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Saturday, October 12, 2013
Super Boy Mural
"Super Boy"
~ 18ft x 30ft
Spray paint and latex
Commissioned by the Olneyville Housing Corp
Nickerson Community Center
Providence, RI, USA
Corner of Chaffee St - Appleton St
Monday, September 2, 2013
New Pallet Art
3 New Pallet Portrait Art paintings!
All created by recycling old wood pallets -
Disassembling, re-compositioning, and screwing together -
Followed by photoshop positioning of the faces with the best board in the best orientation, drawing on the lines, and painting with spray paint (color) and airbrush (black & white).
All created by recycling old wood pallets -
Disassembling, re-compositioning, and screwing together -
Followed by photoshop positioning of the faces with the best board in the best orientation, drawing on the lines, and painting with spray paint (color) and airbrush (black & white).
"Trouble"
"Secret"
"Power"
All together, including "Stare" from my senior show in May!
Getting a sense of series and scale all lined up.
(on the far left is the very first pallet art I did, "Rising", with a bit of different style.
The painting is sold.)
Example of a hung painting! Could be yours!
Backside of all the paintings. Securely hung with wire.
For prices and purchasing, please don't hesitate to contact me!
mdeanart@aol.com
or follow the link in the contact tab up top!
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Blue Monster Door
Blue Monster
painted on a scrap door
spray paint and airbrush
painted this monster guy that I have been drawing a lot lately, used it as spray paint and airbrush practice
painted on a scrap door
spray paint and airbrush
painted this monster guy that I have been drawing a lot lately, used it as spray paint and airbrush practice
Sunday, July 21, 2013
12 Questions with UGLYgallery USPS Sticker Event Curator
Check out the 12ozProphet interview with UGLYgallery owners Jeremiah Hernandez and David Guadalupe.
My stickers are featured in the article, seen below!
Here is the article, please read and enjoy!
http://www.12ozprophet.com/news/12-questions-with-uglygallery-usps-sticker-curator-event-recap/
My stickers are featured in the article, seen below!
photo courtesy 12ozProphet.com
Here is the article, please read and enjoy!
http://www.12ozprophet.com/news/12-questions-with-uglygallery-usps-sticker-curator-event-recap/
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
USPS Sticker Art
The United States Postal Service priority mail stickers have been used for many many years by street artists, by drawing on the free USPS stickers and posting them around the city to get up.
The UGLY Gallery (U Gotta Love Yourself) in New Bedford, MA, is celebrating that past time and curating a whole show dedicated to that side of street art, while creating a fundraiser to benefit 3rd Eye Unlimited, a annual festival with basketball, b-boying, graffiti, and more.
These are my contributions!
Since I was the mascot, "Arnie the Corsair!" for UMass Dartmouth, mascots have a special place in my heart, so this theme was fitting for me. I have personally met all of these mascots!
The UGLY Gallery (U Gotta Love Yourself) in New Bedford, MA, is celebrating that past time and curating a whole show dedicated to that side of street art, while creating a fundraiser to benefit 3rd Eye Unlimited, a annual festival with basketball, b-boying, graffiti, and more.
These are my contributions!
Since I was the mascot, "Arnie the Corsair!" for UMass Dartmouth, mascots have a special place in my heart, so this theme was fitting for me. I have personally met all of these mascots!
Original blank sticker
Wally the Green Monster
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
Boston Bruin
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
Lucky the Celtic
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
Pat the Patriot
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
Arnie the Corsair
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
The guy is just my own creation.. Inspired by the Skateboard Monster I created..
I'll name him Smudge after my cat
colored pencil and marker on USPS sticker
3.25 x 4.5"
All 6 stickers!
For the UGLYGallery USPS sticker show, to benefit 3rd Eye Unlimited in New Bedford
Opening June 7th, 7pm @ UGLY Gallery
New Bedford, MA
Friday, May 10, 2013
Palette Art
This is the newest Palette Art painting,
created using a found wooden palette recycled into a new composition
and painted with spray paint and airbrush
"Stare"
Spray paint and airbrush on recycled palette wood
42x25"
HERE IS THE PROCESS VIDEO FOR THE WHOLE PAINTING!
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Senior Show!!
SENIOR SHOW!!
These are my pieces from my Senior Illustration Show,
which shows May 11th at the
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Rooms 302 & 304
"On the Rise"
Acrylic on board
18x24"
"Koo-Koo"
Acrylic on board
24x32
"Gangster"
Acrylic and newspaper on board
22x34
"Big World"
Newspaper, conte, acrylic, paint marker on board
24x32
"Lost & Found"
Spray paint and acrylic on cardboard
46x21"
"Skateboard Monster"
Acrylic on recycled skateboard
33x7.5"
"Boy Soldier"
Acrylic on canvas
24x36"
Saturday, February 2, 2013
A Gift from a Dream
"A Gift from a Dream"
Acrylic on board
24x48"
The second painting I did for the Unity House Art Gallery!
Read about the story here!
http://www1.umassd.edu/communications/articles/showarticles.cfm?a_key=3095
I was project manager for this project, and it was a great success.
See the panorama here:
(thats me in the green pants! This photo was taken at the very start of the opening, we had a great crowd flowing throughout! The men sitting on the right were African Drummers performing live!)
Acrylic on board
24x48"
The second painting I did for the Unity House Art Gallery!
Read about the story here!
http://www1.umassd.edu/communications/articles/showarticles.cfm?a_key=3095
I was project manager for this project, and it was a great success.
See the panorama here:
(thats me in the green pants! This photo was taken at the very start of the opening, we had a great crowd flowing throughout! The men sitting on the right were African Drummers performing live!)
Friday, January 25, 2013
Boy Soldier
"Boy Soldier"
Acrylic on canvas
24x30
This was an idea that popped into my head with regard to my new style that I'm trying out. I really enjoy this painting and had fun painting it. I think you will start to see more paintings like this one in the future.
Here is the final painting!
And a process shot below!
Below is three shots of my process for this painting. First comes the drawing, this drawing was sketched out on paper and then traced over in photoshop, allowing for quick changes and easy moving around of elements. Then the line drawing is saved and a color study is done in photoshop as well, figuring out all the colors that are to be placed in the painting, getting a tight enough rendering to use as a reference for myself when painting the real thing. Then, the line drawing is projected on the canvas and I trace my drawing on the final surface, and paint!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Paying tribute to this accomplished and dedicated man.
Also will be hanging in the new gallery I have been renovating a new space into for Black History Month at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, in the Frederick Douglass Unity House.
http://www.facebook.com/UnityHouseArtGallery
Spray paint, acrylic on board
24 x 36
Also will be hanging in the new gallery I have been renovating a new space into for Black History Month at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, in the Frederick Douglass Unity House.
http://www.facebook.com/UnityHouseArtGallery
Spray paint, acrylic on board
24 x 36
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Rising
"Rising"
Recycled Pallet Wood
Spray paint and airbrush
23x42"
The contrast of the edgy aged wood with the soft spirit like forms of the woman give this piece the feelings of overcoming, uplifting, and sensual gratification.
The upside down upward moving drips assist in the rising movement and bring this tonal piece some saturation.
I love building things, and using found objects to create new artwork (as with my last Skateboard Monster piece). And this was also my first go with my airbrush that I've always wanted to use.
Recycled Pallet Wood
Spray paint and airbrush
23x42"
The contrast of the edgy aged wood with the soft spirit like forms of the woman give this piece the feelings of overcoming, uplifting, and sensual gratification.
The upside down upward moving drips assist in the rising movement and bring this tonal piece some saturation.
I love building things, and using found objects to create new artwork (as with my last Skateboard Monster piece). And this was also my first go with my airbrush that I've always wanted to use.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Skateboard Monster
I found this old trashed skateboard in the woods walking back from the gym one day at school, and I knew I could do something awesome with it. It wasn't even that bad, just looked like some water damage on the end where it was buckling and a little bit of peeling down the side.
I sketched out some ideas of what I could do with this... I've always enjoyed the skateboarding culture and the graffiti characters that go along with it, so I decided to make a cool gorilla/wolf/blue monster, just because I could.
Modeled teeth with a jigsaw and a chisel, peeled off the griptape and glued it back down with the pieces farther apart to give room for the mouth.
Acrylic
I sketched out some ideas of what I could do with this... I've always enjoyed the skateboarding culture and the graffiti characters that go along with it, so I decided to make a cool gorilla/wolf/blue monster, just because I could.
Modeled teeth with a jigsaw and a chisel, peeled off the griptape and glued it back down with the pieces farther apart to give room for the mouth.
Acrylic
Saturday, December 15, 2012
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
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)
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