from el dorado

"from el dorado" oil on wood, 9.5in x 16in

detail

detail

a touch of gold

Here is something new I am working on. I'm using gold paint for the gold necklace. Metallics can be tricky because of the way they reflect light.


I took the pics from different angles (therefore different light casts) and with some help from Instagram. :)

Here you can see the paint is still wet in the face and hair, but the necklace stands out.

I think this is the deepest & purest blue I have used so far in any of my paintings. 

payara

oil & graphite on wood. 10.5in x 36in
In this (much awaited) piece, I wanted to make the wood as raw as possible, barely altered, as the grain itself is intense. This was also inspired by the early Hawaiian surfboards that were made from wood.
The payara is a game fish found in the Amazon River basin. It is also known as the vampire fish or dog fish (peixe-cachorro) due to its two front fangs. Their diet partially consists of piranhas, which it impales on its pair of pearly whites.

ambassador of desert warfare

oil & graphite on wood. 26in x 26in
The difference between the final drawing and the final painting is like night and day.My tool of choice is pencil. When I add oil paint it's to intensify the image, as color can create a whole new atmosphere, (the color vibrancy of oils being superior to other mediums). The combination of the two makes for a juicy translucency. Initially I was not going to use as much paint as I did, but in order to create a certain look it became necessary.
It has been said that the jackalope will only breed during electrical storms, which explains its rarity. They are dangerous when approached.