Hello Again World!

Hello Again World! A belated Happy Holidays and New Year to all, I hope 2010 was kind to you and 2011 will be kinder. For me, the year 2010 gave me a lot to think about and significant changes to adapt to; I lost a grandmother, gained a nephew, made important career moves, and finally came to a good understanding about some of the thoughts and theories I have about this thing called life. In all, 2010 gave me the gift of perspective, extending itself to where I've been and where I need to go.
With all that said, I also return to this blog with some work that I hope you'll enjoy. This is something I did back in June 2010, a painting (or maybe character) that is called "The Medium".




"The Medium" was done with acrylic paint, and took about a couple weeks to conceptualize and paint. As seen, it's a boy pointing at the viewer with arrows coming from his back. The most obvious reference I used was Doctor Octopus, one of Spider-Man's most notorious supervilllains; I always liked how his "tentacles" were designed in a compact fashion, the artist always having the ability to attract them to the viewer with accurate foreshortening (either deciding to make them the main element in their drawings or unleash them in the element of surprise). But I take reference from Titian's painting "St. Mark Enthroned",as you see the figure with an arrow in him but still alive and gallant. Therefore, with these two primary references in mind, I made my figure with defiancy in his stance and some ego to his facial expression (what hero doesn't have some ego?); and the arrows coming from him going in many different directions, to represent the choices we have in life. The three colors (aside from the skin tone)- red (shirt), green (jacket), and gold/yellow(arrows)- came from Pan Africanism, a sublet of black history and African diaspora.
I'm still not yet done with this idea, though. Since finishing "The Medium", I've been working on something more full scale, using him as the main character in the work. Nothing on canvas yet, but I'm thinking it'll be an expansion of the choices we make- the best and worst- in their respective extremes.
All right everyone, I think that's about it for right now. Thanks for taking the time to read this, and if you can there are two blogs you should really check out; www.designerscomplex.blogspot.com and visionofhiphop.blogspot.com. Peace out.