tattoos and art

art and tattoos naturally go hand in hand. if a person has an interest in tattoos, then they automatically have an interest in art. art and tattoos have always fascinated me. ever since i got my first tattoo i have been researching them and other tattoo related things. while looking through magazines and looking at the internet one artist immediately caught my eye. that artist is shawn barber. alot of the art that i have seen from him are portraits of people with tattoos. however, these portraits are not done in a normal way. the people being painted are represented in a variety of different ways to highlightthe tattoos of the person. he also has a unique style of painting. he paints portraits with a high degree of realism, yet he style has a very painterly quality to alot of his works.

here are a couple of pieces by him:

Grad School Porfolio

here is my grad school portfolio as of right now. i will be adding more to it eventually, but some applications are due on jan 15th so this is what i will be sending to them. for the most part im pleased with it. i do not have the titles or dimensions, but i will add them tomorrow.

if any one reads this then i would love some feed back. thanks so much, and i hope people like it.

"Trees are my only company"

Watercolor on Rives BFK

9" X 22 1/2"

"No awkward silences, no hiding any truths"

Watercolor and thread on Rives BFK

12 1/4" X 13 3/4"

"Migrane"

Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Rives BFK

11" X 5  3/4"

"Waste Management"

Watercolor and Sumi Ink on Rives BFK

13" X 10 1/4"

"Oozing Emotions"

Watercolor and Sumi Ink on tea-stained Rives BFK

9" X 5 3/4"

"Urbanized"

Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Digital Print

11" X 8 1/2"

"Filtration"

Watercolor and Sumi Ink on tea-stained Rives BFK

6 1/4" X 11 1/2"

"Screaming from the inside"

Sumi Ink on tea-stained Rives BFK

9" X 24"

"You can have the best of me"

Watercolor and Sumi Ink on tea-stained Rives BFK

16" X 17 3/4"

"White collar ambitions"

Sumi Ink on tea-stained Rives BFK

12 1/2" X 15 1/2"

"Protect what you got"

Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Rives BFK

1 1/4" X 5"

"Skin Deep"

Watercolor and Sumi Ink on Rives BFK

27" X 11 1/4"

"Empty Stomach"

Acrylic and Sumi Ink on Wood panels with hand-sewn creatures

41" X 28 1/2"

"Behind the Mask"

Acrylic and Sumi Ink on Wood Panels

each panel: 49" X 24"

"Keep em' seperated"

Acrylic and wire on canvas panels

22 1/2" X 12"

"Is it good, friend?"

Watercolor and Sumi Ink on tea-stained Rives BFK

14" X 11"

"It's your burden now"

Acrylic and Sumi Ink on Wood panel with wire and hand-sewn heart

24 1/2" X 23 1/2"

"It's not much, but its all I got"

Acrylic and Sumi Ink on Wood panels

each panel: 24 1/2" X 16 1/2"

detail of "It's not much, but it's all I got"

long time..

so, its been a long time since i have updated or posted anything. i feel really bad. i have a problem when it comes to journals and other daily chronicle things. but i have been getting alot done. my art has been progress greatly and i am currently working on applications for grad schools. my next post will be the majority of my porfolio except for a couple pieces that are in the wrong format.

here is the list of schools that i will be applying to:

American University

Temple University

MassArt

Towson University

MICA

University of Delaware

William Patterson University

those are the schools as of right now. getting my portfolio and grad applications done has been very stressful. before september i did not have any work that could be included in my portfolio, therefore it made it very hard to get everything together. i am very pleased with how well my portfolio looks, and how much i have accomplished in the last 5 months.