“Mirror”

I did a lot of self-portraits and used a lot of mirrors. There is something strangely special about being both the artist and the model. I believe art in any capacity can be the mirror you need it to be. I’m looking forward to exploring this theme with you during the month of May.

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  • May – “Mirror”

    May – “Mirror”

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    When I started drawing as a teenager, I had stacks of pretty fashion magazines that I used for reference. If you’re a child of the 80s or 90s you’ll remember that none of those photographs had anything to do with actual human looks or features. I soon switched to using more accurate photos; documentary style

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  • February – “Dreams”

    February – “Dreams”

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    I dreamt that I forgot to come up with a theme and in my panic posted something so totally out of it like “pigeons”. Then I woke up and figured yeah, dreams. Why not! There are dreams, and then there are dreams. There are the dreams where we are about to become astronauts while studying

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  • Painted sketches

    Painted sketches

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    In my latest YouTube video I did some painting, based off some sketches I did during a live figure drawing session. Yes, that’s a lot of words to basically say; I painted some stuff. Next to painting I also like talking to my microphone, so if you need some artistic company during your own creative

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  • January – “Flow”

    January – “Flow”

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    I woke up this morning and there was snow outside. For someone who doesn’t like cold, I have a weird love for white fluffy ice. I don’t know why but it felt like the start of the day I really needed today. Image in the header is by Matt Hardy Flow, right? I chose it

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