new stuff!

This is my most recent piece, "Women of the Opry". It's a submission for this spring's De Young College Night, and the theme is Americana. I almost backed out of it, but I would have totally regretted missing out on such an awesome theme. Hopefully I didn't half-ass this so bad that I don't get in.

Creators worth mentioning

Listening to: The Distillers, The Dutchess & The Duke, Whiskeytown, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Wheel, Conor Oberst

So, because I'm getting over a weird flu/sore throat thing and have some spare time to make up for my missing Cool Person of the Week, I decided to provide some links to lots of artwork by contemporary artists that I'm really interested in and lots of images for your viewing pleasure. It's kind of a bargain, because instead of just one cool person, you get As of this year I've developed a real fondness for typography/font work, and also a bend toward more graphic illustration work. But I definitely maintain a constant fondness for extremely well-executed painting. Considering it's my major, I think I should.



This amazing Darwin illustration is by Sarah King. She gives a whole new meaning to the "pictures are worth 1000 words." It looks like there are way more than a thousand words in this drawing. You can see more of her work here.



Chris Scarborough


Michael Hsiung has some really interesting stuff going on. I really love minimal pen and ink and he totally makes it work in a simplistic style. I love the little hints of patterns and little spots of color here and there, and also his fondness for weird mermen and lumberjack people with facial hair.

More to come tomorrow (maybe).

Rachel

Wow.

Apparently I rule at updating this thing on a timely basis. Some new updates...

I submitted this painting triptych to the De Young Fall College Night show, and it ended up getting into the show and even got chosen as the lead image for the satellite show at the Art Institute. I'm pretty stoked about it, because this is the first semi-monumental art accomplishment I've had while living in San Francisco. I had another piece get into the Spring College Night show, but this is better :)

Also, my dear friend Charlotte and I will be partnering up to begin a series of illustrations, prints, paintings, and other fun crafty assorted items under the name Wishingwell Illustrations! I'm super stoked to get this going. Here's a rough draft of our logo:



Exciting stuff.