Erv

Erv

Posted by on Oct 21, 2014 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Erv, 2014 This is a portrait of saxophonist Jeff “Erv” Ervin playing with swing band Stompy Jones at Union Square, San Francisco. You’ll find a detailed explanation of how I painted this in the PainterClinic 24 recording on PaintboxTV.com. Thanks for all your great playing over the years, Erv!

Silicon Valley Series<br>at the San Jose Marriott

Silicon Valley Series
at the San Jose Marriott

Posted by on Oct 21, 2014 in Uncategorized | No Comments

The Silicon Valley Series San Jose Marriott Ballroom Pre-function Area (on the Mezzanine Level) 301 S Market Street (cross street is W San Carlos Street, next to the San Jose Convention Center) San Jose, CA 95113 Permanent installation of a series of eight custom-made site-specific artworks on the topic of Silicon Valley. Each artwork is […]

Live Painting at Nuit Blanche<br>Toronto 2014

Live Painting at Nuit Blanche
Toronto 2014

Posted by on Oct 7, 2014 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Live painting at the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Toronto, October 4th, 2014 The Scotiabank Nuit Blanche is an annual all night arts festival (7pm – 7am!) that attracts over one million attendees. Art installations of all kinds pop up for one night throughout downtown Toronto. I was invited to perform live digital painting by Nuit Blanche […]

Frankie Manning

Frankie Manning

Posted by on Sep 5, 2014 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

  Frankie Manning, Ambassador of Lindy Hop, 2009 I created this collage portrait of Frankie Manning, Ambassador of Lindy Hop, as a tribute to him after he passed away at 94 years old, just short of his 95th birthday. 200 Lindy Hoppers from all over the world gathered in new York City to celebrate his […]

Frankie Centennial Dance Jam

Frankie Centennial Dance Jam

Posted by on Sep 5, 2014 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Frankie Manning Centennial Savoy Ball Dance Jam, 2014 38″ x 19″, pigment ink print and acrylic on canvas This collage is based on imagery I captured during the Frankie Centennial celebrations in New York City which celebrated the 100th birthday of my original Lindy Hop dance teacher, Frankie Manning. To learn more about Frankie I […]

Ishmeet

Ishmeet

Posted by on Sep 5, 2014 in Uncategorized | One Comment

Ishmeet, 2014 This portrait was created from life on a plane journey from London to San Francisco using an iPad Air using the Sketch Club app and Pencil by 53. Click on the video below to see stroke by stroke build up of the painting. My subject, Ishmeet, was a passenger who happened to be […]

Chazz

Chazz

Posted by on Sep 5, 2014 in Artworks, GALLERY | One Comment

Portrait of dancer, performer and teacher Chazz Young.

iPad Art 2014

iPad Art 2014

“Ishmeet”, 2014 – This portrait was created from life on a plane journey from London to San Francisco using an iPad Air using the Sketch Club app and Pencil by 53. Click on the video to see stroke by stroke build up of the painting. “Brandon, Masha and Arthur”, 2014 – This portrait of artist […]

Andrius

Andrius

Posted by on May 29, 2014 in Uncategorized | No Comments

This portrait was created by hand in a single sitting from direct observation. The paint media used was digital paint which was then printed onto canvas and acrylic gel and paint was applied. Thanks, Andrius, for being such a great portrait subject!  

Elsa

Elsa

Posted by on May 28, 2014 in Uncategorized | No Comments

Caran D’Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle on Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper, 12″ x 16″ This portrait was created from life. Here are two photos (below) by Elsa’s Mom, MJ: Thanks for sitting, Elsa.