l'autre art

Most Recent

2010-01-07T19:12:00.000-08:00

These two pieces are the most recent, and culminate some of my major aesthetic influences.

Bacterium

2009

Oil on Canvas and sculptural elements

12" x 12"

Parthenogenesis

2009

Oil on Wood

7" x 18"

Back

2010-01-07T19:09:00.000-08:00

Back

2007

Chalk Pastel

16"x 24"

Self Portrait

2010-01-07T18:56:00.001-08:00

This piece won the Gold Seal Award at VASE (Visual Art Scholastic Event) in 2007.

Titled Bouleverse

Pseudo Discography

2009-10-01T17:33:00.000-07:00

Rehashing my press past...

Links to work I've done for the Daily Texan:

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/life-arts/display-great-way-to-byte-into-digital-art-world-1.1814975

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/life-arts/cheery-trailer-serves-movie-themed-chocolates-1.1787452

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/life-arts/art-review-community-center-presents-artistic-opportunities-1.1775511

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/life-arts/eco-friendly-functional-art-1.1769048

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/life-arts/colorful-festival-celebrates-living-1.2036905

Artwork in press:

http://74.53.81.98/~tevya125/expression/images/uploads/PoetOct07.pdf

http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/MYSA060307_6P_valderas_sider_1fb54bd_html2422.html

French Trees

2009-06-15T15:45:00.000-07:00

Here are some French Trees.

Wish I had a Nude

2009-06-15T15:39:00.000-07:00

So this is a funny story.

I am not an art student (though I am a student of art) and therefore do not have access to nude models. So in a socially moral attempt to further my personal art education I've started to make my own nude models in my head, and where do I go to find them? Barnes & Nobles. I sit at BN in one of those comfy and cozy little chaises and discreetly sketch out the bodytypes of individuals around me. Then I go home and undress them in my mind to produce "nude studies".

I kind of wish this woman knew that I was doing this.

George

2009-06-15T15:38:00.000-07:00

My bizarre and unfinished take on George Cooper

Make Models

2009-06-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

These were painted as part of my night art classes at UT; the woman is my first model, though I purposely made her more plasticy than in real life. I felt like the plasticicity of her eyes really reflected the lifenessness of her character. This was for the most part a study, and I learned some very good techniques particularly about how to build a face which is quite possibly one of the most difficult things I've ever attempted in oil.

People on Paper

2009-06-15T15:20:00.000-07:00

Pseudo Portraits of myself and my friend Ben. I am unfinished (in more ways than one) and am still deliberating over whether to make all blackness. Am I like that?

Microscopic Exploration

2009-06-15T15:18:00.001-07:00

This is one of a string of pieces based on SEM images taken by scanning electron microscopes of microscopic phenomena. Appearing both alien and intrusive this head of a microscopic worm is brought to life in a nearly 1000 fold magnification.

Post One

2009-06-15T15:10:00.000-07:00

This blog is intended to record, document and tabulate my artwork and conceptual meanderings. My work seeks to illuminate the very real and subtle relationship between art and science (as especially exemplified by the Evolution of Paintings project undertaken in 2007). As of recently I have been interested in combing the aesthetic qualities of biology, Christian iconography and victorian kitsch.

Feel free to comment and enjoy!