Heady Still-life

Arrangement with Heady

oil on canvas

Unanswered Prayers

"Unanswered Prayers"

oil on canvas

Pixel Johnny

Pixel Johnny

oil on paper

Tales from the Sketchbook

a few pages from my sketchbook all made with uni-ball vision fine point pens...

Expressionistic Self Portrait

"Self Portrait Pop"

oil on paper

Glazed Self Portrait

The concept: paint a self portrait using only two colors - terra verde (green) and white... easy enough...  Then allow the portrait to dry...  Glaze into local color with burnt siena and violet.  That's right - four colors...  I think I prefer the Terra Verde over the final product.  Glazing seems like a perfect way to ruin a painting...

"Moose Self Portrait"

oil on paper

"Glazed Self Portrait"

oil on paper

At the Beach

"Model at the Beach"

Oil on Paper

Love the Puppies

"Conor & Layla"

oil on canvas

Lazy Daisy - Painted Head II

Spot Five Gallery sponsored a Halloween head painting contest - you get a styrofoam head and a set of fluorescent paint. Entries were displayed in a black light show "Head Hunters" through Halloween 2009. I had a blast with this project - it was my second painted head (see below)

Right: "Lazy Daisy" by Shurrn 2009

Center: "Heady" by Shurrn 2005

Left: "Tim the Enchanter" by John Marcum 2009

Campus in Oil

"Ala Prima U of L"

oil on paper

30 minute ala prima on campus

Pie

"Lemon Pie with Lime"

oil on paper

ala prima 20 minute painting

Nonrepresentational Frame

"Nonrepresentational Frame"

oil on paper

Camo Studies

"camo study - shades of gray"

oil on paper

"camo study - full tones"

oil on paper

POP-AGANDA

"American Idol - W"

pastels

Owning an Image - The Game

"Owning an image"

Assignment: create a mock set up of a photo with any objects and own it.

the original image:

Under an Umbrella

"under an umbrella"

charcoal

Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays from the Shurrn Studio...

May your days be merry & Bright

with love,

Shurrn

More Figures

"Woman with Skeleton"

charcoal

18 x 32"

"Hart Neverwhere"

credit to frederic hart for creating the sculpture i was sketching

charcoal

13 x 34"

"Woman with Jug"

charcoal

18 x 32"

The Figure

"Two nudes with ladder"

charcoal

18 x 34"

"Woman in Chair"

charcoal

18 x 34"

"Figure Study"

charcoal

18 x 34"

"Figure with Bowl"

charcoal

18 x 34"

The Buddha

"The Buddha"

acrylic on canvas

18 x 24"

2006

Some 2D Design Work

"The Family Flash"

color pencil

4 x 6"

"Shades of Gray"

layers of cut paper

12 x 12"

"Quilt Study"

acrylic

10 x 10"

"Marcum Green Toile"

ink - sharpie and standard markers

10 x 10"

"The Shelby Park Shuffle"

ink - sharpie and standard markers

10 x 10"

Ink Blots

Some figures in ink wash.

Swirls and Curls

"Insomnia"

ink - uniball vision fine tip

8.5 x 8.5"

2005

"Chaos"

ink - sharpie

8.5 x 8.5"

2005

"Blot"

8.5 x 11"

ink - sharpie

2004

"wtf doodle"

ink - sharpie

2 x 3"

2004

Life Stands Still

Creating a still-life is rarely an exciting endeavor for me, but I cannot argue with the fact that rendering an object from life is an invaluable exercise.  When you see how an object behaves in its own space, you gain a better understanding of how similar objects will behave as you prepare to render a scene from your own imagination.  Ok, that's enough Art Theory babble...  Here are a few of my still life compositions:

"Still Life with Shoe"

graphite

12 x 18"

2004

"The Dishes"

charcoal

18 x 32"

2005

"In the Round"

charcoal

18 x 34"

2003

"With a candlestick"

charcoal

18 x 34"

2003

"Leg in a bowl"

charcoal

18 x 34"

2005