rhino commision completed and delivered

after many months, the 68"x36" rhino commission is done (mixed media: oil, acrylic, pumice, brick, slate).

here's a comparison of the initial sketch and the final painting:

rhinos are coming

for the past several months i have been working on a large rhino piece. it will be finished this month. here are a some sneak peeks.

glass candy factory

i was privileged to be able to play a small part in anthony d'amico's glass candy factory -- a one-night-only show of his incredible glass art. the show included music and some dramatic bits. i can't say much more about it - you just had to be there.

thank you, anthony, for an amazing experience.

merging art & tech

i will be teaching a music & technology "camp" to kids in a few weeks (and also robotics in another session). i have been working on a prototype for a project. it is inspired by Lorenzo Bravi's "Hit the Beat" project. more details to come later when it is finished (plans and code will be posted online). the basic idea is to build a percussion box / drum machine. we will build the instrument, add design elements to it, and program it to play a rhythm.

here is a video of the cardboard prototype, and another of the birch wood prototype.

it is powered by an Arduino, which is controlling a solenoid. 

some recent portraits

some recent portraits done at the Tuesday Night Group, done a couple of weeks apart but using similar palettes (my remaining paint from the top one was used to make the background for the bottom one):

blank canvas

getting ready to take away the blankness from this canvas:

watch this space for more to come!

bold and bright rhino

here is the final version of "shoot me to save me," the rhino painting entered into the Bold and Bright show in falls church.