Artwork
2010
Jessica, Nook, and Natasha
xx"xxx" Sepia ink on top of blue gauche wash on watercolour paper. For Figure Drawing with Chris Woods.
Van Gogh Reproduction
xx"xxx" Oil paint on heavy watercolour paper. Reproduction of a Van Gogh self-portrait, for Intro Paint.
Shell
11"x14". Ink, gauche, coloured pencil, wax on bristol paper. Done with mainly quill and squirrel ink brush.
Quick Self Portrait
24"x18". Conte on cartridge paper. For Figure Drawing with Chris Woods. Rubbing conte into paper technique.
Alien Spaceship Coming For You
24"x18". Conte on cartridge paper. For Figure Drawing with Chris Woods. Portrait of house cat + rubbing conte into paper technique
Man Reclining from Behind
Pastels and Sharpie marker on Academia paper. For Figure Drawing with Chris Woods.
Relaxed Beach Lady
xx"xxx". Charcoal on cartridge paper. In class model from Chris Woods' Figure Drawing
NSCAD Figure Drawing
Digital. Sharpie blind-countours, editted in Photoshop CS 5. Portrait of Chris Woods' Figure Drawing class.
Cheering Crow at Concert
20"x30". Conte and charcoal on stonehenge paper. Large drawing project for Chris Woods' Figure Drawing
Swimming Men
11"x14". Sharpie markers on bristol paper.
David Bowie
xx"xxx". Sharpie marker and Crayola coloured pencil on bristol paper.
Skull study from Life
xx"xxx". Acrylic on Academia paper. For Intro Paint.
B&W Portrait Study from Master Artist
xx"xxx". Acrylic on Mayfair paper. For Intro Paint.
B&W Quick Self Portrait from Mirror
xx"xxx". Acrylic on Academia paper. For Intro Paint.
B&W Self Portrait from Mirror
xx"xxx". Acrylic on Academia paper. For Intro Paint.
Weavile using Dark Pulse
11"x14". Ink, Sharpie, watercolour on bristol. Illustration of a pokemon using an attack for blog & fun.
Portrait of Justin Tomchuk
xx"xxx". Oil on canvas. Final for Intro Paint.
Setup Meaningful Objects Still Life
xx"xxx". Oil paint on hand built canvas. For Intro Paint.
Figure Drawing Study - Female & Drag Queen
xx"xxx". Guache on cardboard.
Flowers
11"x14". Ink, guache, coloured pencil.
Undesired Legs
11"x14". Ink, guache, Crayola spiderwriters.
Every Kind of Bird
11"x14". Ink, markers, Crayola Spiderwriters.
B&W Self Portrait from Photo
16"x12". Acrylic on masonite. Assignment for a Intro Paint class.
Low Intensity Still Life
Acrylic on Academia paper. Assignment for a Intro Paint class to study low intensity colours.
High Intensity Still Life
Acrylic on masonite. Assignment for a Intro Paint class to study high intensity colours.
Study of an olive
Oil on masonite. Assignment for a Intro Paint class.
Study of a banana
Oil on masonite. Assignment for a Intro Paint class, over top of an existing painting (stripes in this case).
2009
A Picture of Sound
20.5"x11.75". Wax, paper towels, construction paper, acrylic yarn, wool, tape, postit notes, ect. Image made of various material while experimenting with wax and paper towels.
Rita MacNeil
Collage, tape, chocolate wrappers, marker pens, white out, Sharpie.
Concept drawing for Character: Kazren Shaadin
24"x28". Ink, coloured pencil on cartridge paper. Concept drawing of one of my characters. Not for sale: my character, and this has been ran over by cats.
January - 2009
22.25"x14.5". Ink, pencil, candle wax, smoke, red pen on Arches watercolour paper.
Obelisk Houses Complementing a Mountain Range with a View of Hell's Elevator
24"x36". Acrylic on canvas board. Collaboration with Natasha Petras during February, when she visited.
Self Portrait: Zombie
16"x24". Acrylic on masonite board. Self Portrait 1 for David Armstrong's Paint-Print class. My experience during Semester 1.
Self Portrait: Pretty Pony
16"x12". Acrylic on masonite board. Self Portrait 0 for David Armstrong's Paint-Print class. This is my symbol.
BOC Self Portrait
13.5"x9.75". Approrpiated National Geographics Photo, Various width Sharpies, Red Candle Wax on Cardboard.
Value Scale Study - Colour
11.75"x10". Acrylic on canvas. Paint/Print with David Armstrong. Colour value study of a object made of paint chips.
Value Scale Study - Black&White
11.75"x10". Acrylic on canvas. Paint/Print with David Armstrong. Grayscale value study of a object made of paint chips.
Lowher
8.75"x13.5". Relief print on masa paper. Paint/Print with David Armstrong. Based on an image I wanted to draw for years and a poem I wrote while hallicunating in the dark.
Urban Skyline
8.875"x11.25". Intalgio on Somerset paper. Paint/Print with David Armstrong, Concept: decay.
Woman
17.75"x29.5". Gel medium transfers of menstrual blood on Japanese paper.
Memory Study of Fox Skull
16"x12". Acrylic. Painted from sketches and memory. Paint/Print with David Armstrong.
Destructions of War
25"x37". Too big of a list of mixed media... includes chocolate wrappers, old drawings, onions... Drawing II assignment for Chris Woods' class - Make an image about the destruction of war + Jameel's "red paint, onions, kissing" assignment.
Workshop with Alex Kanevsky
25"x37". Acrylic and Sharpie marker on cartridge paper.
Untitled Body Art
EOS Digital Rebel, Processing done in Adobe Photoshop CS3. I drew on myself with designer markers.
2008
Circle of Life
20"x30". Acrylic on premade canvas. Long and painfully awaited commission. Story of trees representing the ups and downs of life.
NOT FOR SALE - Property of Rajeev Thakur.
Gesture Drawing No. 2
Standard newsprint. Conte. Overlayed gesture drawings from Drawing II (Chris Woods) at NSCAD.
Gesture Drawing No. 1
Standard newsprint. Conte. Overlayed gesture drawings from Drawing II (Chris Woods) at NSCAD.
Real Tony
22"x37.75". Conte and acrylic on mural paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 10 - Re-illustrate an illustration. Seriously... Tony don't like cereal.
Most Fragile Self
19.25"x25.75". Charchoal, Sharpie marker, conte, Halloween make-up, gauche on Fabrino acid free paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 8 - Halloween mask? Mask made out of an imprint of my face. Superficial me vs. my soul.
My Mum's Mind
22"x30". Christmas photograph, charcoal, charcoal pencil, conte, Tria and Sharpie markers, parchment paper on Stonghenge paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 7 - Integrate photograph into drawing. An interpretation of how my mum's mind is.
Rice Cabbage Girl
17"x16.5". Toasted paper, vellum, oil pastel, onion skin, masking tape, Sharpie marker. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 6 - Figure drawing using objects to compose figure. Reaction to my allergy-influenced diet.
Cedar Moth Beetle
30"x11". Ink, coffee, prisma colour on Arches watercolour paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 5 - Invent a beetle, emphasizing volume. (Note: Fake Latin.)
The Hopeful People and The Bridge to Nowhere
30"x22". Ink on Arches watercolour paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 4 - Perspective in a fantasy landscape. Modelled after the granary elevators by the ViaRail station in Halifax.
My Egon Schiele No. 2
10"x14". Gauche, uniball pen on 140lb sketchbook paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 3 - b) Keep the formal elements of the drawing, but make your own.
My Egon Schiele No. 1
10"x14". Gauche, charcoal on sketchbook paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 3 - a) Do a study of a drawing by a master artist, trying to understand the process undergone.
Urban Country
24"x18". Willow charcoal, prisma colour pencil, white watercolour paint on acid free pastel paper. NSCAD Foundation Drawing II Project No. 2 - landscape, where a feature is replaced by popcorn.
