Eric and Jess (Finished Segment)

A finished version of the earlier piece. This is Eric and Jess in bed. I am really satisfied with how it turned out. Enjoy!    

Library Art Show!

Same stuff! Different place! My stuff is at the Squirrel Hill Library. What’s really special, though, is that I took a picture of one of my most…famous (?!)…paintings from inside that library. Check it out. Also! I left a notebook for people to sign! Feel free to fill it out- sign a different name ,…

Dispatches from Limbo

Hey friends, I’m back on facebook, but stuck in the middle of one of the most complex paintings I’ve ever tried t0 do. I thought I would share my progress. The people who see me in person all the time know that I’m trying to paint too of my friends, Jess and Eric. These pictures…

New Sketches! New Ideas! Jess and Eric’s House

Over the last couple of months, I haven’t been as active on my site. Hopefully, I’ll be able to start regularly updating. There are two major things I’m working on right now, both of them pretty experimental. The first is Jess and Eric’s House, which is a working title (that will probably become the actual title…

Oh yeah, and also…the tree of Life

I was looking through my blog posts and realized I had never posted about this as a final painting. This painting was equal parts done by me, Stuart Diller, and Amanda Shepard. Nathan Tavenor came on at the end and helped us push through and finish. His energy was really important, even coming later to…

Herzogs!

Two versions of Herzog. The second one is the final one. It’s almost the same, but the eye and lips are slightly different.

New Worlds! Herzogs!

It’s been a while since I posted anything. I’ve been working on a landscape (for my brother Will who just got married) as well as a whole new kind of project. I’ve been attempting to “sketch” using publisher and chopped up digital images to make a collage. If this is successful, I’ll be able to…

Nathan Van Patter and the Quest of the Seven Dragons

….and, we’re back. That’s right! For those of you who might not know, about five years ago I set a goal of making seven great dragons before I died. The first two dragons were made of wood. This red one: And this Green one: (Also, does anyone have a better photo of this? I can’t find…

Photo Dump

I have a backlog of photos that I’ve been taking, thinking I’d paint them. I’m a little stuck, so I’m uploading the photos to my computer and thinking about them. If anyone has any input about what I should paint, I’d love to hear it. I’ve been meditating on making a knobbly self portrait. While…

Kandinsky and the Gap

Recently I’ve been reading a book about Kandinsky. I went to an Impressionist exhibit with my fiancé in Philadelphia. I had forgotten, maybe, how good paintings could be- I left in a weird state of altered consciousness. I felt kind of elated, melancholy, and discouraged. I realized that the paintings I was enjoying I would…