this past week i have tried to do start doing small daily paintings. it was something that i did in undergrad while studying under professor steven pearson (http://srpearson.com/home.html). currently these small paintings are ways to work out new ideas and ways to experiment with interesting/new color combinations. i find myself learning alot from these daily paintings. i may do a small painting and really like the color scheme and want to use it in a larger painting. also, i may use a shape or technique in some piece and want to bring it into a different piece. i love the daily paintings and i think it is a tool that every artist should utilize. it helps me get the thought out of my mind that every piece has to be a "finished" piece. i think that any drawing/painting/excercise that u can learn from is a success. anything that you can do to help yourself grow as an artist is valuable. once again these pictures were taken by a small digital camera. so the pictures are not great, but the give you a pretty good idea. i will be scanning them in and getting better images

this piece has actually led to a new idea that i which to pursue. the grid was taken from a graphic novel page. the colors were chosen by reacting to the sage green that i first put down. my plan is to continue the painting and when elements go into different grids they will change colors in accordance to whatever color scheme i chose. im really excited for this piece and i think it could lead to alot of interesting paintings.