Portfolio update 2021.8

“Dreaming”
acrylic on board
24″ x 36″
Eternal Thoughts
“Eternal Thoughts”
pencil on board
24″ x 36″
(under-sketch for the painting)
Eternal Thoughts
“Eternal Thoughts”
clay and acrylic
7″ x 9″ x 1.75″
Eternal Thoughts
“Eternal Thoughts”
1st edition
clay and acrylic
7″ x 9″ x 1.75″
(full color spectrum)
Living Under Shadows
“Living Under Shadows”
clay and acrylic
10″ x 10.5″ x 1.25″
Historic Spring
“Historic Spring”
clay and acrylic
10.5″ x 11.75″ x 1.5″
Life Cycle series of paintings by James Day
Abstract World – Historic Spring – Life Cycle
3′ x 4′ x 1″
wrapped canvas
signed editions
Life Cycle
“Life Cycle”
acrylic on board
24″ x 36″
Untitled
Untitled
clay and acrylic
8″ x 11″ x 4.5″
Abstract World
“Abstract World”
acrylic on board
24″ x 36″
Abstract World painting in studio
“Abstract World”
acrylic on board
24″ x 36″
Untitled clay sculpture
Untitled
clay
work in progress
Untitled figurative sculpture
Untitled
clay
work in progress
Untitled clay figurative sculptures
Untitled
clay
(detail)
Clay figurative sculpture
Untitled
clay
(in studio detail)
Clay figurative sculptures works in progress
Works in progress
clay
(in studio detail)
Detail of a clay figurative sculpture
Untitled
clay
(in studio detail)
Clay figurative sculpture
Standing Nude
clay
19″ x 10″ x 4″
Figurative nude clay sculpture
Standing Nude
clay
13.75″ x 3.75″ x 2.25″
Finely detailed hand carved clay hands and arms reaching up
Part of a larger work
clay
(in studio detail)
Dreaming hand made high bas relief clay sculpture
“Dreaming”
clay
8.5″ x 10″ x 3.75″
Life size clay figurative sculpture titled Personal Prison
“Personal Prison”
clay
life-size
Life size clay head sculpted to go with hands and arms
“Personal Prison”
clay
life-size
(head detail)
Clay hands are positioned and carved to fit
“Personal Prison”
clay
life-size
(in studio detail)
Close up showing the process of hand carving finger nails and wrinkles from semi dry clay
“Personal Prison”
clay
life-size
(in studio detail)
Hand carved clay sculpture of waves colliding together titled Waves Collide
“Waves Collide”
clay
4″ x 4″ x 5″
(in studio detail)
Hand carved landscape pinch pot of a tree
Landscape Pinch Pot
clay
2.5″ x 2.5″ x 2’5″
Clay carving of a surreal flower sitting atop a braided wood stem
Untitled
clay
(detail)

Hand painted acrylic reproduction of a painting by the artist Vermeer
Vermeer
[reproduction]
acrylic on board
11″ x 14″
(detail)
Clay sculpture showing surreal clouds floating over green fields
“Rolling Fields of Green”
clay
12″ x 9.5″ x 2.75″
(detail)
A clay sculpture reproduction of artist Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist painting
“The Old Guitarist”
[reproduction]
clay and acrylic
7.5″ x 6.75″ x 4.5″
Hand carved clay sculpture of ancient Egyptian architecture adorned with statues and murals
Untitled
clay
Egyptian themed carving
8.5″ x 7.25″ x 3″
Egyptian tomb raider themed custom hand made shadow box
Egyptian themed shadow box
clay, wood, acrylic, paper, wire, pen and ink
12″ x 10″ x 2.75″
Work in progress images of a realistic male head
Work in progress
sculpey and acrylic
(in studio detail)
Hand made Baby Yoda clay sculpture commissioned by a client
“Baby Yoda”
sculpey, wire, acrylic
11.75″ x 10″ x 9.5″
(custom commissioned character art)
Photos in studio making Baby Yoda
Making of “Baby Yoda”
sculpey
11.75″ x 10″ x 9.5″
(in studio detail)
Making of Baby Yoda
Making “Baby Yoda”
sculpey
11.75″ x 10″ x 9.5″
(in studio detail)
Customer being presented with the finished custom Baby Yoda
The client holding the finished Baby Yoda commission for the first time.
Cordova clay portrait carving
Cordova portrait
clay
16″ x 18″ x 1.5″
family memorial art
MI OWN Collection book cover art
MI OWN Collection for Him
vector graphics
custom book cover design
Custom book cover design titled Night Terrors
Night Terrors
vector graphics
custom book cover design
3D architectural mockup of Old School building
Old School
3D modeling
(work in progress)

My work and direction:

Drawing and clay, go back as far as I can remember. They were my entertainment and refuge when I needed them. They have also been my core mediums.

I learned to paint by glazing and painting my clay work over the years. That made a smooth transition to eventually painting on canvas and board.

Forward past endless years of studio time, to the moment I was introduced to vector graphics and Photoshop 20 years ago. That feeling of being on the precipice of unfathomable possibilities, I feel today in regards to 3D software. I find ZBrush and Blender fascinating, reminiscent of my early years in clay. The possibilities are endless.