Elstabo's Canvas

I will be showing some of my work with the ARTWHINO crew this September 10 th & 11th in D.C. BEAUTIFUL MINDS Art Exhibit at The YARDS PARK Grand Opening Weekend Celebration Opening Reception for Beautiful Minds: Sept 10th, 3:30pm - 11pm All Day Activities: Sept 11th, 9:00am - 10pm more details of the exhibit at link below: http://www.artwhino.com/_webapp_3231971/BEAUTIFUL_MINDS

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My brother whos served in Desert Storm and in the occupation of Irak, also helped dig bodies out of the Twin Towers ruble. He comes to mind when I see politicians nickle and dime our troops and  heros for health coverage.

I'm currently working on some monster pieces since Oct is around the corner..these particular piece isn't the best I have done..and I even question if it's scary..I wiped up the painting over one session in a night and left it in my studio as I went to bed..I return the next day to continue to work when two of my monster paintings were about face against the wall...some one or some thing turned these painting around..I look around me and see my 4 year old at the door way peaking in..she ask me " are the monsters away?" Just then it hit me,,she answered my question last night, if a little girl is scared enough to turn the paintings around as to not look at them, then I think the image are successful enough.

One of the Joys of painting for me is at the beginning..once your set and ready to go, you grab the pallet and let it fly. It starts all Sloppy and loose, forming out the shapes. I use a Limited Palette at first using about 4 colors to knock out my over all shapes. It slows down a bit as more colors are detailed in using several palettes in the process.. Like every artist, I too obsess over certain things, And woman features like lips are one of those obsessions. This particular portrait painting is of my friend Judith whom I went to college with. She has a face like angel and smile that can melt you as you stand. Through out the process I came back over and over to her lips shaping and repositioning it, trying to get its subtle expression correct. They are full and lush, very pleasing to the eye..at least my eyes..

Ill be here participating with the rest of the Dr sketchy artist. http://www.facebook.com/elstabo#!/event.php?eid=127853237242598&ref=mf Start Time: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 7:00pm End Time: Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 11:30pm Location: The Windup Space Street: 12 W. North Ave. City/Town: Baltimore, MD

A new Project im working on, its slow to do at the moment with the flux of commission work coming at me,,but i still am able to produce a lil something on my nights when everyone is sleeping. I work best this way,,cant help it, I'm a damn vampire like that..anyway the picture is shoty but its only cause these pieces aren't done yet. I hopefully to make a entire collection and format it into a book by the end of the year..if all goes according to my devilish plan that is.