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Pics from TOMS Shoes Event

This past Saturday I worked as an event consultant artist for TOMS Shoes Inc at Nordstroms at the Burlington Mall. I was there for three hours customizing costumer’s shoes. Myself and four other artists used markers and paint to draw patterns, flowers, animals, and all other manner of images on… Read More »Pics from TOMS Shoes Event

Series of Sicily

After spending Spring break 2012 in Sicily as part of a travel & art class at University of Hartford, I came back to the United States ready to make artwork about what struck me most during my time abroad. I am extremely proud of these three paintings. They can be… Read More »Series of Sicily

New Banners

I made some new standard banner and half banners to match my current website theme and logo. If you have a website of your own, and would like to trade advertising, please, take a banner and send me an email with a banner of your own. Serious (creative & relevant)… Read More »New Banners

Modern Dancers

Last painting done for my senior thesis! This one is of two modern dancers whom I photographed at the University of Hartford Hartt School. They were a joy to photograph, and provided my camera with all sorts of elegant  and gravity defying shots. I chose to paint this particular pose… Read More »Modern Dancers

Granite State Comic Con 2

I had such a wonderful time today at Granite State Comic Con! Everyone I met was really friendly, and the con was refreshingly small. You can read my entire review of the convention here: http://shaunartcosplay.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/review-of-granite-state-comic-con/ on my cosplay blog. If you are just visiting my site for the first time, as… Read More »Granite State Comic Con 2

Granite State Comic Con

Hey Everyone! Earlier in the week i announced that I will be exhibiting at the Granite State Comicon Artists Alley this Sunday, June 10th, 700 Elm Street, Radisson Center – Manchester, NH The convention is a one-day event, and runs from 10am – 6pm. The artist’s alley opens at 10… Read More »Granite State Comic Con

Great Yard Sale Finds

Yesterday I participated in the Mother to Mother annual community yard sale at the Memorial school in Burlington, Ma. Participation is open to the community and the purpose of the event is to draw more traffic to local treasure sellers by combining a bunch of smaller yard sales into a… Read More »Great Yard Sale Finds

Etsy Shop is Back

Hey readers, I finally had a little bit of time to populate my Etsy shop again this evening! I am trying to clean out some old inventory, as well as get around to selling items that I have never listed before. There are many more items on the way, but… Read More »Etsy Shop is Back

Chicago Poster

Another painting from senior year that fits with my thesis on art for the theatre, this is a retro-styled poster for the musical Chicago. Here I am show-casing the main character, Roxie Hart. I wanted to add several elements from the musical, such as the stage, and Chicago night life… Read More »Chicago Poster

Portraiture

Part of my senior thesis project was to do a series of three. I chose to do a series of three portraits, of three women, in three different modes of costume, interacting with three different classifications of animals. The first portrait is of a woman in a tradition costume. A… Read More »Portraiture

Cinderella

This painting is more concept art, but this time for the musical “Into the Woods.” This musical, if you haven’t seen it before, takes all of Grimm’s Fairy Tales and combines them into one great big story. Cinderella is a major character in the play, and as you know, her… Read More »Cinderella

Sketch book from Sicily

So, as my frequent readers know, I went to Sicily over my last spring break as part of a course at the University of Hartford. But because my semester was so crazy, I never got a chance to post my sketch book from the trip. Here, finally, are my best… Read More »Sketch book from Sicily

Little Shop

For the next few weeks I will be blogging about the individual pieces that made up my senior exhibition. In no particular order, I would like to start with this re-imagining of Audrey II, the monster from the musical ‘Little Shop of Horrors.’ For my senior project I choose to… Read More »Little Shop

Senior Show was a Great Success!

Two weekends ago my classmates and I celebrated the culmination of our art education with our senior exhibition. Our show was titled Vignettes, which represented the different worlds each of our work peered into, but also how unified the work because under one consistent method of presentation. In order to… Read More »Senior Show was a Great Success!

Senior Show in One Week!

I know it doesn’t look like much right now, but there is my senior show, all packed up in the corner of my dorm room, ready to be installed in the gallery next Thursday! The end of the semester is almost here and my senior exhibition is the culmination of… Read More »Senior Show in One Week!

New Business Cards!

I have new Business Cards! Check it out. I will be handing them out at my Senior Thesis Show on May 5th.

Vignettes Press Release

Vignettes  The Hartford Art School Illustration BFA Thesis Exhibition   What: The senior illustration class at the Hartford Art School is pleased to announce Vignettes: The Hartford Art School Illustration BFA Thesis Exhibition.  Featuring artwork by Mike Russo, Shauna Leva, Marissa Madonna, Lauren Moran, Jacob Aronow, Kristen Nawoschik, David Fiondella,… Read More »Vignettes Press Release

Spring Break in Sicily!

I just got back from an Amazing ten day working vacation in Sicily. I went on this trip as part of a Travel & Art class here at the University of Hartford Art school. Students could apply for the course for a chance to learn about field sketching while traveling… Read More »Spring Break in Sicily!

New Website Launch

The other day in a fit of inspiration, I set about the task of redesigning my website. This semester I’ve been learning a lot about branding myself as an artist, and one of my goals for the semester is to create a cohesive package of promotional materials which include website,… Read More »New Website Launch

Quick check in.

Hi World, You can blame the total lack of updates over the past month on my final semester of college. Though this is a very exciting time, it is also an incredibly busy one. At least you can look can look forward to a lot of new work in May.… Read More »Quick check in.

Body Modification Animation

As my frequent readers know, this past semester I took three independent studies which focused on the adornment and modification of the human body. One independent study was a psychology class, one was a makeup and wigcraft class, and the other was an art studio course. In this studio course… Read More »Body Modification Animation

The New Year

This post is to highlight a little project that I threw together at the last minute for my musician brother. He put out a new single titled “The New Year” this week, and the graphic that we collaboratively constructed is below. Nothing too special or complicated; this happened in about… Read More »The New Year

…Dear Liza, Dear Liza

This post is a continuation of yesterday’s article on the two paintings from a book illustration class that I completed this semester. For background on the class and the story, please go read my previous post! Today I have the second painting, which happens to be the last full-page spread… Read More »…Dear Liza, Dear Liza

Resourceful Gift Wrap

Here at school I don’t have access to stock piles of gift wrap, ribbon, and tags like I do at home. Instead, I had to get creative for a pre-holiday gift or two. I did some research online to see how others mad unique, but totally on-the-spot gift wrap before… Read More »Resourceful Gift Wrap

My Jack-o-lantern

I haven’t gotten to carve a jack-o-lantern in years! Being in College for Halloween every year makes it tough to find the time, the space, the supplies, and a place that allows candles to even show off the pumpkin. But because of the power outages in CT, I got to… Read More »My Jack-o-lantern

I am an EtsyBlogger

I am happy to announce that I am a newly accepted member of the EtsyBloggers team! They are a group of nice people who both sell things on Etsy, and love to blog about their craft. In celebration of my acceptant to this group, I will be writing a little… Read More »I am an EtsyBlogger