Collage #8

Looking through old snapshots. Photo and double. Original color. I think thats Lizzy.

Collage #7

Installation #7

Big Sur was one of the most amazing places we saw on our trip (check out out campsite video here). Driving along the edge of cliffs on Highway 1 was what inspired installation #7. The sculpture is essentially a driftwood highway the hugs the cliff as it winds down to the beach.

Face Collage


I became a bit lazy about blogging towards the end of my roadtrip, but I am back in NY now! There are a few more installations I need to post, but first, a collage of Angelina Jolie's face!

Installation #5

Austin, Tx was a cool town full of good vibes. Throughout our stay, we kept finding beautifull rivers and creeks. Some were surrounded by developed parks and very connected to the community, while others seemed intimate and secret, surrounded by tall limestone cliffs. We fell in love with one such creek, that had bore into the cliff, leaving a hollowed out crevice. This creek, in Little Stacy Park, inspired our ladder installation. To us, the ladder signified Austins connection and dissconnection to it's water. The ladder is a way to connect places especially in a vertical manner. We also called it a ladder for squirells (to escape our dog Nash).   

Using a knife, we cut through long vines and inserted stick "rungs". Geoffrey had a knife mishap and had to get 5 stitches! He's okay though.

Alleluia!

It's finally done! That was the fastest I have ever painted a large scale painting. It's amazing what having a deadline will do for you. Now I am off for a two month road trip! Geoffrey and I are planning on exploring installation/performance art while we travel. I will update with plenty of pic's and new work.

Collage #6 copyright sean lewis 2010

Sooo Clooose...
Ok, not done yet, but here's an update. Pretty, no?

I still have a week to meet my deadline. I think it's gonna happen. Hoping to complete the foreground today. Better get to work!

Jackpot!
While searching through some old CAD files yesterday, I sumbled upon these designs. I reworked the colors a little bit, but the pattern designs were from probably 3 years ago.

Hex pattern 1 copyright sean lewis 2010

Cone Pattern 1 copyright sean lewis 2010

And my personal favorite:

Untitled pattern #2 copyright sean lewis 2010

Went on a photo taking expedition with Brandi today. Who knew that Queens was so photogenic? The good shots are being developed in black and white. Here are a few I took on Brandi's digital.

Train  copyright Sean Lewis 2010

Untitled  copyright sean lewis 2010

Process/Progress

The Liquin original has worked well so far. It stretches the paint and makes it more workable. I think I would like to use something that has a bit more thickness for texture. The painting is coming along. I'm going to try and do some photo work over the next few days as well.

RESPONSIBLE! FASHION! NOW!

Well, maybe not now, but soon. I met with Elizabeth Suda today who owns a fashion accesories company called Article22. They sell cool scarves and bags handmade by people in Laos. Soon they will be weaving colorfull car crashes! Haha. Maybe not, but if my prints turn into scarves then I know what you're all getting next Christmas!

Progress/Process

After letting my first coat of white oil paint dry, I'm off to a nice start on the collage. I mixed the top layers with liquin original medium. My friend Andrea reccomended it. I'm not sure if I will appreciate faster drying time, but I think the improved transparency will be great. The blue didn't turn out exactly how I wanted, but I think once I add the highlights, it might look brighter.

New painting sneak peak.

After much design work and much giving up, I have laid out the next oil painting! This is a preliminary outline and some things will change, but how cool is it?!

Collage #6 copyright sean lewis 2010

I think I will photoshop some rims on the lower car and maybe play with the background colors some more. Any suggestions?

Collage #4

Here is another piece I started on. I think it's going in a good, abstract direction. the black box is just to give an outline, not part of the piece.

Collage #4 (Range Rovers) copyright sean lewis 2010

Car collage

Got to work on some ideas for the next painting. I'm thinking a car crash collage. Here's a first attempt. This will be hard to paint though.

Collage #3 copyright sean lewis 2010

Christmas Presents!

Sorry about the delay in posts. It was a busy holiday in Detroit and Chicago. I did get some cool digital pics of nuclear power plants on the way home in Pennsylvania. I'll post some art made from those soon. This year I made everyone art for Christmas and was planning on posting all the pieces after I gave them out, but things got busy and I didn't scan or photograph any. Many of the pieces were made digitally, but then traced, drawn, or painted. So, I'm going to post a few of the initial digital pieces. Here is one that I gave to my dad. It's based off the same Mercedes that I painted (shown in first post).

Mercedes collage 1 copyright sean lewis 2009

Another photo abstraction

I took one of the black and white photos from an earlier post and made this color overlay in photoshop. I then painted it in oil for Geoffrey for christmas! Merry christmas!

Industrial Building #3 copyright sean lewis 2009

Sidewalk findings

I walked around Clinton Hill today looking for cool sidewalk crack patterns. Finding good ones was actually harder than I thought. I guess people keep their sidewalks in good repair in my hood. Here's one of the pieces I made from them: Sidewalk Crack #1 copyright sean lewis 2009

I also found this green paper that had amazing folds: Green Paper copyright sean lewis 2009

Sean Stripes II

My Sean Stripes 'woven' together with a red butterfly pattern. 

Teal and Red 48x48 Oil on canvas copyright sean lewis 2009

This was inspired by my computer's glitches. I was overlaying the red pattern on the teal one in CAD, and the print preview showed it all weird and intertwined. So I gave it that effect when I painted it. Not the first computer glitch inspired design of mine. Excited to go photographing tomorrow! I'm gonna take some sidewalk crack shots!

B+W photo abstraction

Bent Metal 2 copyright sean lewis 2009