grassyass

Hi all! I have been lazzzzzy about updating this blog (which is just funny since I update my personal blog about umpteen times a week). Anyways, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's discovered me recently and has been posting about my art lately on their own blogs and such. I think it's been stemming from a mention on the Drawn! blog site. The mention came as a complete surprise to me and I only discovered it after receiving a number of emails from folks mentioning it. So, thank you for your kind words and I can't even begin to explain how flattered I feel that you folks are digging what I do.

Which, leads me to...what I do! I swears I have been painting. Cross my heart. But I've been slooooow going on updating the website. I plan on doing a major update soon. New works, revised site layout, etc. It's in the works. My personal life has just been insane the past few months (in very good ways!) and I've put art to the side for a bit. But it's been aside too long and I plan to put it back front and center starting .....now!

So, please stay tuned...new sights to see REALLY soon. And again, thank you. Please feel free to stop by the site anytime and drop a comment or email to say hello. I sincerely appreciate it.

Chow!
(I apparently like to misspell foreign words)

I just adore this. I want to make silly muppets and take ridiculous photos of them!


By Matthew Rodriguez
(I wish I could find the image online that I'm currently looking at in print magazine, but this one will have to suffice. Same thing, just instead of a tree, there is a fluffy fella with a blue nose and curlers.)

Pictures from the Antagonist Art Movement show

Lust, 2008

A few years ago I started painting a series of seven deadly sins. It's one of those topics that everyone has covered at one point or another -- likely in art school. But it's an assignment that seemed to have escaped me over the years (most likely because I've never really had much formal art training). I therefore decided to assign the concept to myself when I was looking for a topic for a color study I wanted to try out. I started with Gluttony to try out a more earthy tone and enjoyed painting it so much (the concept and the new palette) that I decided I might as well go ahead and do the whole series. Of course, flash forward to three years later and I'd only finished Gluttony and Greed at this point! I had always had a funny visual in my head for Lust and knew I wanted her to be next. But she had to wait two years to be realized. I don't know why she finally came about this week, but she's done and here she is. Maybe in another two years I'll get on Envy or Anger! Someday someday.

If you are in the NYC area…

Santa Claws

HO! HO! HO! Happy Holidays from natty art!



New painting
Santa Claws, mixed media, 11" x 14", 2007
$200

dunce and mr. blue

Two new paintings.

Dunce, mixed media, 11" x 14", 2007, $150


Mr. Blue, mixed media, 14" x 11", 2007, $50

pumpkin time

Another new painting...just in time for October and Halloween. I used a lot more acrylic on this piece then I normally do and I broke out the shiny gold once again. I love that stuff! This one, unlike the last two I posted, is available for purchase.

Pumpkin, mixed media, 11" x 14", 2007, $150

os gemeos

What a treat to see a piece from some of your favorite artists on your way to work! I spotted this Os Gemeos piece on my street corner this morning. I have to assume it's definitely their doing because you can see their typical yellow skin style person in the boat. Very cool!



Os Gemeos are a pair of twin brothers from Brazil who have grown from simple street artists to being featured in Juxtapoz magazine and the documentary, Bomb It!. I have loved their work for years and was thrilled when I got to see them painting a giant mural in Coney Island (across from the subway station.) You can also find their art around areas of Williamsburg. For more reading or information, check here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Os_Gêmeos

Alice and the White Rabbit

Two new paintings are completed! These were painted on commission so I hate to tell you that they are already sold. I'm honestly surprised I hadn't gotten to these two subjects sooner since I have done so many other Alice characters in the past. I had a lot of fun working on these.

Which actually brings me to something I'd like to mention here, if you're interested in purchasing a piece already on the website, prices are now marked on the pieces that are available in the portfolio section. Or, if you are interested in something specific or have a set budget, please feel free to contact me about a commission. I'm more then happy to work to your specifications! Cheers and please feel free to comment, critique, etc.

Alice and Dinah (Not the Cheshire Cat), 11" x 14", mixed media, 2007



The White Rabbit, 11" x 14", mixed media, 2007