My Early College Era Artworks

This page contains a lot of Prints and Paintings from my Early College years. Also included are some of my mixed media experiments from AP Art at Franklin High School.  This was some of the funnest and most inspired works I have created! - T.

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watch me, watch me, ...You're not ready!

DJ Hype intro.

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Idea board I on Flickr.

This is painting/ink/pencil work that I did in a series of Idea boards. They all started off as just a large sheet with ideas and doodles that I had been noting and then later layered with a series of washes and experiments with water color. Some have been given a wash of gesso. This one utilizes moving of the canvas to slowly push around and mix pure pigment watercolors.

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Idea Board II on Flickr.

This is painting/ink/pencil work that I did in a series of Idea boards. They all started off as just a large sheet with ideas and doodles that I had been noting and then later I layered acrylic and watercolor painting. The acrylic in the center was initially a stop animation I did as I painted. It evolved slowly into cubic forms with multicolored panels.

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beyond genetics on Flickr.

This is a monotype intaglio print I did with a komatex plate. It is an early piece and reflects my interests in physics and string theory related phenomenon.

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Mandolinist in Hills on Flickr.

Here is a mixed media piece I did. It is somewhat autobiographical but mostly captures a time period. It reflects the running organic flowing of bluegrass inspired music at the time and this is how I remember it.

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Hobo Hut, Westside El Paso

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Minimal Meditations

This is a print I did via serigraphy/screenprint that involved a a photo stencil of a drawing and many experiments with stray screens and masking tape to create the ambient background of greys. This was a fun and meditative process that I came up with. I feel it goes well with the concept of meditative processes and would make a good wall piece for someone’s house or a coffeeshop of some kind.

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Daily Transcendence

This is a experimental screenprint I did early on in my printmaking. I did this one with many layers. It has an element of meditation as related to Indian tradition. This is an expression of how I feel it is. The playfulness and blacklight effect were a style I had been experimenting with at the time.

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The Shaman

This is one of my earliest intaglio prints I did here at utep. I still have the plate! I really like the idea of the shaman and especially at this time. This is how I would express what I have learned so far about the Shaman.

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Looking Glass

I did this abstract piece starting with drypoint etching and then moving on to scrape and burnish and aquatint. I feel I really put a lot of time into this one and I love the results! This one incorporated Magnesium to bring out the whites!

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Korn "Cover"

This is a piece I did one time for the KORN cover contest. I never submitted it and upon seeing the piece that won I was glad I didn’t! This one was about overcoming. It is mixed media and encorporated all sorts of ideas I was having at the time.

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Ambulance Around this Brain...

This is a mixed media I found that I did way back. The Image is washed with a multitude of color flashes. The maps that made the backdrop were actual maps to parties that I collected.

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The Unknown Muncher

Here is a small aluminum plate litho that I did of the unkown muncher. I came up with this little guy to be representative of my promotions in art and music. Long story short he is sort of a default for a promotion company.

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Leave Home

This is a Lithograph I did a while back. I really like the richness of the print and how good the lighter drawing came out as well. The image is a little silly and fun but I think it really captured a spirit of what it can be like behind the scenes sometimes when you are young and ragin’!

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Silence Is Golden

Common Quote. 

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the underground

Komatex Monotype Etching.

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mi vida loca

Komatex Monotype Etching.