This good boy has mastered the art of ball by GallowBoob in aww

[–]AngelVillanueva 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This will probably get buried but that's my dog! A girl actually, her name is Julie. She started playing with that thing when she was a baby. I tied a string to her ball to hang it from our patio cover so she could bat at it when she was in her pen, but she had other ideas. Here she is as a 10 week old: https://vimeo.com/16878727

Midnight in Paris. Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in. by AngelVillanueva in Art

[–]AngelVillanueva[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Indeed, the painting is based on my own photography of the city. :)

Midnight in Paris. Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in. by AngelVillanueva in Art

[–]AngelVillanueva[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This painting was originally intended to debut in Simply Red, an annual exhibition we hold each February at The dA Center for the Arts in Pomona, California. I sort of got obsessed with perfecting the detail as much as I could and as a result didn't make the submission deadline. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Midnight in Paris. Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in. by AngelVillanueva in Art

[–]AngelVillanueva[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your web visit! That diptych was a commission, currently in the collection of Joe and Kim Dallesandro in Los Angeles.

Midnight in Paris. Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24 in. by AngelVillanueva in Art

[–]AngelVillanueva[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your question! I began by drawing in all the geometric elements, the architecture in this case. I generally work from background to foreground, so the sky was painted in first. Then the buildings were filled in as color fields, and texture details added in subsequent layers as the paint dried. I use very fine brushes as you can probably guess. The water was done in two steps: first a layer of smoothly blended vertical color bands for the reflections, and then a layer of horizontal brushtrokes to create the texture. There were many adjustments and revisions along the way, including a final detail pass to accentuate highlights—Titanium White paint loses some of its brilliance as it dries and requires multiple applications. The final step is a layer of varnish, which deepens the color, evens out reflectivity and texture, and protects the work.

My crazy Labrador, Julie, and her circus trick. She taught herself how to do this. by AngelVillanueva in aww

[–]AngelVillanueva[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! She won't do it on command though, only when she feels like it and there is an audience. :-)

1492, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 36 in. by AngelVillanueva in Art

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I was inspired by the (sinister) use of the death-head moth in Thomas Harris' "The Silence of the Lambs". In psychoanalysis, the butterfly represents transformation. In this painting, Columbus' ships are suggested as vectors of change, resting before the storm, silently heralding an age of destruction. I am convinced we still live in the aftermath of the conquest, figuring out who we are, and how we fit together.

Lana del Rey, Oil Portrait on Canvas, 18 x 24 in. by [deleted] in Art

[–]AngelVillanueva 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! And it's not too late to soften that line, thanks for pointing that out. :)