The Idea Box Journal

Happy Earth Day!

Let’s enjoy a moment of gratitude for nature and the beautiful bond shared between us!

Journey to Create the Enchanted Forest Dragon of Brookline Mural

Are you curious when I’ll start painting the mural? So am I!

The scaffolding is all set up. Brushes, rollers, drop cloths, spray paint, and a dozen gallons of paint are all ready to go. The committee and the property owner have signed off for me to begin.

The stall is with the wall being in a parking lot alongside a preschool. The school and the parents are having trouble sharing the space with an artist.

So I’m waiting *patiently* for a resolution to be reached while the clocks ticks away on the scaffolding and the arrival of the scalding summer sun.

Thanks for your kind support on this journey!

Journey to Create the Enchanted Forest Dragon of Brookline Mural

Waiting to get the go ahead to start painting. Should be soon!

Journey to Create the Enchanted Forest Dragon of Brookline Mural

In my original design I adorned the foliage with purple roses. I realized that roses are too domesticated for the image, which is more about embracing nature’s healthy wildness. Here’s a look at my studies of different kinds of flowers that I’ll be painting in the final artwork.

Journey to Create the Enchanted Forest Dragon of Brookline Mural ??????

Expanding my visual vocabulary with spray paint. While I’m planning on only using these in certain areas, I’d like to get somewhat comfortable with the soft gradations they can provide. We’ll see; I may use them more or may use them not at all. Either way, learning a new technique is fun ?

Happy First Day of Spring!

A new bee study
Behr acrylics

Journey to Create the Enchanted Forest Dragon of Brookline

Journey to Create the Enchanted Forest Dragon of Brookline

Hey everybody I’m really excited to share that my support structure for painting the mural has been secured!

This is all thanks to my lifelong friend @joshuadreyfus who works as a lighting technician in the film industry. He located the scaffolding at Red Sky Studios in Foxboro. The scaffolding has two levels so I’ll be able to reach the 14 foot areas, enough room to be able to step back and look at what I’m painting, and it has wheels so I’ll be able to move it around on my own.

I’m deeply grateful for the support, both physically and emotionally. Thanks Josh!

New Netrunner card illustration

Physarum Entangler

This was a fun one to bring to life. The preliminary brief I was given said:

“An anthropomorphic slime mold (physarum polycephalum) in child’s form reaches out feelers to swing around and through netspace obstacles.”

New painting ?

Sapience
Oil, 11×14″

Companion to Limerence

With gratitude to Danielle Monroe  for providing the titles