I will be doing an abstract painting demo as part of the Arts Council's ArtMoves program.
12-1 PM / Penn Square Mall / Oklahoma City
Malcolm Zachariah
Art Demo March 13 in Downtown OKC!
Working in downtown Oklahoma City, I have been lucky to attend numerous Art Moves events in buildings around the area. The Arts Council sponsors these performances every weekday from 12-1 PM, and participants include musicians, artists, dancers, and others.
My first Art Moves demonstration is Monday, March 13 at the Oklahoma Tower (210 Park Avenue). I will be doing a demonstration of kirigami (cut-and-folded paper) and watercolor painting.
https://www.artscouncilokc.com/event/malcolm-zachariah-kirigami-and-watercolor-demo/#.WMCXvhifnMU
24 Works on Paper - Art Exhibition
I have not been updating this site recently due to starting a new job August 2015. My work has not stopped my art work, and so I have been making both 2D and 3D art, and one of my watercolor paintings was accepted in the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition's 24 Works on Paper exhibition, which will travel throughout the state from August 2016 to January 2018. I am fortunate to be selected, and I am setting my sights on loftier goals. You can check out the exhibition at www.24works.org. The first stop is at the Guymon Public Library and Arts Center August 12 – September 26.
Indian Watercolors
I am back in the US (waiting for my last flight to Oklahoma City), but I thought I would share the three significant works I made during my stay. They were all watercolors and taken from real life photographs on my travels.
Off to India!
I will be gone all of May to visit relatives in India. I will try to post things when I get internet access. In the meantime, here are some recent stuff.
At Martin Nature Park
Alkyd portrait of my late grandfather, which I made in 2012
Terra cotta mini table
Glazed porcelain bowl
First Plein Air (outdoors) painting
I bought a travel easel but never got to use it until this past Saturday when I went to Lake Hefner (NW Oklahoma City). The weather was really nice. Not to hot. Not to cold. Goldilocks weather. I decided to do watercolors because one benefit is that they dry quickly and can always be reused. I am always a little saddened with my alkyd/acrylic paints slowly drying up on me.
Two Framed Pieces
Today, I got back my first professionally framed works, the 18x24" watercolor "Tulpenmanie - Moonstruck" and the 11x14" drawing "Deception". Moreover, I talked to a local gallery owner, whom my retired high school art teacher has some gallery space, and he seemed enthusiastic about my work and encouraged me to show in their guest artist space!
I forgot to add I made another Rapidograph pen drawing (11x14") in the morning. I called it "Dragon's Breath".
Ceramics and a Drawing
I think I'm slowly getting a hang of my ceramic work and Rapidograph drawings
Glazed Ceramics!
Publicity
Good news! I was lucky to have one of my photos on Instagram published in my local paper, The Oklahoman. Image is of the SkyDance Bridge in Downtown Oklahoma City.
Harvest Hills
I donated some bookmarks and a painting made yesterday to my childhood elementary school, Harvest Hills, in Oklahoma City. The school mascot is a red tail hawk, and the flowers are from the redbud tree, a native species.
Flying High, watercolor on paper
Yuccan Gold - Japanese Watercolor "Window screen"
I made this abstract painting to try out the gold and color Yasutomo paints I bought along with my sumi-e ink and brush supplies. It first started with the two gold loops, but then I decided to make a yucca flower, followed by the desert background and then the sunset. It is reminiscent of an old Japanese painting that has the radiant goddess Amaterasu coming out of a cave. I learned a lot about the paint like that the gold paint is almost completely opaque because it is less dense than ink (the black ink just falls underneath). It turned out pretty good!
The painting itself
I cut the rice paper roll to fit the window near the front door, which we never put back the blinds after painting the interior walls.
Sunshine - Watercolor on Paper
artwork, works in progress, drawing
Ichi-go Ichi-e - One Shot, One Life digital art
This is a design I made for a t-shirt contest yesterday, but I'm not sure if I want to tweak more or just submit and get it over with. The original image is a woodblock print made by Mizuno Toshikata, which I've updated and added some text since I have studied kyudo. I first did a freehand pen sketch on paper, then I used Adobe Illustrator and a Wacom Tablet to copy the marks into vector brush strokes. The circle is Ensō, a Zen symbol of enlightenment. EDIT: Took off the extraneous large lines and made better leaves.
Ichi-go, Ichi-e : One Shot, One Life (digital freehand art)
artwork, drawing, works in progress
WIP - Oviraptor
Technically, Oviraptor is actually a misnomer. The name means "egg thief" because the fossil was found near a nest of eggs, but it later turned out it was a parent dinosaur on its own nest, locked forever protecting it's brood. This will be a watercolor with a more believable dinosaur thieving from an ancient bird similar to Archaeopteryx, who flees it's nest made hidden inside a cycad, which is a group of plants that may bear a resemblance to palm trees but are much more ancient. This will be a gift for a cousin's nephew. :)
Graphite and watercolor sketches
Merry Christmas
From my family to yours :)
Theotokos gilded mosaic iconography
Rapidograph
Yesterday was my birthday. I got started on this with my rapidograph pens
Hello? Hello?
Incipimus