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Here is my final individual project for my printmaking class.  I was aiming to recreate a church fresco located in the main church, the Madre Chiesa (or “Mother Church”), in my parents’ hometown in Sicily. I’m happy with the overall look of the piece, but the woodblock and silkscreen prints are not my best. I had to silkscreen the red area before the bottom green ink (the woodcut) had a chance to fully dry. Also, the red I used is way too dark, and you lose a lot of the details of the image. If I had the chance to do it over, I would have used a lighter ink, probably a pink, so that the you could actually see the silkscreen print.

This piece has inspired me to do a series of fresco reproductions. I will probably try to do some sketches over winter break and then make the actual prints when the studios are reopened in January.

Paolo Veneziano + Richard Diebenkorn = my painting final

OY!

COMPLETED MASHUP PAINTING

54″ X 72″

As promised, here is my “completed” mashup painting along with it’s original reference photo. I say “completed” because even though it was due in class today, it still needs some work. The colors are a bit muted on my painting because of the lighting, but I think you can get a sense of how I tried to duplicate the original image as much as possible.

I have to say that I’m proud of myself for taking on such an ambitious painting, both in scale (huge!) and content (straight line overload!).  I think that once I touch up the details, it will become one of my strongest paintings to date.

LARGE MASHUP

54″ x 72″

This is what I have so far for my latest painting assignment. My professor, Julie, wants us to explore painting in relation to photography — what happens when you paint a photo, why would you paint a photo, etc. This painting in particular is based on a Photoshop image I created by combining & manipulating these two images:

It’s been a lot more challenging to paint a photo than I anticipated. Not being able to make your own decisions things like color and composition is strange, and I’m not sure if I like it. Despite several setbacks and issues with taping off my lines, I think this will be a satisfying painting to complete. I look forward to seeing the final result.

I’ll post the actual Photoshop image when I’m finished with the painting, so you can get a sense of comparison.

OMFG.

THE FIRST AERIALS.

63″ x 63″ each

It will be interesting to see how this semester’s painting final compares with last year’s. Even though I’m still exploring these aerial scenes, my intention and consciousness about why I make them has changed significantly.