Showing posts with label gallery shows. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gallery shows. Show all posts

February 12, 2016

Arboreal Dreams: The Forest

“In Olden Times” Emily Fiegenschuh - Gouache
"Old Woman of the Wood"  Vinod Rams - Watercolor
If you happen to be in the Seattle area this weekend come by Krab Jab Studio for the opening of Arboreal Dreams group show on Saturday, February 12th. The show opening is from 6 to 9pm. Both Emily and I have pieces in the show. We’ll both be there for the opening.

More info here:
http://www.krabjabstudio.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/970495559707584/

Arboreal Dreams: The Forest
Opens February 13th, 6 - 9 pm

Trees have entranced the minds and hearts of man since before our kind could trace time. They served us for food, shelter, clothing, and warmth. They delighted us in their marking of the seasons, their marking of fertile grounds in desolate lands, and the marking of our own fallen comrades (as a natural headstone). They are featured in every religion, every community, every social structure, mystifying us, strengthening us, nurturing us. And finally, they are often the unsung stars in our artistic endeavors, whether they set the scene for an epic battle of good and evil, or whether they themselves serve us, the artists, in the form of wood blocks, totems, painting panels, sculptures, or paper. Without the mighty tree, we would literally die.

In this group show, artists were asked to explore their own connection to the nature of trees. Whether they hail from the Pacific Northwest or as far as Belgium, these participating artists visually narrate an arboreal song that weaves together almost seamlessly. The result is as ethereal as it is solid, drawing into the depths of our communal consciousness.

This show will run through both February and March, opening February 13th at Krab Jab Studio.

Artists Featured: Braden Duncan, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Olivier Villoingt, Bastien Lecouffe Deharme, Iris Compiet, Virginie Ropars, Yuko Ishii, Mark Poole, Drew Tucker, Emily Fiegenschuh, Vinod Rams, Elijah Evenson, Greg Spalenka, Rovina Cai, Jeff Menges, Yvette Endrijautzki, David Gray, Tara Larsen Chang, and Dan Chudzinski.

(I'll be writing a larger post about my painting later)

April 18, 2015

Marriage is a work of art... Update!

I have a nice update from the Marriage show at Krab Jab last weekend. Emily and I both sold paintings!

The painting I sold was "The Green Man" and Emily sold her companion piece titled "Children of the Forest." They were bought by the same patron and it's nice to know that the two pieces made an impact on someone. I actually had some reservations with putting my painting up for sale. It was a personal piece and I was happy with the way it turned out. But beyond that, the painting actually meant something to me. Many of my freelance illustration paintings are fun or interesting but they don't have much long-lasting meaning for me. I'm still working on a post about "The Green Man," but the painting represented a feeling about nature, compassion, and happiness that is hard for me to describe. My only solace is that whoever bought our paintings felt a strong connection to them and just had to have them!

Our two sold paintings!
The show opening went really well. There was a steady crowd throughout and Emily, the other attending artists and I gave an interesting artist talk about living and working with our spouses. (I think Krab Jab recorded it but I'm not sure when it's going up on their youtube channel)

Our wall at the show.
Two of my "geezers of fantasy" paintings.
Our wall and us!
Here's a link to Krab Jab's online inventory of the other paintings in the show that are still available for purchase:
http://www.krabjabstudio.com/#!current/cnkj

Emily also wrote a nice post on her blog here, with some more pictures:
http://fabledearth.blogspot.com/2015/04/march-and-april-at-krab-jab.html

April 9, 2015

Marriage is a Work of Art

Emily and I will be showing some pieces in the upcoming show at KrabJab Studio this weekend! The show has a special theme featuring artist couples. It's a really great idea for a show since in our years of being professional artists we've come across many artist couples and it's always interesting to see how they work together.

Emily and I got to know each other because of art, and art is a huge part of our lives together. We'll be doing a talk during the show's opening night on Saturday April 11th from 6-9pm. I'm sure all the art-couples in attendance will have alot of interesting stories about the ups and downs of being with an artist. So if you're in the Seattle area this weekend please come by and check it out!
 We'll be a bit late to the opening because we're attending a workshop taught by Omar Rayyan that also takes place this weekend, but we do hope to arrive in time for the artist talk.




Here's some links about KrabJab and the event:
http://www.krabjabstudio.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/1548905245371394/
 
Marriage is a Work of Art Opening Reception
Saturday, April 11th, 6 - 9 pm
Show runs through May 2nd

Location:
Krab Jab Studio
5628 Airport Way S, Ste 150
Seattle, WA  98108

Here's a few of the paintings I'll be bringing for our corner of the gallery:

My Green Man painting and one of my "Geezers of Fantasy" sketches all painted up!


Emily's drawing for the companion piece to my Green Man Painting.

I'll show much more art after the opening, including some WIP pictures that I finally remembered to take.

Hope to see you at the show!

September 1, 2014

AFRU Gallery Show in Portland September 5th - 27th

Just a quick heads up, Emily and I will have work at the AFRU Gallery in Portland this month. The show is entitled "Illustrator and Designer Appreciation" and it's associated with the Rose City Comic Con. (The AFRU Gallery is just a few blocks from the convention center)



I have three pieces in the show, two of which are for sale. The third is a personal piece that I have yet to properly feature on this blog, but I'll get to that soon. (you can see it on my website here though)
Here are the two "oldie but goody" dragon paintings for sale:


The galleries opening reception is Sept. 5th from 6pm till Midnight. Emily and I might not be able to make it out though, one of our pets is sick so we might be preoccupied with making him feel better. 

But if your a Portland native or you'll be in town please go check out the show!

November 8, 2013

The Art of Role Playing Games Gallery Show


I Wanted to make a quick last minute announcement that I have a piece in Krab Jab Studio's "Art of Role Playing Games" show! The show opening is this Saturday (Nov. 9th) at their studio in the Georgetown neighboorhood in Seattle.

Come by and check out some of the great art done for an often overlooked genre: the table top RPG.

I'll be showing an oldie but goodie of mine. The cover to the "Red Dragon Codex" by R.D. Henham. I did this cover in 2007, shortly after finishing a run of twenty three covers for the "Dragonlance: The New Adventures" book series. The dragon codex series was focused on ... you guessed it, dragons. The designs for the dragons were based on the D&D 3rd edition dragons that Todd Lockwood created. Luckily for me, Todd's design work for those dragons was amazing so it was a joy to illustrate them. (trust me I've had to depict some really bad designs over the years and it's an uphill battle)

I thought I'd use this opportunity to show some of my sketches for this cover. The brief from my AD was simple... a nasty looking red dragon. Give it a cool pose and don't worry about the background. Here are my thumbnails:

Want to get into fantasy art? Learn to draw dragons.

The biggest problems with illustrating dragons is their wingspan. Most artists find creative ways to foreshorten and crop out the wings so you can still get in close and draw the head. My AD and I decided to go with #4. Pretty straightforward, just a dragon hovering in a cool pose. Sometimes you really don't have to over think the art making process.

Here's my rough drawing:


I really like to get in there and work out the muscle groups and get the weight right. Notice how thick and heavy his neck looks. This drawing is fairly sloppy even my my standards but it was enough to start painting. The only other drawing I did before this stage is two quick roughs to work out how to handle those giant wings.


#1 makes much more sense, anatomically. The wings in #2 are just kinda hanging there.

I wish I had more scans of the painting in progress, but I don't, so here's the final painting. It's done in gouache on a 13"x19" piece of 140lb cold press watercolor paper. This is one of my favorite paintings that I've done over the last few years, I still look back on it to see how I handled things. I really think the muscle-y (is that a word?) neck has some good mass and weight to it. I also really like where the wings connect with the body. I think I was able to make fantasy anatomy look believable. There are plenty of things I don't like about the painting but since it's for sale at KrabJab I think it would be unprofessional to bad mouth my own art right now!


I hope you can make it out to the show and see this mean looking guy in person!