Welcome to the gallery
Welcome to BH Originals
No prints. Each piece will always be one of a kind.
I take pride in being an artist that is comfortable in many mediums. (I do not shy away from a challenge.) From the thick impressionistic works of acrylic to the detail in line work of graphite.
Although I love creating works of my own, I enjoy bringing to life commissions of other inspired spirts.
View BH ORIGINALS Work by Medium
Acrylic – Now the fun begins! I wanted to play with color and texture. I hadn’t been painting with brushes in my oil works, why start now? Acrylics dry so much faster than oils, let’s see what this can, or cannot do!
I enjoy both a great deal, but I also find clean and simple very appealing. For now I really enjoy the balance of clean negative space allowed the color and texture of the piece to resonate and come into focus for the viewer, a windowed silhouette with a story to tell.
Pencil is my fundamental corner stone – I have an appreciation for the skill in the line work and attention to detail that plays a part in realism.
Color and watercolor pencil – Playing with color.
I was always nervous with color; there is always just the right shade and from time to time, the wrong shade. That although a grayscale piece could speak volumes, color is what made it come to life. As with all the mediums I use I am always playing with and seeking ways to best manipulate them.
Ink – The dark pools of rich contrast and clean lines, something confident echoes with ink once it is to paper there really is no going back there is just a trust in letting go.
A playful collection ranging from liquid acrylics to digital art work, and video of heavy body pieces.
Oil – The classics. There is something about manipulating the thick creamy colors of oil paint.
I started playing with oil paint in high school, mixing and blending colors felt seamless. There is something to be said for brush work, but as I continued using this medium I became impatient with cleaning brushes or needing new brushes to keep colors clean. So it was at that point I ditched the brushes for pallet knives. I started painting with oil straight from the tubes without mixing any oils to thin/extend the pigment.
As most are familiar with the impressionists: Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and my personal favorite (no matter if it is cliché), Vincent Van Gogh. I enjoyed that I could loosen the detail just a bit, to give the piece a type of feeling in the moment. That maybe details would be fuzzy to the eye close up, but a step away at that distance things came into focus. I also noticed I started to do more than the impasto work that the greats are known for; I had started to sculpt with the paint to a degree.