Darren Daz Cox, now in Pekin Illinois!
Black and White is the new Color
I suddenly got the jones for painting in grisaille , which means shades of grey to the regular joe. With thick and thin oil paints (the magical ‘liquid white’ that Bob Ross would prime his canvases for his famous ‘wet on wet’ technique) and a grease pencil, I can convert a pencil sketch on the canvas to a cool looking painting. This is satisfying me right now, even though, or maybe because that i’m slowly reading a huge book on Vincent van Gogh.
Feline Mind Meld oil painting on canvas by darren daz cox pekin illinois january 2010 8×10 inches
This was a random drawing that I made into an oil painting. I try to see the artistic side to things and create my own stories and i thought it would be cool to paint the ‘telepathic’ communication that we think we have with cats!
There is a much bigger version you can download free or you could support a starving artist by buying a print of it here at my DeviantArt site (I only have a few prints so far and actually sold one, thanks Geno!).
World of Wonder oil on canvas by Darren Daz Cox 16×24 inches
I love how stuff just randomly appears on my canvas. I am very excited that I found a painting technique that celebrates brunette girls now. I love the floppy bean bag horse too, he looks so comfy, which is perfect when you are riding through a magical world! Bigger version on my DeviantArt site here.
Amanda F Palmer fan art by Darren Daz Cox oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches
I know it is not a photographic likeness of the coolest chick singer out there but it is an impression, quickly done and with love. I generally paint wearing my paint stained Dresden Dolls hoodie and think AFP and her entourage are cool people, I hope to be able to paint her in person one day!
I would like to give a shout out to awesome artist Leslie Abraham who said it was a cool painting and shall forever be in the art history books as having impeccable taste and a shout out to my very first official fan who introduced me to the Dresden Dolls way back a million years ago and is forever honored as Gemma The Stowaway in my awesome short sci-fi stories, Gemma (her awesome art is here).
Zombie and his pets oil on canvas photo frame, 8×10 inches by Darren Daz Cox
This one makes me sooo happy. I love the idea that the zombie is not evil…(read into that whatever you want haha!). This is continuation of my awesome zombie series that started with Zombie with balloon and hot girlfriend sketch.
The Vortex Pose oil on canvas 12×12 inches by Darren Daz Cox
This one is one of the paintings that really makes me see how far I have come and how good I can be as I was in the zone the whole time and it totally worked from random sketching (I drew this and the rest completely from my imagination without a photographic reference or a model). If I can continue to be in that zone I will be able to do some really awesome art and make the world a better place and get rich and famous! Ok, I’m going to paint some more as soon as I post this blog, happy clouds everyone.
Originally posted 2010-01-03 20:13:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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