For some reason I felt like doing a post about some paintings I’ve done in the last six months or so.

“Sisters” (Theresa and Amanda)
Rasterbated photo on canvas.
36″ x 24″
In this one, aptly titled “Sisters,” I’ve started with a photo from my friend Amanda’s MySpace. From what I can tell its a professional photo that has been photographed again with a cameraphone so it could be put on MySpace. The photo dimensions are approximately 640 by 480 pixels which I’ve enlarged to about 24″ x 36″ using a program called Rasterbator. The image was affixed to the canvas using Mod Podge. This is currently hanging behind a closet door awaiting the inspiration to add paint, either black and white or color.

“Misti and Lisa”
Rasterbated photo on canvas.
24″ x 26″
Again, working from a very small camera phone image of a very dear friend, Lisa, and her friend Misti. I rasterbated the image to be as close to 24″ x 36″ as possible. This time I had it printed in color and affixed to the canvas using Mod Podge. I have started working on skin tones using liquid watercolor paint to tint additional layers of Mod Podge. After each layer of color I’ll add a clear layer of the ‘podge.

“unknown title” originally by Kurt Halsey-Frederikson
36″ x 24″
Rasterbated drawing on canvas.
This piece started its life as a 4″ x 4″ pencil drawing originally created by Kurt Halsey which I rasterbated to fit my 24″ x 36″ canvas, attached it with Mod Podge and painted using Mod Podge tinted with liquid watercolor paint. Still awaiting the nerve to finish the skintones and the “plus/cross” thing after which I can call it done.













































