Russian Red

During the October Revolution the Winter Palace was raided of its wine cellars and made much of the Petrograd population quite drunk. It got to the point that a decree was issued that any stock of wine found would be blown up with dynamite... To celebrate the wine pogrom issued by the Regimental Committee, Lenin, and Trotsky, I give you Russian Red... almost good enough to be straight from the cellar of the Winter Palace.

Character Begins to Show

I got the faces all inked in using a micro pigment pen and each doll is beginning to show some life! Using the curves of the wooden doll to accentuate each face by placing the eyes, mouth, and especially the nose on the right part of the curve required a little extra thought, but so far so good...

Drawing Out the Matryoshka

Here are the first, and very rough sketches of each doll. After a long debate with myself I decided on doing three of the most influential Russian authors: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Solzhenitsyn. I didnt want to make them too cartoony and goofy looking though. Hopefully I can accomplish that.... At this point they are mere sketches, and I havent even started working on the body of each one, because well, Im not sure what to do to them at this point. I have been debating doing different, more traditional patterns and colors, drawing clothing, scenes from their literature, or keeping it really simple and just staining them with a light pattern. It should be figured out by next post...

Whole Lotta Rosas

Artwork done for the "Whole Lotta Rosas" show this past Friday at the Camp in Costa Mesa (photos of the event coming soon). The second photo is 15 parts that comprise the piece "Soldiers! Workers! Citizens!" There are still a few left if anyone wants them...

A Glimpse

Here is a few of the 15 individual parts that comprise the piece "Solders! Workers! Citizens!" that will be on display this Friday. Though it is one piece, I will be selling off the individual 'parts' starting at $20 each.

"A Whole Lotta Rosas" Group art show
at Ecco at the Camp in Costa Mesa
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