Thursday, December 30, 2010

actually blogging. and top 4 bloggin Cliches'!

So I know i haven't really actually blogged on this blog (been my portfolio until now), but since I launched my new portfolio site mikechristdesign.com I have been itching to. but i've also been to lazy. I know, if you are too lazy to actually vomit stream of thought onto this instant medium you are one lazy dude.

the other reason i've not been blogging is that is has been so oversaturated. Everyone has an opinion and if that person has internet access I may end up reading it regardless if the person's opinion is actually beneficial to me. if the person can actually write. I waste so much time reading blogs, tweets, and statuses. Why do i know what miley cyrus is thinking or doing? I actually wasted a few precious seconds of my life. I only have 50 or so years to make my mark in history but i may come up short because I know what Paris ate for lunch!

ok, that aside. another reason I haven't blogged:

Blogging clitche's. I don't want to end up being one. and they are:

Starting one but never updating it.
If its worth reading, it will be published.
Making lists.
Terrible grammar, misspelled words (this one is inevitable for me)

There are more, but who cares. Here is the reason I am blogging today and will hopefully blog again with some sort of consistentcy: I woke up early this morning and I changed my work schedule to later in the morning so i can be creative for a couple hours before I to kick some accounting ass. And this is the fruit of it. Well actually this the fruit of me procrastinating of me being creative.

So, stream of thought: 8:10 am, starbucks, classical music, extremely comfortable at the big work table they have here and about 8 sips into my coffee. and its a short day until my 3 day weekend. my procrastination has fulfilled my soul and i now desire to draw. heres i go. Goodbye and get off the damn internet. Read a Fucking book. or watch those crazy Kardashian sisters.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Friday, January 29, 2010

New Paintings for the New Year


"Kristine?"
36'' by 30''
2010


"Jackie"
15'' by 30''
2010

2009

"OMG." 5 of 10
Silkscreen on Paper
10'' by 13

"OMG." 1 of 10
Silkscreen on Paper
10'' by 13''

"OMG." 7 of 10
Silkscreen on Paper
10'' by 13''


"Megan" 9 of 10
silkscreen on Paper

"Megan" 2 of 10
silkscreen on Paper

"Old Man"
Silkscreen on magazine paper of Audrey Kawasaki painting
8.5" by 11"


Digital Painting
This was just for fun. Macworld wasn't keen enough to pick up my design.

"City of Champions"
Photo manipulation

"Meteor Girls"
Digital Painting

"Burt Reynolds Unicorn"
Digital Painting


2009 was a huge year for me. But it is only the beginning a storm brewing for what will be 2010.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

2007-08

"Barefoot & Pregnant"
26'' by 48''

"After the Pike"
26'' by 28''

June 2007 @ It's a Grind. Long beach, CA

Untitled (Landscape Study 1)
11'' by 14''

Untitled (Landscape Study 2)
11'' by 14''

Untitled (Landscape Study 3)
11'' by 14''

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

2005-2006 Paintings


















These paintings where done after I recently graduated from college and moved across the country to LA. Looking at this work just brings back all those memories of this very fun and exciting time. It is the only art that I have ever done to bring forth such strong feelings. In fact except for this group of paintings, I really don't care too much about any of my old art. I am just care about making new art.

I think the reason why these paintings conjure up such strong feelings and memories is that when I look at them I just remember the houses I was living in and the friends I had at the time. I moved 3 times and did some art in each new home. When I look at each piece it just reminds me of the home I was in at the time. I apologize for being nostalgic.

Oil Paintings 2003-2004

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She was a Teenage Zombie
oil on canvas
24'' by 48''

Lagoon Man
oil on canvas
2004
24'' by 42''
Loreal Girl
oil on Canvas
18'' by 22''
2004


You best chill Patty Wark
oil on canvas
28'' by 44''
2004


Self Portrait
oil on Canvas
2003
The Resurection
oil, acrylic, and charcoal on canvas
2004

Untitled figure
oil and charcoal on Canvas
2004

New Creature
oil on canvas
2004

Narrow Door
oil, acrylic, and charcoal on canvas
2004




Beautiful Cruxifiction
Oil, charcoal, and Roof Cement on Canvas
2004

Polish Model
Silkscreen
14'' by 28''
2003



These were all done in my Junior and Senior Year at Slippery Rock University. I really miss being able to spend so much time in the studio. (I have a lot more work but you don't need to see it). I also love the more innocent and aggressive approach I had to painting back then. For me as I have matured and harnessed my craft more, the more cautious I have become. As I look at these for the first time in a while, they really inspire me to get back to this approach again. Back then I didn't worry as much about making a mistake. I had more of an urgency to get the painting done as fast as I can so I can get to the next piece. It is a very exciting, reckless, and beautifully aggressive approach. I also was not worried about making a mistake because I was so interseted in expirimenting with the medium. Notice the 2nd painting, (Lagoon Man) I did that 6 years ago and I will never forget all the different expiriments I did with mixing linseed oil and oil paint. There was like half a gallon of linseed oil on that thing. It sat lying down for half a semester just so it could dry. Yeah, I'm looking forward to destroying a blank canvas this weekend.