#axhdigital

[organicsomethings]

ISAIAH devotee

17x40

acrylic paint on deconstructed cardboard box

[larry-darnell]

[larrydrosalez]

Recent tidbits from the past few months. Drawing on my own experience of working with people in mind before really creating decisions that make sense for me to enjoy and organize myself and the material if possible to address them as simple enough to pass time and most revealing spaces to give attention to details that would define the effort to achieve a more engaging and meaningful conversation with people im not afraid to share with.

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observation, accusation, and reverence.

original painting by larry d. rosalez // 18x24in //acrylic on canvas

digital rendering is an ai generative expand function available on Photoshop Express.

i made the digital photo while the paint is still drying and with full knowledge of some touchups i want to do before considering the painting as finished.

buuut this digital art as a mock-up of a print or sticker i could sell online for a dollar or two plus shipping.

would you be interested in buying prints under $20? Or what kind of merch would you be interested in purchasing of this kind of art?

clothes? Stickers? pillowcases? wall art? chapbooks?

my ask function is open, i’d love to hear from you.

-larry d.

[organicsomethings]

creature of habit in derivative form

are these worthy of a mention or comment ?

i noticed the differences available light affects the color and contrast of the painted images (like dark blue or amber tint, glares, reduced contrast) in photographing a product, it’s not like graphic design. I like there to be some aesthetic of decided composition, an easy hand at using available light, and of course repeat the process with varying degrees of precision.

drawing this series out did make me think “flaw,” “error,” “mistake,” “could be better,” “gimmicky.”

i did give second thought to what was an intolerable form of “off the mark” or what would be included as record of variation and honest capture of the main effort:

lying between savasana and corpse, cropped center, canvass laid over the torso perpendicular to the body, no flash, no retouching, no particular pain or discomfort to move in and out of the frame within the 10 second timer.

mostly i shot quickly and efficiently as assuming forgiveness of shortcomings being in front and behind the lenses.

should or would i reshoot these with the same lighting? With a model and actual merch ? With a different grounding? Should i find a better way to digitally copy the original images, or would there be value in history of greeting the original art and the artist as a package deal, accepting the art as a gift for the eyes, despite the lack of any robust contribution to society and culture?

what should i estimate is the value of the original set? $60 per canvas is my early estimate attached to an hourly-wage type of contract setting a couple hours of skilled labor and costs for materials as affordable for a buyer but not necessarily industrious in calculating the cost of a single mind, and the efforts to keep the collection whole.

$720 would be the price of the whole collection, I’d part with the paintings but wouldn’t be able to show them later in life if i became a full time artist and managed a successful name.

and it would be a nice surprise to find a buyer interested in the collection as well as the prospect of being able to fill orders of about that size at about that price monthly.

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I’ve got this collection up for view on fine art America with prints, canvasses, and lifestyle accessories for sale. HTTPS://fineartamerica.com/profiles/larry-Rosalez-lewis

I called the collection NC17 after the film rating because I have a nephew and I smoke. The work is led by color rather than figure content to follow so in try to focus on the adult content that I chose not to draw or paint upfront as being worth conversations for those who are adult, or approaching adulthood.

While documenting the events of my injury I didn’t want to leave anything remorseful or full of pain. I lacked a scanner, and I was able to get my mom to photograph them for me while I didn’t have a phone, so labeled correctly these are photo print reproductions credited to collaboration with my mother, of canvass originals from my home collection.

I’ve amassed a next two books of work that I want to skewer down to 25 paintings and drawings for a chap/memory book.

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i’ve been on insta and TikTok

check it out.

also, someone hacked and deleted my instagram handle @anexcerptofhim - so join me & my new depth of field journey painting. @ larry darnell on insta and iumpa on tiktok

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color blocking study, in 4

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snapshot of 3 (friends, figures, strangers)

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I dropped the ball on restraining myself from relying solely on black outlines to make and clarify composition the first half of the set. I had no idea what was going on with the crowd of colors that were in my chosen palette until I looked at them all together on the table at a glance and realized I had just seen a bunch of figures emerging from the abstract blob of colors. I was so excited to see them all together looking like an actual couple of years ago when I was practicing with cardboard and paper.

the title of the set is “snapshot of 3 (friends, figures, strangers)”

(left to right)

snapshot of 3

friends

figures

strangers

[larry-darnell]

12x16in canvas and acrylic paint from a set called “4 black & white studies (elegants)”

elegant 1, shadows

intended for people to purchase prints and posters and other items from the store for their own use. message me if you’re interested in purchasing prints or artwork from the store

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smirk

18x24 acrylic paint on canvas

2024

[organicsomethings]

Of sketching, filling, and outlining as a young artist learning how paint spreads, evens, stains, makes streaks on canvas with a brush. the process was like filling in a coloring book.

although quick, the sketching of related depictions is like mixing and matching puzzle pieces together from a set of previous drawings and sketch pieces from the past months.

i consider that poor brush application technique can yield results that are dissimilar from the initial expectation of vector graphics and hold space evenly.

I am nothing like the artists hailed as influential to massive social movements and breaking barriers of sight and perception in art and these dwelled in a place that graced playing and holding low standards of quality by limited technical control over the mediums.

I’m not sure what to say above being inspired and compelled by graphic shapes and patterns recognizable from a distance and fighting to make the outlines more certain and confident in places even where the graphic shapes crowd and fight to make the most of the non-sensational.

i find it easy to make elements that indicate a face. For this style, eyes as semi-circles beneath block rectangles that hold space as eyebrows, a nose a vertical length of space and a “U” shape, a mouth a horizontal lines placed from top to bottom beneath the nose.

i was inspired by masks and making something that appealed to me as unique to reflect not being inspired to offer a direct reference to any particular person or figure.

Making these i made mistake after mistake tracing the graphite and applying the paint to make clear, sharp lines and even fills. the color is like basic elements, vegetation, water, sky, pollen, and pink reads as an artificial color in the applications unifying them with color as a composition acting as a border for a frame within a frame.

16x20in and priced at $60 each.

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[organicsomethings]

LOOKED AT: deterioration

edited down roughly a decade of paper and painting to include roughly 75 pieces of work, including an illustration of ways the work poses an array of questions and what is presentation worthy, tidy, creative, and fun to do in sustainably designed forms of art that center the materials used to create the art.

sources from these projects that i shared on instagram and YouTube.

•green: a study with the color permanent sap green

•#madewithless: my reflection on packaging, utilizing available materials and sustainable practice

•#dodecahydron: 125 loose leaf papers graphite and color from paint and household liquids.

i love the texture of cardboard and paper. presenting it as a spectrum of colors makes me want a more realistic look of it since it looks so different from what you would expect in the retail store art and commercial art styles.

measuring the amount of time it took to make a decision on the subject is a key part of determining whether or not the decision was made based on trial and error or from following sure, reliable evidence that the outcome is correct. Definitely a big factor in determining whether or not to keep the original works for the future is whether or not they will be published.

the digital are derivative works affording the liberty of scale and compositions from zoomed in and reflected the same values of decision making as the physical ones. in the same way, they are also a way of creating an archive, which allows creative thinking in setting a decided tone and making a conscious effort to create easier to understand and learn from the process of determining what works for short term goals and what works for long term goals.