My Everything
Heather Hansma
Acrylic on Canvas
16”x20”
2011
Photo taken by Perfect Laughter
Yes. I already know that I am a cornball. You don’t need to point it out.
Doug Benson
2011
Heather Hansma
Sometimes I get so excited for a show I forget to consider how I’m going to make a digital copy of the piece. For now you’ll have to deal with this highly reflective photographed version taken by Kill Taupe. His picture of it is better than anything I have so far. Once the show comes down I’ll try and not fail so hard. Right now you can’t even take a photo straight on or else all you can see is the photographer. D’oh!
An orange-y close-up of my current progress in the Doug Benson piece. My goal is to have it complete by the end if the month (which us Sunday). Fuck.
Keep your fingers crossed for me.
I am abandoning the Hipstamatic for this progress shot. The background is pretty much complete unless I change my mind about something. I think I’m done with the underpainting too. Now to start layering in the skin tones.
Today I’m finishing up the background before I go back in and render out the figure. First step is a green wash on the background, with a lighter wash over the figure to tie the foreground in with the background once I start adding the skin tones.
Gus and Sue :: 2009
I am reposting this in memory of Augustin Vincent who passed away yesterday afternoon. Gus was the patriarch of the Vincent family and the grandfather of my significant other. I created this painting as a commission for Gus’s son, Dimitrie, that was given as a present to Gus and his wife, Sue. He is already greatly missed by many, many people.
Rest in peace, Gus.
Update :: Obituary and visitation information can be found here.
Portrait of Ed Helms :: 2007
This is from his The Daily Show days and not The Office days. Looking at this again reminds me how much I love painting portraits and how I need to get back into it.
I tried to teach my first class of students (with kids from grades 3rd through 6th) the concept of underpainting and glazing. They were really frustrated by it. I wish I had remembered that I had taken scans at various stages of progress on this painting to show them. I could only demonstrate so far into the progress due to time restraints.
The Artist at Work :: 2008
