These pictures are beyond awesome! The artist, Darren Pearson, sets his camera with a long exposure so that when he draws with LED lights, it will capture the image he traced through the air. As a photography student, I'd love to try something like this! It is such a cool form of art and something I never thought of before. To read a little more check out these websites:

Darren Pearson 

Daius Twin Flickr 



Chris Piascik

I saw Chris Piasick's work on Doodlers Anonymous. He is a graphic designer and illustrator. Knowing I'll be taking a graphic design course next semester, I found his work very inspiring. I really love the way he takes what's on his mind and turns it into art. He brings his own creativity into each piece he does and thats what matters the most to me. To check out more, here's his website:

Chris Piascik

After looking through even more blogs, I came across Roger Bansemer. He does many landscape paintings and is featured on a PBS television series called, "Painting &Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer". After looking through some of his blogs, I found that not only does he share his paintings, but he gives his feedback on what works and what doesn’t and also tips on how to make pieces better. I really enjoyed reading over his comments about his work. He mentioned that details aren't always the most important thing if everything else is strong. I would like to keep this in mind because I always go way into detail, which works for most of my paintings, but can be very time consuming. I’ve suggested detail in some of my paintings and I have found that it works well. If you’d like to see more paintings done by Roger Bansemer, the link is below:

Robert Bansemer on Blogger

Marina Dieul

I stumbled upon this Marina Dieul when I was searching through blogs. I could not believe how talented she is! Her work is completely amazing. I can only hope one day that I will be as great as this. Since I really want to get into portraits, I figure this is great work to look at in order to get inspired. Her sense of light is amazing and I can't believe how realistic her work is. To find out more and to view more work, here are a couple websites to look at:

Marina Dieul Website

Marina Dieul on Blogspot

El Museo!

I recently entered two of my pieces in a local art show at El Museo. It was a community show for all ages. There were a couple different categories to enter in order to win prizes. A couple of well know people in the art district were judges for the show and...I recieved FIRST PLACE for my oil painting! I was beyond excited and still can't believe it. I'm very proud of my painting and can't wait to create more work! Many people commented on how well they thought I did on my piece and it's really pushing me to do a lot more.

Edward Hopper

I found Edward Hopper's paintings to be very inspirational. I love the way he communicates his thoughts through his paintings. I also connected his work with mine. I really like the buildings and houses that he painted because I've been getting into that myself. They all have individual stories behind them even though they are such simple scenes. His figure work is also super inspirational to me. I really want to improve my skills with figures and his scenes show me that I can do both figure work and buildings combined. Here's a link if you'd like to check out more pictures and information: Edward Hopper


"Nighthawks"





Linden Frederick

After looking back at some of my work, I've realized that I enjoy painting structures with hard edges and precise object placements. I've done a couple houses and barns now and I really like painting them. When I paint, I like to get little details in my painting and make each edge a nice, crisp edge. With houses and buildings, I can do that. I like the idea of putting a story behind each building also. Just like the work of Linden Frederick. Once I realized how much I like to do buildings, I thought of his work and how mine is similar to his in a way. He builds up the story more in his paintings though and I think that's what I need to do. I can still paint my buildings and houses, I just need to create that story to make them successful in the art world. To learn more, here is a website about Linden Frederick!

"Turquoise House"