Last month, I created a very unusual piece titled “The Audition” Two of my favorite models, Guis and Sami, were helping with the Westwood play and we decided to capitalize on the cool location and create something. After running through a couple of ideas, we finally settled on this puppeteer concept with Gusi standing on a piano bench to control Sami...

Last week, I spent a few days at a photography workshop that focused on using color. For this week’s 4040 Portrait, I decided to try and push my use of color to the max – and use a lot more than I would normally feel comfortable using. I created a simple portrait then started adding on the paint! I even recorded the process. At some point – when...

I’ve been away for the past week and have fallen behind on the blog – so I thought I’d take a few minutes to bring it up to speed. I just got back from spending some time in St. Francisville, Louisiana. I attended a painting workshop with a couple of very talented artists- Darrell Chitty and Jeremy Sutton. It was a great learning experience and...

As I was sitting at the computer this weekend trying to come up with this week’s 4040 Image, I noticed the old Rubik’s Cube sitting on the bookshelf. Believe it or not, I’ve actually solved that thing several times. I figured it was the perfect way to celebrate my love of All Things Eighties! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on...

Week 12 I’m starting to realize that this project would be a lot more fun if I didn’t wait until Monday night to start on that week’s portrait. Hopefully the panic stirs the creativity. This week, I decided to go with a painted portrait. To make it interesting – and because it was getting late – I decided to limit myself to only 30...