JL
A kid, shows, paintings
So our first child is due today. Nothing’s happening right now, I’ll post when it does.
What it means is that I’ll be taking a break very soon.
I’m in the midst of painting three series of paintings for a gallery show in April at Amberella Sugary & Sweet Gallery & Boutique in the Piazza in Northern Liberties in Philly. April 2nd, 2010.
I’ve also got a few pieces in a digital display at Obscura, on 10/17/09 in Newark.
Here’s some of the work in progress for the show at Amberella.
Here’s them in the library
If you don’t hear from me post-arrival, don’t take it personally, I’m busy learning how to be a dad.
Things I’d like to write about:
How I came up with the themes for the Reflections series.
How I got the show.
How it’s working out with the watercolor canvas.
How it feels and what it means to finally get a gallery show.
Hearing from people in person about the blog/painting/sketches but rarely digitally
Dr. Sketchy’s in Philly and NYC
My visit to Studio Incamminati
Wish me/us luck.
Reflections Series
Quick note that I’ve got a series of paintings in progress. I’m hoping to complete this series before the baby arrives.
Assumption
Schism
More soon.
Wait for it …
JL
So in college I did five photoshoots. I should talk about all of them some time, but right now I have to talk about one. The model was a girl who I saw at a party my Junior year. I saw her for a few seconds and though it was a dark house party, she looked like she had a spotlight on her. She had purple hair and an amazing, regal, confident quality about her and I thought to myself “I would love to try and capture all that in a painting.” I blinked and she was gone.
Fast foward to my Senior year and I was at Chucks and saw her again. Turns out a friend of mine knew her. He spoke to her on my behalf and we set up a photoshoot.
She was amazing and the poses and expressions she had have influenced my subsequent work in the years since.
However, at the time, I sucked as a photographer. I was trying to get tricky and many of the photos are backlit. There’s no contrast. They’re a mess. For a few year I tried to do the best I could with the pictures, but eventually gave up.
I always felt bad about the shoot, not only because I missed an amazing opportunity to produce great work with such an interesting person, but because I promised her that I’d show her the photos and give her some prints, but got busy with graduating and packing up and never got around to it. I never forget promises like that, and later Facebook was invented, so I found her, wrote her, mailed her a CD of the shots which she got yesterday. Also – we’re talking about doing another shoot. I hope to have some paintings to put up here in the next few months that try and capture that unique quality of hers.
Meanwhile, here are some paintings I did from the shoot:
