ISCA Convention-2009 in Sandusky, Ohio

Just got back yesterday from the International Society of Caricature Artists Convention in Ohio and it was quite a trip.
Here are a few photos for now.
The first one is of Theresa Farrington who reminded me of the actor who played Baron Harkonen in the Movie- "Dune". I was worried she might be offended, but she told me beforehand that she has a really thick skin and she really liked it. I actually wanted to color it all in but ran out of time...
The second one is of Mongol Mike and it's an acrylic painting on painters paper.
The third is of Ed Lilywhite and is done with a col-erase pencil on pastel paper with water.
The fourth one is of LAR, who had a seminar about caricature 101. I used a heavy gel medium to create a mountain, and then painted on top of it with acrylics.
The last one is of my roommate, Don, who was a great guy (follow up photo for comparison to come...), and it's done in pastel.
I have more photos to come, and will have all of them up on flickr eventually.

Commission complete

Just finished it- now I have to deliver it.
It's Acrylic on Pastel Paper.

And the latest commission- WIP It

This is my latest commission; the first two sketch were rejected- because they were too caricatured... The last one of the 3 of them was approved (barely if at all caricatured)- now I have to paint it in acrylic and finish before Halloween when they get married. And now to get to work...

The Boss-WIP

Here's my latest painting of Bruce Springsteen. The client basically wanted the same thing that's up at "Rumours" (55th & 8th Ave. in Manhattan), but it pains me to copy something exactly, so I altered it slightly. The original concept was to focus on a red, white, and blue color scheme, because I didn't want to show the typical American Flag in the background like it was originally requested from my client. After I explained it to him, he agreed. So, for this newer version, I added a bit more color and strayed from the original concept a bit.
I'm still not finished yet, and really have to start a new commission, because the due date is coming right up and I haven't started yet (the sketch is done, but not the painting), and it's pretty involved.
So, eventually, I'll have the finished version of Bruce-2 up here- with a much better photo as well (these were quick snapshots, and I couldn't get rid of the glare, so I had to take most of them on angles for now...)

Bank of America

This is 5 of the 11 quick caricatures I did for Bank of America. I worked in-house one day to get most of the work done and then did the rest at home. I never saw a trading floor before and it was a little overwhelming- kind of like the "Ministry of Information"in the movie "Brazil". People had at least 4 big computer monitors each in their cubicles and some had up to 8! It was like information overload, and there I was drawing caricatures from photos. A strange juxtaposition to be sure, but at least it was a new experience.

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A few more live caricatures

More live stuff

I know this is a real fan favorite as evidenced by the 0 comments for each entry... so here are some more!

Some recent live stuff

Here's a couple of cell phone pics from the Park and one from a party I did last Friday where I had to draw everybody in one page(18 x 24"). Unfortunately, I didn't know how many people it would be beforehand, and neither did the hostess, so it was hard to leave enough space for everybody. It's also challenging to work with the brush pen that small and get all the details right. Most people at the party liked it , but of course there are always those who won't, know matter what you do. And lucky for me they weren't shy about telling me! Good times.

MJ head

Here's one I was doing of Michael Jackson while I was waiting for customers in the Park; I still want to put a body on him and maybe have him moonwalking out of his grave... or something. Or I might try to show the public's fascination for stars who have died, and how it gets overblown.
For now, here's his head.

The Park is Central

Old stuff

Here's some older paintings I never posted; The Beatles and Pete Townshend were done in 2001 for my friend in London, and I only had transparencies of them until a few days ago. The Lou Reed and the Roseanne Barr were done waaaaaay back in school in 1991. The Roseanne Barr was done in reaction to her singing of the National Anthem where she grabbed her crotch afterwards to mimic what some ball-players do. I don't think it was disrespecting the country- just a failed joke, so I was just showing the general perception in the country of what she did and how it was misinterpreted. I probably could've worked more on the body of this one, but I didn't have a reference... so I probably just got lazy at the end.

The Lou Reed painting was donated to The Riverside Church Weekday School's Auction for its Annual Spring Benefit to assist in bringing children a strong educational start.
It's going to do more good there than in some corner of my apartment collecting dust.

Anyway, I want to move onto some new work.

Faith

And the last of the Power Women.

Next is a new painting of Bruce Springsteen... but a copy of the one I already did.
Otherwise, I've just been busy with Gigs and other minor projects.

Lesley

Another of the Power Women.

More Power Women

They have the POWER!!!

A couple of these I might go back into... I'm just a little pressed for time.
Anyway, check out their website at http://womensvoicesforchange.org/
They do important work.

A couple of couples in the Park

I drew these 2 couple today in Central Park.