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Description
MIXED-MEDIA OILGRAPH // TRADITIONAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, OIL PAINT AND BLOOD ON WOODEN PANEL // 24x32

Base image photographed with a Mamiya 645 on Ilford 400 and developed in Agfa Rodinal
-No digital work-
7/9 of the series

Created for the movie Magnum Opus which is the story of an ex-marine turned artist and cryptographer. I was tasked with making his series.

I've never had to make an American flag out of meat and bones, but this was my chance.
It was disgusting...

For weeks I collected bones from every BBQ I got wind of. Boiling them, bleaching them and all the while disturbing my roommates.
As with all of the works for this series, there are a number of hidden images buried in the piece. I can't even remember where some of them are.
Getting the star field out of neck bones was probably the trickiest.
But this may be my favorite piece from the series.

BACKGROUND
___________

Six years ago I was asked to create a nine piece series for the film Magnum Opus.
The concept of the film sounded intriguing - An ex-marine and war photographer saw some terrible things go down in Afghanistan, retired to become an artist (and cryptologist) and paint a series of works where he would secretly encode the narrative into the paintings themselves. Kind of like pulling an Edward Snowden.
And I thought this was awesome.

In reading the script I was confused as to how the main character's art technique was exactly like mine and the director's response (who was a friend and collector of mine) said, "Well, we based the main character on you."

Description
MIXED-MEDIA OILGRAPH // TRADITIONAL PHOTO, ACRYLIC, OIL PAINT AND BLOOD ON WOODEN PANEL // 24x32

Base image photographed with a Mamiya 645 on Ilford 400 and developed in Agfa Rodinal
-No digital work-
7/9 of the series

Created for the movie Magnum Opus which is the story of an ex-marine turned artist and cryptographer. I was tasked with making his series.

I've never had to make an American flag out of meat and bones, but this was my chance.
It was disgusting...

For weeks I collected bones from every BBQ I got wind of. Boiling them, bleaching them and all the while disturbing my roommates.
As with all of the works for this series, there are a number of hidden images buried in the piece. I can't even remember where some of them are.
Getting the star field out of neck bones was probably the trickiest.
But this may be my favorite piece from the series.

BACKGROUND
___________

Six years ago I was asked to create a nine piece series for the film Magnum Opus.
The concept of the film sounded intriguing - An ex-marine and war photographer saw some terrible things go down in Afghanistan, retired to become an artist (and cryptologist) and paint a series of works where he would secretly encode the narrative into the paintings themselves. Kind of like pulling an Edward Snowden.
And I thought this was awesome.

In reading the script I was confused as to how the main character's art technique was exactly like mine and the director's response (who was a friend and collector of mine) said, "Well, we based the main character on you."