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Ommatophobia: Heisei Era II
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One Lonely Beastie I be. June 24, 2008. I've recently been confronted with questions about the meaning behind my work, which leaves me sputtering and grasping. I think what I'm exploring in this series is the sad and beautiful contrast that occurs when cultural artifacts creep out past the oppressive structures of modernity. It's like grass growing in the sidewalk cracks. There's a zen saying about how the reeds make the moon look more round. Sometimes we need the contrast to get us to really see things.
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Ommatophobia: El Haj
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One Lonely Beastie I be. February 24, 2008. This was the first piece in an informal series of three. The series is inspired by the complex compositions and exotic iconography of middle eastern and Asian money. The white area on the left is similar to the watermark security feature of currency. I was interested in the way the negative space had to be worked into the design. Arguably, I could have done a better job. I had trouble working with the almost square format. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ommatophobia: December 2008
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One Lonely Beastie I be. December 6, 2008. Drawing on canvas pad. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Ommatophobia: August 2009
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One Lonely Beastie I be. August 3, 2009. A fun sketch of a giant fish. That shape is so interesting to me. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Ommatophobia: Mekong Catfish
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One Lonely Beastie I be. August 3, 2009. A fun sketch of a giant fish. That shape is so interesting to me. Hey, its Jon from the wedding. Really good work on this blog and the other one is pretty awesome too. I feel like Ive been to curetheblind before. And I checked out Ran from the library today. Yep. Thanks for looking Jon. I am enjoying your tumbleblog now. Tumbleblogs are so mysterious to me - so much strange and unusual content without any context. What did you think of Ran? View my complete profile.
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Ommatophobia: January 2014
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One Lonely Beastie I be. January 8, 2014. Some spooky bits. I was trying to think of the pen as more of a paintbrush on the skull drawing. Using chunks of tone rather than endless fields of soft shading. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Ommatophobia: The Drapery Monolougues
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One Lonely Beastie I be. November 2, 2008. I'm pretty happy with the way this cloth study turned out. I did it quickly and stayed fairly loose (for me at least). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Ommatophobia: St.Francis
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One Lonely Beastie I be. February 28, 2008. StFrancis is one of those icons that seems to inhabit interesting places for me. Claire told me a lot about him and how he would live outside and tend to the animals. He seemed like such an interesting and gentle man. So the thing that fascinates me about this statue of him is the stark, almost Leninesque depiction. I'm intrigued by the duality of spiritual leaders. Jesus is often painted as the kindest, softest. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ommatophobia: Specularity
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One Lonely Beastie I be. February 15, 2009. I'm trying to get my tablet to produce drawings that look like my sketchbook. I still have much more control with a real pencil. The refraction at the top edge was especially gratifying on this piece. Am I the only person that has favorite spots of drawings? I had a lot more going on around the glass, but through the glory of photoshop layers, I removed it for a later day. And while I may have broken a few laws. Drawing #2 happening now. Honk Kong action!
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