More work from Colorado/ RMCAD

It feels so good for me to be home in Colorado Surrounded by all of my friends and family. I am thankful to be back in the mountains and fresh air, In the spirit of returning to Colorado, I've decided to continue unearthing pieces I made at RMCAD that never made the blog 

"Savannah"

Micron pen on bristol board 14"x17"

This piece was very popular among my fellow students at RMCAD. It was created by taking exact detailed measurements of my friend Savannah Phibbs. The piece deals with the concept of realism, and whaether exact depiction is the most effective method to capture the true nature of a subject. The piece is a 100% accurate depiction of Savannah in the correct size. But for all of it's accuracy it is nothing like Savannah, and doesn't carry any of her character. 

"Ham the Space chimp"

 India Ink on Watercolor paper 24x32"

Ham was the second chimp to be sent into space. He attained orbit for a seventeen minutes, and was able to survive and turn levers despite a loss of pressure in his capsule, before returning safely to the ground. What drew me to the experience of the astrochimp, is that Ham had no idea he was going into space. It must have been one of the most traumatic and confounding experiences of Ham's life. I think we all sometimes feel like astrochimps being hurtled through the universe without any sense of direction or control. 

Two relics of work from Rmcad.

I am thrilled to say that tomorrow I will be boarding a flight and returning to Colorado. I cant express my excitement to take a well deserved respite from the Conservatory of Theater Art and Film, and return to my home. Colorado will always be where my heart lives, and I am thrilled to return to many missed faces and places.

"Nude Figure Study"

Watercolor

"Nirvana"

Dip pen and India ink on black matte board

Copaestheticism

              These two works were created in may of 2012. They show examples of graphic techniques that have influenced the aesthetic that I have been developing. The first is an anatomical study of the musculature of a hand, the second is a depiction of a buck overlain with a "Metaron's Cube", which is a classic pattern in sacred geometry. I am constantly in awe of the beauty of nature. there is nothing more complex, nor a better of example of symmetry and harmony than a living creature. The perfect unison of the innumerable facets of your or any-other being is a feat unparalleled by the inventions of man. Sacred geometry is a form of art that views the complex and beautiful patterns of life and attempts to highlight them. To me the incredible magnificence of the infinitely improbable  circumstances that have all aligned to my existence and the unfathomable intricacy of life and nature is deeply humbling.

Study of a hand, micron pen, 19x24"

"Buck" dip pen and india ink 19x24"

Work for D&B

I have been extremely neglectful of this blog. I apologize to anyone who has been trying to follow my work and has been unable to due to a lack of posts. Rest assured that the lack of documentation is no indication of a lack of work. I have recently taken a large batch of portfolio pictures of many of my pieces this year; and to avoid the aforementioned issue, I will be posting these over a longer period of time, instead of all at once. So please stay tuned, there will be a lot of working coming over the next few weeks.

To begin catching you up on my recent activities, I figured I would start with my employment this summer. I worked with a company named Design and Build. I was a content creator for a projection design team that worked with a Denver baller company named the Zikr dance ensemble. Lead by David Taylor, the company focuses it's work on sacred dances and traditions from all around the world.  We collaborated on a two hour modern ballet performance that took place at the Parker Arts Center. It was my responsibility to create the content used to project on the floor and backdrop of the theater. It was an amazing experience because it allowed me to work in several different mediums. I worked with photography, paint, ink, graphite, computer graphics, and stop animation. For example in one piece I created a video animation of a drafting and rendering of the Chartres cathedral in France. the cathedral was built around the dancers line by line, and then collapsed. The piece included graphics of computer animations of fractal art, that would travel through intricate mathematical equations in the windows of the cathedral. It was an amazing experience, and I'm thankful to have learned so much from this team.