Thurmanart

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Show Info

Spectacle Show!

I am currently in a show at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. Opening night was a huge success and it was all very exciting. This is my first big show in SF. It is a group show and my work is hanging next to some amazing artists: Emily Burns, Jaxon Northon, Monty Guy, Ben Walker, and Nicomi Nix Turner. All of my caricature oil paintings from my previous post are hanging in the show. You can read all about my work on these three websites:

Friday, January 25, 2013

Some new Ink Illustrations and Characters

I've had some spare time during my days on break so I've been practicing a new style and coming up with new characters and also experimenting with patterns.

a lumberjack with a branch ax and plaid shirt

big tough guy with tribal tattoos and a cool beard

my version of the mad hatter with his tea table strapped to him

a small gouache character painting with a frame i made to look like wood with some gel

matte medium and some paint

a little fisherman before his trip to the lake with a sheep skin jacket and tweed hat

my version of Captain Nemo with pattern shawl and sea horse sword

a small gouache character painting

a little tribal pygmy hanging on a tree

a Christmas time illustration with some knitted patterns

this guy does dry cleaning down the street from my work

i saw this guy in a starbucks and thought he looked like a fixie rider so i drew him with one

i was watching True Grit so i thought i'd do a cowboy character

even the toughest cowboys need coffee

i did this drawing from a model on my last day of clothed figure drawing class and finished the watercolor and ink portion of it later

Caricatures for New Show!

I will be showing at 111 Minna Gallery in a group show called Spectacle opening March 1st

Clint Eastwood oil on 6x8 wood panel

Bob Dylan oil on 6x8 wood panel

SLASH oil on 8x10 wood panel

Bruce Lee oil on 6x8 wood panel

Dan Aykroyd oil on 5x7 wood panel

Tommy Lee Jones oil on 8x10 wood panel

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Vector Art

Just started a vector class in school and I am really digging it!

Just a quick character i pulled out of my sketchbook to "vectorize" during class.

finished my second assignment for my vector class. I had a lot of fun doing these! I think i'm really getting the hang of vector.

My first assignment, in the spirit of Halloween, was a monster portrait. This, of course, is a pig guard from Jaba the Hutt's lair in Star Wars. enjoy

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Caricatures: Oil and Watercolor

I just recently started trying my hand at caricatures, and I think they are a lot of fun. I really enjoy looking at a person and taking the first thing I notice about them and exaggerating it.

Jean Reno as Leon the Professional before background

Chris Hemsworth as Thor in The Avengers

Ben Stiller in Tropic Thunder before background

Ben Stiller finished with background Ink & watercolor

Manny Pacquiao Ink drawing

Finished watercolor Pacquiao

Ink drawing self portrait

WIP oil Chevy Chase from Caddyshack

Finished Chevy Chase

Just starting out on David Bowie from The Labyrinth

Put some background in and finished the blond portion of the hair

Finished, man that hair took forever

Watercolor

Watercolor is the newest medium I've picked up and and i really enjoy it. Watercolor involves a lot of planning as well as knowledge about how each pigment works. I never knew that some pigments create different textures. I tend to layer my paintings with very thin washes, building them up to a textured finished look.

SOLD

Marilyn Monroe painting done with a travel kit and water brushes