a friend is made.

the friendship of karen demaio and sid seed has begun. it went a little something like this...

sid has some crazy skills by the way, you should check him out

Greetings.

don't underestimate what leftover scraps of paper and fabric can do! 

Babuszka!

Nesting dolls. I kinda love these little things...

See it while you still can!

Souther Salazar at the Jonathan Levine gallery. He is an amazing illustrator. The titles of his works makes magic with the art in addition to his wonderful style. check it out.

Painting II: Final Project

In the craziness of the semester ending I did not find much time to post... anyway, in conclusion of my interest in figure painting I decided the full out figure was too much to handle for the last project, however I still used my original inspirations to inspire what I did. This semester I have learned to love the materials of paint and the ways you can experiment with the medium on the canvas, I began my painting by pushing the paint around, letting it drip, splattering it across the surface, and pushing a paper towel around for texture. When this stage was complete I looked at the composition on the canvas and from the feel and my experience with it I created a fashion design from it. I then transferred the sketch back on to the canvas and painted it in. I realize I also began to pull from being amazed by this peacock I had seen at Wild Safari with my class. So this is "Aura" and my final project from painting class. 

To further my interest in experimental painting and sewing I also took leftover canvas edges from a previous painting and used them to create a wearable piece. I used paint to create a pattern on the canvas. When it dried I took it to the sewing machine and began sewing random lines into the fabric. I would constantly pause hold it up fold it around and mess with it until I had discovered an arrangement that worked. I secured this and created this headpiece. It was a really fun process and I plan on doing it again.