (business building) and sneak peek!

Here's a sneak peek of my latest painting for the childhood series. I'm thinking of having people be part of this one so it will be interactive. You'll see how when it's finished! For now enjoy these nice glazed colors in one of Forakis's unfinished pieces that were about to b thrown away. So I suppose it's a collaboration of sorts. I love 50's 60's geometry art. This is the second piece inspired by geometric art.

Here's the finished product. I always stare at the painting for hours until I conclude it finished. I don't really tin about color or value I just think about the implications it could bring. I decided this piece was finished because I liked the separation between painting and the wood material and how some characters submerge into the paint completely almost like a sea of dreams but one is half in and half out. The lonely figure is lonely and blocked off to the side. If you see the painted areas as individual pieces they work as stand alone compositions :) I hope you guys liked it because I certainly did :)))))

SHOW!!!!!!

Here's the address:

Oakland Professional Development and Conference Center
In the Transpacific Centre
1000 Broadway, Suite 109
Oakland, CA 94607

It's the verses series but hopefully I'll show my new stuff around summer or earlier :)

So keep checking!

More of the painting I"m working on

shots from my latest painting. It's almost done.

A Post Finally in 2010!!!

This is my latest work and I'm painting the figures on the right and cut out. THere's gonna be a little more painting that will add to the composition but the whole thing is very disconnected. I'm exploring with the feeling of uncertainty and self-awareness in this painting by not being present. The first pic shows new tables I bought to work on. Now I have a huge working station and it's great!!!!

And this is my storage space right next to the tables. It's okay for now and it's nice to have easy access to current work.

These are works from the past which didn't really quite fit into any series I had going on. I think these have helped me explore different areas of artmaking which opened new possibilities for interpretation. I'll be posting more in the future for kicks ha!

Preparing a new surface and Free Art at the Murmur

It's been a long month trying to get a job and keep myself afloat from all the bills that come after college but I'm making ends meet and still got tons of time for my work. Recently I have been sketching ideas for the childhood series and came out with a lot of good ideas but I also realized that most of the art magic happens spontaneously. Below is an angled me I'm sympathizing with.

Also this month I participated in yet another Free Art event at the murmur in Oakland. I only made two pieces this time of quick sketches of me. I think it's a good sketch and has a lot of character. Those who got this are lucky bastards. Why is everything I'm writing underlined?

Below is the current painting I'm working on. I'm trying to prep the surface with this foggy wet effect but it's taking a long time. I think I'll have to buy gloss medium to make it more dimensional. I already envisioned where the bodies will be and how much I'll show and I think it will be a pretty powerful piece. I took a close up shot of a part where I expose the layers which I find beautiful.

These days I've been thinking about my art practice and I think I need to be bigger. So I decided that I'll create some performance art and happenings which I'll be documenting and posting in the future. I'm thinking of creating clothes and making videos but I'm not sure exactly what kind of subject matter this will all entail. My decision to merge into other fields comes from wanting to live the life my paintings do.

Before you go I wanted to wish you happy holidays and thank you for following this blog for so long. I love the fact that my art has the power to bring people back and makes me feel like we are all part of something. So thanks again and I hope to see you again :D xoxoxoxoxoxoxo get over here! xoxoxoxoxox

New Childhood painting and Nupens Work + EXHIBITS IN 2009!!!

That's right I finished this new painting. It was a little harder than I thought but I still finished it fairly quickly. Was having problems getting the right kind of tone for his skin. It would either look too wet or too dry. I think I got it. I chose to left everything else empty to emphasize the natural aesthetics of the back of the whiteboard I'm using. There's two different tones like an amazing minimalist painting. Who knew minimalism can also be found in everyday objects :o

And this here is my Nupens work. I spent a lot of time melting the sharpies with water and layering this thing over and over again. It has acquired a nice painterly quality but it is still grounded in drawing since I chose to leave the finer lines. It came out better than I expected and the white space dictates endless worlds around this event that's happening on paper. It's just so right to leave that amount of space. I forget that it's paper. Also don't forget that I don't care what you think of the white space, your thoughts don't count.

Ha ha ha ha HALLOWEEN BEOTCHES! I helped Devin craft his Lady Gaga costume for halloween. I used foam to create the diamond shapes then I wrapped it in black masking tape and attached it to his jacket. He's wearing it backwards so it looks like a dress. It came out pretty amazing and with cheap materials :)

Free Art? Childhood?

To Open the month I participated in this Free Art event in Oakland Art Murmur. That's right I handed out free art. Okay it wasn't like anything super expensive but I printed out and editioned two of my paintings. It's copyrighted material so there's a little thrill to it ;) Below are some photos of the process and finished product of the free art. Free Art is good because it gets people to collect and value the power of collection of singular objects. It's kind of a romantic idea but I'm from Brazil and I'm the last romantic. Enjoy the pics I might do it again. Maybe I should print out big prints and sell them online what do you guys think? They'd be very cool and detail and big. Maybe bigger than the real thing lol.

I have been working on the childhood series lately but very slowly. That's because I can't find a job anywhere and it has been a little frustrating. Below are some pics of a sketch and a painting in its premature levels. I hope you like where this is going. I'm putting a lot emotion into this :)

Done With This Painting and Internship at a gallery!

Creative head.

I just finished the painting above and I actually started on another new painting from this series. It's coming together nicely and I can't wait to buy more wood and paint scenes with narrative. I want it all to feel elusive, dark, and hopeful. Maybe that's how I felt when I was growing up? Who knows! i'm still working on the pens and Sharpies too and I'll post some of those on the next post. I'm doing this thing where I draw with the marker and quickly drag gesso on top creating this painter smudge like feel on the drawing. It's interesting because it's done in markers and pens and not paint but it looks like paint.

In other news I started an internship at a gallery and it's a lot of fun. I like staying in the same place as other people's art and now it's clear why people purchase these. The longer you live with them the more you start to understand and appreciate the medium and intent of the artist. They make you think and analyze so much it's so interesting. I would type in here what gallery I'm in but I'll just say it's in SF. So if you see me you get a special reward for finding me.