Some New, Some Old

Took a bunch of pictures today. Here they are. As always, click to enlarge.

Self-portrait, May 2007 48x60


Detail:


"Classic" Self-portrait, September 2007 22x30


Surveillance, October 2007, 18x24


Vlaminck Copy (Study for Expressionist Self-Portrait), October 2007, 8x10

Expressionist Self-Portrait, October 2007, 18x24

Detail:


Abstraction, October/November 2007, 22x30



And finally, here's what I'm working on now, it already doesn't really look like this anymore.

Updates Coming Soon!

I edited my last post with a better quality picture of my Whistler/De Kooning, looks much better now, enlarge it to see the texture.

I will be uploading six (maybe five) of my latest paintings this weekend, pretty much all the oils I've done all semester in Intermediate II with Denis Sargent. I will have a traditional self portrait, an expressionist self portrait, a social/political piece, an abstract piece, and a palimpsest-like painting. I might include the others I did, but I don't really care for them at the moment. I might even go back and upload some much older stuff for fun, but that work seems less and less relevant every day.

Be sure to check out my friend Matt's work:
http://matthewwarrenlee.blogspot.com

And Chris Jordan is giving a gallery talk Friday at 4PM at the UWM Union Art Gallery:
http://www.chrisjordan.com

De Kooning and Whistler

In the Spring I had a project where I was to take a portrait that was painted in the "classic" sense, and paint in the style of another artist of our choosing. This is where I really discovered Willem De Kooning's work, particularly his women series. His work still influences me in almost every thing I do.

So I took Whistler's "Symphony in White, No.1: The White Girl":

And studied De Kooning's "Woman":

And ended up with this (Click to enlarge):

Updates

Sorry for the lack of updates, if anyone is even reading this. Still trying to figure out the best way to get quality images of my work up here. As I deal a lot with the surface, it's hard to translate textures to a 2D form. I have some ideas (detail close ups, cross sections, etc) that will hopefully capture as much of the image as possible. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.

First Post/Latest Drawings

Here is the first post, in which I've included a few recent drawings. Soon I will be posting higher-res photographs, as well as a comprehensive catalog of pretty much every thing I have done in the past five years or so.

This was a series I did, exploring the future and what messages from the future could look like. In a way they are digital artifacts, that I have assembled as the archeologist. Formally they are very much about the process. They are all collage and watercolor on paper 22" x 30".

Some close-ups (Click to enlarge):

Check out my friend Matt's work at:

http://matthewwarrenlee.blogspot.com