Beautiful Beasts

Interpretation of Beauty and the Beast. This is for Wayward Fairy Tales. I'll be prepping canvases this weekend. I have to finish painting these my the end of February.
(Edit: 2/11: Cleaned up the beast and added some details.

Mirrored... 

Rotten Demon Skull

This is a commission from a bit ago. I'm catching up on all the projects I fell behind on. I'll be finishing it digitally for a 3x3 foot poster.

Poster for The Contrast Art Show. This February. 

Boots and Modern Eden: Wayward Fairytales

Boots (working title), 28x18" drawing for board.

I finished this piece today. The concept is roughly based on Puss in Boots. It's not part of the wayward fairy tale show, just inspired.


*Edit 2/3/12:
One of the concepts for this piece revolved around the leopard's spots being an intricate man made design. The drawing looked too busy, so I erased it. And now that I'm looking at the pattern I laid in photoshop, it looks too flat. I think I'll save this idea for another piece and resolve his pattern when I paint. The rest of the piece gained a lot of detail and story as I worked on it, adding substantial weight to the big cat would disrupt the flow.

Coming up this month is a another Contrast art Show at 320 studios in Manhattan. This March, in San Francisco, at Modern Eden will be the group show, Wayward fairytales. 

More soon.

New Drawing + contemplation of drawing v.s. painting

In the spring I am participating in a themed group show at Modern Eden. I'm really excited about it. This is one drawing for half of a diptych. The theme is fairy tales. You can't tell which it is now, you'll have to wait for the second piece.

I'm a little behind though. Both my drawings should be done and I should be painting by now. Not that I can't finish it in time, I usually finish things last minute, but I want to take my time and try to make a masterful piece for once.

One of my goals this year is to produce and finish more (personal/show) work. I've been struggling with finishing my work. I am really focused on drawing. The bane of my existence is to draw, my ultimate passion. When I start painting, I lose a lot of interest. As I begin to work on it, I see all the mistakes I made and how I can make a better drawing. I stop painting and I start another drawing. I've now ended up with so many half finished paintings, I'm beside myself.
I've always had a preference for drawing over painting. I believe this is why I started out with computer coloring. The drawings were still in tact, and the color only added to it. The oil paintings I've been doing, have added certain aspects, but the drawing does not hold focus. Maybe the whole problem is that I'm trying to finish a drawing by painting it an still expecting it to be a drawing. I need to experiment a lot more with painting and how I finish the work. It feels awkward right now. I have a lot of ideas.
Well art is about problem solving and I have quite a problem to solve.
If only I could go to grad school and get my Masters in painting or drawing. It isn't really possible right now though.

Just keep working.

The online store isn't up yet. I haven't worked on it much. I'm overloaded with commissions, upcoming shows, the sick urge to do my own additional work on top of it, and various things I can't mention.

Expect more work soon. Take care.

Fabled Nature

Opening Friday the 13th, 2012 in the West Village: Fabled Nature 

Artworks by Chelsea Greene Lewyta and Änka Lavriv-Fragomeni.

The music starts at 7 pm. It is located at Bardot Heights, 432a 2nd Floor, 6th Ave. New York, NY. 

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I finally finished this painting. I've accumulated so much unfinished work... bah.