Hello again from my realm where I am lost somewhere between reality and fiction. I have completed the first painting since my surgery. "Calypso" yet another addition to my current exploration into mythology. "Calypso" is currently on exhibit at the French Art Colony in Gallipolis Ohio.
Calypso by ~RogueWolfStudios on deviantART
In July I will be taking several excursions to fresh landscapes in hopes of capturing some interesting photography and painting ideas. I am currently just enjoying my summer and I hope you are enjoying yours!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
The zen of what doesn't kill you.
First I want to thank everyone for prayers concerning this recovery. My knee replacement though severally complicated was and is a success to date. This has been the most painful surgery I can remember surviving. I am currently 5 weeks out and doing PT everyday. You know what they say "What doesn't kill you.......well doesn't kill you." Ah the zen of it all LOL! Seriously my God has left me amazed at his grace throughout all this, from the darkest nights to the most painful therapy sessions he is yet to leave me un-amazed. The song by friend and artist Bart Millard sums up my feelings on the past weeks. My time is limited as of lately and my art is currently on hold. I am making arrangements to get Altar Art back up as I have some very very cool stories to share but my other artwork seems to be on on pause. I have so many incredible ideas floating around in my skull so when life permits I will be back at the canvas, camera or computer. I will post as soon as I have something worthwhile to say! prayers and thanks to my many friends!
Jason
Jason
Monday, March 16, 2009
News
Hey there everyone hope the world is treating you well. I thought I would drop you a line and let everyone know how the art world of roguewolfstudios is going. First the Altar Art event with Romans Highway was an incredible experience! I believe we had over 270 people in attendance. The guys from the band are an incredible bunch of guys to hang with, it was a privilege to create with you! They will be having a CD release party soon check out http://www.myspace.com/romanshighway for more info!
I have been Featured! One of my latest works titled "Monkey King Steampunk" has been featured here http://news.deviantart.com/article/73185/ Thanks for the feature!
For the next few weeks I will be in and out of the studio. I will be having knee replacement surgery very soon and will be splitting my time between rehab and art. Stay tuned though as I am currently working on a 48"x36" painting titled "Roman's Highway" a painting inspired by the above mentioned bands name and the upcoming Easter season. I am also kicking out a few children's book illustrations for a friend and some World of Warcraft portfolio pieces. I will post when I can for your viewing pleasure!
Peace and prayers!
I have been Featured! One of my latest works titled "Monkey King Steampunk" has been featured here http://news.deviantart.com/article/73185/ Thanks for the feature!
For the next few weeks I will be in and out of the studio. I will be having knee replacement surgery very soon and will be splitting my time between rehab and art. Stay tuned though as I am currently working on a 48"x36" painting titled "Roman's Highway" a painting inspired by the above mentioned bands name and the upcoming Easter season. I am also kicking out a few children's book illustrations for a friend and some World of Warcraft portfolio pieces. I will post when I can for your viewing pleasure!
Peace and prayers!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
New Direction New Design 09
Where to begin? First the obvious, the website has been redesigned and new artwork has been added. A new logo has been designed and a new direction begins. I am moving away from the graphic design portion of my work to concentrate on my illustrations and paintings. I have also begun a new ministry titled "Altar Art" which is a performance art session. It is a christian centered teaching experience created to invoke the senses and grasp the attention of the youth. So far I have done three Altar Arts performances all of which were received with welcoming hearts. For an idea of what 'Altar Art" is please go to the following link http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11356&l=376e0&id=1434857404
For more info on "Altar Art" or if you would like to book me for your church service or youth group please contact me. "Have paint will travel!"
News on the latest event scheduled
The First Church of the Nazarene in Gallipolis Ohio in conjunction with True Life Student Ministries would like to invite you and your youth group to an exciting night of Praise and Worship through music and performance art. We are very fortunate to have one of the top local Christian Bands performing in our Church for their CD release concert. Romans Highway is a band that is well known in the local and surrounding area for their high energy style of praise and worship. They have just finished cutting their first CD and it is suppose to be done and available in time for this concert.
We are also proud to be able to showcase an artist that grow up here in Gallia County and graduated from Gallia Academy High School and Marshall University. Jason Queen will be with us to share his love of God and love of painting in a dramatic presentation that is sure to inspire and stir our hearts for a closer relationship with God.
This tremendous evening will occur on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Doors will open at 5:15 and the concert will begin at 6pm and will last till about 8pm.
You can learn more about Romans Highway and listen to a couple of their songs at HYPERLINK "http://www.myspace.com/romanshighway" www.myspace.com/romanshighway .
In my personal work I have recently been exploring a series in the concept of "Myth and Legend" Monkey King and Valkyrie have been completed. I will be working on a piece titled "Grey Man" which is a legend concerning the OBX very soon. Currently I am working on a portfolio piece from the World of Warcraft titled "Loque'Nahak" It should be completed with a few weeks. C U when I C U!
For more info on "Altar Art" or if you would like to book me for your church service or youth group please contact me. "Have paint will travel!"
News on the latest event scheduled
The First Church of the Nazarene in Gallipolis Ohio in conjunction with True Life Student Ministries would like to invite you and your youth group to an exciting night of Praise and Worship through music and performance art. We are very fortunate to have one of the top local Christian Bands performing in our Church for their CD release concert. Romans Highway is a band that is well known in the local and surrounding area for their high energy style of praise and worship. They have just finished cutting their first CD and it is suppose to be done and available in time for this concert.
We are also proud to be able to showcase an artist that grow up here in Gallia County and graduated from Gallia Academy High School and Marshall University. Jason Queen will be with us to share his love of God and love of painting in a dramatic presentation that is sure to inspire and stir our hearts for a closer relationship with God.
This tremendous evening will occur on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1110 First Ave. Gallipolis, Ohio 45631. Doors will open at 5:15 and the concert will begin at 6pm and will last till about 8pm.
You can learn more about Romans Highway and listen to a couple of their songs at HYPERLINK "http://www.myspace.com/romanshighway" www.myspace.com/romanshighway .
In my personal work I have recently been exploring a series in the concept of "Myth and Legend" Monkey King and Valkyrie have been completed. I will be working on a piece titled "Grey Man" which is a legend concerning the OBX very soon. Currently I am working on a portfolio piece from the World of Warcraft titled "Loque'Nahak" It should be completed with a few weeks. C U when I C U!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Play On Captain Stan
I can't pick up a brush without thinking of the man. The man we all knew as "Captain Stan" His colors were vibrant his brushstrokes the same. He saw with a vision that few could explain. His honesty refreshing his comments sublime. If you needed a friend well Stan made the time. As we sat in the hallways of musty old main, this brilliant old man could drive you insane, with political chatter of the world's rights and wrongs then you would look around you and see you were only one of his throng. Like gravity he pulled you to him but he never weighted you down. He could set your mind free with his guitar's unique sound. So when I shall paint now an Ode I will sing! To Stan the Man Sporny the grey headed king! You are missed Captain Stan!
Stan Sporny playing Guitar in his studio from delano on Vimeo.
Stan Sporny playing Guitar in his studio from delano on Vimeo.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Happy November 5th
Somehow in the comical cosmic sense of things it is humorous and a bit obscure that today is November 5th. I find it only fitting to bemuse you with a quaint clip from a political idealist. Enjoy!
He took the words right from my mouth.
He took the words right from my mouth.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Lessons from the paint 1
As an artist I am constantly up to my elbows in paint. I began my artistic career at the age of 8 although I remember creating art since I could hold a crayon. The act of creation still amazes me. It is one of the most basic and connecting aspects of all humanity. Everyone in some form or fashion creates. It's part of who God made us to be. Lately I have stopped listening to the noise of life and the murmurs of those who would have me walk their path and not my own. I have started listening to an amazing Creator who is just as willing to hang with you under a tree and watch the leaves fall as he is to sit by your side in a church service. My friend, father and Lord has recently revealed what I have come to call "Lessons from the Paint"
Lessons from the Paint are those incredible God moments where the creator of the universe bends down for just a second to reveal something so simple yet so profound. These lessons usually show as I have splattered paint from ear to ear and have entered the sacred silence of painting. This sacred silence is my deep meditative state where I exist in a different place and time. Minutes fade into hours as I live in this state of mind and the creator uses this brush of clay to make his art. That is something very important to remember before we continue - "I am just the brush, someone greater than myself is the painter. Give praise to the one who deserves praise" -Anyway I feel it only fair to share these wonderful moments with those who would listen or in this case...read.
Everyone has tried those little paint by number pieces of art sometime in their life. They are a fun and basic way of learning to paint. The thing is if you did absolutely nothing but paint by the numbers you would never truly learn to paint for yourself. You would in a sense limit the Creator because you were trying to walk in someone else's lines. Lines that constrict you to an acceptable level of creativity. Much like how the world wants to constrict you to a socially acceptable level of worship or joy. So many times in church or even in everyday life we only worship or truly connect with our God when directed to by the "lines". The lines are those who want to control us and fashion us into what they want us to be. I have listened to the "lines" for so long now. I once upon a time attempted to be what they wanted me to be. The thing about becoming one of them is you are not becoming ...well, YOU.
I can paint just about in any style or fashion I chose. It was part of my training as a professional artist. I can copy great masterpieces from the past and they can come pretty close to looking like a copy. Though I may be influenced from these great works of art, my art never truly becomes my own until I find my "style". It took my awhile to find my painterly style through experimentation and many many mistakes. Then one day it came in the painting "Morgan's World" I just relaxed into the painting and something greater than myself took over. I discovered that the creative process is in a sense linking into the one who is the Creator. This process is understanding your mistakes your failures and letting something greater take the reigns and guide you. This is the true creative process, at least for me. This experience is not a process that is constricted by laws and traditions but a process that is completely open and truthful. I am overcome with such an amazing sense of kinship with my Creator when I paint. It always astonishes me how he can take my complete disasters and transform them into something incredibly beautiful.
This revelation came to me as I was sitting trying to paint from a stencil on a wall mural. It was such a basic pattern when He reached down and said almost humorously "You are one of "My" painters and you're painting from a stencil? It would be so much better if you would just relax into the brush strokes and enjoy the process." So I relaxed, let myself surrender to something greater and painted. Would you like to know what happened? I made mistakes. Some lines were thicker and some thinner some even went way out of the stencil area. It was not a perfect painting but it was a painting that was done with my Creator. The finished product looked pretty cool. Sure if you looked close and wanted to you could see those mistakes. But when you stand back and look at the whole picture it's quite beautiful.
Like my painting I have made my mistakes. If you wanted to you could find and point out my mistakes but when I stand back and look at the whole picture I see the paint covered hand print of a God who loves me beyond imagining. I tried to stay in the "Lines" but it wasn't until I surrendered to the greatest painter did I learn my true style. A style that has influences from great painters but is still being who He made me to be. "I am not the next of them.... I am the first of me." Hoobastank once sang. I can attempt to walk to the "lines" beat, their mind sets and their pathway or chose the path that is less travelled. I choose to listen to the one who is greater than all combined, the one who travels the pathway with me. If I don't meet your expectations or prerequisites I am NOT sorry because greater is he that is in me, than he that is in the world.1 John 4:4 . I take the path less travelled and that my friends has made all the difference.
Lessons from the Paint are those incredible God moments where the creator of the universe bends down for just a second to reveal something so simple yet so profound. These lessons usually show as I have splattered paint from ear to ear and have entered the sacred silence of painting. This sacred silence is my deep meditative state where I exist in a different place and time. Minutes fade into hours as I live in this state of mind and the creator uses this brush of clay to make his art. That is something very important to remember before we continue - "I am just the brush, someone greater than myself is the painter. Give praise to the one who deserves praise" -Anyway I feel it only fair to share these wonderful moments with those who would listen or in this case...read.
Everyone has tried those little paint by number pieces of art sometime in their life. They are a fun and basic way of learning to paint. The thing is if you did absolutely nothing but paint by the numbers you would never truly learn to paint for yourself. You would in a sense limit the Creator because you were trying to walk in someone else's lines. Lines that constrict you to an acceptable level of creativity. Much like how the world wants to constrict you to a socially acceptable level of worship or joy. So many times in church or even in everyday life we only worship or truly connect with our God when directed to by the "lines". The lines are those who want to control us and fashion us into what they want us to be. I have listened to the "lines" for so long now. I once upon a time attempted to be what they wanted me to be. The thing about becoming one of them is you are not becoming ...well, YOU.
I can paint just about in any style or fashion I chose. It was part of my training as a professional artist. I can copy great masterpieces from the past and they can come pretty close to looking like a copy. Though I may be influenced from these great works of art, my art never truly becomes my own until I find my "style". It took my awhile to find my painterly style through experimentation and many many mistakes. Then one day it came in the painting "Morgan's World" I just relaxed into the painting and something greater than myself took over. I discovered that the creative process is in a sense linking into the one who is the Creator. This process is understanding your mistakes your failures and letting something greater take the reigns and guide you. This is the true creative process, at least for me. This experience is not a process that is constricted by laws and traditions but a process that is completely open and truthful. I am overcome with such an amazing sense of kinship with my Creator when I paint. It always astonishes me how he can take my complete disasters and transform them into something incredibly beautiful.
This revelation came to me as I was sitting trying to paint from a stencil on a wall mural. It was such a basic pattern when He reached down and said almost humorously "You are one of "My" painters and you're painting from a stencil? It would be so much better if you would just relax into the brush strokes and enjoy the process." So I relaxed, let myself surrender to something greater and painted. Would you like to know what happened? I made mistakes. Some lines were thicker and some thinner some even went way out of the stencil area. It was not a perfect painting but it was a painting that was done with my Creator. The finished product looked pretty cool. Sure if you looked close and wanted to you could see those mistakes. But when you stand back and look at the whole picture it's quite beautiful.
Like my painting I have made my mistakes. If you wanted to you could find and point out my mistakes but when I stand back and look at the whole picture I see the paint covered hand print of a God who loves me beyond imagining. I tried to stay in the "Lines" but it wasn't until I surrendered to the greatest painter did I learn my true style. A style that has influences from great painters but is still being who He made me to be. "I am not the next of them.... I am the first of me." Hoobastank once sang. I can attempt to walk to the "lines" beat, their mind sets and their pathway or chose the path that is less travelled. I choose to listen to the one who is greater than all combined, the one who travels the pathway with me. If I don't meet your expectations or prerequisites I am NOT sorry because greater is he that is in me, than he that is in the world.1 John 4:4 . I take the path less travelled and that my friends has made all the difference.
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