New Work – ‘Alone, Not Lonely’
In my new collection ‘Alone, Not Lonely’ I have created scenes of isolated figures straddling their own balance of where they are and where they might rather be. I spend a lot of time alone. I work alone, I paint alone and my wife’s job takes her away from home a few days a week. […]
Coffee with Dino – Frank Ybarra
Coffee with Frank Ybarra, Frank is an artist and storyteller. His paintings are usually a reflection of his life and interests; family, friends, heritage, youthful memories, food, music and his Arizona upbringing. Frank is a soft-spoken man with a cool demeanor, which is a bit of a contrast to his bright, colorful, fun and lively […]
Coffee with Dino – John Randall Nelson
Coffee with John Randall Nelson. John is one smooth individual, they way he walks, talks, dresses and generally carries himself. He has this aura of confidence combined with an inquisitive nature that makes him incredibly easy to converse with. It’s rather refreshing. At first glance, John is the quintessential artist. You would never know he […]
We Are All Just People
We are all just people, We are a world of diversity, no mater what group you align yourself with, no matter the ethnicity, color, gender, religious or political beliefs for which you stand we are all just people. For the briefest of moments in the realm of a life imagine what it might be like […]
Dress Accordingly – Art Series
After generating nearly 100 sketches for my 2015 collection it was time to actually create pieces of art. So the experiment was on. Yes the experiment, each piece is created using a variety of techniques including turning the sketches into a dozens of prints for each color then melting the ink and transfer to different […]
Fish Booonze
I had this idea to paint colorful tropical fish in water. Sure, I understand there is nothing new about that and has been done a million times by artists with more skill in that arena than I will ever have. However, my little twist was to create that image by just using the skeletal make […]
12 Paintings, 12 Chairs, 12 Dots in 12 days
For the next 12 days I will attempt to do a small painting a day of 12 different chairs. This idea stemmed from the comedic pursuit of hidden riches from the 1928 Russian Novel and the 1970 Mel Brooks film ‘The 12 Chairs’. Most everyone is on their own little journey of our own little […]
Women in Hats; A salute to ‘80s Fashion Illustration
I have been a long time admirer of fashion illustration styles from the 1980’s & 90’s. Illustrators like Roger Duncan, M. Canetti and L. Mynott have been an inspiration in a number of my ’women’ pieces. That lose cartoony style is evident in many of my sketches. So I thought I would try my hand […]
Floral Arrangement Series
What started as an exercise of creating images using basic graphic shapes has turned into a nice little series of paintings. In the case of these two pieces I started with drawing family crests or shields and arranging them in various ways. I then took those shapes and began painting, printing and chemical washes to […]