Thursday, March 28, 2013

Portraits of Comedians: Part 2

I finished up my Danny DeVito painting for the Portraits of Comedians group show at Jameson's.

"Danny" 11 X 14 Oil on Panel 2013
And also my lovely girlfriend and fellow artist, Sabrina Jackson, blasted out this awesome Janeane Garofalo! Sabrina rocks!!

"Janeane Garofalo" Ink and Colored Pencil on Watercolor Paper by Sabrina Jackson 2013
Well, that was a fun project and I have heard that there will be actual comedians at the opening, so it should be as blast.
 
Now, I am getting ready to start a new painting tonight, and I am stoked to post some pictures of it soon. My next painting will have a monster in it!!


Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Portraits of Comedians

Hi Everyone,
I'm currently finishing up a painting for a group show in April at Jameson's with the theme, "Portraits of Comedians".

It's pretty funny, (no pun intended) that I am actually participating in this show because the theme couldn't be further away from what I usually paint. Anyway, I thought it would be a good challenge for me, so I chose Danny DeVito. I decided to paint Danny as a giant. I believe he is only 5 feet tall, and to me that is sort of funny. Hopefully I will get it finished in the next few days! :)


"Danny DeVito" work in progress


Saturday, March 9, 2013

Moth House

"Moth House" 16 X 20 Oil on Panel 2013
Just finished a few new paintings! This first one is called Moth House! I have always wanted to live in a magical little cottage, that looks like it's about 300 square feet on the outside, but on the inside it's actually and impossibly the size of any normal house. I recently moved into a new house and decided if I couldn't move into a magical little cottage, that I should just paint one.

"Concussion" 10 X 8 Oil on Panel 2013
This next painting is probably the smallest thing I have ever painted!! Yes, I received a concussion and it totally sucked! I was breaking up a bar fight..... and let's just say that things didn't turn out as planned! Ouch!!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Rad Show!!

Hey!! I just wanted to thank everyone for coming over to Jameson's the other night!! And Mega-Thanks to those who bought my paintings. I had a great time!!

Here are a couple of fun things:

I was interviewed by Jordan Brandt, who runs the IL CULTO blog. We talked a little bit about my process and the theme of the "New Ending Show".
http://ilculto.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/mark-rogers-the-new-ending-interview/

Also, I will have an artist profile featured in the Febuary 7th Eugene Weekly! Here is the little blurb about that: http://eugeneweekly.com/blog/pop-surrealist-painter-mark-rogers-opens-show-jamesons-feb-1#.UQxloNQJQ40.facebook

Finally I wanted to give a shout out to fellow Eugene Artist, Beth I Robinson, who made it into Juxtapoz Magazine!!! Wahoo!! Beth is an amazing artist and I encourage everyone to check out her website!

Thanks again to everyone who made it to ""The New Ending"!! It was super fun!!

Friday, January 11, 2013

THE NEW ENDING






































It's just about show time!!! 

I'm super stoked to announce my upcoming solo show at Jameson's, here in Eugene!! "THE NEW ENDING" Conceptually this show is about change, growing, and moving forward, that experiences that effected me last year. In total, there will be 9 new paintings, all of which I completed in 2012. I believe over the course of the year I completed 12 paintings, but I have either sold or gifted away the remaining ones. This says a lot for me because 2012 was a pretty rough year, but in many ways, also pretty darn cool. On a mega-positive note, I feel as if I have grown a lot as an artist last year in the sense that I have finally dialed in my art making process. Switching from painting canvas to panel has really helped me to blast out under-drawings and all that technical stuff. The conceptual end of painting comes a lot easier that it ever has in the past. I suppose it is just practice and putting in the time. Fuck yeah, there are a lot of things that I could really work on, but these days I am feeling confident that I will just get better naturally with hard work.    

And...2013 is going to be rad. My goal is to slay 18 paintings, participate in a few more group shows up in Portland and maybe start a punk band! 

Jameson's is the bar where I pour drinks on weekends, and showing art there is always fun because it offers me a chance to show my awesome coworkers and regulars what I am up to. I think this is my fourth Jameson's show and it wont be the last

Well, I am really excited and I think this my best work yet! So if any one wants to have beers and check out the opening, it will be on first Friday art walk in February! Cheers!! 

Thursday, December 6, 2012

New Art!!

Hey Everyone!! I finally have a camera again, so here is some art!! I feel like I am playing catch up here because earlier this year my camera was stolen and I haven't been able to keep up with the blogging. Anyway, enough with the excuses, less talk...more art!!


"Waiting For You" 12 X 16 Oil on Panel 2012


"Off the Wagon" 11 X 14 Oil on Panel 2012

"Balancing Act" 16 X 20 Oil on Canvas 2012

"Fucking Savages" 24 X 30 Oil on Canvas 2012