Thursday, January 17, 2008

Quick Update Before School

Just wanted to do a quick update before everything starts ramping up at school. gulp, back to work.

A couple industrial studies from the Library of Congress archive.Refinement of the robot speed painting from my previous post. Still WIPSome landscape paintings from life. Gouache and WatercolorSome recent portraits from life. Bottom 4 on the right are master copies.

38 comments:

Ventas de Cuadros said...

Hola:

Un saludo desde Chile.

Juan Antonio Roco

Robert A Vollrath said...

Great blog. Your art is fantastic.

Wouter Tulp said...

awesome! very nice!!!

Tom Scholes said...

Ben, you make me so jealous dude! Imma keel ya!

Joey Chou said...

those portraits are amazing, your blog is always very inspiring.

THOM said...

those landscape studies are gold. and i love the jungle town sketches in the previous entry. rock on, ben.

SIM-R said...

Really sweet looking landscape studies - portraits too !

Cheers Ben .

Vladimir Bursac said...

Wonderful works! Great blog! Congrats!
Best.

Tim Bye said...

Hey Ben I just wanted to say every time I've visited your blog I'm truly inspired. You're a gifted artist and I wish you every success - keep posting!!!

Steve Chon said...

Wow- great blog and amazing body of work. Hope you don't mind me adding you.

Wayne Porter said...

great stuff you got here. the portraits are wonderful and your values are spot on in your environment studies! killer robot too! im looking forward to hanging out here more often...

Nacho said...

really a complet artist... fantastic jobs.

gab said...

awesome as always

Dave said...

Such beautiful work here!

Scott Altmann said...

Great stuff Ben! Glad I was finally made aware of your work- I'm sure the whole world will be aware soon enough. cheers-sa

PEDRO NUÑEZ said...

wooww¡¡ this new update is really fantastic. I love your technological environments, so, your portraits are amazing too. congratulations Ben.

Pedro

bruno werneck said...

hey man, great work
thanks for stopping by Midway booth (seattle CA workshop)...

Keika Yamaguchi said...

HEY BEN! I had been enjoying your blog! Keep it up! :D

Doug Williams said...

I think I just felt my soul break...

Awesome stuff man, I'm loving that robot, and those figure heads are too good. TOO GOOD! That's not the right too is it? To? TooOOo?

For something different you should try doing some really bad art. ;)

Hao Wu said...

nice studies buddy =]

Joe Watmough said...

I agree with Thom...those little landscape sketches are fantastic.

Baklazhan said...

You're a pro! What are you still doing in school?

Aaron Coberly said...

this is some great stuff

idrawgirls: Xia Taptara said...

BADASS!!!

Adam Ford said...

These are all awesome you jerk!

Guy Allen said...

These are all absolutely beautiful. Great work.

Billy George said...

Your work blows me away- just awesome. Looking forward to more.

Jerry Mascho said...

Really nice work on your blog, those portraits are great. The industrial stuff has a nice feel. Thanks for the comment!

Blackrainbow said...

Hi Mauro,

This is the first time I visit your blog, and I brought a pleasant surprise seeing your work, are simply amazing.

Best regards

Erik said...

Oooh looks like you been really busy man! Lookin really good to boot Man! I need to blog surf more often hah

Mark McDonnell said...

NICE man! Great work here. Love the machinery, great change of pace. Love the palette too. Again, great diversity Ben. Beautiful work,

MAC

alberto mielgo said...

You are really good!
I'm confused . I used to know your blog but now I can see that you have another one. Very amazing too. Which one is perpetual motion, which one is ben mauro?

Mike Lee said...

beautiful stuff man!

Gygaxis said...

Holy crap those portraits are amazing, the landscapes and the designs on the girders are also quite badass, but the portraiture is just remarkable.

abeoh! said...

hey man! saw these in ur architecture class and it was pretty damn sweet. BTW. you just got dugged, and congrats! :D

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Craig Mackay said...

Gorgeous and inspiring blog, Mr. Mauro. Love these paintings and portrait studies.

Alan said...

Such strong work Ben, You really found your spot at AC. It's great to see your progress.

Sr do Vale said...

Uma pintura mais bonita que a outra.

Parabéns