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untitled (crow with pencil)
acryllic, gold on wood

This is the last bird painting I produced during the holidays. Originally it contained less contrast and I went back after finishing it to put in some dark blue and purple values to give it more contrast. Next time I make a painting like this (with a different subject, maybe something not depicted too frequently like sea manatee) I'm going to play with the values and tones so that I can seperate background and subject and put them on the same plane instead of having depth.

untitled (bird abstract 2)
acryllic on wood panel

This was a fun experiment in colour and temperature. I tried to hint at the bird being there instead of painting it's form. This is a direction I want to go in for future work that is pattern based. I'm thinking for the next time a heavily psychadellic baroque/rococo patterning.

Mayan Ritual
acryllic on wood
This was a test to try out an ink drawing I did in a minimalistic colour scheme. I wanted it originally to be much darker, instead of the lighter body tone, so I think I'll be doing a second painting of this one. The figure is one in a larger composition involving five people. I think I'll be introducing more dark tones to this piece (more of the dark blue-purple).

Louis XIV
acryllic on board
this portrait was about portraying the kings idea of possessing a divine bloodline. Also known as the "sun king".... a bit literal but I couldn't think of another way at the time to get across the concept.