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2011-08-01T18:09:00.000-07:00

reeeaaally bad cell phone shots, but just wanted to let you guys know that I'm dabbling in sign-painting and having a blast. more stuff soon.

2011-07-19T00:34:00.000-07:00

DOWNLOAD MY PORTFOLIO IN A CONVENIENT .PDF FILE!!
we live in the future.

mediafire download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?5a00pl5ci1ayw66

Outlook not so good .pdf download

2011-07-19T00:28:00.000-07:00

"Outlook not so good" Comic,
.pdf mediafire download link.
http://www.mediafire.com/?x6qgiln1luwtrqb

Senior Thesis

2011-05-13T14:54:00.000-07:00

My senior thesis at Ringling College of Art & Design-
These works focus on my love of: COLOR, plein air landscapes, and the importance of mindfulness.

artist statement-

Clear your mind.
Look at everything.
Zero in, don’t obsess.
We are wasted youths.
All senses, singular, enlightened.
A landscape as a container for a message.
Live for this moment.
Drink it all in.

This is a message, a container for a landscape

All Summer Long Oil on Luann 21” x 21”

2011-05-13T14:48:00.000-07:00

Endless Harmony Acrylic on Arches Cover White 26 ½” x 21 ¼”

In the Back of My Mind Digital on paper 9 5/8” x 14”

Shut Down Vol. 2 Diptych Oil on Luann 14 ¼” x 29” each

Girls on the Beach Digital on paper 9 5/8” x 14”

2011-05-13T14:46:00.000-07:00

new business cards

2011-05-13T14:13:00.000-07:00

St. Petersburg Museum of History Murals

2011-03-10T14:59:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures of a job I did with Hope Hippo Learning Lab
(http://www.hopehippo.org/). The exhibition is aimed at educating children about Florida's first people.

Myself and another illustrator, Laura Spencer (http://paperweightpigs.blogspot.com/), designed and painted this 4-wall mural for a permanent children's exhibition in the Museum of History in our hometown of beautiful St. Petersburg Florida.

Below are some W.I.P. shots and the finished product.

If you're in town, stop by downtown and check out the museum for yourself, there's a two-headed cow and a mummy in there! http://www.spmoh.org/

2011seniorportriat

2011-02-07T06:56:00.000-08:00

friendship village

2011-01-22T15:49:00.000-08:00

some beautiful florida trailers

'scapes

2011-01-22T15:45:00.000-08:00

on location 'scapes

yachtboys

2011-01-10T14:41:00.000-08:00

the newest crossover music sensation so underground even you haven't heard of it- d-beat boat punk!
email me at ashear@c.ringling.edu if you want a backpatch or shirt.

outlook not so good

2010-11-30T12:53:00.000-08:00

here's a 12-page 'zine comic i made to work out my childhood crush on kelly kapowski from saved by the bell. Also it's sort of loosely based on Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are dead

If you would like a nice zine for yourself with a hand screen-printed front and back cover for only $2 bux!, then email me at ashear@c.ringling.edu and I'll get back to ya!

Spooky Series #1

2010-10-27T05:20:00.000-07:00

Hey all, here's a skateboard deck series comp that I proposed in my illustration class.
The Riders: Bobby Worrest, Mark Gonzalez, and Chet Childress
I really tried putting the skater's unique personality in each deck. Even though I don't skate, I have always been infatuated with deck art, and am constantly surrounded by skateboard art through friends. Oh, and..
Happy Halloween!!

2010-09-29T07:37:00.000-07:00

The elusive Skunk Ape having a jam sesh!

and a small plein air study for a much larger studio version.

2010-09-26T19:26:00.000-07:00

obligatory girl paintings

2010-09-26T19:08:00.000-07:00

down to earth

2010-09-09T09:04:00.000-07:00

Children book illustration for an old Jewish story called "Down to Earth". Story is below,

There were two neighbors who had adjoining fields. There was one part there that they had a violent feud over. Each one claimed that the part was his and refused to listen to the other ones arguments. Finally they agreed to approach Rabbi Chaim Volozhiner for a judgement. Each one stated his claims to the Rabbi. The Rabbi heard their arguments and suggested that he wants to see the piece of the field that was in question. Maybe that would help him understand their individual points of view. The Rabbi studied the layout of the land and its boundaries. Then he heard their arguments again.

All of a sudden, the Rabbi bent down and placed his ear to the soil. The two men were astounded. "What are you doing there on the ground?" one of them asked.
"I have heard your points of view about this piece of property," answered Rav Chaim, "but now I would like to hear what the ground has to say for itself."

The men thought he was joking, so one man said in a humorous tone, "All right, so indeed tell us-what does the ground say?"

Rav Chaim smiled at them and said, "The ground finds it hard to understand the anger and short-sightedness of both of you. It says, 'This one claims that I belong to him, then the other one claims that no, I belong to him. The truth, though, is that eventually they will both belong to me!' "

2010-08-17T15:21:00.000-07:00

poster for illest of ill 2010. No more boats for a while, I swear!

2010-08-17T14:56:00.000-07:00

36" X 32"

some cocopalosa palms for a landscaping company shirt.

screen-printed joint house posters. Top one is a collaboration with Justin Sperry and Wesley Bayard, Below is collaboration with Wesley Bayard.

2010-08-14T19:23:00.001-07:00

i still believe in Andrew W.K.

2010-08-10T09:05:00.000-07:00

some warm-up doodles from last night. enjoying the fresh marks!

2010-08-10T08:43:00.000-07:00

playing around in-between assignments

2010-08-09T19:58:00.000-07:00

logo experimenting and sarasota and tennessee studies

anatomy of desire

2010-05-05T10:19:00.000-07:00

Here are 9 out of 11 pages of my comic. Based on the short story, Anatomy of Desire by John L'Heureux. Sorry for the cliff hanger but I couldn't resist throwing this up. The font's a little funky right now, and I want to make a cover for it. But final will be posted soon!
I have gained so much respect for comic artists while making this, the amount of work they have to do is mind numbing.

2010-05-05T09:55:00.000-07:00

cassette tape and shirt design for doomy sludge band Skunk Ape. font by his holiness Ryan Hopewell

ohjeez

2010-04-20T00:17:00.000-07:00

Some more plein air studies at Myakka state park, followed by a mounted sculpy head of the elusive Florida Skunk Ape!!

paintings

2010-03-30T12:56:00.002-07:00

Finally, a better shot of the bicycle piece up top.

The digital is a little graphic I made for a poster, this is it without the text.

And here are some more figure paintings, all one class (2-3 hourish) sessions.

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2010-03-18T11:53:00.000-07:00

yes, tyler and drew it was finished. Here's piece for the joint show. It's titled "What's with these Satanists and all the goats?" 4'x2'. Also below is a another lil landscape study and a bowie project I never finished, but i figured i throw up all the bowie phases anyway, see if you can order them up right! more posts coming soon

Crowning Achievements

2010-02-15T23:53:00.000-08:00

sneak peak of a new painting for Joint Collective's second call to artists show, "Crowning Achievements."
There will be a variety of different artworks, come and support the young contemporary art scene.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2010
8 PM- 11PM
1335 12th Street
Sarasota, FL
34236
8 PM- 11 PM

2010-02-04T13:42:00.000-08:00

my man pet machine, finished crop up top and whole thing below it.

2010-01-27T19:49:00.000-08:00

pretty happy with the turnout of this 2 hr session, trying to be more efficient

scape it

2010-01-24T09:09:00.000-08:00

been focused on landscapes in my free time, these are some quick paintings, 30-45 min, and some sunset gestures like 1-2 min each. workin on some new stuff for shows will post soon.

s'more

2009-12-25T15:08:00.000-08:00

1. Zorn master copy (Ateljéidyll-Studio-idyll)
2-3. Landscapes I've been doing at Lido Beach, about 2 hours each
4. 2 hr. figure study
5. and an Copper etching aquatint of 24 Sinead O'Conner heads from the music video "Nothing Compares to You."

whoaa

2009-12-25T14:47:00.001-08:00

5/30 heads: 1. Jenny-Caaran d'Ache crayon monotype 2. Brandon- watercolor/ink/tempera 3. Laura- oils 4. Robbie-charcoal 5. John- gouache/watercolor/gold paint marker

shots of the book too!

book

2009-12-10T06:48:00.000-08:00

Here are the speads for my book assignment, I am happy with elements of it, but I feel I didn't get to the level of finish that I wanted. Critiques are always welcome! Pictures of the book soon once I bind it, etc. Dean Corwell mastercopy up top also.

2009-12-02T12:47:00.000-08:00

Inkworks for open comp. ill assignment. Colored version up soon, it's Wu on the moon!

2009-11-26T13:29:00.000-08:00

acrylic/pastels 6''x6''.

nympho 3 little pigs.

2009-11-16T07:38:00.000-08:00

My share of a group assignment where you rework the three little pigs. Our group chose sexual predator wolf preying on supple young confused pig boys...
In reality, everything our group did was promo for the live action movie dealing with the same story line but they are people instead of barnyard animals!

your mother should know

2009-11-09T22:01:00.000-08:00

5 color lino-cut with goldleaf, and a some doodles in my new book. Sadly, my books are almost all thumbnails right now. Due to painting so much, I seem to be thinking more about shape than line so I am trying to get some more lines back into my sketches. Gotta be drawing all the time dawg.
Big figure painting update and 30 heads coming soon!

la musica

2009-11-04T21:48:00.001-08:00

La Musica International Chamber Music poster.
Top one's touched up with computer, bottom one's original art.

dig the dij

2009-10-26T07:21:00.000-07:00

Two more assignments from my computer illustration class; make a pulp fiction cover, and create a character and put it in 3 scenes.
Here you see the wild Skunk Ape in his native enviroment doing his daily methodicals

Illest of Ill '09

2009-10-10T14:23:00.001-07:00

I was lucky enough to get this in this years Illest of Ill show, judged by Andrew Hem(http://www.andrewhem.com/)

"Blue Lagoon" acrylic on illustration board, 36''x 24''

Sorry for point-n-shoot quality and all. Show was real packed so I had to take this picture after opening reception was over.

intensified SENSORY perception

2009-10-05T19:36:00.000-07:00

Group Show at Crossley Gallery. Artists: Wesley Bayard, Stead Thomas, Alex Shear, William Ball, Alex Wallis, Michelle Fisher, Cody Defranco, Phil Harmon, Nicky Larson, Dane Overton, Sebastian Georgalides, Sam Limbaugh, and Max Roseglass

"Dos Ensadas" Oil on Panel, 5.5 feet x 2.5 feet (in a $5 Goodwill Frame)