painting painting painting

i am reclaiming saturdays as my day to paint! not scheduling anything between 12 and 4 and am planning only on painting. you are welcome to stop by and paint with me, draw or just hang out, but i'll be here in my studio working. oooh, at the art store today i bought three tiny little canvases! they are 1" x 2" and are so cute!

there are 12 canvases of various sizes ready to go in my studio right now. the first coat is drying as i don't usually like to start painting on a blank canvas.

first square

untitled, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

this was one of the first paintings that i ever did on a square canvas. i painted this about 3 years ago. i was really pleased with the finished product and as a result have painted almost everything since then on a square.

artbooks?

does anyone have any old artbooks or art textbooks that i could borrow?

ACA Closed forever

ACA Closed forever Mark, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's the picture from the last day of ACA. in addition to the sign on the door, you can see:
the black sign next to the door where it says "atlanta college of art"
the green stripe on the wall - i love that green stripe!
and
the certificate of accomplishment photoshopped on top by al.

i also love that the sign is hand written with a complete lack of creativitiy, even that was gone. i would have written "store closed forever, no refunds or exchanges".

this blog template seems to cut off the right side of each photo, for now, you'll have to click on the photo to see the full shot.

the last day of (aca)

the last day of (aca), originally uploaded by marcofrey.

i sold this painting a few months ago and was just recently looking at this photo of it. i love the relationship between the 3 figures, the largest one in the back, half a head and confusing our space. the front figure hollow except her flat dress. the horizontal and darkness of the middle figure contrasting the vertical colors in the background.

as you can tell from the title, i painted this on the last day of aca. our community education class was technically the last class at the school. movers where already clearing out rooms and furniture. there was a sign on the school store that read "closed forever". the school was deserted and we were all very sad to leave. i guess i felt like all three of the figures, pensive, dark and hollow in a space that doesn't really exist (anymore).

i haven't painted much since then and i think i just needed a break. i was sad to see the end of the atlanta college of art. i miss it.

marco

marco, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

my most recent self portrait. this one was done for the cd artwork and as wayne pointed out, it's the only one of the 20 portraits that has a realistic skin tone. i certainly didn't plan it that way, i just really like the green background. and the angular shape of my glasses. it looks like me on a day that i actually shaved!

470

so i've had a bit of a hiatus from painting. haven't painted much in the last few months - aside from the the optimistically hopeless portraits.

470 works and counting. 30 more to reach my goal of 500 by year end.

the golden hike

the golden hike, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

one of my alltime favorite paintings! i had this in a show last year and was very very happy that it did not sell. i think i would have had serious separation anxiety if it had sold.

optimistically hopeless wayne

wayne, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

i recently did the artwork for the wayne fishell experiment's cd, optimistically hopeless. i painted a portrait of everyone who worked on the cd, 20 in all. seen here is wayne, half of the cover art for the cd. you can check them out at www.ofishell.com or on itunes! their music is fantastic and i think the paintings compliment it nicely. cheers!

this is one of my favorite paintings!

untitled, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

i chose this painting as my first attempt to post a blog from my flickr account. she is one of my favorite paintings and i had to leave her untitled to keep the mystery of her glare...

sheesh

it's been a while and i've updated the comments to allow anyone to comment. i plan to soon post photos of recent works so be on the lookout for a much more colorful blog!