Portrait on 59-Diner menu

2008, Crayon on menu.

Self portrait

sink

sink, originally uploaded by rowdyferret.

Not too much to say about this one. It's my sink. And one of my favorite pieces I've made. Too bad I can't keep it. Because it's the sink. That lives in my studio. Media: steel, newsprint, refuse paint washes (get it?).

Studio Shot

While sorting out my iPhoto libraries (I'd love to use iView, but alas, I am a college kid who can't afford legit Photoshop, much less decent helper apps) I ran across this photo I took of my studio space. I realize it may be confusing to look at, since it is a photo of two photographs used in a mixed media installation piece. See, I was there and I took it and I'm still not sure I understand that. So the photo itself in this case is the art (though it is also documenting a detail of my installation.) In any case, I hope you enjoy it.

Drawing on pine

I salvaged this board from a family dentistry sign that had fallen down in my neighborhood (this piece read "fa/de"). The colors and textures were lovely as-is, but being the meddling artist I am, I had to throw in something. And because no other models were available, it became a self portrait.

Self portrait on board

This was a quick self-portrait done in my studio the other day. The support is just a found piece of some kind of board. The medium is acrylic and conte crayon.

An owl done on brown butcher paper in charcoal. This fellow was a study for a cast aluminum relief. Maybe I'll post the final version here as a follow-up once I'm done with it.

Stacey on torn paper

Meet Stacey. You'll be seeing a lot of him. He's my roommate and partner. Fun fact: he is currently going through a transition to masculinize his body (he was born female). So I'll be doing several little portraits like this to document the changes on Testosterone. You can also keep up with his progress on his website, if you are so inclined.

skeleton study

skeleton study, originally uploaded by rowdyferret.

This is a figure drawing study using conte crayons on a piece of brown butcher paper. No humans were harmed in the making of this drawing.

madonna

madonna, originally uploaded by rowdyferret.

This mixed media piece from April 2007 is one of my favorites. It's not the best photo, but hopefully you can see the collaged newspapers and napkins that build up her form. Charcoal is also used for some outlining.

hands on cardboard

This piece is a studio snapshot. Hidden in the bottom of the photo I found something- A drawing I did in Spring 07 of a pair of hands in conte crayon on a piece of cardboard box.

Adi on legal pad

DSCN1051.JPG, originally uploaded by rowdyferret.

I thought to get things started, I'd post some older work that works in the theme of art using cheap materials. This is just a few different pens on a few pages of my legal pad (that it looks like I've recycled from taking notes with.) The date is December 2006.