“Two elements are needed to form a truth – a fact and an abstraction.” ~ Remy de Gourmont
The abstraction I hope my art makes apparent as for a fact, simia, or ape in latin, happens to be the root of simulation. What if any truth this may uncover I have no idea.
Simian Related Sketches:
“For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave.”
~ Pink Floyd, Breathe
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I am not sure how this week kind of turned into space week, but very organically that trend has emerged. It started with some aliens and mean girls, briefly transitioned into a girl’s junkyard flight (not quite space, but airbound), then back to the aliens and the mean girls, and finally, one of my prior matte paintings of a sci-fi mission to Mars was salvaged from obscurity and featured as AstroArt at AstroEngine.com.
Rounding out space week, I present a piece of artwork that is near and dear to me. Today’s sketch of the day spawned from a children’s book idea I had about 6 years ago when I was still in high school. I wrote and illustrated it during my free time senior year. You might call it the product of my senioritis.
I don’t want to give away too much about how this piece fits within the context of my children’s book idea because I still plan to rework the story a bit. I love what I already have, but I still have some substantial revisions rattling around in my brain which I would need to address before I’d consider publishing it.
I’ll probably end up showing you a little bit here and there, but as of now even with this reveal, I plan to keep these cards pretty close to my vest. Some of these pieces made their way into the portfolio that got me into art school so I feel strongly that I have something here. Perhaps, with enough prodding from the Simian Nation, I’ll finally get off my ass and get it done. While my lips are sealed, feel free to hold my feet to the fire. Your support is sure to inspire.
“Every bit of knowledge that becomes power has death as its central force. Death lends the ultimate touch and whatever is touched by death indeed becomes power.” ~ Carlos Castaneda
A dark entity traverses a cold inhospitable universe in search of souls. The more souls it collects the more the entity evolves. Some call it a spaceship and yet others refer to it as an angel of death. In fact, it is both live and dead: organic and mechanical.
I know some of you Trekkies out there are jumping up and down saying, but the Barge of the Dead is the vessel which takes Klingons to Gre’thor as discussed in the third episode of the sixth season of Star Trek: Voyager. I cannot speak to such trivialities. What I can tell you, is that If your journery should have the misfortune of crossing paths with the Barge of the Dead, it is time to evaluate whether you believe in a god and if so pray to it.
Below witness the vessel’s origins of black ink……just a sketch, I think not.
“By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.” ~ Yukio Mishima
The most interesting thing I find about this gouache painting is that the ape is under such intense scrutiny, but is completely at peace. As a primal entity, he has nothing to hide from the universe.
Sometimes theres nothing you can do but howl at the moon…..
This piece is in the same vein as Simian Style. Each one is unique. I love to make these because I get to completely let my art loose without the confines of any specific form overall. As my artistic mind wanders, I hope that your mind wanders as it ponders the possibility of representational forms springing forth from the chaos.
“I’ve been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think about it.” ~ Stephen Wright
This piece is actually more or less untitled. I used the heading Simian Style to reflect the technique in which it is composed. Simian over the years has become a knickname of mine. It might be because I have always liked to draw apes. When I talk about Simian Style, I am reflecting on my fundamental artistic tendencies. This abstract style with ink is as personal as my art gets for me.
I used to refer to these types of drawings as doodles until someone told me that at somepoint I would have to start referring to my doodles as art. Soon after that I started referring to myself as an artist.