I’ve been adding layers on these paintings off and on for years. Am I ever getting them done? I keep changing my mind about what they should be. Everything is a work in progress, until it leaves my hands.
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With two new cars in the house, I was displaced from the garage. Sadness. All my art supplies are in flux. Thank goodness it never rains here in Los Angeles.
Updated the Tiny Gallery with Alexander’s portrait. It’s hot, I keep the door open while I’m working and I hear people talking about it.
Been staring at this Alexander painting for a week. Thought I would swap it for the one of Joe. Makes sense to have two going at once.
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Updated the Tiny Gallery with Joe’s portrait. I think I’m getting close to finishing this one.
Found a moment today to put on a first layer of Alexander’s portrait. Thought I had a plan about this one, but now I’m not sure.
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I came across this photo of Alexander and it looked like a painting to me. I found a canvas and got started.
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I finally finished all my freelance work, so I spent the afternoon painting in a layer of motorcycle parts. Oh I miss the smell of turpentine.
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Updated the Tiny Gallery. A video of Joe’s work in progress painting is on display for anyone strolling on the path around Silver Lake.
This is getting serious. This painting of Christopher hangs in my bedroom. I finished it a while ago, and it was coincidentally an accurate portrait of him. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. […]
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Work in Progress | Letting go. Another layer. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Heavy metal. More of Joe’s #HarleyDavidson. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Shifting Gears. First layer of Joe’s Harley. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Now we’re getting somewhere. Remixed and ready for part 2. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Getting scrambled. Ready for part two. Just waiting for the paint to dry. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Getting somewhere. Another layer. Stay tuned. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Ole blue eyes. The first layer. This portrait is slightly bigger than the square ones I’ve been painting. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | I’m a Klutz. The canvas I was working on fell from my easel and shattered to pieces. It was a good opportunity to remix the pieces for Joe’s painting. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I […]
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I don’t know where this is going. A layer of red and black. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Motorcycle Men. The first Tiny Gallery installation of 2016, the portrait of Chris is on display for anyone strolling on the path around Silver Lake. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. […]
Work in Progress | He asked for a painting. The blank canvas intended for Joe’s portrait. Joe liked what I did for Chris, so he asked for a painting. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I […]
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Gallery | Six Portraits. I had to stage some photos around the house to show the paintings in context of a room. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Gallery | Six Portraits. I never thought that drawing people from Facebook would lead me to this group of paintings. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Finishing touches. I took a moment to frame the portraits. It’s good to have a workshop Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Looking photogenic. Kodak logo layer on Jonathan’s portrait. Remember when we used to buy film? Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | A Bit of Rock. Concert poster layer. It’s getting a bit noisy. I need to get rid of some stuff. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | The Gas Company Logo. Still needs a bit of blue and I need to paint parts of Chris back in. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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It’s good to take inventory. It seems I’ve done a bunch of illustrations since the start of this project in July. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
Work in Progress | Mixing in the mic. Technical digram of a microphone layer. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Spit-shined Leather. A layer of Shit-kicker boots. I’m definite TastyFace is entirely capable of kicking some ass. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | The Machine Layer. More of the motorbike. This painting desperately needs some blue. Don’t know if I have room to sneak a leather boot in. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I […]
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Work in Progress | The man behind the camera. Jonathan is a great photographer, so a vintage camera diagram was an obvious choice. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | 3 paintings drying in the sun. It’s the only way to get them to dry quickly. I’ve never worked on so many paintings at the same time. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on […]
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Work in Progress | An Avid Fan. Justin is crazy into music. Exploded vintage speaker diagram layer. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | A Young Comic. Steven does stand up and puts together an ad hoc comedy show he refers to as the Comedy Chew. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed […]
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Work in Progress | Machine. Chris is into all things Manly, thus, I added the Vintage Norton Motorcycle layer. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Motor. Been staring at the Chris painting. Thought I should get started. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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I Will Paint You | Plan B | Portraits Redux The paint has dried on the portrait of Robert, so it’s on display for anyone strolling on the path around Silver Lake. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits […]
I Will Paint You | Robert. Plan B is sort of working out. I deconstructed the original painting and went with another plan, individual portraits. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. […]
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Work in Progress | Another Layer. Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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I Will Paint You | Plan B | Portraits Redux. The paint has dried on the portrait of Nate, so it’s on display for anyone strolling on the path around Silver Lake. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits […]
Work in Progress | Star. Robert works in Vegas as a performer. I’m sure he’s quite familiar with the inner workings of stage lights. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Portraits Redux I’ve been staring at these paintings for a while, and they didn’t feel right. At least not yet. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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I Will Paint You | Episode 4 | The Painting. I think I forgot what my paintings are about, mostly retro road signs and complicated technical diagrams. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed […]
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Work in Progress | Ego. I love technical diagrams. If you ever have a conversation with me, I would likely interrupt it with a “Wait, let me draw it for you.” I think I have one more layer to go. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. […]
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Work in Progress | Ego. Scrambled Nate’s portrait into an abstract. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Ego. This illustration of Nate still makes me smile. I have a good idea as to where this painting is going. Stay tuned. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed […]
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This is where I work. View of the reservoir from the studio on a Wednesday afternoon. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Ego Fleshing out another layer. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Ego. Nate’s looking a bit pale. Stayed up late last night to put the first layer on. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Ego. Two heads are better than none. Just finished preparing the canvases. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Tiny Gallery | Twenty Four Years. I updated the Tiny Gallery with the new portrait of Jonathan. It is on display for anyone strolling on the path around Silver Lake. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases […]
I Will Paint You | Episode 3 | The Painting. We are time travelers. We move through time and space in a vehicle we call our bodies, and at the helm of this craft is our face. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a […]
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Work in Progress | 24 Years Remixed. This painting Jonathan came out grittier than I expected. I really like the roughness of the underpainting showing through the layers. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I […]
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Work in Progress | Starting Fresh. Staring at the blank canvas. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Tiny Gallery | Love is Love. The Chris and Justin painting is in the window for anyone strolling around the path on Silver Lake. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
I Will Paint You | Episode 2 | The Painting. I like the the idea of combining a couple into one painting. Two portraits in one. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Remixing Chris and Justin. It was easy to complete this painting, because I had a pretty clear idea of how I wanted it to turn out. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases […]
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Work in Progress | Painting Chris. Chris. Yes he’s a badass. Adding the finishing touches. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Painting Chris. The saga continues with TastyFace & Chris. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | The Justin Painting. Oh, TastyFace. It has begun. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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A comic friend. Steven stopped by the studio for a visit and I snapped a photo of the man BEHIND the painting, in FRONT of the painting. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build […]
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Tiny Gallery | Size. I haven’t put an installation in the Tiny Gallery for a while. This is the first time I included a video display. Anyway, the R&S painting is in the window for anyone strolling around the path on Silver Lake. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of […]
I Will Paint You | Episode 1 | The Painting. Sometimes I’m good. Sometimes I’m lucky. This was a little bit of both. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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I think we’re getting somewhere. Upon finishing the Robert and Steven paintings, I laid them out in the sun to dry. The heat caused subtle cracks in the oil, giving it the appearance of an old sign that you would find leaning on the side of an old gas station. Levi DropI’m a writer living […]
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This is my favorite painting. I don’t remember how I got to this painting, but it’s everything I need to put into all my art. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. […]
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Work in Progress | Two Faces. Now that I got the two faces, combining them are going to be fun. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | Adding Steven. I thought adding Steven would balance out the imagery. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Work in Progress | The Robert Painting. Robert’s bright eyes inspired me to start a new series of painting. Let’s see where this goes. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Many many thoughts. Evan lives in the neighborhood. I wanted to catch his pensive gaze. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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The fighter. I wanted to do a painting of a bruiser. I guess I found one. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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This painting hangs in my room. I didn’t know how accurate this portrait was going to be. I just thought I liked the spark plug. Turns out Todd is crazy about cars. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits […]
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This painting is in Sweden. Had a visitor to the studio who decided to take this painting home. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Nolan is always around, so eventually I had to paint him. He’s retro rock ’n’ roll in this mugshot, which makes me laugh, because he’s so NOT a bad boy. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases […]
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MOTORHEAD 2014. Oil and acrylic on wood | 25″ x 24″ I started this portrait with the idea of a quiet man, who was good with his hands, knew how to fix things and keep his beard straight. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I […]
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I sold a painting. I lent my paintings to decorate a common area in a new media company. When I went to retrieve them, the office manager liked looking at one of them enough to buy it. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get […]
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Tiny Gallery | Williamsburg. I was watching Nolan paint his Fruta Fresca series, which were made of wooded slats that resembled a fruit crate. I told him he should scramble the slats to create a new image. He didn’t do it, so I did, which was the start of my Reconstruction Series. Levi DropI’m a […]
The Portrait of Nolan. I had wanted to paint Nolan for a while. We had worked together at a startup where I took mugshots of the team. I like that photo of him because he looks so different now. He was so Rockabilly. REBEL | 2014 Oil and acrylic on wood 24″ x 17″ Levi […]
The Heavy J.C. Leyendecker created these painting in the twenties, where the edges of the image disappeared. He knew what not to draw, to make the things he actually drew somewhat more important. This is my homage to his idea of leaving well enough alone. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis […]
Man & Machine. I wanted the images to relate to the media, which were two pieces of wood, one rough and weathered and the other crisply finished. I rendered of the portrait to change at the border between old and new. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on […]
The Portrait of Todd. I accidentally painted a fairly good portrait of Todd. It centered around his pensive stair and this giant spark plug. Incidentally, Todd is very into cars. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases […]
The Eye Candy Art Opening. Thanks to all those who came to our little gala.
Tiny Gallery | Speedball. I think I figured out where I’m going with this series of paintings. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
Tiny Gallery | Brain & Brawn. I had a moment to put the paintings in the window. Looking for art models for my new project. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. […]
Russell’s come undone. Originally, this painting was three squares. Then I combined it into two rectangles. Finally one piece. But, I thought there was one thing left to do to make it complete. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint […]
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A Man in New York City. Russell had lost his shirt and he knew he was going to freckle. His pink skin had been hot to the touch upon entering the F train, but the icy blast of air-conditioning now had him chilled Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find […]
Revisiting the Harvey Painting. Harvey is the thug. He doesn’t take no for an answer, so he never asks any questions. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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The Eye Candy Art Show brings together an eclectic mix of paintings and mixed media works from a group of Los Angeles artists. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis of faces I find on Instagram. When I get a moment, I paint portraits on canvases I build from reclaimed wood. LeviDrop.com
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Williamsburg. I found this photo of a Williamsburg hipster and made a sketch. I didn’t know where I was going with this painting series so I had to start somewhere. I was strangely fascinated by deer tattoos. I didn’t know it was a thing until I google it. Levi DropI’m a writer living in […]
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Painting in the Workshop. Nolan kept bugging me to paint, so I succumbed to peer pressure and started building canvases. Came across this image in a copy of Vanity Fair Magazine, dug out my oils and remembered that I sort of know how to draw. Levi DropI’m a writer living in Los Angeles, making emojis […]
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August 8, 2013. We try to see art every once in a while. It’s free on Thursdays, so we jumped in the truck and went.
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