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…
Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard I’ve been listening to “A New Earth” by Eckhart Tolle while I paint. In one passage, he uses the term Satori, a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment, meaning “understanding”. I thought it the perfect title for the painting. In researching the meaning, I came across Kensho, in the Zen Buddhist tradition, satori…
JULY 31, 2011 These are my sketches from the latest Model Marathon at Hipbone Studio. This was number 53 and these are some of the highlights. Ink on paper and from my sketchbooks.
First Thursday in May Join me for my debut show since returning to Portland. I’ll have Small Works available from $15.00 to $75.00 each. Samantha Ylva Beasley will debut a selection of her fine, handmade hats. First Thursday, May 5 · 7:30pm — 9:30pm Blondie A Salon 1225 SW Alder Street Portland, Oregon 97205
Acrylic on Hardboard, 24″ x 24″ I studied ad design in college, it was my first introduction to the grid. My inspiration for the Dysphagia Series was a dream. I was playing a game of chess with an unknown opponent. The next day I taped of an old painting and did another over it. It was nothing special but I saved the…
Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard The fourth painting from my work with Sister Thyme (Samantha Beasley). There’s so much fire in this one, from her ribs to the odd boiling shapes that resemble faces crying out in the head of a burning match. This is my favorite from the series so far, there’s so much…
Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard The third in the Sister Thyme Series. It has a distinctly vegetable feel to the composition, leaves that could be wings and the ever present fish at the bottom of the painting. Samantha says the background looks like northern lights. This one is her favorite and mine as well.
Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard The second in the Sister Thyme Series, created with Samantha. I started blocking out shapes on this piece and a wolf’s head emerged. The model mentioned that her middle names was Ylva, meaning she-wolf in Norse. The name stuck and the piece is officially called Ylva.
Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Masonite, 24”x 25” Collection of Sister Thyme Click to enlarge. I have had the pleasure of working with a model/writer/photographer/artist here in Portland. Her name is Sister Thyme. One look at her face and I could tell she had an old soul. This is the first painting in the series and the most dynamic.…
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