balson's Gallery

crope by balson

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:52:20 -0000

the crope is a hat sculpture i made. it is an abstraction of a crow and a pope hat. the dove is a traditional depiction of the voice of god. i replaced the dove with a crow with multiple beaks. i enjoy that it is only a subtle connection to the pope hat and i think the menacing quality carries the tone of the work even if the content cannot be directly understood.

Medium: cardboard india ink craft paper
Tags: crope

bunny sketch by balson

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:22:15 -0000

just a quick watercolor sketch, it probalby took no more than ten miniutes. this is my favorite sketch because as i was drawing this i experianced nirvana, no teacher no guru no method. i havent experianced nirvana again since then sadly. its funny because you can see the first couple lines i made before it happened.

Medium: watercolor on paper
Tags: bunny

consumes by balson

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:09:07 -0000

what can i say i like hamburgers. this is from a recent series i am doing. colors a little off on the photo, not too unusual for watecolors.

Medium: watercolor, india ink, and gauche on paper
Tags: bunny hamburger

another machbook creature by balson

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:07:00 -0000

i make a ton of these, usualy less ornate(a stamp of the pachyderm with some hand done linework) and i leave them places or give them to people. the machbook is a powerfull symbol for me, it has a zen duality to it, you can burn down a house with it or you can lite a fire and keep warm, its the untaped potentail that draws me too it. the way the matchbook is recived ads content as well. if you find them randomly the content is about finding beauty in your surroundings. i used to exchange them for ciggarettes as well, the objects them selves are both reletively worthless and i realised what is realy being exchanged is a random act of kindness.

Medium: contey wash and pen on matchbook.
Tags: matchbook

village of ghosts by balson

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:31:29 -0000

another pachyderm picture. while painting the pachyderm it always starts out as a portrait or figurative work. this leeds me to belive that the pachyderm is a post apocolyptic creature because it cannot exist without the removal of man. 2' x 2'

Medium: acrylic on wood
Tags: pachyderm

pachyderm by balson

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:22:45 -0000

while painting the pachyderm it always starts out as a portrait or figurative work. this leeds me to belive that the pachyderm is a post apocolyptic creature because it cannot exist without the removal of man. 6' x 4'

Medium: acrylic and watercolor on canvas
Tags: pachyderm