It begins.

Drawings transferred to watercolor paper... 

color tests figured... 

one of the tiniest pieces for the show done.

 2" x 2".

 I most certainly have my work cut out for me for the next two months. 

Conjuring ideas...

Working on ideas for my upcoming show in February. Animals and spirits, ghosts and nature.  Building my own occult symbols... a magick of my very own. 

Skulls and bones, smoke and ectoplasm.

Ghost Eyes and Horse Skeletons.

 "Offering."

watercolor on paper

6" x 8"

2012

 

Dead Men's Tales - Derek Nobbs

If you haven't heard of or seen the works of Derek Nobbs, I encourage you to take a look at what he has been up to lately.  A man of many talents, he has been honing his craft over the many years that I've had the pleasure of knowing him. His upcoming solo exhibition, " Dead Men's Tales," is a culmination of  hard work and pure talent that will suprise, enchant and intrigue. Imagery laden with environmental and historical themes flow throughout his body of work, leaving the viewer peeling away at the layers of the story behind the painting.

The exhibition opens this Friday, May 11th at Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle. 

" Black Lung." Derek Nobbs 2012

You can see more of his work and learn a bit about the artist himself at this blog.

Rattle and Shake my little Rattlesnake.

First commission of 2012 finished. Acrylic on wood with gold leaf.

The Night Procession

The Night Procession

acrylic on matryoshka

Not the best photos, but it should give a clue as to what I've been up to for the past few weeks.  I realized over this process that I really enjoy painting in acrylic.  I still love watercolor, so we'll see what happens. I had been working on a series of large drawings before I had to set them aside to work on these.

Looking forward to getting back to them.

The opening for this show is this Thursday, December 8th at Ghost Gallery in Seattle.

Should be interesting to see the turn-out and the other artists' matryoshka.