Ventures into the Unseen

Circus Surreal

2011-09-17T06:50:00.000-04:00

Was great to be apart of the 2nd Annual Circus Surreal, presented by Standstill Media. The concept for Circus Surreal comes from the basic need to showcase growing artists. This year three separate shows were put on, one in St. Petersburg, one in Nashville, and lastly in Chicago. Had a great time and hope to participate in next year's as well! Thanks to everyone who made it possible.

Keeping Busy!

2011-06-26T15:41:00.000-04:00

It's been a pretty hectic past couple months, so it took a little longer than it should have...but finally I have completed my newest print. It is an 8"x10" linocut titled "Sentience". Excited to have it finished and to get started on some more!

C. Emerson Fine Arts Presents:

2011-04-15T16:51:00.001-04:00

Lucid Dreams - I was excited to participate in an exhibition at C. Emerson in downtown St. Petersburg. Had a good time at the opening! This rings in the first show of 2011, hope to keep'em coming.Head over to Art-Taco for a nice review of the show thanks to Luis G.

view from outside of the window

László Horváth and I, fellow Hungarian artist

Seven Years - completed!

2011-01-10T16:23:00.000-05:00

Finally got the base all finished up, here are a few photos of process and final product!

Juried Art Show 2010: Works on Paper @ Studio 620!

2010-11-18T16:27:00.000-05:00

Had a great time at the opening for the Juried Art Show 2010: Works on Paper. It was held at The Studio@620 in downtown St. Petersburg. There was a great turn out, and the gallery acquired my piece for their collection!

My piece titled "Catalyst" - wood block print

Joshua Fuller with his pieces

The boss man, Mr. Bob Devin Jones

Product of Our Imagination!

2010-10-19T18:41:00.000-04:00

Very excited to be apart of this show, first one since finishing up at Ringling. The opening was on October 16th, and it should be up for about a month. Check it out if you get the chance. It is located at Cafe Bohemia, on Central Ave. and 9th Street downtown St. Petersburg. Sadly, I only managed to get a few set up shots:

Top: Reid Jenkins, Below: Scott Hillis

Alex Glueck

Left: George Retkes, Right: Moy Loera

Thanks to the Cafe Bohemia for having us, and to everyone that came out. Had a good time, hope to do it again soon!

The city of Gulfport turns 100!

2010-10-19T13:22:00.001-04:00

Gulfport, Florida held its Centennial Celebration this past Saturday. There were festivities all weekend, along with an exhibition showcasing some of Gulfport's art. I couldn't resist the opportunity, so "Enduring Paths" became the center piece of the show!

Paintings were set up all around in the Casino on Beach Blvd.

Luckily I was able to set up in the middle

Funny little Obama sculpture, hah

Thanks for havin' me, I'll see you at the bi-centennial!

Wanxin Zhang and Theo Wujcik at the Morean Arts Center!

2010-10-19T12:55:00.001-04:00

Here are a few sneak peak pictures of the latest exhibition at the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg. I Was fortunate enough to be able to help set up the amazing sculptures of Wanxin Zhang. The show will be up through January 2011, so be sure to check it out!

First one out of its crate!

I really enjoyed this painting by Theo.

Easier than expected to get them out

Great show!

See you at the next one!

Chihuly Installation in St. Pete!

2010-07-12T16:10:00.004-04:00

Big thanks to Jorge, and the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg for giving me the opportunity to help out on a Chihuly installation. It was a great experience and I had a blast working with the team from Seattle. Check out the show on the 400 block of Beachdrive Northeast, downtown St. Petersburg

Chihuly Collection presented by Morean Arts Center

End of an Era

2010-07-12T16:03:00.002-04:00

Bye Bye Ringling, it's been pretty awesome!

WHAT NOW?!?!?!?!?!?

Fine Arts Senior Thesis Exhibition 2010

2010-05-01T11:24:00.004-04:00

On Friday 4/30 we had our Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, it was a great turn out and we had lots of traffic on campus. We had the Crossley and Basch galleries on campus to set up in for the show, think it turned out pretty well!

lil bit of set up

Crossley Gallery

it was fun, great turn out

lots of good discussions

Mikaela's performance

Basch Gallery

it was nice having two spaces

goood times!

Enduring Paths

2010-04-29T18:11:00.003-04:00

4/14/2010

2010-04-14T13:22:00.003-04:00

About 2.5 weeks remain here @ Ringling. Here's a sneak peak at my new project!

Best of Ringling

2010-04-09T19:44:00.002-04:00

Here are some pictures from Fine Arts - Best of Ringling 2010 show.

a view of my sculpture in the show

shot of the crowd and gallery

students, faculty, and public

shot of Josh Fuller's sculpture in the show

7 Years

2010-04-02T11:58:00.002-04:00

About three weeks ago I cut off my dreads. I had them for quite a while, and I felt it was time for them to go. However after putting so much effort and work into them, there was no way I could bring myself to just discard them. So...like anything else, I bronzed it! Below are in progress pictures of my new self portrait titled - 7 Years. Pics coming of finished product soon!

1st coat of slurry

casting area

getting the bronze out from the slurry mold

after the first quick sand blasting

getting there!

Few more pics from senior show!

2010-04-02T11:44:00.006-04:00

Infinite 4

Infinite 3

Void 4

Void 2

The masters

Video of casting process!

2010-02-24T19:45:00.003-05:00

Juried Art Show 2010

2010-02-16T20:21:00.003-05:00

Had a great time last Friday at The Studio 620 in St. Petersburg. Central Art Supply Store had an open call for a juried exhibition. I was fortunate enough to have 3 out of 3 entrees selected to be in the show. The opening had a good turn out, and looked great.

Busy Busy!!!

2010-02-07T02:57:00.003-05:00

Been very busy these past couple weeks, but fortunately it paid off. Senior orals were held last week, which I think went quite well. Then on Friday, February the 5th I had my fine arts senior exhibition with Josh Fuller. The show went very well, it was lots of fun, and we had a great turn out. Looking forward to setting up some shows in the future!

title board for the show, it is the gallery's volume in ft.

opening

students, faculty, public

I had 4 bronze sculptures, 3 wood sculptures, and a print. Josh filled the walls up with 3 huge projections, and had a sculpture that related to one of the images.

prep

lots of work, but lots of fun!

CNC router skills

turned out nice

More to come soon!

Report!

2010-01-24T19:20:00.002-05:00

Just a quick one, more to come soon!

New Sculpture!

2009-11-21T14:21:00.003-05:00

Piece of wood, with hole bored through center from insects. I poured molten bronze into this hole, and this is what happened.

I think it turned out great!

detail of top

detail of mid section

more to come!!!

Good Times

2009-11-21T13:43:00.004-05:00

pouring bronze into wood, lots of fire

my instructor and I pouring the bronze

the wood section being split to free the bronze

the piece, out of the wood and cleaned up a bit

I found wood with tunnels bored out of the middle from insects, after cleaning it up a bit and clearing some of the contents inside the tunnels, I poured molten bronze into the holes, giving me these great positive casts from the negative space inside the branches. I think they came out very well! I had no idea what would happen.

screen print installation in my studio for Open Studios

a view inside my studio, some sculptures on the floor, and pictures/prints on the wall

another view

Fine Arts: Open Studios, it was very successful. We had lots of traffic coming through our studios all night long. It is a yearly event held here at Ringling, where the senior Fine Arts class opens their individual studios to the public as they walk through campus and check them all out. It was a great event.

Photo of a part of my sculpture, and I, in my studio

New Prints!

2009-11-03T09:31:00.002-05:00

Blood Moon

Stellar

Stellar - plus white

Update:

2009-10-26T19:21:00.004-04:00

Here are some more pictures of my wood slice manipulations.

Some Goodies...

2009-10-20T20:05:00.002-04:00

I've really been enjoying making these, going to make moooreeeee.

2009-10-20T09:14:00.002-04:00

Excellent

2009-09-28T19:17:00.002-04:00

2009-09-23T22:00:00.001-04:00

Awwww yeaaaah

2009-09-21T19:27:00.002-04:00

Just thought I'd share some pictures I've been taking of my blood. I think they're pretty neat.

Mikro

2009-09-15T20:43:00.003-04:00

First screen print of the semester, more to come for sure!

The Final Countdown

2009-09-14T13:00:00.003-04:00

Seems it's that time again. It is the beginning of my last Fall semester here at Ringling. Feels good to be back in the studios working again, so below are some random pictures of stuff I'm playing with. I should have a steady flow of updates throughout the following months, enjoy!

plexi "petri dishes"

having fun

senior studio space!

view from huge studio window

Silent Effigy

2009-06-16T14:21:00.003-04:00

Three tri-columns that can freely rotate independently around a central steel pipe with 9 different cast faces affixed to each side. The tri-columns were stained, and the faces are leafed with copper, silver, and gold leaf.

Meet the 'Rents

2009-06-16T14:14:00.002-04:00

Still have some leafing to do, but they're just about finished.

Goodies

2009-04-19T13:28:00.002-04:00

Misc stuff from these past couple weeks : Best of Ringling show submission, casting a shield in aluminum, installation about sacrifice and the Illuminati, and copper leafing of next sculpture.

WMC

2009-04-14T13:42:00.001-04:00

Junior Reviews

2009-04-03T22:24:00.001-04:00

Looks good all together like that doesn't it? Hehe

Needy

2009-03-05T15:20:00.003-05:00

Fines Doubled When Workers Present

2009-02-22T19:47:00.001-05:00

Created a public intervention installation on campus, which included these blank signs (16) and they were placed around the central courtyard on campus.

Terrestrial Corridor #2

2009-02-22T19:14:00.001-05:00

We were given the opportunity to create site-specific installations out in nature with in about two hours. This is what happened.

Corridor

2009-02-22T19:06:00.004-05:00

Each student in my installation class was given a week with this closet space, to create an installation in. I used movable walls to create the corridor, and added the objects (grass, sheets, rocks, a mirror and lights) The leaves and rocks create wonderful sounds as the viewer walks through the space, and it is a space in which one can reflect upon themselves.

More progress...

2008-12-10T23:59:00.003-05:00

Almost complete, but still some work to do as always, I have pics here of my final sculpture project for the Fall 08 semester. It is cast bronze, with steel at 8ft and around 200lbs. Title coming soon :D

detail of the head

2008-12-10T23:54:00.006-05:00

Got a lil update here, below is the finished cast aluminum piece "Homeage".

head-on view

detail 1

detail 2

More Goodies

2008-10-22T17:36:00.008-04:00

I have some pictures of my next sculpture project, it's in the wax phase and will be cast in aluminum soon. Also, I included some photo's from a show titled "What a Dick", a gallery filled with penises. Enjoy.

And the show...

Here is my drawing in the show.

Fall Semester Begins!

2008-10-08T12:30:00.007-04:00

Hey everyone, after a nice summer break I'm back to work! Posting up a few pictures of my first sculpture project. It's nearly finished, going to be adding more wire as I see fit. Here ya go!

Conclusion

2008-04-29T11:35:00.006-04:00

With the closing of this Semester, I have two additional pieces.

Relief roll on black

Transcendence, Palm tree stump hand carved.

close up

even more close up

oh snap

2008-04-06T00:10:00.005-04:00

printing press fractures finger, and creates this piece.

first print is just the line etching.

Contour Hands

relief roll added, and manipulation of print surface.

Two Simultaneous Mistakes

also a self-portrait mezzo tint, in sepia.

Earthy Delight

2008-04-03T10:54:00.004-04:00

Here are a couple pictures of my latest wood sculpture. All out of natural found wood, and assembled with some glue holding each layer together. It is titled Terrestrial Corridor.

Goodies!

2008-03-26T14:39:00.009-04:00

In spite of having to take some photos for my Sophomore reviews this week, I got some stuff to put up here from it!

Metal sculpture I did last year, titled Sammy after one of my dogs.

Mixed media piece, using wire, plaster, paint, epoxy, and glass.

This throne was done last year, all out of found wood.

8:35

2008-03-11T10:01:00.003-04:00

Aqua tint over hard-ground etching in Sepia.

First sculpture project.

2008-02-21T19:10:00.008-05:00

Finally getting up some pictures, and kicking it off with my first sculpture project completed for this semester. It's carved from a single block of basswood, around 12x6x4", stained and glossed. It's titled "Ascension".