Sketchbook

Just looking through my sketchbook and I've always really enjoyed drawing still lifes of things with great texture.  Here is an avocado I drew:

Ribbon

My recent obsession in my photography has been ribbon.  I constructed a studio out of a large cardboard box painted black on the inside and I strung up ribbon and played with the light to capture the satin and at times the motion.  Here are some of the results:

Study of motion with ribbon and tin foil.

Tin foil motion study.

Composite photograph of stagnate and dynamic ribbon.

Leslie Wayne

In one of my classes now, we have been asked to focus on the poetic aspects of nature.  Here is an artist who I believe completely accomplishes this and I will probably steal ideas from.

Huge amounts of textured paint.

"Doxology"

Oil on Wood

"Unseasonable"

Oil on Wood

"Before the Quake"

Oil on Wood

detail

Photographs credit of http://localephemera.blogspot.com

Chrysler Commercial

This is probably one of the greatest recent car commercials.  While I may be bias because I am from the Detroit area and love Eminem, I feel that this commercial is truly inspiring for a city that is completely down on it's luck.