Top secret projects in development

Here is a detail from a piece I just finished today...

...and several details from a project that has been in the works for some time. It will be my largest format piece to date. I got to take my time and be very experimental with it, so it was a real learning experience.

Both of these will be posted in full on my website after the 25th!

all images copyright Chris Melgar 2009.

new moleskine drawings

I'm starting a large painting right now, but have also had time to do some drawings. Here are a few of them:

Guantanamera

Size variable. Mixed media and digital.

Rebirth of a Unicorn

9" x 15". Acrylic on wood.

chrismelgar.com

My website was just launched with portfolios and other good stuff. It will be the official home for my work. Please check it out! www.chrismelgar.com

Projects in development

Two details from an upcoming "Runic Triptych" (acrylic on wood):

"Laguz" panel

"Eihwaz" panel - in progress

Detail from "Trephination (let the right one in)" ink and acrylic on paper

Also, look for chrismelgar.com coming very soon!!

Hoist That Rag

Here's a project I've been working on for a little while now... a portrait of Tom Waits. I don't need to say much about it - the man is a legend. I wanted to portray the crackling, electric energy of his voice and music:

Mixed media and digital

Empire

12" x 17" acrylic, ink & graphite on illustration board

This is the first in a series of monument/skeletons based on themes of expansion, decomposition, and (in)organic machinery.

Another Day

"Another Day"
Acrylic on illustration board
13" x 18"

Today, however, is not just another day. It is the first day of the Obama presidency. I feel like I can see the light from the bottom of this abyss.