Category: Fine Art

  • MarieBruns.com Product Photography

    MarieBruns.com Product Photography

    Marie Bruns is a Houston-based jewelry designer and was among the top ten finalists of the 2011 Texas’ Next Top Designer completion. I had the pleasure of meeting with Marie in her studio to take these images for use on her site, MarieBruns.com

  • Comicized Concert Animation

    Comicized Concert Animation

    This features several short clips of concert footage. The clips were broken apart into individual frames, then run through processing in Photoshop. Finally the processed images were then re-assembled in After Effects. Included are clips from Fischerspooner and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, both shot by me at the Grenada Theatre.

  • Procedural Ring Animation

    Procedural Ring Animation

    This animation was generated procedurally in After Effects. Both the movement of the ring patterns and the motion of the camera were set within the system.

  • Offering to Ix Chel

    Offering to Ix Chel

    This piece is a symbolic offering to Ix Chel, Maya Goddess of midwifery, medicine and weaving. Made of Wood, MDF and Yarn the work is 10′ from tip to tip, and 36″ across crosspieces. Placed third in juried student show.

  • Nerd Alert!

    Nerd Alert!

    These were created by assigning different formulas to the R, G and B values of a pixel, then using nested loops to process each individual pixel on the x and y axes. The class is Procedural Image Generation. That’s a fancy way of saying Geek Art.

  • Look, boss. The Crane, THE CRANE!

    Look, boss. The Crane, THE CRANE!

    This bronze sculpture was created by casting a sheet of knit fabric in bronze.

  • Over Medicated

    Over Medicated

    Big blue pill box. Fully functional with Plexiglas dividers and oversize pills. Sadly the durn thing was too big to get more pics in the school studio. Will have to add more at a later date. This was another attempt to equate an object’s scale to it’s personal importance. Don’t forget your meds, y’all. Over…

  • Check out my basket!

    Check out my basket!

    Knit fabric coated in wax and cast in bronze. It’s Fancy! Check the Basket! Bronze June, 2007

  • Nose Thyself

    Nose Thyself

    These carvings were based on a distorted self portrait. Both items were carved from freshly set plaster, allowing for easier carving and the creation of a big mess. Imaginary Museum Placcard (IMP): Surreal Self Portrait 1 & 2 Plaster Carvings February, 2007 The smaller nose was carved from a Solo cup sized chunk, and the…

  • In the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki room

    In the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki room

    i finished my assigned scupture a class or two ahead of schedule, so Mrs Garrett (that’s her name) told me to make a bonus item. and here he is: based on Greg Brady’s mystical necklace, but a little bit self-portrait (check out that pomp!) We have moved on to the next project, so I dont…

  • Be gentle, it’s my first time…

    Be gentle, it’s my first time…

    this was my first attempt at a “grown-up” painting, with properly mixed colors, using big-boy paints and brushes. It was also the first to feature a semi-realistic subject matter beyond penguins on the beach, monkey nuns, or celebrity day of the dead skeletons.   I like it, but I still think it needs a penguin.…