sculpture progress updates.

mini monster cast in rondo.  Mold made out of alginate note the air bubbles. I should have made a mold out of plaster or silicone. Only 3" or so. 

Frame corner for a new eyeball painting I am working on. Notice custom tools ( thanks StanWinstonSchoolofCharacterarts)

Monster feet cast in liquid latex. These were for another sculpture Which I think I am going to redo. 

Another shot of the mini monster. 

eyes!

Posting up some old paintings... This was going to be a series. Each painting would have different layout, and composition. The goal was to have these function as an organism which would take over a surface. It was to be like some kind of parasitic fungus that watched you and bred more eyeballs. It was supposed to be tumors that existed in space or our planet. These were NOT influenced by the tool album. Which I get all the time the tool album is done by Alex Grey I think. And those eyes are all in a perfect aligned row. I was influenced by Giger.

this was a small piece I did for a friend. It hangs on his wall in his music studio.

This was the original that was made in my parents garage when I was 21. I used an entire sheet of masonite that is 4 feet high 8 feet wide. It took me almost a year to complete. Close to after its completion I met my wife and I painted her eye in the piece. Hers is the only color eye in the piece. (not shown) 

monsters!

I  am  not  sure  what  to  call these. These  are  ready  for  casting

I  will need  to  cast 6  of  these

Old lawndale mural

Previous Lawndale mural

collaboration (I did not participate in making these. I just found them awesome)

New Painting, Sculpture update, and color pencil drawing

"Lotus"
20x30" acrylic on canvas

Detail shot 

Here I am with "The Crochet Dude," Drew Emborsky. They bought my hanging sculpture piece "Muck" to scare their maid. lol that made my year. 

you have heard of the face hugger... this is the "nut hugger"
I will be showing pieces similar to this in the fall at a horror themed art show at Texas Art Asylum. http://texasartasylum.com/
Sculpture Project out of found objects. I have been learning a ton from Stan Winston School of Character Arts.  www.stanwinstonschool.com

Detail of "Muck" Sold 

"The Last Supper"
Color Pencil Drawing

Houston Street Art/ Catching up

Daniel Anguilu

I dont know the artists, that painted these. However they run in the same vein as low brow/ pop surrealist/ street art/ graf/ contemporary art. I am starting to archive the work in Houston. To my knowledge  there havent been many people who have done this. Lawndale (http://www.lawndaleartcenter.org/)  has a rotating mural wall which has some decent work. I don't want whoever the wall police are to come and cover up some of the art. So in cases that are not documented known sites of murals vs. graffiti I will leave location off.

On a side note I will be going back to school in the fall, which will make me a hypocrite for posting this article. https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/138c5efd45e9  It is one of the best articles I have read concerning art school. Over the past year I started sculpting, and sold my first sculpture to "The Crochet Dude" He wanted a piece to guess what? Offend his maid (awesome)


Also I have been working on trying to formulate a more well rounded portfolio. A portfolio more suitable for those who are easily offended by other art I have posted. So there will be more genre flower/ still life paintings, and more Guatemalan life paintings. I will post student work as well as I go through the process of obtaining an art degree.

I havent been very loyal to the blog and so the posts are very sporadic. After watching and reading that link posted above I have found a renewed sense of accomplishment and motivation. And last but not least http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonnazar/2013/07/23/20-things-20-year-olds-dont-get/