Wood Furniture Design

At last!  My semester of wood furniture design class is over, and the final products I am very proud of!

First project- Hand Tool

Second project - Occasional Table

Our first project-  A hand tool of any kind.  I chose to create a bottle opener, shaped as a rhino!  I used a metal bottle opener and wedged it in-between two 2" pieces of cherry, and crafted my rhino.  The bottle opener is in the mouth of the rhino, and it is fully functional.  Quite the conversational piece! Everyone wants to grab-a-hold.

12" long, 4.5" high, 4" wide
Wood: Cherry
Finish: Tung Oil

The second project, occasional table, was the rest of the semester's worth of time.  I wanted to create a serving table for cheese/crackers/wine/beer/chips/dip/etc... I didn't want the classic four-legged table, I wanted an abstract sculptural piece, a piece that defied gravity, that tricked your eye and made it look molded out of plastic.  The "S" was a huge part of this table, and making it come to life was such an amazing experience that had me learning so much as well as having a lot of fun!  Here it is!! 

36" long, 27" high, 18" wide(top table) 14" wide(bottom table)

Wood: European Beech

Finish: Wipe-on Poly (oil)

Bathtub Memories

"Bathtub Memories"
Everybody can relate to this!

9.5x15"
watercolor, colored pencil, gouache

Gun Safety

"Gun Safety"
-The demonstration of the lack of gun safety being taught in homes and public spaces to our growing youth.  Guns don't hurt people, people hurt people.


watercolor, ink

New self portrait

Creating yourself into what you want to be

watercolor

12x15

Obama vs. Romney

Obama vs. Romney

watercolor, colored pencil, ink

This is my take on the battle for presidency, since I don't follow politics as much as I should.  

They are animalized into their respective democratic and republican parties, and color coded as well.

Since they advertise and debate against each other quite easily saying how the other is unprepared and unconditioned or what have you for the job, attacking each other like animals, while their own plans are generalized and un-specific.

And the big part I see is Romney trying to take Obama's spot, stealing his pin behind his back.

I am very un-opinionated about politics, but

make what you see out of it... and may the best man survive.

Spark

"Spark"

-a new self-portrait

-a narrative on my emotional state in life right now

watercolor, colored pencil, gouache, ink

10x13

My face being pulled in different directions

 a mix of colors representing emotions

different colored birds flying from different places as several forms of inspiration

ambiguous space on the left forming past my face to orderly planned pattern on the right

a look of confusion, excitement, and fear

Thanks for looking!

New Stairwell Art for my house

New Stairwell Painting-

Two 30x40 Canvases

Spray paint, acrylic, paint marker

Shot of the paintings hanging in the stairwell-

Avengers Family Portrait!

New Family Portrait of my roommates and I!

Avengers Style!

watercolor, gouache, ink, colored pencil

18x25

"The Legend"

Congratulations to Michael Phelps, the greatest swimmer of all time!!

Here is my illustration commemorating his achievements at the olympics!

watercolor and ink

Blue Shades

New Self Portrait

Blue Shades

Embracing summah time lovin'

watercolor and colored pencils

I decided to give myself blue hair to match the shades and fill out the color spectrum a little more, kinda bounces off of the extremely warm face

Spidey-Sense

This is how I envision Spidey-Sense.  Boo-yah.

Digital Collage and Painting

"New" Gallery

Another ironic illustration, almost taking a stab at art, society's perception, and what people will fall for.
Also supposed to be humorous :)

See what you think...


Watercolor
8.5x10

BLiSS graffiti

I've also always wanted to combine graffiti with a realistic figure, creating a balance push and pull between abstract forms and reality to create a sense of dynamics, personality, and emotion.

"BLISS" with the woman being the first "S"
oceanic-outer space feel intended to create a comfort mood

Acrylic on canvas panel
17x28

5K Race!

Here's a salute to all the old people who are still kickin' it in there later years!

Watercolor
9x15

Madama Butterfly

"Madama Butterfly"  poster for the play by Giacomo Puccini

First version:
Acrylic on illustration board
11x17

Modified version:
Black conte, white & red colored pencil on grey paper
6x9

Night's Wrap

You never usually see the hero when he's done for the night...
Acrylic on canvas board
14x20

Studying triangle compositions for this piece.  The strong light source up top forming that triangle downwards towards the figure, the implied triangle from below with the dark pants up to the torso, and the negative space triangles between the arms that create tension where it counts the most, letting the viewer really feel the puling off of the mask.

Some Illustrative works that I've done

Matthew Dean ART

Hello Everyone!  This is the official blog site for Matthew Dean ART!!

Here you can find all the latest pieces of artwork by Matthew and get the inside scoop on the newest and greatest creations.  

Hope everyone likes it and enjoy!