Commissioned work

Since I was away in Costa Rica it had been a while since I've done a painting so I felt a bit rusty on the process I go through to get the final product.


The first set of paintings here were requested for Worlds AIDS day. The wood one is recycled and titled "Positive or Negative?" and the one on canvas is titled "The Whole World is Affected". I have always wanted to do a stencil of a world map because of my affinity for travel but this seemed more subject-oriented. They were silently auctioned off at a local organization that raises HIV/AIDS awareness for an event that happens in Boise every first Thursday of the month... called First Thursday. Local businesses stay open late and run events to draw in new customers like wine tasting or silent art auctions.

The third piece was commissioned by the violinist of A Sea of Glass who played at our first house show this year. He was excited about the pieces that were hanging in our house and was looking for a Christmas present for his wife. The painting is of his favorite engagement photo. It was definitely an interesting piece. I had never done a painting this big (24x38) nor had I ever done one with faces taking up the subject of the picture. Most of my pieces are a bit more abstract and less detailed but I had to pull from my drawing background to make sure that ever line in the stencil followed the exact contours of the eyes, lips, nose and mouth. Overall I am super stoked on this piece. I believe it to be one of my better ones. I didn't even give the stencils a test run because I ran out of material and the final is perfect.



Soon I'll be putting up some of my climbing-related pieces in Urban Ascent (used to be Peak Fitness). Steve Lampkins is a committed community-building gym owner and loved the idea of putting up local art in the gym.

Merry Christmas all!