Bee-bop Inspired Music Painting

Whew! Glad I am done with that! The reason the background is a really bright white is because, after I had painted my original design, which went somewhat out of control, I painted over it with white. I really like the way the curvy staff turned out, and how I was eventually able to fill the space. I would not call this my best project, but it sure was a learning experience in color and organization.

Ambiguous Space with Oil Pastels

Wow! I think this is the most colorful project I have ever done! I have learned that I really like oil pastels, and that, for a very left brained person, I think ambiguous space is very interesting. Anyway, the structure in this is centripetal radiation (objects stretching out from the center) with anomaly ("rogue" blue spheres). I like hos it all came together, and I hope viewers can tell what is the foreground and what is the background. And the intense color helps, too.

Self Portrait with Radiation

Whew! I went from one eye to this in three days! In the end, I really like the portrait...I just could not fix the mouth. I do like how the faded structure resebles the sun, but is still representative of radiation. If I had to name the two faults of this, however, I would probably say the mouth and the shoulders/arms. Despite the challenges, though, I do like the way it turned out.