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  1. A Tale of Two Dog Portraits

    April 25, 2022
    Stella at Howard U. My brother did the unthinkable. He hired another artist to do a portrait of his dog Stella. Stella Stella is a nine-year-old chihuahua mix, so diminutive in size that many people mistake her for a puppy, despite the gray in her whiskers.  And my brother paid…

  2. How Photo-Realism Can Help and Hurt Your Art

    April 25, 2022
    IS IT REAL? Silex (acrylic on canvas) - Jason De Graaf Hyperrealism is an extension of photorealism, where artists endeavor to create a painting or sculpture that closely resembles a high-resolution photograph. My background is in illustration.  So for me, the LINE is king. I learned how to use the…

  3. How the Photography of Haris Nukem can Make You a Better Artist

    April 21, 2022
    Haris Nukem Haris Nukem Occasionally, I like to highlight other artists who inspire or push me creatively. My biggest influences include authors like Mark Twain, classic American portrait artists like Norman Rockwell, and even musicians who drive me creatively like Bjork and Squarepusher.  But for today, it’s…

  4. New York: Where Dreams of a Punk Kid Go to Die

    April 21, 2022
    New York New York - 1994 I was a gangly, wildly insecure 17-year-old kid when I landed in New York in the mid-1990s. I had only applied to one school. I didn’t know what made me confident that I would get accepted into NYU, but it was the farthest…

  5. Poems by the Ocean

    April 12, 2022
    Poems by the Ocean I have been in the throes of creating a series of short films featuring the poetry and dance of an amazing artist out of Australia, Jacinta Rose Durney. What I have always appreciated about Jacinta is her unwavering authenticity and individuality. She is such a…

  6. Flower for Ukraine

    April 11, 2022
    Flower for Ukraine (warning - the following contains graphic and disturbing images of death) Flower for Ukraine The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been difficult for me. It disturbed me to think of children, mothers, daughters, sons, and fathers, who were living their lives just last week, and are no…

  7. Harry Mack: King of Freestyle

    February 24, 2022
    This is Harry Mack This is the guy who got me through a year of the pandemic. Stuck in my room with very little interaction with the outside world, I was able to tune into his videos on Youtube and just listen for hours on end as he would manifest…

  8. King Osiris

    February 7, 2022
    Murdered by his brother Set for his throne, who then dismembered him, only for the pieces to be gathered by his wife Isis who returned him to life so that he could knock her up. (The life of a deity. Am I right?)  Osiris would become the god of fertility,…

  9. The Kingstress

    January 21, 2022
    The Major Arcana Strength Card in the Tarot is often depicted as a woman riding a lion.  This is my reimagining of that card. For all my witches.  - shop The Kingstress in online store

  10. Tis the Season to be Fractal

    December 24, 2021
    These are the Killianys. Each year the Killiany’s are absolute beasts when it comes to their annual Christmas card and this year they asked if I would like to help out, which allowed us to be so much more creative.  Mrs. Killiany came up with a concept to show the…

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