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From My Sketchbook

Melissa, Ink on Paper, Daniel Liam Gill, 2012

Acrylic, Oil and Col­ored Pen­cil on Hard­board These are two ses­sions at the Sta­bles fea­tur­ing Kai and Melissa. This com­plete with no edit­ing, from the 30 sec­ond ges­tures to the 20 – 40 minute stud­ies. I use a micro pens for these, loop­ing around the model’s joints, look­ing for the form. Click on the thumb­nail to view the larger image.

Lilith’s Raiment

Lilith Marie's Raiment - Glimmer

Acrylic, Oil and Col­ored Pen­cil on Hard­board I worked with Lilith Marie on my first man­dala, she did a beau­ti­ful job and it was a break­through piece for me. When it came time to make some­thing for her, she asked for a dress along the lines of Kali’s Rai­ment. We made two prints, one warm and defined (featured…

Sketches of Angela

Angela, Ink on Paper, by Daniel Liam Gill

Ink on Paper These are from my sketch­book, made last evening at PNCA. Angela is a won­der­ful model, check out her Tum­blr. Click on the thumb­nail to view the larger image.

From My Sketchbook

Sketch of Karen, Ink on Paper by Daniel Liam Gill

Ink on Paper I keep a sketch­book and a hand­ful of Micron pens with me. I draw at a few places in Port­land on a semi reg­u­lar basis. These are from March and April and include a cou­ple from my buddy Stan Townsend’s place in Chat­tanooga, TN. Click on the thumb­nail to view the larger image.

Narcissus, Dissected

Narcissus, Dissected. Monoprint, Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard 24" x 48"

Acrylic, Oil and Col­ored Pen­cil on Hard­board It’s my curse, as an observer, to take things apart and see how they work. This is a mono­print of my for­mer lover, Saman­tha, a woman I will never for­get. She and I were lucky enough to walk a path together. After our relationshop’s end, I spent too much to ana­lyz­ing every­thing, turn­ing it…

Dana’s Mandala (in progress)

Dana's Mandala, Third Layer, 48" x 48"

Acrylic, Oil and Col­ored Pen­cil on Hard­board UPDATE: I had reached a stop­ping point resolv­ing the shapes in the third layer of Dana’s Man­dala. I asked her to share with me her love of fruits, flow­ers, rab­bit fur and some of her other favorites. She told me that she liked blood oranges and arti­chokes. I applied those col­ors and shapes to…

Tesouro Enterrado

Tesouro Enterrado, Monoprint, Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard, 24" x 48"

Acrylic, Oil and Col­ored Pen­cil on Hard­board From a ses­sion with Trea­sure explor­ing waves and refrac­tions. It’s one of those pieces that prac­ti­cally painted itself. The print of Trea­sure was so strong, the work didn’t need much embell­ish­ment. Click on the thumb­nail to view the larger image.

From My Sketchbook

Krissy, Ink on Paper, by Daniel Liam Gill

Ink on Paper I took a long hia­tus from draw­ing, I’d got­ten burned out on the fig­ure and the stu­dio scene. It can get mind numb­ing if I don’t take a break. I’ve been teach­ing fig­ure draw­ing at the Brush and Palette once a week which let’s me talk about draw­ing and paint­ing for three hours. It’s a won­der­ful ses­sion with…

elaria’s mandala

elaria's mandala, Monoprint, Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Wood, 48" x 48"

Mono­print, Acrylic, Oil and Col­ored Pen­cil on Wood The final ver­sion of a man­dala cre­ated in colab­o­ra­tion with elaria, a bal­let dancer with a pure, white light. I’ve strug­gled might­ily with piece over weeks since it’s incep­tion, hav­ing moments of insight and fits of frus­tra­tion, bat­tling the color scheme and work­ing in har­mony with the roses I found in the torso…

elaria’s mandala — 4th session

elaria's mandala, Momoprint, Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Wood, 48" x 48"

Acrylic, Oil and Col­ored Pen­cil on Wood The 4th ses­sion with elaria’s mono­print. I was enam­ored with the prints of elaria’s torso from the pre­vi­ous ses­sion but the chaos of the impres­sions was just to much for me, I had to calm the piece and give the eye a place to rest. I found a photo of a dog­wood blos­som trapped in…