A moment for Analog

I often get asked about my life as a digital artist. And the greatest belief is that I let the computer do all the work.  I am unsure where this myth got started in the world of art.  I am not sure if it is the visual mastery that has come from the giant Pixar but wherever this illusion has stemmed from I still believe that computers are at most just a tool.  No matter how good or bad you are the computer can only make art you produce.  I often say say if I can’t draw it I can’t paint it.

In this post I want to take a second on what I have produced before computers.  In truth I was trained in college as an oil painter.  I don’t have many of my paintings left either they have been damaged or sold before I converted them into a digital record.

Angel on the Roof Top

An oil painting from my collage years
Smashing Mask

Explorations of one self image, Self Portrait in Oil Paint

Alphabet Soup

Alphabet Soup, and Fishing for a Vowel, A spoof on a Master Painting