Open Studio Art Exhibition
Spring 2017
My Spring Open Studios Art Exhibition was part of a weekend where hundreds of artists open up their studios to the public throughout the Mission district in San Francisco (Mission Artists United web site). Within the historical industrial building in which my studio is located, 1890 Bryant Street Studios, around 70 artists showed their work. […]
Today at Apple
Live Art on 6K Video Wall
Apple Union Square
On March 4th, 2017, I sketched live on the 6K video screen in the Forum area of the beautiful new Apple Union Square in San Francisco, one of the early Today at Apple featured artists at that location. I used the iPadPro, Apple Pencil and the Procreate app. I created two live artworks at this […]
Parallel Play SF
Perception
February 25th, 2017
3m17s Parallel Play SF is a “fresh vision for collaborative, live music and art experiences” founded by artist Peggy Gyulai and violist Deanna Badizadegan. This performance was co-produced with TheGlint.com and included Peggy drawing on paper and painting on canvas, me drawing on paper (ink washes and oil stick) and on the iPad Pro 12.9″ […]
The Couturiers
The Couturiers 40″ x 24″ pigment ink print with acrylic on canvas This painting is based on couturiers Sarah and Danielle who share a studio in the same building as my studio. They kindly let me photograph them at work. Using those reference photos I worked with Corel Painter 2017 and a Wacom pen tablet […]
“Under The Sea”
Live Event Painting
at TSE 2017
“It was a pleasure to work with you, and I can’t thank you enough for your contribution to the Opening Night Party. Your Live Digital Painting was a HUGE hit!” ~ Greg Jenkins, Bravo Productions, Long Beach, California This video (above) shares some of atmosphere and portraits I created at the Opening Night Party of […]
Live iPad Portraits
Holiday Party in the Rodin Gallery
I painted live iPad portraits of guests at a company holiday party in the Walter and Phyllis Shorenstein Court (Rodin gallery) of the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, where a lovely collection of Rodin sculptures is housed. The museum’s large collection of Rodin sculptures will be a central feature of the 2017 Rodin Centenary […]
LIVE PAINTING at Yoshi’s
Jazz, Art & Prince
(4m 23s) LIVE PAINTING PERFORMANCES WITH THE TOMMY IGOE JAZZ CONSPIRACY AT YOSHI’S, OAKLAND, ON 8/23/16 & 12/20/16 Sonic zoo / visual zoo!! ~ Tommy Igoe Wow!! What amazing evenings! Both Jazz, Art and Prince performances were unique combined sonic/visual experiences! I worked on glass, paper and canvas with pixels, pastels and paint — drawing […]
Cabaret Night
Welcome to the Cabaret! The portraits shown on this page were all created during a “Cabaret Night” themed company Holiday Party in a historical building in San Francisco. My tools were an iPad Pro 12.9″, Apple Pencil and Procreate app. At this event I was a “roving artist”, interacting and sketching guests throughout the evening […]
Italy Sketchbook – November 2016
Brunelleschi Dome, Duomo, Florence, 1420 – 1436, as seen from the Biblioteca Delle Oblate Cafe 8″ x 8″ Caran D’Ache Neocolor II water soluble pastel, ink and pencil on cold press acid free 140 lb watercolor paper On this page I share a sampling of the sketches created in a variety of media, both traditional […]
After Pollock
Video replay of the entire creative process. I created this iPad drawing at the Abstract Expressionism show in the Royal Academy, London, based on observation of the painting “Male and Female” by Jackson Pollock (c 1942 – 43). I used an iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and the app Procreate. (If you’re interested to learn how […]