Am I nuts?

Happy Monday to all!  I bring you the latest gem for "The People Project".  Some of you may be thinking, "all of these pics look so different," and, "man this guy is all over the place."

Yes, I have to admit these art works are all different and unique in their own way, even I am pleasantly surprised.  Rather than make each picture look visually similar and create a series with some apparent cohesion, I'm going with the flow of each picture you guys have sent me.  I let the pic speak to me and lead me to where it wants to go and infuse my own vision into the painting.  I don't believe in forcing something that doesn't work or belong.  The pictures take a life of their own in this respect.  What unifies all of these pics in the series is the common factor that lies in all of them, the human aspect.  Each one is based on a person, and that is what connects each piece in the series.  With that said, the fact that no two pieces are alike (yet) just attests to the diversity of the human race... and the crazy inner workings of my mind lol

Thank you all for your support! Please enjoy our latest piece...

Moving Along

Hello everyone!  The project is moving along nicely and I have another completed piece to add to our growing collection. I'm finding it an enjoyable challenge to create interesting works of art solely off of one picture without merely reproducing the original picture.  At times it's as though the piece is playing hard to get and other times it's telling me exactly how it wants to be.  It is as they say, the act of creating is an act of faith.  And that is as deep as I'm going to get for this post haha.

 I'd like to thank those of you who have finally sent in your pics, and for those of you who have not sent them in, please get those to me as soon as you can.  I will be sending another round of reminders soon.  I am pleased to see that people are indeed receiving their postcards.  Again, please let me know if you have not received yours and I will gladly send you another one.

Also, I wanted to thank you all for your lovely comments and support, and while I have not had a chance to respond to you directly,  I am reading each and every one of them.  I couldn't have come this far without all of you!

Without further ado, please enjoy the latest addition to 'The People Project'.

And We're Back...

Again folks, sorry for the hiatus.  Today I bring you a finished piece of work for your viewing pleasure. Some of you may be wondering, "Is this guy seriously taking this long to make one piece of art?"  All I can say is each artist has varying speed in how they work and a lot depends on the individual painting or project itself.  However, the way I'm approaching this project is by doing multiple paintings at the same time, rather than one painting at a time, it's just the way I work.  So what ends up happening is many pieces are started at the same time and very few are finished initially.  Later on when most of the pieces are nearing completion you will begin to see more completed pieces being posted more frequently.  So have no fear, I am indeed working on your babies!  They are coming along nicely.  Some pieces will inevitably take longer than others as each work of art is like it's own little journey with it's own bumps and pit stops along the way, but my goal is to take each piece to a high level of quality regardless of how long it takes, so thanks for bearing with me!

As for those of you who have not turned in your pictures... what's up with that?  Mayhaps you are not pleased with my art practice?  Seriously though, if you guys could get those in asap I'd really appreciate it, and if you have any questions or concerns please message me, we're in this together after all :)

On a different note, all of you should have received your postcards at this point (I hope...).   If you have in-fact not received your postcard, it can only mean one of two things:  1) your address has changed and I was not aware of it, or 2) your postcard has been sacrificed to the post office gods, never to see the light of day again.  In either case, just let me know vie email or kickstarter-message, that you have not received your postcard and I will gladly send you another one.

Thanks again for all your support, I leave you with our latest piece.  Cheers!

-Tanal