Paintings

in the spirit of trying to make my blog less gloomy and dark, i have decided to post some of my paintings that i have been doing recently. i hope this will not only beautify my blog a little, but also reflect on me and make me seem like more of a beautiful soul. especially since i have recently been such a pill :-/.

I have used quite a few of my paintings in my blog already, but i feel like explaining them a bit. Some of the paintings are pretty old and were painted on A4 printing paper with oil paints, while listening to loud music, drinking beer and sometimes taking breaks to dance around the flat wildly. this is a very important method of painting that ensures great inspiration and flawless technique and has been used by many of the great masters such as van gogh and monet. no, not really (even though much of monet's painting does look like it was done through 'beer-goggles' ;-). the older paintings are Side by Side and Torso.

Here's another old painting which i think is pretty cool called, Pop!

the other paintings have all been done without the help of beer, loud music and wild dancing unfortunately. but, they have been done with the help of A3 canvas-like paper and MRI and angiogram images. so, the method is not as good, but the tools are better ;-). My new paintings are My Brain and Unknown.

Here are two paintings using MRI images, which I have paired-up called, Desert Beetle 2 or maybe Seperate Ways or Divergance (not so sure about the name - i'm open to suggestions).

And here is a final, pretty painting using the pattern of blood flow from an angiogram in an underwater-type setting. I am tentatively calling this one Flow.

using the images that sealed my medical fate and changed my life forever to create something new and (hopefully) beautiful has been very therapeutic for me. plus it is fun to paint and especially rewarding when you are proud of what you have made. i have done some paintings that have not been that great, but these, i believe, are beautiful and i plan to decorate my new flat with them and, of course to continue painting ...