This is pretty straight forward, just a portrait of Matt. As I taking the reference pictures, he mentioned that he liked his shades and I think it is one of the the coolest things on this painting - just how dark they are, but still showing some transparency.
Last Friday I had the pleasure to be part of the 2009 SHO Foundation Art show in Winter Park, Florida. The "Simply Helping Others" Foundation and Brook Pifer put together a great event, helping the Arts and the Orlando area kids that will be affected by the huge budget cuts in education this year.
Freelance illustrator/Painter based in FL with a BFA in illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design. Recent clients include the Sci-fi Channel's GhostHunter star Steve Gonsalves and the TAPS Paramagazine, Playboy Enterprises, Inc., The Dallas Observer, The Orlando Weekly, Financial Executive Magazine and a collaboration on the recently released book "The Hamptons Dictionary"
My artwork has been displayed at the group gallery shows: Orlando Music Festival Rock Walk Art Show, the Third Thursday, Q Gallery, ROHO art and coffee at CityArts Factory in Downtown Orlando, 1st Thursdays at the Orlando Museum of Art and most recently, Neon Forest Gallery. Featured in the march 2008 Acontece Magazine in South Florida - a latino/brazilian community art and culture magazine - as a newcomer illustrator to watch in Central Florida.
For more artwork and information, visit www.grapesodastudio.com.
