The Braindead Aesthetic

Artistic Side Table

2010-08-14T10:30:00.004-05:00

Solid wood side table refinished with dark walnut stain with an original drawing on the top. This table is 48"Wx16"Dx30.5"T. The drawing on the top features a large treetop splaying away fro the center done in black and ochre. The color mirrors the smokey stained background of natural wood. The top surface is treated with a heavy polycoat for protection and durability.

Upscaled Storage cabinet

2010-08-14T10:16:00.002-05:00

This piece is a standard sized storage cabinet of the type typically installed over the toilet in a bathroom. It is refinished and coated with poly on both the interior and exterior for durability. I have drawn a treetop style drawing on the front door. There are two shelves inside the cabinet.

Upcycled Furniture

2010-08-02T13:45:00.004-05:00

I recently began making upcycled furniture. Here are a few examples.

slide show preview

2010-05-06T07:38:00.001-05:00

A new feature from my print on demand site

Sparrows in the Hoar Frost

2010-04-13T10:15:00.002-05:00

Here is a color pencil drawing based on some sparrows in a lilac bush last winter. The day was clear and bright and the sparrows were spending the morning flitting through the branches.

"Sparrows in the Hoar Frost", color pencil on paper, 9"x6", 2010-04-10

End of the Race

2010-03-08T10:24:00.002-06:00

I came upon this dead rat while walking the dog, laying in the middle of the sidewalk in the bright sunlight. It's race over but now captured in artwork prior to being consumed by crows.

Building Storm - treetop drawing

2010-03-01T17:16:00.003-06:00

"Building Storm", Pastel on paper, 22T"x30W", 2010/02/22

Crow in Flight

2010-02-24T18:55:00.001-06:00

"Crow in Flight", charcoal on paper, 6"x9", 2010-02-23

Leaves and Branches

2010-01-07T10:30:00.003-06:00

Here is a new drawing from yesterday with both leaves and branches.

"Oak Leaves Don't Fall", Pastel on paper, 22T"x30W", 2010/01/06

Dragon Fly for the first

2010-01-03T16:15:00.003-06:00

While waiting for the gallery opening on January 1 2010 I drew a couple charcoal drawings.

"Dragon Fly", charcoal and graphite on paper, 9"x6", 2010-01-01

A True Believer

2009-12-31T10:03:00.002-06:00

Another series of drawings I have been working on is for a graphic novel called the Man in the Basement. It is a ghost story. I have about 25 of the drawings done so I will be posting them here. Here is one from the book

"A True Believer", Charcoal on paper, 9"x6", 2009-10-11

A coloring book for Christmas

2009-12-28T16:17:00.002-06:00

I drew a ten page coloring book for Christmas this year and gave them away. The parents wouldn't let the kids draw in them because they all felt they were to precious. It was a coloring book, I brought crayons.

Here is the cover and an interior picture. The entire book can be found here:

http://www.braindeadaesthetic.com/pages/Neeko_coloring_book.htm

Grasshopper

2009-10-06T17:32:00.003-05:00

Over the summer I have been drawing a lot of insects, this is the most recent. Currently almost all the other drawings are in a gallery show. I became much more fascinated this summer with cicadas than normal and collected over twenty nymph husks, which they leave hanging on trees after they emrege from the ground.

This grasshopper was caught while out walking the dog and I took it home. In the big picture it means nothing but I killed it before using it in my studio.

“Grasshopper”, Charcoal pastel on paper, 15” x 22”, 2009-10-03

Portrait of a Young Woman

2009-10-05T10:01:00.003-05:00

I drew a portrait of my nephews girlfriend yesterday. I met her at his graduation last spring but didn't catch her name.

"Young Woman", Graphite Pencil on paper, 7"x5", 2009-10-04

Halloween Art Trading Cards

2009-09-25T08:26:00.002-05:00

Here are a couple little Art Cards I drew while watching Project Runway on TV. Shading under the flickering light of the old tube.

"Poor Yorick", Graphite pencil, 2.5"x3.5", 2009-09-10

"Happy Skull", Graphite pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2009-09-10

Color Wheel

2009-09-14T13:29:00.002-05:00

For this drawing of a color wheel I used cast off husks from cicada nymphs they left hanging to tree trunks.

“Color Wheel”, Color Pencil on paper, 14” x 17”, 2009-09-01

Wasp, Swatted

2009-09-11T11:56:00.003-05:00

A couple days ago I was eating breakfast and reading the newspaper. A wasp landed on the middle of the paper and started pouring over the editorial page. I got up, went to the pantry, grabbed a fly swatter, and went back to the kitchen. whatever the newsmen had written must have been of great interest to the wasp because it was still crawling along the text, I guess it was a slow reader. I gave it a swat with the fly swatter which pretty much did it in as much as it curled up with its head on backwards. Every the optimist I took it up to my studio and put it under the magnifier.

End of story here is the drawing. “Wasp, Swatted”, Charcoal on paper, 14” x 17”, 2009-09-10

End of the Serenade

2009-09-10T10:31:00.005-05:00

Here is another drawing in my new series of Insects. This cicada had been run over in the middle of the street and I peeled it up from the pavement. It is drawn in charcoal with gray pastel and just a hint of green.

“End of the Serenade”, Charcoal pastel on paper, 15” x 22”, 2009-09-04

Woodcut Little Dog

2009-08-22T15:51:00.003-05:00

I finally pulled the edition on this Art Trading Card sized print and let it dry. It is of a little dog my niece had at my parents last year. The dog was mostly black and white and I put it on a green background.

"Little Doggy" 2.5"Wx3.5"T, Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2009, Edition of 10

What is brown and sounds like a bell?

2009-08-19T06:29:00.003-05:00

Dung. Or a Dung beetle to be precise. I found a dung beetle in my basement, it had crawled out of the ash pit under the fireplace. I have never used the fireplace but the grackles drop all sorts of crap down the chimney including themselves. Beetle Heaven.

This drawing has over twenty hours of work into it, I find color pencil can be very tedious to use but has a look that can be worth it. For me the color study was about texture and the nature of the grid work applied to the background and the beetle.

“Dung Beetle”, Color Pencil on paper, 14” x 17”, 2009-08-18

Bat, After the Fall

2009-07-21T08:09:00.003-05:00

“Bat, After the Fall”, Charcoal pastel on paper, 14” x 17”, 2009-07-11

I found a dead bat in my studio a while ago and I set it on a plate and left it to molder. The wings and legs came off the carcas when I last moved it so I did this drawing. It is still on it's plate in my studio.

dragon fly in charcoal

2009-07-13T07:42:00.004-05:00

I found a dead dragonfly while walking the dog and took it home, robbing the ants of their lunch.

“Dragonfly”, Charcoal on paper, 14” x 17”, 2009-07-10

Portrait of a Young man in graphite

2009-06-26T06:42:00.004-05:00

"Young Man", Graphite Pencil on paper, 7"x5", 2009-06-24

Aquatic Hobby Horse

2009-06-22T10:42:00.003-05:00

I jammed out another in my hobby horse series, this one based on a sea horse shaped hobby horse. The hobby horse itself is a solid royal blue and sits in a play area with other animal themed hobby horses. This one is located in Waite Park in Minneapolis.

“Aquatic Hobby Horse”, Pastel on paper, 22” x 30”, 2009-06-21

The original drawing as well as fine art prints are available for sale at:
http://www.yessy.com/braindead/drawings.html?i=19343

Protrait of Bob

2009-06-21T13:14:00.003-05:00

Last week I started making small portrait drawings in the 5x7 size with color pencil. Here is the third one I did.

"Bob", Color Pencil on paper, 7"x5", 2009-06-21

Spring Art Party

2009-06-17T06:36:00.004-05:00

Last weekend was the Spring Art Party located in Weber park Minneapolis MN. The day was perfect and a lot of people came out to the park. I only had time to do one drawing while there and I did a 6x9 greyhound.

"Green and Red Greyhound", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-06-08

The original drawing and fine art prints of it can be purchased online at:
http://www.yessy.com/braindead/drawings.html?i=18174

A Bad Heart

2009-05-29T09:08:00.004-05:00

In this drawing I use the biohazard symbol in the center of the chest region of the figure.
“A Bad Heart”, Pastel and charcoal on paper, 22” x 30”, 2009-04-04

Sniffing

2009-05-04T07:54:00.003-05:00

A green and yellow dog is shown sniffing around a blue background.

"Sniffing", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-04-26

Doggy Reverberations

2009-05-01T09:22:00.002-05:00

Here is another drawing of a dog in which I focus on lines in and outside of the dogs silhouette. I chose a lavender base for the interior with green on the outside and yellow tying the whole together.

"Doggy Reverberations", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-04-25

This original drawing as well as fine art prints can be purchased at:
http://www.yessy.com/braindead/drawings.html?i=2749

Blue Belly dog

2009-04-30T07:32:00.002-05:00

Another little dog drawn while I waited. This last batch was all drawn at six by nine inches because this size scales exactly to four by six for postcards. I will be matting the originals to eleven by fourteen for display and sale at art festivals.

"Blue Belly", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-04-25

This original drawing as well as fine art prints can be purchased online at:

http://www.yessy.com/braindead/drawings.html?i=607

Intense

2009-04-29T07:03:00.003-05:00

Last weekend was spent at the Saint Paul Art crawl. I had a space in the hallway of the Rossmor building which is a nice converted wharehouse full of artists lofts/condos. Interesting to see gentrification in action as many of the units are owned by non-artists and demand and prices go up.

Foot traffic through the building was slow where I was set up, possibly because there were no open artist studios on the floor I was on, possibly because the building is so big the space becomes to diffuse. End result is sales were very slow for me so I worked on some little drawings. Here is the first one I did.

"Intense", color pencil, 6"x9", 2009-04-25

Woodcut print "Five in the Sky"

2009-04-20T07:34:00.002-05:00

This is the first of a new series of woodcut prints which are going to be 5x5 printed on 6x6 paper. They will all be treetop pictures.

"Five in the Sky", 5"Tx5"W Wood Cut Print, Four color, 2009 Edition of 10

Originals from this edition can be purchased on at:
http://www.yessy.com/braindead/Prints.html?i=3246

"A Bad Heart" a new drawing

2009-04-06T08:41:00.002-05:00

This drawing started out as an idea about a shadow figure with a biohazard symbol in the chest area. As I was working I decided to add the text in a scumbled blue lettering with just a tinting of green inside the figure.

“A Bad Heart”, Pastel and charcoal on paper, 22” x 30”, 2009-04-04

The original and prints are available at:
http://www.yessy.com/braindead/drawings.html?i=8310

Skinned naked Under the Lights

2009-04-03T07:13:00.003-05:00

The figure in this drawing is red with dark blue undertones and a hint of a spine contorted in an impossible manner. The background is a swirling spiky mass of ochre and brown.

"Skinned naked Under the Lights", Pastel and Charcoal on Paper, 22"x30", 1991, John Terwilliger

Newly photographed old work

2009-03-24T06:59:00.004-05:00

I finally started rephotographing old work which has hung in my studio or been stored in a flat file since 1989. They were originally all documented on slides which did not scan very well so I have not been posting these. I also never showed any but one from this series of shadow drawings outside my studio.

"Consideration of a Dream", Pastel and Charcoal on Paper, 22"x30", 1989, John Terwilliger

Purchase the original or fine art prints on line at:
http://www.yessy.com/braindead/drawings.html?i=27637

Fire Dance

2009-02-27T07:00:00.002-06:00

"Fire Dance", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2009-01-04
This is another ACEO (art card editions originals) I have made this year. I have been doing quite a number of these as they sell well and I get my name in front of active collectors. This one is based on a photo of a guy limbo dancing around a fire at a beach party.

Heart Art Trading Cards

2009-02-11T11:40:00.004-06:00

I did a bunch of drawings of hearts running up to Valentines day. Here are three of them. Prints are avaiable at http://www.yessy.com/braindead/hearts.html

"Moving in Heart", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2009-01-08

"Blue dot Heart", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2009-01-08

"Checkered Heart", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2009-01-08

Calico Maple Leaf

2009-01-27T15:01:00.002-06:00

"Calico Maple Leaf", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-24

That-A-Way

2009-01-22T09:11:00.003-06:00

"That-a-Way", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-27

Green Moon Elm

2009-01-19T15:26:00.002-06:00

"Green Moon Elm", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-24

Plaid Dancer

2009-01-16T08:34:00.003-06:00

"Plaid Dancer", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-18

Spotted Elm Leaf

2009-01-15T13:36:00.001-06:00

"Spotted Elm Leaf", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-15

Turning Maple Leaf

2009-01-14T11:22:00.003-06:00

"Turning Maple Leaf", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-15

Ginkgo Leaf

2009-01-11T08:31:00.002-06:00

"Ginkgo Leaf", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-14

Red Oak Leaf

2009-01-04T12:41:00.001-06:00

"Red Oak Leaf ", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-12

Red Maple Leaf

2008-12-20T10:59:00.001-06:00

"Red Maple Leaf ", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-11

Basswood Leaf

2008-12-19T08:23:00.003-06:00

"Basswood Leaf ", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-07

Maple Leaf

2008-12-13T10:46:00.002-06:00

"Maple Leaf ", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-06

Art trading card "Leaf"

2008-12-12T12:40:00.004-06:00

I think this is an elm leaf. But I am not an expert.
"Leaf ", colored pencil on card stock, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-04

New Art Trading Card Oak Leaf

2008-12-07T10:17:00.002-06:00

"Oak Leaf ", colored pencil on card stock, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-12-04 by John Terwilliger

ATC drawing Maple Leaf

2008-12-05T06:55:00.002-06:00

This is the first non relief print I have done in the ATC ACEO size format. "Maple Leaf ", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-11-30

New Miniprint, "Looking up"

2008-11-28T09:35:00.002-06:00

"Looking UP", 2.5"Tx1.5"W Wood Cut Print, Single color, 2008/10/27 Edition of 10

Another Art Trading Card "Studio Prop"

2008-11-25T12:55:00.001-06:00

"Studio Prop", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Wood Cut Print, Two color, 2008 Edition of 10

Young Mouse Miniprint

2008-11-23T10:02:00.003-06:00

"Young Mouse", 1.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008/11/12 Edition of 20

Gopher Skull with color

2008-11-21T06:45:00.002-06:00

"Gopher Skull", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008 Edition of 10

Miniprint, Bright dead

2008-11-14T07:20:00.002-06:00

Another in my "Miniprint" series. If timing is everything I already died and no one told me. "Bright Dead", 2.5"Tx1.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008/10/20 Edition of 20

Miniprint Black cat

2008-11-12T07:19:00.002-06:00

Here is another in my Halloween miniprint series. These small works are a lot of fun to make as it includes designing the humorous box.
"Black Cat", 1.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008/10/20 Edition of 20

Color pencil drawing of a Maple Leaf

2008-11-07T07:46:00.003-06:00

As I wandered around this fall I started paying close attention to the leaves falling from the trees. Like a snowflake they are all different in the way the color changes. "Maple Leaf #1", colored pencil, 11"x8", 2008-11-03

Miniprint, Siamese Cat

2008-10-21T07:27:00.004-05:00

What is a Miniprint? It is any print smaller than an ATC (art trading card) or ACEO (art card, editions, and orignals).

The series I am working on is specific to the width of a standard 1x2 peice of lumber, which is 1 1/2" wide. I have lots of scrap wood this size and I cut a bunch into lengths 2 1/2" long which gives the print size of 1-1/2"x 2-1/2". I chose this size so it could fit into a standard cigarette box sized container and be put into an Art Vending Machine (covnerted cig machine). The print comes in it's own custom designed box.

"Siamese Cat", 2.5"Tx1.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008/10/16 Edition of 20

Gopher Skull

2008-10-15T06:22:00.002-05:00

"Gopher Skull", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Wood Cut Print, Single color, 2008 Edition of 10

Area of a Circle

2008-10-13T06:48:00.002-05:00

"Area of a Circle", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008 Edition of 10

New ACEO "Wickedly Happy"

2008-10-09T06:32:00.002-05:00

"Wickedly Happy", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008 Edition of 10

Happy Skull and Green Skull

2008-10-07T06:23:00.003-05:00

"Happy Skull", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Single block, 2008 Edition of 10
"Green Skull", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008 Edition of 10

Drinking Sheba

2008-10-05T08:24:00.002-05:00

"Drinking Sheba", 4"Tx5.5"W Wood Cut Print, Four color, 2008 Edition of 10

Look Out

2008-09-25T06:26:00.003-05:00

More Muerte for this upcoming Day of the Dead. "Look out", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, two color, 2008 Edition of 11 by John Terwilliger

Circumference of a Circle

2008-09-23T11:01:00.002-05:00

An equation ACEO.

"Circumference of a Circle" 2.5"Wx3.5"T, Wood Cut Print, three color, 2008, Edition of 10 by John Terwilliger

Psychedelic Muerte

2008-09-22T06:28:00.002-05:00

Bringing a little joy to the dead, here is a light colored woodcut print.
"Psychedelic Muerte", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, four color, 2008 Edition of 10 by John Terwilliger

Ghost Rodent

2008-09-15T06:14:00.002-05:00

This tiny mouse crawled into the passenger door pocket in my truck and died.

"Ghost Rodent", Pastel on primed hardboard, 11"x14", 2008/09/13

Trusty #8

2008-09-09T08:39:00.002-05:00

Here is another in my hobby horse series. I started this one sitting at a slow arts festival. I deliberately put the highlights opposite the shadow.
"Trusty #8", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 9.25"Tx 12.25"W. 2008/08/17 By John Terwilliger

Orange tree with Monolith

2008-09-07T07:19:00.003-05:00

"Orange tree with Monolith" Pastel on plywood, "Tx "W. 2008/08/17/10 by John Terwilliger

She' Still Moping

2008-08-31T07:06:00.001-05:00

"She' Still Moping", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/24

Green Dog

2008-08-30T08:12:00.003-05:00

"Green Dog", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/24

Blue Balls

2008-08-28T07:04:00.003-05:00

"Blue Balls", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/24 by John Terwilliger

Bulldog

2008-08-27T06:28:00.003-05:00

"Bulldog", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/24

Shaggy Yapper

2008-08-26T06:43:00.003-05:00

This small dog seemed to be all hair. An ankle biter at best.
"Shaggy Yapper", Pastel on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/23

Who Me?

2008-08-25T07:38:00.002-05:00

I needed several more little drawings of dogs to make a mini-book so I spent the weekend drawing a bunch. All are done to postcard size mostly in colored pencil or pastel pencil.

"Who Me?", Pastel on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/23 by John Terwilliger

Puppy Flier

2008-08-24T09:13:00.002-05:00

"Puppy Flier", Pastel on acid free matt board. 4"Tx6"W. 2008/08/23

Smiley wood cut print

2008-08-13T07:24:00.003-05:00

To go with the last post of Mr. Yuk I offer up a Smiley face.

"Smiley", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008 Edition of 8

Mr. Yuk

2008-08-12T06:22:00.001-05:00

"Mister Yuk", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008 Edition of 10

biohazard

2008-08-11T06:41:00.001-05:00

I have started a series of little prints of standard symbols. Here is the first.

"Biohazard", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Three color, 2008 Edition of 10

2008-07-22T15:36:00.003-05:00

On this drawing I added the radiation warning symbol after I drew the tree. I was not really happy with the result but after I toned it down some I decided it would be OK.

"Green Tree with Warning Moon", Pastel on plywood, 20T"x27.5"W, 2008/07/20

New drawing I did while at the Fallout art Festival

2008-07-20T21:09:00.004-05:00

The day started out with a short sprinkle and ended with a down pour. I did the finishing touches to the drawing Sunday morning.

"Shadow figure study #13", Color Pencil on acid free matt board. 9.5"Tx7.5"W. 2008/07/20

Hidden Corona

2008-07-15T09:14:00.002-05:00

"Hidden Corona", Charcoal and Pastel on Plywood, 15"TWx22"W, 2008/07/13 by John Terwilliger

Speed Racer

2008-07-14T07:02:00.004-05:00

This is the tird in a series of drawings using playground hobby horses as subject matter. In this drawing I used oil pastel for the first time in over 15 years. I an not sure I like it on plywood but who can tell.

"Speed Racer", Oil pastel on plywood, 15"Tx22"w, 2008/07/13

Political prints

2008-07-11T08:00:00.005-05:00

While not partisan these are political in a sense. The idea is all voters should be informed on the candidates and issues.

Again theme and variation is the rule and all were run in small editions. The yellow in #3 is brighter because I force dried the other editions in the oven at 195 degree. Speedball ink in the reds and yellows color shifts/darkens when heat is applied.

"Vote Know #1", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Linoleum Cut Print, two color, 2008 Edition of 4

"Vote Know #2", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Linoleum Cut Print, two color, 2008 Edition of 3

"Vote Know #3", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Relief Print, two color, 2008 Edition of 5

e=mc2

2008-07-10T21:23:00.003-05:00

This little print was fun to make. First I carved the mirror image formula and the radiation warning symbol. Then I print the formula in black and forced dryed it with my heat gun. Then I printed the red radiation symbol and also force dryed that. Then final step was to over print in green with the formula block but apply no pressure so the inking was very uneven.

"E=MC2", 2.5"Tx3.5"W Wood Cut Print, three color, 2008 Edition of 5

"Red Treetop"

2008-07-05T07:17:00.004-05:00

This drawing is done on 9x12 paper in color pencil. I am not sure I like the medium.

"Red Treetop" Colored Pencil on paper, 8"x11", 2008/07/04

J-Me

2008-07-04T08:15:00.001-05:00

"J-Me", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, four block, 2008 Edition of 10

2008-07-02T07:08:00.004-05:00

Here is and addition of color to the original black and white print. I added a red background and a light grey pink foreground, which didn't scan well.

"Red hot Dead", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, three block, 2008 Edition of 10

New drawing Hobby Horse #2

2008-06-29T09:37:00.001-05:00

As I finished this drawing I wondered about the mounting spring and whether it is needed in the drawings. All of my subjects are from parks, and they are all mounted the same way. I guess only time will tell whether I leave it in the future drawings.

"Hobby Horse #2", Pastel on Rives BFK White paper, 22T"x30W", 2008/06/27 - John Terwilliger

The top of my Head

2008-06-27T10:27:00.003-05:00

The next in the black and white day of the dead themed art trading card sized prints I am doing. Soon color editions will be done of these. I am going to produce at least 16 prints in this series.

"The top of my Head", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Single block, 2008 Edition of 10 by John Terwilliger

"What's Up" ATC Wood cut print

2008-06-25T11:26:00.004-05:00

"What's Up", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Single block, 2008 Edition of 20 by John Terwilliger

"Portrait of a Dead Friend" woodcut print

2008-06-24T07:37:00.002-05:00

Here is another dia de los meurtos print "Portrait of a Dead Friend", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Single block, 2008 Edition of 20 by John Terwilliger. Coming soon color versions. I am cutting the additional blocks now. When the ink dries I'll be posting.

"Harshly Lit Tree"

2008-06-23T06:59:00.001-05:00

I finished a drawing in the new series and decided to do another treetop drawing on plywood. This one uses a dark brown in lieu of black mostly. "Harshly Lit Tree", Charcoal and Pastel on Plywood, 15"TWx20"W, 2008/06/22 John Terwilliger

Day of the dead print

2008-06-22T07:08:00.004-05:00

"Muerte", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Single block, 2008 Edition of 20

More ATC ACEO woodcut prints

2008-06-21T07:08:00.004-05:00

I have started getting a jump on "The Day of the Dead" artwork with some new ACEO (art cards, editions, originals) ATC (art trading cards) sized relief prints as the one print I have is sold out. My concept on this series is each print has a black and white version with and edition size of 20 and a multi-color version with an edition size of ~10. So here is the first Black and White print, more to follow. - John Terwilliger

"Just a Touch to Late", 3.5"Tx2.5"W Wood Cut Print, Single block, 2008 Edition of 20

Walking the Bike

2008-06-19T07:32:00.003-05:00

Here is another work currently on display at Altered Esthetic Gallery in Minneapolis as part of the Bike Art III show.

"Walking the Bike", 6"Tx4"W Wood cut Print, Single Block, 2008, editon of 15, John Terwilliger

First drawing in a new series - Hobby Horses

2008-06-17T07:24:00.003-05:00

I am embarking on a new series of drawings of Hobby Horses as found in city parks. So far I have found that it seems all the parks have different themes of Hobby Horse from horses to airplanes to dinosaurs. This should prove to be a light and fun series. I will, of course, continue to draw treetops (ten on view June-July 2008 in Rochester) shadows and all manner of other subjects. Enjoy.

"Hobby Horse #1", Pastel on Rives BFK White paper, 22T"x30W", 2008/06/16, John Terwilliger

Look Here

2008-06-13T07:38:00.004-05:00

"Look Here", Charcoal and Pastel on Plywood, 19.5"Tx 29.5"W, 2006/06/08, John Terwilliger