Tuesday, June 26, 2012

oh hey

another found wood painting. this piece was scavenged a few years ago (with permission) from the Golden Gate Bridge wood shop. the background color is the actual "International Orange" paint used on the Bridge.

the line on the left is an indentation in the wood.



Tuesday, June 12, 2012

secretary bird commission piece

This painting is officially finished. Acrylic on found wood (20"x35"). 



body detail

face detail

Saturday, June 9, 2012

squid prints

I did these back in April, when I volunteered at the SFCB Earth Day open house. Didn't get around to posting about it due to computer issues.. so here they are.

These prints were made from a humboldt squid that was donated by the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. This is a smaller squid; the mantle is about 16" long (they can grow to almost 6 feet in mantle length!). Water based block printing ink was applied to the skin of the squid, and then the paper was laid over the top and smoothed down.

with labels on butcher paper

on some lovely rice paper

Monday, June 4, 2012

secretary bird pastel


I am working on a commission based on this guy. Photos in a week or so; it's in acrylic on found wood.