8×10 Watercolor on paper. I made this for my nephew for Christmas.
Author: kraeg555
Pet Portraits
Blue
Tank
Callie
8×10 Watercolor on paper. I made these portraits for my 3 nieces for Christmas. I hope to take some commissions for pet portraits in 2020.
Ice Bear Believes in You
8×10 Watercolor on paper
Sometimes You Eat the Bear and Sometimes the Bear Eats You
8 x 10 Watercolor on paper.
Garth
16 x 16 Oil on canvas. The final piece for my chair series. My friend Tony was generous enough to lend me his husband, Garth for an afternoon to pose for this. Garth is an RMRL model alum and complete professional! I lit him with a single light source using some red and violet gels giving him a pinkish hue overall.
Gummi Bear Cult: Cherry
Gummi Bear Cult: Cherry. 15 x 30, Oil on canvas.
I’m in the process of working on a new concept series inspired by my love of horror art and that particularly disturbing scene from “The Shining” with the old man and the furry. It’ll be something I work on and off for the rest of the year.
Last fall I bought a plastic bear mask with black lifeless eyes and came up with an idea to strip my friends nude, have them don the mask and paint them in subtle, menacing poses. Unfortunately, I keep second-guessing myself. I’m unsure if a monochrome palette helps or hinders or whether or not oil was the right medium. This painting was a learning experience for sure. I may revisit/redo it in the future when I have more confidence in the series’ direction.
Special thanks to my friend whom suffered through a hot plastic mask with little ventilation! You’re a trooper!
Godzilla vs. Gigan
These two pieces will be on show at the Manayunk Art Festival at the end of June. They are 22 x 28 and created in graphite and watercolor. Both toys are from the mid 80s, Imperial Godzilla and MIHK Bootleg Gigan.
Made in Hong Kong II
Imperial Tyrannosaurus Rex watercolor and graphite 8×12
Imperial Stegosaurus watercolor and graphite 8×12
Imperial Styracosaurus watercolor and graphite 8×12
Imperial Brachiosaurus watercolor and graphite 8×12
M.I.C. Brontosaurus watercolor and graphite 12×16
Imperial Parasaurolophus watercolor and graphite 12×16
M.I.C. Dimetrodon watercolor and graphite 12×16
Dor Mei Ankylosaurus watercolor and graphite 12×16
Dor Mei Styracosaurus
Imperial Trachodon watercolor and graphite 12×16
With the success of my previous Made in Hong Kong paintings, I’ve decided to work on an extension of the series. Here are the first 10 with another 7 or so in the queue.
Ken
16 x 16 oil on canvas. Today I finished this portrait of everyone’s (or at least my) favorite Philly bartender; Ken McConaghy! I posed him in my large office chair and lit him from a single light source with some blue and orange gels. Huge thanks to Ken for his willingness to pose!
