Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Hercule Poirot - Portrait


David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. I watched a number of these episodes with my parents in the 90's.

 Pencil on paper. Framed.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Charlie Chan - Portrait

Pencil on Paper

In June my dad emailed me a picture of a few of his favorite detective movie characters and asked me to draw them. I was in the middle of a lot of different projects so I told him I couldn't do it right now, but I would be happy to at a later time. I think Christmas is a good time, so I'll be posting some portraits. This is Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.
Let me just say that I am not a professional portrait artist. After the Bert (Dick Van Dyke) research portrait I posted months back I realized that most people, on the outside of fine art and illustration work, have a specific idea of what makes an artist and what they define as art. A lot of people say "I don't get it," including my loving husband, about my paper sculptures. I'm used to it and I love to hear the wisdom of other creative professionals that have family and friends that "don't get it" either.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Gallery Nucleus - LOTR Exhibit




Famous Paper Artist, Jeff Nishinaka, and I at Gallery Nucleus. Thank you for the support, Jeff and Grace! 

  Thank you to everyone that came out to the Out of the Shire: A Tribute Exhibition to Middle-Earth at Gallery Nucleus last night. If you missed the reception, the show runs until January 12, 2014 or you can check it out online. http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pieces/284?page=all


Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Gallery Nucleus' Out of the Shire: A Tribute Exhibtion to Middle-Earth

This Saturday evening I will be attending Gallery Nucleus' Out of the Shire: A Tribute Exhibition to Middle Earth. Please join me and the many talented artists that will be showcasing their work at this exhibition.

Free refreshments and snacks!

Activities Include:
• DIY dwarf beard station
• Get drawn as a Hobbit, Elf, or Orc by our live caricature artist!
• Riddle Game
• Decipher names in Elvish!
• Raffle prizes every hour
• Photo Op with Lord Sauron (Courtesy of Gentle Giant Studios)

More activities to be announced!

Exhibiting Artists

Ted Nasmith
Jackie Huang
Iain McCaig
Mishi McCaig
Donato Giancola
Christian Alzmann
L.D. Austin

Patrick Awa
Justin GerardNicole GustafssonAllen Williams
Cuddly Rigor MortisWesley Burt
Karla OrtizJeremy Wilson
Andrea Offerman
Caroline Hadilaksono
Chris Appelhans
Tang Heng
Dan Matutina
Sean Chao
Duma 
Allen Douglas
Armand Baltazar
Eric Velhagen
Kitkat Pecson
Denis Medri
So Youn Lee
Graham Annable
Sam Bosma  
Erik Krenz
Jaime Zollars
Lana Startseva
Yoann Lossel 
Nicolas Delort 
Olivier Villoingt
Cynthia Sheppard 
Timothy J. Reynolds
Britni Brault
Megan Hughes