takahashi collection

Today I went to the Takahashi Collection in Hibiya, where they had some insanely awesome pieces, such as Makoto Aida’s “Blender”(2001) :

It was about 8 feet tall, and all the figures were women, with lots of detail. I stood there staring at it for like a good 5 minutes while people around me were like “this giant dude is a creeper…”

The show featured works by Makoto Aida, Hisashi Tenmyouya and Akira Yamaguchi:

http://metropolis.co.jp/arts/art-reviews/makoto-aida-hisashi-tenmyouya-akira-yamaguchi/

And here are some progress pics:

smile for the camera

Japlaaaand

I’m back in the land of the vertically challenged! ate some awesome sushi and went to a tiny rock climbing gym. Oh and I’ve also been working on some new paintings:

Apparition

alright, i am off to japan!

can’t stop won’t stop

gisele bundschen in blue

decided to change up his head-thingy cus I thought it was kinda dorky looking…

and todays artist: Nathan Ford:

i wish i could get my paintings so cool but brush-strokey at the same time…

Rick Berry

i haven’t updated in a while cus i’ve just been rock climbing daily… going to berkeley iron works all the time, its just a great way to keep things off my mind…

anyways here is famous graphic novel and comic illustrator rick berry’s oil paintings:

i love how expressive and  just “cool” looking all his figures are.

here are some of my progress pics:

climbing and painting!

Renunciation pt. 4

and I have started yet another piece:

Renunciation pt.3

Been working on this 24/7:

and I’ve been working on the Leona Lewis portrait:

Renunciation pt.2

So I have literally been painting all day. Here is my progress on “Renunciation”

And I decided to change up my face a little bit:

Renunciation

I’ve been experimenting(again) and starting a new piece(AGAIN) but this time piling on the paint and dabbing and using the palette knife and razor blades to get some crazy creepy effects. This is a work in progress I’m going to title “Renunciation”:

This is other stuff I’ve been working on instead of updating:

The later one is on a claybord, its a super smooth absorbent panel, its expensive so i bought a tiny one, it dries amazingly fast though, good stuff.