1700’s Document Revived
This was a historical document that had been faded and was hardly readable. We scanned it in, blew it up and brought the darks outs. Then we printed and coated it (and several copies) and turned it back over to a happy friend of ours.
This piece went from a story about a document, [...]
Owning a Cintiq
Many of you would think that I’d be using a wacom tablet being almost 10 years into graphics. Most people working in graphics do. I’ve tried it, and though I enjoy the feel of the pen, the referencing to the pad-to-screen just didn’t come natural. I’m not sure if it did for any one, but [...]
Trees for Warren Baptist
We received a sketch Nate of would it should have looked like. I thought that we came pretty close. The goal was to bring to life this tree house 3 panel mural that the church was using on Wednesday nights for the kids. So we carved it out of foam, we shaved the surfaces, coated [...]
Arnie’s 80th Birthday Gift
One of the negatives that we have needed some serious help. After much thought and Frank’s insight, we’ve added some clouds and removed cars and took the patches of grass out. It is, as it should have been - wink wink. This is on canvas, 28″ x 40″ and on our [...]
Wedding Documents - Now Art.
As an interior designer, my mother is amazing at navigating the huge Atlanta antique markets (jannielsen.com). She finds little treasures here and there and is always hunting for things that we can blow up on canvas. One trip she brought me some original Italian wedding documents, handscripted from the late 1600’s. They are currently sitting in [...]
Old memories revived.
I was hesitant on posting this one. Posts like this one get you boxes of vases and figurines from everyone who knows of you. This little project was to help out a friend who had some memories of this golfer statue that once belonged to his grandfather. This process takes several steps, [...]
An Old World Engraving to a New World Portrait
Most of you recognize engraved portraits from printing on money. It’s carving negative lines into to piece of metal to display an image for the printing press. It was all they had back in the day and some learned to do it pretty well. One of the most notable artists was Albrecht [...]
The Hip is Red 2009
The medium was mostly self hardening clay and concrete, it took about 4 days to make and is roughly 15.5 inches tall. These are a few quick shots tonight on my kitchen table. The story to this piece is as follows.
There was a Honest man that lived outside of a large city, he taught a [...]
Dreams of who I’m supposed to be.
I was always firm believer that in most cases, you can get out of situations, change a circumstance and become whatever you want to be. Not only because I’ve felt that way myself (a great accomplishment for my parents), but because I’ve seen it happen to other people. People that just “didn’t have [...]
Aroma’s Coffee Project
If you haven’t ventured to try an iced mocha, start with the best and go to Aroma’s in Surrey Center. I’ve been going there for years, and it’s truly tough to find a true cold brewed iced mocha. (Only one other place had them - which was Gloria Jeans - which has closed) The fact [...]