Jay Jurisich » works in progress

Pace yourself the air is freezing

jay — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:20:47 +0000

Early afternoon yesterday, before the news broke about the plane ditching into the frigid Hudson river, I made this larger drawing from a chunk of words I first entered in the small book on Jan 7th (click the pic for a larger version):

Is it megalomaniacal of me to think that I might be God, controlling fate with my words?

Chiseling a painting to life

jay — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:45:01 +0000

Sometimes, scraping away many layers of paint that ain’t workin’ is best accomplished with a sledgehammer and chisel, at least when the painting is on plywood.

Now it’s ready for a new beginning.

Piltdown in progress

jay — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:33:01 +0000

Here’s a snap of a new painting in progress, Piltdown Manifesto. I like how the blue tape works here both to frame and conceal — I’m going to have to work that into a future painting, since it’s about to come off this one.

UPDATE 8.31.07: I just posted this finished painting: Piltdown Manifesto.