tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166510382399604032024-03-13T19:06:40.855-07:00The Art of Nalin DeSilvanaked people | art | design | graphic novels | film | fleshNalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-52241558186170748772010-07-30T19:51:00.000-07:002010-07-30T19:51:25.844-07:00Marilyn Monroe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyju38bC5_167Ygpmi83PD8TA4-Jte_b-tCncH5BtSz11fSpG7cc4c5mYfSneqgNzepNpwtPLMSEVVI4BF7dOETcMpcjXouYTLga4MktoKluPizsJQN8amM4LfY4RHFSA6PJ-VEx41SU/s1600/marilyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJyju38bC5_167Ygpmi83PD8TA4-Jte_b-tCncH5BtSz11fSpG7cc4c5mYfSneqgNzepNpwtPLMSEVVI4BF7dOETcMpcjXouYTLga4MktoKluPizsJQN8amM4LfY4RHFSA6PJ-VEx41SU/s320/marilyn.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Just varnished this new Marilyn Monroe. Oil on canvas. My gallery in Vegas closed a few months ago, so my rep is now hurrying to get me into a new one. Have some exciting projects coming up, so I'm stoked about that. </span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-29398322755110933332010-06-15T12:22:00.000-07:002010-06-15T12:22:09.294-07:00College and Superheroes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbS1iPmjLHp7pF8mfGJcN3APNs8_r1ZlLvlgffH4ZX8CbVvuEyWfqiCoGx7yBH6whveM8yuBU8Q9ee-XLRq4w8DXKj7uVz_tqxAhox_YOlKWUC47hvpsuy8wfu8ZKk7Lsjrw2DgF2Du3E/s1600/mission_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbS1iPmjLHp7pF8mfGJcN3APNs8_r1ZlLvlgffH4ZX8CbVvuEyWfqiCoGx7yBH6whveM8yuBU8Q9ee-XLRq4w8DXKj7uVz_tqxAhox_YOlKWUC47hvpsuy8wfu8ZKk7Lsjrw2DgF2Du3E/s320/mission_1.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I found this comic I wrote and drew for my final design project, eons ago. The narrative is basically the old "comic" going head to head with the new "graphic novel." Obviously the graphic novel thinks it so much better than the comic — it thinks it's so much more sleek, more cutting edge etc. The comic, of course, has a very long history, and the graphic novel is of course derived from the comic. The info is presented as superheroes that battle each other, and the "mediator" is a regular guy that has to spell out the problems and resolutions to the superheroes.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-17892272918161804032010-05-04T13:18:00.000-07:002010-05-04T13:18:18.971-07:00Nude girl on carpet<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Bombarded with work so I wasn't able to get any updates in. I'm working on this piece, and trying to get it done within a civilized time frame. I photographed this particular piece through each stage, as I was working on it. I don't usually do that. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This stage is the second to last stage. This stage is where I painted out a portion of the painting with white house paint. It's a kind of deconstructing, I guess. I'll be putting graphics on top of that. </span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_MwRdn9PdLqIok2K6RIm2Iy0TM2Un6PHuNslpj-jt66HR0CHKRTklRT8kk63oyuZOLDbaDRZ8xUZyFYE1b1_eis_w4zT80NyKlefIvb__ShxYTmLmSDHkW-3j_9yNhZtacjTil0u9Zs/s1600/CRW_1369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_MwRdn9PdLqIok2K6RIm2Iy0TM2Un6PHuNslpj-jt66HR0CHKRTklRT8kk63oyuZOLDbaDRZ8xUZyFYE1b1_eis_w4zT80NyKlefIvb__ShxYTmLmSDHkW-3j_9yNhZtacjTil0u9Zs/s320/CRW_1369.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vRMoaeDBWy2M1kgFwZyDC925cKi81H8_Dyc4aBqXBbW_MUYQPdlXjuJDeI2iY9fzAUfGSsA5vXG80mn_MsRacv97FqEUC_R4wYQKoXV8j5Dro5XglY2mJtFVRkbh9kNJBcPmsS7ghAI/s1600/CRW_1370.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vRMoaeDBWy2M1kgFwZyDC925cKi81H8_Dyc4aBqXBbW_MUYQPdlXjuJDeI2iY9fzAUfGSsA5vXG80mn_MsRacv97FqEUC_R4wYQKoXV8j5Dro5XglY2mJtFVRkbh9kNJBcPmsS7ghAI/s320/CRW_1370.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5BfrCi3sbnYt5CQDG1a8Ty9_tNzxS6JP7uJ2OQa_0ST45HBdqAQdt0y4sBOUlZAFlysysQM8epHn5ipv8KdewQAZEbfS9rXE_-Mex8duuzGLQw6ZR-IRo7ck_qypy-kWdHpcRX8rKqU/s1600/CRW_1371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5BfrCi3sbnYt5CQDG1a8Ty9_tNzxS6JP7uJ2OQa_0ST45HBdqAQdt0y4sBOUlZAFlysysQM8epHn5ipv8KdewQAZEbfS9rXE_-Mex8duuzGLQw6ZR-IRo7ck_qypy-kWdHpcRX8rKqU/s320/CRW_1371.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VUytBPBxLF7A-T-T-Odcz85myb2pmINkeVy8N_qdeTK23fTt62GxDUC_WXvTWagOAU4y_RpeOBwGebZTVX3Hf_uC5ba-yjMkmVC0lopX7ZWADTMX2h6K25LxzAFDmopiSdVx298Btow/s1600/CRW_1372.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VUytBPBxLF7A-T-T-Odcz85myb2pmINkeVy8N_qdeTK23fTt62GxDUC_WXvTWagOAU4y_RpeOBwGebZTVX3Hf_uC5ba-yjMkmVC0lopX7ZWADTMX2h6K25LxzAFDmopiSdVx298Btow/s320/CRW_1372.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As I was working on this series, I started to feel really comfortable with my new style. I used to use projectors to do my drawing, a kind of amateurish approach. Now I just draw straight onto the canvas with a 2B pencil, and go through 2 to 3 layers of oils, instead of my normal 4 or 5. I haven't been glazing either. Styles evolve, so I guess every series will have inconsistencies.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-20065852109287140522010-04-12T19:46:00.000-07:002010-04-12T19:46:32.903-07:00Luis Caballero<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUZ169X4YyRXZWtvErMxJQN7QJ3pejhvrTPlFalhbOr79LVAMj5y1Lk8TKm-WO_kMJLNoXdRqXsoklcwtqGAkQiehTNR1oFzEACXySemPPKsqP-96ORbru1Yk7VkpcnqGG0cTmfrZulQ/s1600/caballero2.jpg280.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUZ169X4YyRXZWtvErMxJQN7QJ3pejhvrTPlFalhbOr79LVAMj5y1Lk8TKm-WO_kMJLNoXdRqXsoklcwtqGAkQiehTNR1oFzEACXySemPPKsqP-96ORbru1Yk7VkpcnqGG0cTmfrZulQ/s320/caballero2.jpg280.jpeg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazMl4ga7qDt3le2Bo-Ka2INVghS2kNI7J39XrKCE0CEn9XU1l8e0zLO1LQFypsKfcnKH4hWrdvHp2TAhqQiak4zm22hlnvusnYPqLPVv7prE1SPRE28IqZNBveCZ1DfUV3twGXkIZ2B4/s1600/1990-st.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazMl4ga7qDt3le2Bo-Ka2INVghS2kNI7J39XrKCE0CEn9XU1l8e0zLO1LQFypsKfcnKH4hWrdvHp2TAhqQiak4zm22hlnvusnYPqLPVv7prE1SPRE28IqZNBveCZ1DfUV3twGXkIZ2B4/s320/1990-st.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I first saw the work of this artist in Bogota a few years ago. They were huge canvases, oils overlaying charcoal. Washes in oil. Amazing stuff. He's Colombian, but studied in Paris. </span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-92148976750759054062010-04-06T18:12:00.000-07:002010-04-06T18:12:58.872-07:00New Series<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ok, so here's one of the paintings in the new series I'm working on. It's an oil on canvas, 80" x 48". It's fun to revisit my passion for comics, that I've had ever since I was a kid. The comic work for this is from The Treasure of Tranicos, an original story by Robert E. Howard. Pencilled by John Buscema, inked by Klaus Janson. </span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTmRpAjac2JjoyA3FOX96CVKAivBcRU0KGvmAV3qpgNrEUk4eh1esvQDUlzEPlDuISx0Q5u28rXOttIRRBbH8ADfoJzgmEtdVG-tLs1LITSzrqHYovJ3b-CFfGmhhNeKBKSA3aAYa8OI/s1600/belesa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNTmRpAjac2JjoyA3FOX96CVKAivBcRU0KGvmAV3qpgNrEUk4eh1esvQDUlzEPlDuISx0Q5u28rXOttIRRBbH8ADfoJzgmEtdVG-tLs1LITSzrqHYovJ3b-CFfGmhhNeKBKSA3aAYa8OI/s320/belesa.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I sold this piece, and when I started, it was really just an experimental painting. I loved the way the mediums looked so I did a series. I'll have 6 paintings when I'm done.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-16448644112299155432010-03-29T11:57:00.000-07:002010-03-29T11:59:12.802-07:00Michelangelo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYCfv5FTBc6afObqgQeUh1g33uyHPynx4kvR-fSemHZN8GRE1CkVashdh7EAfPcTADFd-OeWZdafLH56up6ffGYtjhrHeJZbnfJW2GcFh_mWeS8IN104HwCAZtG965Tqhd9Oimd-1fWk/s1600/Vatican+Pieta,+1964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYCfv5FTBc6afObqgQeUh1g33uyHPynx4kvR-fSemHZN8GRE1CkVashdh7EAfPcTADFd-OeWZdafLH56up6ffGYtjhrHeJZbnfJW2GcFh_mWeS8IN104HwCAZtG965Tqhd9Oimd-1fWk/s320/Vatican+Pieta,+1964.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNc0R9nw46fkxl6lAghY1dl2j-Q7efOA-7h10GdViPfgszeQXvbbZRsEaURSKjfGbaIZacRnS9QVqFb6q8-5W3xoTUz_WjjWBAcisLLXP1yqYqCQr_3NiEC5YzOdRw82zNofj9XFvlu0/s1600/Michelangelo_Piet%C3%A0_Palestri.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNc0R9nw46fkxl6lAghY1dl2j-Q7efOA-7h10GdViPfgszeQXvbbZRsEaURSKjfGbaIZacRnS9QVqFb6q8-5W3xoTUz_WjjWBAcisLLXP1yqYqCQr_3NiEC5YzOdRw82zNofj9XFvlu0/s320/Michelangelo_Piet%C3%A0_Palestri.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUok4g-WdNo14Eiuz_DcXRkitnKthpPa_B9GnF4IfsH2X_xhMPG0_IuhEK9qdg-75BikXisIEiigJNlyWvB9ZQgOJcGJp3XUWimG9mcRIPMgeSWi-VyoSiS2g9V_XTICRM-7s_d7OQ2c/s1600/Michelangelo's+Pieta%27+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUok4g-WdNo14Eiuz_DcXRkitnKthpPa_B9GnF4IfsH2X_xhMPG0_IuhEK9qdg-75BikXisIEiigJNlyWvB9ZQgOJcGJp3XUWimG9mcRIPMgeSWi-VyoSiS2g9V_XTICRM-7s_d7OQ2c/s320/Michelangelo's+Pieta%27+3.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UdfqpWU0vaSmajD3L5v-EPtO8OOw4OY8S3SfAsiCQq7ag9IVQnTQUlQpAsaEv80udMTq8TvP9jhpc5ZU4M5r0pKbm5jmrFQBHVRFtTUDUM1ru0LoLfNX2zM-usO2Yl_7lCmqYhf5F1Y/s1600/leg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UdfqpWU0vaSmajD3L5v-EPtO8OOw4OY8S3SfAsiCQq7ag9IVQnTQUlQpAsaEv80udMTq8TvP9jhpc5ZU4M5r0pKbm5jmrFQBHVRFtTUDUM1ru0LoLfNX2zM-usO2Yl_7lCmqYhf5F1Y/s320/leg.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You really don't have an idea of the enormous power of this guy until you see his sculptures face to face. He has that great quality of creating figures based on a keen insight of human anatomy. It's not just a learned process. It's something great figurative artists have. It's a total immersion into the way the body works, the way each joint involves the total articulation of tendons, bones, muscles and skin. And as if that wasn't enough, the fact that he was working in marble, using hand crafted tools. Just pure vision and hard work, and indelible talent. The prodigious amount of work he put out doesn't seem possible.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-17964625810013901122010-03-24T12:09:00.000-07:002010-03-24T12:09:28.097-07:00Nudies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8eLO9MIvmFrIHD5l43N5NoPwjT3OHu2Dy4JAx9V7FxdhuFLuPAaGmrQyD78bGpIjZNMNYRsL4DgXkaORfRDb0q-Pl6MYxJUTISspUgmgPnzwFU08AJEg65c_eIblO7ut_e8Y-vDF4oo/s1600/Loathsome_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8eLO9MIvmFrIHD5l43N5NoPwjT3OHu2Dy4JAx9V7FxdhuFLuPAaGmrQyD78bGpIjZNMNYRsL4DgXkaORfRDb0q-Pl6MYxJUTISspUgmgPnzwFU08AJEg65c_eIblO7ut_e8Y-vDF4oo/s320/Loathsome_2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgH1dr9L8IT-cwkOkHrJWrI9-H2Q-T_sozGZ87PdX9UUJDagyRbTpqWPWHLIxxttRA5h7dK5Wd6Y-om_OUq4LP1rprckmRBs_uk9RO4nyyZzwBWlgtK5NCkb4BtPX5I_Q39Gm1HJf_pHg/s1600/cou010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgH1dr9L8IT-cwkOkHrJWrI9-H2Q-T_sozGZ87PdX9UUJDagyRbTpqWPWHLIxxttRA5h7dK5Wd6Y-om_OUq4LP1rprckmRBs_uk9RO4nyyZzwBWlgtK5NCkb4BtPX5I_Q39Gm1HJf_pHg/s320/cou010.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Couple more sketches for possible new paintings. I watched a doc on Michelangelo last night. Obviously he will be my next post.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-77337747918078755132010-03-23T12:52:00.000-07:002010-03-23T12:52:08.015-07:00Nude modeling runs in the family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7Q7N8NtVhWL7y44eVi5gqEaEx4CeJKWsCL8stWORq_jP-9AYtjaHzJZx_KcfQysJFOd_0np-TDweA3n-0ZEENJmzyaKa_xnGz4kIP8ujz72T2Z-IqMKoQVEJZ0H0BA7qY9IJ3ERhKB0/s1600-h/model_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7Q7N8NtVhWL7y44eVi5gqEaEx4CeJKWsCL8stWORq_jP-9AYtjaHzJZx_KcfQysJFOd_0np-TDweA3n-0ZEENJmzyaKa_xnGz4kIP8ujz72T2Z-IqMKoQVEJZ0H0BA7qY9IJ3ERhKB0/s320/model_2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7M-pcv3qzNOwWSlf358dbfYa1K0cvBBqxa-sx1aV3H4geOEu07yghlAC6H8osPoc1MCjv5Zau5IcaHDN1GFx5pR86D_ogp_e9s37-cQHU_8yC6XeS6F5wz8DgqXcSvSnumntcgzOvQ7I/s1600-h/model.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7M-pcv3qzNOwWSlf358dbfYa1K0cvBBqxa-sx1aV3H4geOEu07yghlAC6H8osPoc1MCjv5Zau5IcaHDN1GFx5pR86D_ogp_e9s37-cQHU_8yC6XeS6F5wz8DgqXcSvSnumntcgzOvQ7I/s320/model.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hn86yPL9zDnbxpgC9autBqX4BDLD33x0O74a4u4PyGy9ARluivritylKMyE9wMqk4AZRpzPqtYgPjKwxs9plsHi-v4Xgno2T8kcxdX6yPZCwuPzTOvSooSZ0EDJcwUaFuAfVRqeqCdA/s1600-h/ethereal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4hn86yPL9zDnbxpgC9autBqX4BDLD33x0O74a4u4PyGy9ARluivritylKMyE9wMqk4AZRpzPqtYgPjKwxs9plsHi-v4Xgno2T8kcxdX6yPZCwuPzTOvSooSZ0EDJcwUaFuAfVRqeqCdA/s320/ethereal.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaw2MQmxt_yNUJup-t70wSEB4RW_dq62AgSJyr-j_j9ytyThsTCDGZjN74jAMAGf7uZdPYl-qQCLbkQWg3Cq9izUR5VXgNdtzEp-VhGjBMS-YZyjWgJOF2S2lNa1OHTR9HTCMZLyExIQ/s1600-h/ethereal_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaw2MQmxt_yNUJup-t70wSEB4RW_dq62AgSJyr-j_j9ytyThsTCDGZjN74jAMAGf7uZdPYl-qQCLbkQWg3Cq9izUR5VXgNdtzEp-VhGjBMS-YZyjWgJOF2S2lNa1OHTR9HTCMZLyExIQ/s320/ethereal_detail.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVciziybaiuoYv1MQMPs9VRt-Et7MFq4b2q_WP-ChKuwjxHJUYgOBePCiZ9FSTMjdK98P2o01GCwjhKw9fvWW1rHDc8XWYL5Vpd-iv85IQ-fgW1qBfuTyYjmaH10ClQ2jMa84IN2zdtw/s1600-h/ethereal_detail_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVciziybaiuoYv1MQMPs9VRt-Et7MFq4b2q_WP-ChKuwjxHJUYgOBePCiZ9FSTMjdK98P2o01GCwjhKw9fvWW1rHDc8XWYL5Vpd-iv85IQ-fgW1qBfuTyYjmaH10ClQ2jMa84IN2zdtw/s320/ethereal_detail_2.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My wife's really been a great model. Well, what do I look for in a model?? First, she's gotta have patience. It's not just a camera shot. I get in there with a sketch pad and make my own notes. Subtle colors, reflected light, soft shadows don't transfer that well through the lens. Then there's the details, like the light reflected in the eyes, or the mirror images, etc. Anatomy's a strange thing. You really need to know it; how the bones and muscles articulate and how each causes stress on the other. I love it. So these pics are some random model shots of my wife, and the painting is titled "Ethereal." Oil on canvas.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-45962618918736853232010-03-20T12:23:00.000-07:002010-03-23T12:43:19.888-07:00Great photography, if you like fish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbi2x3MsANScRyaDnUb0OTqhZV9hlvXSb09wB-kraECl_ft9hkf56SSs4QxoPDyjZa7ewya3vFjjuXjPLwgG4mo6x5T2EgO8rc7R4uv4861dXR5bAjMk4qZKL0Dja3MK-AH2xQuYVH6w/s1600-h/white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbi2x3MsANScRyaDnUb0OTqhZV9hlvXSb09wB-kraECl_ft9hkf56SSs4QxoPDyjZa7ewya3vFjjuXjPLwgG4mo6x5T2EgO8rc7R4uv4861dXR5bAjMk4qZKL0Dja3MK-AH2xQuYVH6w/s320/white.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFIKPljIz9CzZocTfQs9ZeF3w-iHiUze-GpmfdBcx9d3nz7rh77jD9Mg897hJ7ldIWtPhVIXzjwOpkrHNblq9tNpsLpuFfnDpvJF3TJuzjKw7bVUvuk_UO_dwodrtYKkKb4tzG7qP9jo/s1600-h/bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFIKPljIz9CzZocTfQs9ZeF3w-iHiUze-GpmfdBcx9d3nz7rh77jD9Mg897hJ7ldIWtPhVIXzjwOpkrHNblq9tNpsLpuFfnDpvJF3TJuzjKw7bVUvuk_UO_dwodrtYKkKb4tzG7qP9jo/s320/bed.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9btDnVuLkTuPC0lhGsnL4Cu2-DL7UIn9SyR9Kh9Mz45zJ-s_CxTGFKqCtzSLdUasyi55i9jnmkFXWiea5CzMdEh2kOVi-NQ6eHg-JCDvw6t5Z6F3PJbHs3u3BUKPMRMl49lJz0iJcXnE/s1600-h/blue_bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9btDnVuLkTuPC0lhGsnL4Cu2-DL7UIn9SyR9Kh9Mz45zJ-s_CxTGFKqCtzSLdUasyi55i9jnmkFXWiea5CzMdEh2kOVi-NQ6eHg-JCDvw6t5Z6F3PJbHs3u3BUKPMRMl49lJz0iJcXnE/s320/blue_bed.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PU4DxcMtebkgVJ8YLrcZP0icRT3FdulKAZnelzc2_dXoIDNnmJcJTo4TRFyBtTwRqUlsLf5ngM-fw49T7GOd-5EXSwPiD4Ja4UzX1GAH_2NKqDD8CzU551tK_zCQILfkP_IiQoOv3wU/s1600-h/fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PU4DxcMtebkgVJ8YLrcZP0icRT3FdulKAZnelzc2_dXoIDNnmJcJTo4TRFyBtTwRqUlsLf5ngM-fw49T7GOd-5EXSwPiD4Ja4UzX1GAH_2NKqDD8CzU551tK_zCQILfkP_IiQoOv3wU/s320/fish.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I run across some really great photography sometimes. These were pulled off of random sites, and they are definitely among ones that I use as inspiration. The lighting is perfect, — chiarscuro — and the themes are along the lines of some of my ideas / sketches that I've done in the past. </span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-37451791818845667282010-03-19T18:23:00.000-07:002010-03-19T18:23:12.170-07:00More sketches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmjc-XjhQKxUMvjaOsuGniEOkgUSWjtzIXBGLPstoYGltmQjvIoim31TedljoPJzKkemiD2ntE8LRZ2UGK3OoGhBP6olKNjmbsiP0XN0pWAhyTrLgzGZasYjF6gu6dBFiWgGw0_49NHQ/s1600-h/jess081.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkmjc-XjhQKxUMvjaOsuGniEOkgUSWjtzIXBGLPstoYGltmQjvIoim31TedljoPJzKkemiD2ntE8LRZ2UGK3OoGhBP6olKNjmbsiP0XN0pWAhyTrLgzGZasYjF6gu6dBFiWgGw0_49NHQ/s320/jess081.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCXTPyoF9BtkbjlyIYSH6RHP9JKOLzNK2dceMmwS-cDZpMq-BluqANII7oPqECAIBY8bAJdpiKRJ4VGupE3LBrBCqvRQW0YJnWYZrEn9kawiiBc5GhKYgKWils3aKY2aIDyhC4PJtuBw/s1600-h/patfree057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCXTPyoF9BtkbjlyIYSH6RHP9JKOLzNK2dceMmwS-cDZpMq-BluqANII7oPqECAIBY8bAJdpiKRJ4VGupE3LBrBCqvRQW0YJnWYZrEn9kawiiBc5GhKYgKWils3aKY2aIDyhC4PJtuBw/s320/patfree057.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A few more for new paintings.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-45394936964156875912010-03-18T16:19:00.000-07:002010-03-23T12:42:50.194-07:00Nude woman's gonna get done<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This one is an oil on canvas, 36" x 48" and it's not finished yet. The model is a really great girl that actually sold me my Canon SLR. (BTW, Rebel, with EF100mm Macro IS USM, and EF 24-70mm USM lenses.) She's posed for me a lot over the years, and she's super nice.</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9jsws2H_b-EpCaD_s-TZ2GW5-SkdZPT3KmB3B6dmJxHV9O5tM76u7jCCObGJeFhoklfWmPJSNPdiYKfcKnIh1ItLq86YIMYXWgZTGpNA-04iZ2DwQuerFOrXUXQT9ca-ycMkNoQrL9k/s1600-h/iron_man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9jsws2H_b-EpCaD_s-TZ2GW5-SkdZPT3KmB3B6dmJxHV9O5tM76u7jCCObGJeFhoklfWmPJSNPdiYKfcKnIh1ItLq86YIMYXWgZTGpNA-04iZ2DwQuerFOrXUXQT9ca-ycMkNoQrL9k/s320/iron_man.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This piece I think is next in line to get done. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-55350447748750916212010-03-17T15:25:00.000-07:002010-03-17T15:25:38.609-07:00The Three Graces<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh065ByJt99SdIM2wN8im3t0uJsCBm-tJUargC5YmUsOuA_9r7wZJw3Dwa3lXZd22ATutC0q7hwzA0zBQCKGrXduaYWHfvKjAeGWD2umWNWjL-1X-v1svVH0MiL9FOvTfYUjcUhiBkAUCA/s1600-h/three_graces.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh065ByJt99SdIM2wN8im3t0uJsCBm-tJUargC5YmUsOuA_9r7wZJw3Dwa3lXZd22ATutC0q7hwzA0zBQCKGrXduaYWHfvKjAeGWD2umWNWjL-1X-v1svVH0MiL9FOvTfYUjcUhiBkAUCA/s320/three_graces.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Unfinished painting. This was the first of a series that I never finished. The Three Graces, as people may know were the ideals of humankind. They represented charm, beauty and creativity, and were depicted throughout history by artists like Raphael, Antonio Canova, etc. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My version has the opposite meaning. It's really the level to which humanity can / has sunk. The meat / flesh on the ground represent depravity, and the subject matter is tied to the modern world by the Coke can in the bottom left of the painting.</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8bl8wKDvKjjOppj4H3PqYxJ1TGLNmbZWZFVJHt78I_fzroZnnIFO7dA7BtbQ1KKcNsjpzw-Jc_GKlFles9nYR7-W9mAkWHiFsCjfVWndPqQZatGErMT4Rt9ycDTtvp1PTkv3k2SYvnEg/s1600-h/third_grace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8bl8wKDvKjjOppj4H3PqYxJ1TGLNmbZWZFVJHt78I_fzroZnnIFO7dA7BtbQ1KKcNsjpzw-Jc_GKlFles9nYR7-W9mAkWHiFsCjfVWndPqQZatGErMT4Rt9ycDTtvp1PTkv3k2SYvnEg/s320/third_grace.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ironically, the girls that posed for me for this painting were strict vegetarians. They were cool though, totally handling bloody chunks of raw meat.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-4509735370921671272010-03-17T15:14:00.000-07:002010-03-23T12:41:05.370-07:00Who's the Frazetta thief??!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5hinZKFb0ZXkaPoeWbG7zWwMVGypdilRIY6XfQJLUa1OM4o9Xqjho3tpEjmABUX9wN8v26wJwdrRWRxoQvogEZ_sNqvt4VpyONt27S4tOjN3zbhlCbDoNAO10Zc9u9pEWpHVjmkBzrg/s1600-h/frazetta174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW5hinZKFb0ZXkaPoeWbG7zWwMVGypdilRIY6XfQJLUa1OM4o9Xqjho3tpEjmABUX9wN8v26wJwdrRWRxoQvogEZ_sNqvt4VpyONt27S4tOjN3zbhlCbDoNAO10Zc9u9pEWpHVjmkBzrg/s320/frazetta174.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Great example of Frank Frazetta's artwork. He was the quintessential artist for REH's Conan. Oh, and yeah. It's a pity the Frazetta kids can't get their shit together. Money can definitely be the curse of all evil. Trust me, I know at least one person motivated by greed. Money's out there people. It's there to be made. Go make it. Don't stoop to a sub human level to get it.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-83830199018385351442010-03-16T21:51:00.000-07:002010-03-23T12:38:15.870-07:00Pig chasing and wenches. My influences.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZFwHJQek0k_FOdfn5cy5GVtv6ILJUA55dUHwN5C283eJQU2xkUUnnRM6QXgWiOcNA6WfcU0pkWpnTeW6gMt1cx1Rdm-NvBU-a3KNCHs-u5Kn_A3L9xVfIWlI2aXTsO-hCjGJq0RQ6E0/s1600-h/alcalaconan3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZFwHJQek0k_FOdfn5cy5GVtv6ILJUA55dUHwN5C283eJQU2xkUUnnRM6QXgWiOcNA6WfcU0pkWpnTeW6gMt1cx1Rdm-NvBU-a3KNCHs-u5Kn_A3L9xVfIWlI2aXTsO-hCjGJq0RQ6E0/s320/alcalaconan3.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkTWK8G-8QCRdTY8W8Uj6_LNePZfUl4mNtHamQsiv4yIE4i_jvSCz-FO9lEOqXb5CY8shjBZswkGlsSaArg3Ok0rfqrqvPA_2RkYewEMZO8-RFzQGRK0JwoRNXmm9NE0_sG1PMUUMwHs/s1600-h/ssoc100-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfkTWK8G-8QCRdTY8W8Uj6_LNePZfUl4mNtHamQsiv4yIE4i_jvSCz-FO9lEOqXb5CY8shjBZswkGlsSaArg3Ok0rfqrqvPA_2RkYewEMZO8-RFzQGRK0JwoRNXmm9NE0_sG1PMUUMwHs/s320/ssoc100-21.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When I first started art, some of my biggest influences were Frank Frazetta, Neal Adams and John Buscema. I was really into fantasy and comic art. Well, I admired a lot of the artists on the Conan series. Michael Kaluta, Ernie Chan, Barry Windsor Smith, Gil Kane, Earl Norem, Klaus Janson, Alfredo Alcala, and others. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Buscema and Windsor Smith, though, had great lines. They had a natural ability to draw. Frazetta too, though. It's a pity everything that's going on with him.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This comic sample is from Buscema and Alcala (as inker). They don't make art like this anymore. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm gonna be posting stuff like this throughout. There's some great Windsor Smith pencils and inks he did for the first few Conan the Barbarian issues that were incredible. Zukala's Daughter, The Tower of the Elephant.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Which brings another topic to mind. Robert Ervin Howard.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-10204347430424928852010-03-16T05:57:00.000-07:002010-03-23T12:37:35.422-07:00Oh, those nude sketches...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOGT879XmsIpoW-AZVdWfD23DjiO8B310rog-IISg5UcjKVn3EJ8IMvkfNnUyhBjzp1qYiebXX7556g1SegTuu32viPwEOMPx_5yhZrV6UZd_yIQxE5BupAAWamDyPNoeEi7nBOqQ3-M/s1600-h/johnathon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOGT879XmsIpoW-AZVdWfD23DjiO8B310rog-IISg5UcjKVn3EJ8IMvkfNnUyhBjzp1qYiebXX7556g1SegTuu32viPwEOMPx_5yhZrV6UZd_yIQxE5BupAAWamDyPNoeEi7nBOqQ3-M/s320/johnathon.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbc-bWMaNi3_GmTMw7EBEiKVCXPJg6Ilw8kRFSj8HRs0xsGuYBY-FJD5t63T6DIwQYvMpZ1cvjVn6j7LEyVTm5xVg-3zO3pA8vp-PBS2bDwa_cE55tWK5_RmdzaFZ-jNxP03Dnh_VaQw/s1600-h/fran079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkbc-bWMaNi3_GmTMw7EBEiKVCXPJg6Ilw8kRFSj8HRs0xsGuYBY-FJD5t63T6DIwQYvMpZ1cvjVn6j7LEyVTm5xVg-3zO3pA8vp-PBS2bDwa_cE55tWK5_RmdzaFZ-jNxP03Dnh_VaQw/s320/fran079.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFstxhucNpZV5HbFsCwkAk9Z_XUFsV4OGIpJ7zpYp5pscz0ebo3Gr_xoQWu-SL_olOvEfvJrB5Rm2q-OdPcuOTF6ZPQ6GhTlgWhIQR58yxkvWg0INBLUVgD8SSHH9edxmRQnbx55xwJ4/s1600-h/danileg063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRFstxhucNpZV5HbFsCwkAk9Z_XUFsV4OGIpJ7zpYp5pscz0ebo3Gr_xoQWu-SL_olOvEfvJrB5Rm2q-OdPcuOTF6ZPQ6GhTlgWhIQR58yxkvWg0INBLUVgD8SSHH9edxmRQnbx55xwJ4/s320/danileg063.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Some of these sketches are for the new series I'm painting. I draw using a regular ballpoint pen, usually blue, and pretty quick. I know some artists spend hours on a sketch, but I've never felt that was necessary. I'm really interested in getting my point across, getting the energy of the piece.</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316651038239960403.post-16797507248049477182010-03-09T23:02:00.000-08:002010-03-10T22:31:23.358-08:00I have to start sometime<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'm about to finish a series of new paintings. These are figurative, oils on canvas and birch panel. They're pretty big, the largest about 50" x 66" unframed. I've decided to put aside my portraits of pop and sports icons for now. Well, unless commissions come in. Of course... These new ones are really the first set of paintings that reflect a style and subject that's truly mine. Anyway, this is my first blog entry. I shall be back...</span></span>Nalin DeSilvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744441830504269861noreply@blogger.com0