More Ink Studies

Here are some more ink studies I've done dealing with figures in space. 

"Sitting Study #1" 22" x 13 6/8"

"Dan study" 22" x 13 6/8"

"Sitting Study #2" 22" x 13 6/8"

Keeping this up to date

Couple of drawings I've done in the past, the charcoal drawing was done last fall and the pastel was done roughly two years ago. Granted I'm not that great with pastel I believe that this piece was rather successful, it was also a starting point for drawing and collage. The other drawing was one of the last drawings I did for my advanced figure drawing course I took in the fall. Drawing was always difficult for me even though I've progressed immensely since my last intensive semester of drawing. I still find time to draw, I'm currently working on a portrait and will post it as soon as I photograph it (along with other work I promised to post).

Things are in progress

Well you maybe wondering what I've been doing for a while now so I'd give an update. I finally have my studio set up in my apartment which has more room to work in than the last space, which is now my bedroom. However, like any other artist that goes through this transformation it's taking some time to adjust. Not so much for what I need to do, which is plenty, just getting use to the space and how I work in it. I've manage to stay busy doing some work though, I've belted out more collages that'll be updated soon on my collage blog, and working on a series of abstract work with watercolor and pencil/charcoal black and white drawings. This set of work is a different form of abstraction that is more organic, whereas I've made work with hard cubist structures and pops of color. I've grown an interest in this series of work and will continue to work until I've created a substantial body of drawings and paintings. Some of this series will be updated soon!

On other news, I've been working with Caroline Bagenal fixing up her barn studio in Newburyport as well as preparing for her upcoming show in the fall at Boston Sculptors Gallery. Caroline is a sculptor, installation artist, and writer who currently teaches senior fine art seminar and art history at Montserrat. She's had many exhibits and is quite a successful artist, you can learn more about her on her website with the link below!
http://carolinebagenal.com/home.html

Purchasing Prints!

I'm very excited to say that there are now prints available for sale with society6! This is a great way to own a print of my work as easy as clicking your mouse, check out the link and see what I have posted. There are different sizes to choose from small 8 x 10 inches to gallery size prints, enjoy!

Brett Mason society6 page:
http://society6.com/BrettMason

These two paintings are from the show "Depth". The top piece Virus was painted during my winter break while the bottom was made during my last semester, which is called Alter of Life and Imagination. Virus was inspired by this strange experience I had when waking up in the middle of the night with a face staring me down with wide, glowing eyes, while in a panicked state the face slowly slipped out of my bedroom door. Whether it was a dream or some paranormal encounter it still leaves me with curiosity to how why this occurred, making this an interesting subject matter. Alter of Life and Imagination was referenced from a photograph taken 50 or so years ago in Vietnam. I used this image as a departure point to create a more abstract composition, I have more photographs that I intend to use for a series.

Heres a painting that is on display at the Beverly High School Alumni show. Unfortunately the reception already took place earlier today, but will be up for a while. Also, one of my paintings, "Isolated Contemplation" will be in the Endicott Artfest show going up from May 25 till August 3 with former Beverly High School Art teacher, Paula Borsetti, as a featured artist! Paula has taught me when I attended at Beverly High School and is an accomplished teacher and artist who is dedicated in motivating her students to become great artist. The reception will be Friday, June 15, 5:00 - 8:00, hope to see you there!

These are drawings I did back in 2009, which happen to be my better drawings I've done in that time period. I believe this was a starting point for me to work with photographic images with drawing compositions.