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Bonus Saves and I collaborated on this huge cardboard painting. (It measures conservatively 4'x8'). I painted the bearded character and he painted the blue (bonus) characters.
Bonus took our piece to Chicago this weekend. As always our art is free for the taking.
Photo credit: Bonus Saves.
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Preparatory sketch for my portrait of Andy Warhol, the famous American Pop artist. Final painting coming soon... The hole in his torso symbolizes the way he survived from an attempted assassination in 1968. Warhol was seriously wounded by the attack and barely survived. He suffered physical effects for the rest of his life. The shooting had a profound effect on Warhol's life and art.
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This took several weeks to make, and is a combination of hand sketching/ink lineart, Dover celtic clipart, Photoshop and Illustrator. Skye (the person it was made for) gave me a calendar of Jen Delyth's art before she left for Parris (sp?) Island (marine boot camp!), and verbally referenced several things to be included:
- Norse mythology (The Yggrasil tree and several other bits)
- Celtic mythology & symbolism
- Griffins, dragons/the Nidhogg wyrm, etc.
- Continuity, life and death, change and rebirth.
- More things than I can list here, including dozens of personal totems.
She also referenced Jen Delyth's marvellous art and requested to have something like it, adapted to a back tattoo. I am honored that the recipient of this tattoo actually likes the design, as this is the first celtic tattoo I've ever made. There I learned a lot about the over-under, organic, three-dimensional nature of the knots as exploring the symbolism forced me to remember all I'd thought I'd forgotten about continuity, weaving, and other hidden things.
"Original design by Jen Delyth ©1990." Jen Delyth is the original creator of the Celtic Tree of Life, which the central Yggdrasil emblem takes strong inspiration from. Visit her web page here: www.kelticdesigns.com/CelticTreeOfLife/CelticTreeWeblInks...
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