Washington. Washington.

He's coming, he's coming, he's coming...

albino woman

A couple versions of a painting I did. Photo reference is of an african american albino woman. First one was drawn freehand and kind of ended up almost unearthly angelic. 

Second I attempted to be more photorealistic, definitely not my strong point. I sketched and painted on a layer over the photo which is why the proportions are basically identical. It's basically cheating, but this was less of a drawing exercise and more to get better with color blending.

Composer Series - Olivier Messiaen

This is the second piece in a series of paintings of my favorite composers with animals representative of their music. The first piece was of John Zorn (I suppose I should post that one as well). This is French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), who transcribed bird-song for solo piano and wrote a "Quartet for the End of Time" while a prisoner during WWII. He also experienced synesthesia - perceiving sound as color and sounds from colors.

Rough Sketch

Painting in Progress

Final Painting

I'm planning on doing Ennio Morricone or Koji Kondo next.