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Thursday, August 13th, 2009

I’m in the process of putting together a gallery show… hopefully along with Jess, but she works much faster than I do so it’s hard to say, whatever she doesn’t sell at her show may make a reappearance with my work (along with some new pieces I’m sure) when it is finally done.

My workspace is extremely not mine at the moment, and I can’t describe how difficult it can be to paint (or want to paint) in a space where drip and splatter are not an option. So far there are between five and six pieces in the works, in various stages of not quite there yet.

You can be sure when I get this all together it will be an event, with food and drink and good music. I’ll keep you guys posted, and get some new pics uploaded shortly.

Acrylic on Panel, Peter Demaria ©2009

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The Wedding

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Wedding Invites, 2009

Being a designer means not having to pay somebody an outrageous amount of money to get your invitations printed… Like a lot of people these days, we were also on a budget, so inkjet printer and nice paper was the way to go (a little labor got us rounded corners and a custom-sized card, printed full-bleed to boot).

I did the illustration work while my lovely wife handled typography and a vector-drawn map (carefully edited and simplified) for directing people to the rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and reception.

Our theme was travel, but we also wanted to show people the side of Wilmington, North Carolina that we really appreciated, the raw natural beauty of the ocean and pines. I think my illustration captures that pretty well, and the watercolor manages to be soft and organic without coming off as cheesy.

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Back in Black!

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Recently we went camping in Montreat, North Carolina. It was awesome, I highly recommend it. There is nothing quite like eating food cooked over an open fire (not to mention getting the aforementioned fire going in the first place).  The website is not quite there, I have to say that web design is not my favorite , I wish I could draw something and just plop it onto the server somehow and that would be that. That not being the case (and free time being what it is) lets just say that this hand coded beauty (with a little help from wordpress) will be a progressive thing, and it may never look the same way twice in one day. It can only get better with age right?

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