Category Archives: Heartwork

Acrylic and stenciled spray paint on 2? x 3? canvas. This painting was definitely a sum of its parts not working the first time around. I painted over the figures about three times until I was happy with the tones. … Continue reading →

This is probably the most detailed stencil I’ve ever done. It took me about five hours to cut out, if you can believe it! I made sure to put a fresh blade in my knife for this, as the intricate … Continue reading →

For my next painting I wanted to use more representational stencils, than the decorative ones I had done up to now. I flipped through my animal encyclopedias that I’ve had as long as I can remember to find something that … Continue reading →

Acrylic and stenciled spray paint on 2′ x 3′ canvas. After the first stencil dried, I worked a little more on the hat, then went to work on the rest of the stenciling. First I did the white on the … Continue reading →

A little more painting was done, on the arm and the hat. Then I stenciled in the white on the face. That’s right, the white was done with spray paint. Why? Why not just paint that with acrylics like the … Continue reading →

For the under-painting, I opted to go with a palette knife. The blade worked really differently on canvas, as the paint had all of those pores and crevices to fill in. I also did a little bit of work with … Continue reading →

Before putting the paint down, I made a bunch of stencils after ‘lightboxing’ the canvas by holding it in front of our window. Entertainingly enough, the police were searching a car on the street while I was working on it. … Continue reading →

I thought it would be fun to document the process on this painting, as I really had no idea what I was going to do with it. I had used up all of my wood so this next series will … Continue reading →