Thesis Show Painting Number 6

 Follow Your Heart, oil on canvas(48"x 72") was painted with large brushes from a local dollars store. I wanted to avoid the details and make a painting that seemed slightly blurry, somewhat similar to what we experience in a dream. The painting is about those moments when time stands still and the conversation seems to be the center of the universe.

Thesis Show Painting Number 5

This painting titled Metaphysical Gravity is a diptych of two 48"x 48" pieces. There was a lot of experimenting during the process of this piece as I was looking into different ways to apply paint. I learned quite a bit working on these and the final product came second to enjoying the journey.

Lots of funny things occurring... boy and girl, day and night, little color and colorful, linear and ambiguous. It was fun to hide numerous things in this one.

Thesis Show Painting Number 4

Where the Sidewalk Ends(48"x 72") is the fourth painting done for my thesis based on the shaky stage of adolescence. This is a scene a friend and I witnessed in a small Utah town called Helper. The moment happened in the dead of summer and there was a kid walking around in a head to toe gorilla suit. There was an obvious love triangle happening in the moment which led to multiple f-bombs and a few birds flying back and forth. 

Thesis Show Painting Number 3

The fun thing about going to Grad school is that one can make a painting and not worry about where it will end up. Artistically, I have been influenced by film as much as art history. The content of this scene/painting hit close to home because my brother and I were similar ages when our Grandfather passed away. I remember the funeral being an extremely confusing process. I did this painting to reflect on that and how cinema brings up those dormant emotions.

To Shoot and Sing Praise is large(45"x 60") and I painted it mostly with large brushes that one would paint a house with. I wanted to limit my control as I up the scale of the subject.

Thesis Show Painting Number 2

My Thesis was based loosely on what I perceive to be seven different stages of a male's life from where I grew up. This oil painting titled Lightsaber 48"x 72" is the first stage. A phase in life where one feels free and liberated, often uninhibited by what others think.

Thesis Show Painting Number 1

This is painting number one from my Thesis Show. The Artist Enters the Studio a 48"x 48" oil painting was painted with the idea similar to the first scene of a hypothetical movie. The scene where a painter walks into his creative space with the intention of telling a story. Similar to Stephen King's Stand By Me or the more recent movie Atonement, but from a perspective of an artist instead of a writer.  This painting is based on the space I was painting in at the time mixed with images from a movie based around a painter.

Summer

Every year on the 4th of July one of my best friends throws a bash of a swim party. It is one of the best parties of the year. Come enjoy some good food, great conversation, some swimming and a few fireworks. This painting is 48"x 72", oil on canvas. This was a fun  painting that i learned a lot by doing and for some funny reason it was edited out of my Thesis show by my committee.

Josie Patten

# 59

This young lady is the older sister to the twins in the last blog post. She was shy when I first met her, however as I painted her, I realized she has a lot going on behind those eyes.

# 57 & # 58 Twins

Painting these two was so much fun. I really enjoyed hearing their passions for cars and maps. I think we have a future Indy 500 driver and world explorer here. 

LEGOS

Here is a small commission(18"x 24", oil on canvas) of a friend's son playing with his LEGOS in the kitchen. The colorful plastic was fun to paint. This little guy has such a sweet spirit to him. He makes the world a more beautiful place with his creations of small objects and duct tape.

School is out and I am open for commissions. Feel free to email or call:
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