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I’ve had an account at Myspace for awhile now but never put anything up. This weekend I finally added info and photos.
All I need now are friends.
Illustration Work in Process
The amazing draw/erase/draw/erase process
Here are sketches for various projects I have going right now. All are currently getting “approved” (or “disapproved”) by the publisher. As soon as I hear back I’ll start work on the finals. The deadline is mid-July so I’ll need to work quickly. The finals will be done in acrylic with some color pencil touches here and there. I’ll post a few “in progress” images over the next few weeks.
For those interested in the details of the process, this is generally how I work. I do sketches using just a .05 mm mechanical pencil (HB or 2H lead) on smooth bristol. I lightly block in the areas, and as things I like emerge I’ll apply more pressure to the pencil. Using my kneaded eraser I erase most everything, until I can only see the darker lines of areas I liked. I do this back and forth several times, lightly sketching and searching for something that works, pressing harder on the things I like and want to keep, then erasing everything. Bristol is great because it’s very durable. By the time I’ve gotten to the point these sketches are at I’ve erased everything several times. Kneaded erasers are nice because they don’t leave eraser “dust”.
When most everything is where I want it I’ll go in with a darker ebony pencil and outline a bit. Everything will be covered by paint when I’m done so I don’t concern myself with stray lines.
Blowoff
Tonight is Blowoff at the 9:30 club. It’s the last one until September, and also Pride weekend here in DC so it should be quite an event. The word on the street is they will be using my art as part of the show and projecting it onto the main stage behind Rich and Bob.
11:00 – 3:00 A.M.
9:30 Club Main Room
815 V ST NW WDC
Art by Linas Garsys
“Fresh Meat” Roq la Rue Gallery in Seattle
I’m shipping these two new pieces out to Seattle today for the “Fresh Meat” show at Roq la Rue Gallery.
“The Temptations of Madame Arachne” (top) and “Christina Von Sparkle Owns the Part” (below)
Opening reception June 9th 2006
The show features an impressive lineup of artists including: Wednesday Kirwan, Pamela Jaeger, Carrie Ann Baade, Esao Andrews, Kris Lewis, Brian Viveros, Bob Dob, Daniel Lim, Brian Despain, Krystof Neimeth, Derek Nobbs, Jessica McCourt, Skot Olsen, Jim Koch, Matthew Bone, and Dara Allison.
If you’re interested in purchasing please contact Kirsten at kirsten@roqlarue.com
Roq La Rue Gallery
2312 2nd Avenue
Seattle WA 98121
Ph: (206) 374-8977
Open Studios Wrap-up
Big thanks to everyone that stopped by this past weekend. Both days started off slow but it was non-stop after around 2:00. I’m sure I didn’t get as much traffic as some of the artists in the middle of it, but this worked out great. It gave me plenty of time to talk with most everyone that came through, and had questions or wanted talk. Still, I was beat by the time Sunday afternoon rolled around. Sales were good, one new piece called “Cleaning Up the Act” went to a good home, as did several other drawings, prints and even a few books. Thanks again everyone. More news coming up soon.
Cleaning Up the Act
Mixed media drawing
2006
9″ x 12″
