• Spunburst 24’ Once I heard a visual artist say that if they wanted to talk about the work they would have been a poet. At the time I thought that was a great comment but now I think it was a cop out for me. An easy out. I used to consider words distraction but this weekend after presenting this piece to two groups I have changed my perspective. Standing in front of a piece and presenting it means I get to add additional layers of understanding. Especially with this work because it gives no clues as to how it was made, the process or what it means. Words give that opportunity eventhough I create them to stand on their own. This work is images of metallurgical work on Low Carbon Steel that has been transferred to large sheets of acrylic glass. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #arttour
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    Spunburst 24’ Once I heard a visual artist say that if they wanted to talk about the work they would have been a poet. At the time I thought that was a great comment but now I think it was a cop out for me. An easy out. I used to consider words distraction but this weekend after presenting this piece to two groups I have changed my perspective. Standing in front of a piece and presenting it means I get to add additional layers of understanding. Especially with this work because it gives no clues as to how it was made, the process or what it means. Words give that opportunity eventhough I create them to stand on their own. This work is images of metallurgical work on Low Carbon Steel that has been transferred to large sheets of acrylic glass. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #arttour
  • Glacial 4’ x 8’, lobby Austin TX #modern #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #residence #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #installation
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    Glacial 4’ x 8’, lobby Austin TX #modern #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #residence #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #installation
  • A lot of art gets purchased anonymously, even more gets sold anonymously although I don’t know anything about that. The collector of this piece didn’t purchase it anonymously but asked that I keep their identity anonymous. Interestingly enough a friend of mine was consulting at this company, and after seeing this piece a number of times looked at the signature. She sent me this photo and asked “is this yours?” Yes it is! I initially felt like I had some strange paternal right to know who is purchasing the work. You don’t even get the right to know where your child is going if you give it up for adoption. What made me think I had any right to know anything about any collector? Anyway, It took some cycles to get over that, now I’m just thankful when the work gets out there, gets seen, shared and interacted with. 3 eight foot panels. Images of steel and mill scale that have been transferred to sheets of acrylic glass hung as a tight triptych. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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    A lot of art gets purchased anonymously, even more gets sold anonymously although I don’t know anything about that. The collector of this piece didn’t purchase it anonymously but asked that I keep their identity anonymous. Interestingly enough a friend of mine was consulting at this company, and after seeing this piece a number of times looked at the signature. She sent me this photo and asked “is this yours?” Yes it is! I initially felt like I had some strange paternal right to know who is purchasing the work. You don’t even get the right to know where your child is going if you give it up for adoption. What made me think I had any right to know anything about any collector? Anyway, It took some cycles to get over that, now I’m just thankful when the work gets out there, gets seen, shared and interacted with. 3 eight foot panels. Images of steel and mill scale that have been transferred to sheets of acrylic glass hung as a tight triptych. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
  • My first patent file! Got my first patent file!!! The patent revolves around tracking the changes made to digital files, known as 'Code Chain of Custody' via Blockchain technologies or distributed trust networks. The original use case we had in mind was video taken from a body worn camera that gets submitted in a trial. How does the judge and jury know it hasn't been tampered with or if it has, how it was tampered with? THIS solves that issue by allowing faces or voices to be redacted by editors while also transparently tracking what was changed, when, how and by who. On the outside this probably doesn’t seem like it has a lot to do with art but it’s a very similar long arduous process. The idea is the easy part. The details, the research and the patience is what it’s really about. I have friends that push through several of these a year, but for me this was exciting. None of this would have happened without mentor/author/uber engineer and kind productive soul L. Williamson! #patent #blockchain #code #provenance #ibm #crypto #art #artist #creativity #abstract #research #grind #abstractartist #cloud #computing #invention #inventor #innovation
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    My first patent file! Got my first patent file!!! The patent revolves around tracking the changes made to digital files, known as 'Code Chain of Custody' via Blockchain technologies or distributed trust networks. The original use case we had in mind was video taken from a body worn camera that gets submitted in a trial. How does the judge and jury know it hasn't been tampered with or if it has, how it was tampered with? THIS solves that issue by allowing faces or voices to be redacted by editors while also transparently tracking what was changed, when, how and by who. On the outside this probably doesn’t seem like it has a lot to do with art but it’s a very similar long arduous process. The idea is the easy part. The details, the research and the patience is what it’s really about. I have friends that push through several of these a year, but for me this was exciting. None of this would have happened without mentor/author/uber engineer and kind productive soul L. Williamson! #patent #blockchain #code #provenance #ibm #crypto #art #artist #creativity #abstract #research #grind #abstractartist #cloud #computing #invention #inventor #innovation
  • Pulling the studio apart to finish it out! It’s turning into an anthropological dig. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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    Pulling the studio apart to finish it out! It’s turning into an anthropological dig. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
  • There are no particles. Just waves. Mill Scale on Mild Carbon Steel transferred to Moab I spent time with steel purveyors from South Texas up to Barrie Ontario. Foreman almost always let me onto their floors to inventory their racks and stacks. The warehouses are filthy, hot, unnerving places though. Lift hooks, forklifts and steel brakes make them dangerous, shakey and loud. I have to focus to find what I am looking for while every fiber is pleading with me to get the hell out. #design #architecture #contemporary #amazingarchitecture #architecten #nofilter #architect#arquitectura #iphoneonly #instaarchitecture#love #concept #Architektur #architecture#luxury #architect #architettura#interiordesign #photooftheday #instatravel#travel #instagood #instamood #archimodel#Archilovers #アーキテクチャ
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    There are no particles. Just waves. Mill Scale on Mild Carbon Steel transferred to Moab I spent time with steel purveyors from South Texas up to Barrie Ontario. Foreman almost always let me onto their floors to inventory their racks and stacks. The warehouses are filthy, hot, unnerving places though. Lift hooks, forklifts and steel brakes make them dangerous, shakey and loud. I have to focus to find what I am looking for while every fiber is pleading with me to get the hell out. #design #architecture #contemporary #amazingarchitecture #architecten #nofilter #architect#arquitectura #iphoneonly #instaarchitecture#love #concept #Architektur #architecture#luxury #architect #architettura#interiordesign #photooftheday #instatravel#travel #instagood #instamood #archimodel#Archilovers #アーキテクチャ
  • Shipped an 8’ piece yesterday. This work is metallurgical in origin. It started as a sheet of “Mild Carbon Steel” then with a number of chemicals including phosphoric acid and selenium dioxides it undergoes a number of changes. Each sheet of steel behaves differently depending on the production facility whether it be in China, India or West Virginia. My father was an old school Harlem photographer so as a child I spent a lot of time in a darkroom which helped me think through and develop the imaging portion of the process. The first series was painful and exceedingly expensive using massive 10” negatives and large format cameras. The final piece as shown here involves transferring the image to glass and then mounting braces and backing it so I can be hung. As an artist, it’s the image I am after but the journey to get there takes up 90% of the effort. As a result I have come to appreciate the attention to detail and precision of The Process. In addition to working as an artist, I am an artificial intelligence advisor for IBM. I am able to take the same innovation and research based approach to cognitive capabilities and apply them to these pieces of art. In many ways they are the same expression through a different medium. An effort of continual evolution, failure and tiny successes. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #steel #texasartist #ibm
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    Shipped an 8’ piece yesterday. This work is metallurgical in origin. It started as a sheet of “Mild Carbon Steel” then with a number of chemicals including phosphoric acid and selenium dioxides it undergoes a number of changes. Each sheet of steel behaves differently depending on the production facility whether it be in China, India or West Virginia. My father was an old school Harlem photographer so as a child I spent a lot of time in a darkroom which helped me think through and develop the imaging portion of the process. The first series was painful and exceedingly expensive using massive 10” negatives and large format cameras. The final piece as shown here involves transferring the image to glass and then mounting braces and backing it so I can be hung. As an artist, it’s the image I am after but the journey to get there takes up 90% of the effort. As a result I have come to appreciate the attention to detail and precision of The Process. In addition to working as an artist, I am an artificial intelligence advisor for IBM. I am able to take the same innovation and research based approach to cognitive capabilities and apply them to these pieces of art. In many ways they are the same expression through a different medium. An effort of continual evolution, failure and tiny successes. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #steel #texasartist #ibm
  • Art and Size I was walking down the street with some friends in San Francisco and saw several 25 foot Frank Stella murals from different parts of his career in the Linked In public/space lobby. The wall leading into the space is made of a series of massive doors that can be opened creating an indoor/outdoor area that is clad in wood with interesting levels. The pieces inside are just massive but sized correctly for the room. I expect a phone to be the size of my hand roughly, and I expect a car to be roughly the size of, well a car. These “tools” are always shaped for human form factor. 10 pound cufflinks does no one any good and a pencil the size of Bamboo is worthless. Art, however, can be consumed at pretty much any scale and any size. I’m 6’5”, the first time I created a 12’ piece I stood next to and it struck me that I had literally gone beyond myself to create the piece. That was a defining moment. It’s exotic for me to feel dwarfed by things created for human scale. In airplanes it feels like cramming into a doll house, at parent teacher conferences I am perched on these ridiculous kiddie chairs, my daughter uses my shoulder and head as a stair to reach the top the headboard, in cars I have to push the chairs to their extreme positions. When I create a piece of work I can use whatever scale I want and so in that sliver of opportunity, I am able to create a space where I fit. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign
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    Art and Size I was walking down the street with some friends in San Francisco and saw several 25 foot Frank Stella murals from different parts of his career in the Linked In public/space lobby. The wall leading into the space is made of a series of massive doors that can be opened creating an indoor/outdoor area that is clad in wood with interesting levels. The pieces inside are just massive but sized correctly for the room. I expect a phone to be the size of my hand roughly, and I expect a car to be roughly the size of, well a car. These “tools” are always shaped for human form factor. 10 pound cufflinks does no one any good and a pencil the size of Bamboo is worthless. Art, however, can be consumed at pretty much any scale and any size. I’m 6’5”, the first time I created a 12’ piece I stood next to and it struck me that I had literally gone beyond myself to create the piece. That was a defining moment. It’s exotic for me to feel dwarfed by things created for human scale. In airplanes it feels like cramming into a doll house, at parent teacher conferences I am perched on these ridiculous kiddie chairs, my daughter uses my shoulder and head as a stair to reach the top the headboard, in cars I have to push the chairs to their extreme positions. When I create a piece of work I can use whatever scale I want and so in that sliver of opportunity, I am able to create a space where I fit. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign
  • Installed. The size of the work often gets lost without context. Is this too big for the space? This piece flew off the delivery truck in rush-hour traffic on a major highway when a tie cable failed. It sailed up and slammed into the asphalt, and was then run over and over. How in the world it survived is completely beyond me?!?!?! Not a scratch. Here’s to the folks who pack art and know what the hell they are doing! #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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    Installed. The size of the work often gets lost without context. Is this too big for the space? This piece flew off the delivery truck in rush-hour traffic on a major highway when a tie cable failed. It sailed up and slammed into the asphalt, and was then run over and over. How in the world it survived is completely beyond me?!?!?! Not a scratch. Here’s to the folks who pack art and know what the hell they are doing! #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
  • Fractal Borealis West 48 x 48 Painting wet pressed between sheets of glass to create coral like fractals I often meet with companies to discuss innovation. What is super interesting to me is that innovation never looks like a lightbulb going off. It looks like long periods of hard work and a willingness to take risks. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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    Fractal Borealis West 48 x 48 Painting wet pressed between sheets of glass to create coral like fractals I often meet with companies to discuss innovation. What is super interesting to me is that innovation never looks like a lightbulb going off. It looks like long periods of hard work and a willingness to take risks. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
  • Fractal Borealis 48” x 48” Painting wet pressed between sheets of glass to create coral like fractals. #art #artistsoninstagram #artist #sf #travel#sanfrancisco #sketch #citylife #sketch#color #wild #wildwest #instaart#instabeauty #westcoast #chill #california #legend #dontstop#creative #life #mylife #mixedmedia #citylife#city #romantic #citybythebay #artislife I Feel So Good In My Neighborhood - B. Marley #bobmarley #guys #instagay#bobmarleyquotes
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    Fractal Borealis 48” x 48” Painting wet pressed between sheets of glass to create coral like fractals. #art #artistsoninstagram #artist #sf #travel#sanfrancisco #sketch #citylife #sketch#color #wild #wildwest #instaart#instabeauty #westcoast #chill #california #legend #dontstop#creative #life #mylife #mixedmedia #citylife#city #romantic #citybythebay #artislife I Feel So Good In My Neighborhood - B. Marley #bobmarley #guys #instagay#bobmarleyquotes
  • Sunset Over Reykjavik #design #designer #interiordesign #graphicdesign #webdesign #FashionDesigner #homedesign #graphicdesigner #fashiondesign #designs #designers #instadesign #interiordesigner #logodesign #naildesign #characterdesign #jewelrydesign #furnituredesign #webdesigner #tattoodesign #industrialdesign #productdesign #thedesigntip #designinspiration #jewelrydesigner #logodesigner #websitedesign #designdeinteriores #designing #customdesign
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    Sunset Over Reykjavik #design #designer #interiordesign #graphicdesign #webdesign #FashionDesigner #homedesign #graphicdesigner #fashiondesign #designs #designers #instadesign #interiordesigner #logodesign #naildesign #characterdesign #jewelrydesign #furnituredesign #webdesigner #tattoodesign #industrialdesign #productdesign #thedesigntip #designinspiration #jewelrydesigner #logodesigner #websitedesign #designdeinteriores #designing #customdesign
  • Sundown Stretch I have always loved Mexican blankets. We just got back from the Mexican Pacific (PV) and the psychedelic Huichol art is so interesting. The Huichol are native and have rejected Spanish imported Catholicism and stuck to their shamanic guns, fighting for cultural and religious freedom. In some ways art has been a huge savior for them as it became their spokesperson. Here’s to art as a savior! #art #huichol #design #abstract #artist #houston #austin #dallas #texas #dwell #architecture #interior #interiordesign #artbroker #artdealer #abstractartist #marketing #pattern #textile #buyer #painting #minimalist #travel #sunset #houzz #modern #modernart #collection #fashion
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    Sundown Stretch I have always loved Mexican blankets. We just got back from the Mexican Pacific (PV) and the psychedelic Huichol art is so interesting. The Huichol are native and have rejected Spanish imported Catholicism and stuck to their shamanic guns, fighting for cultural and religious freedom. In some ways art has been a huge savior for them as it became their spokesperson. Here’s to art as a savior! #art #huichol #design #abstract #artist #houston #austin #dallas #texas #dwell #architecture #interior #interiordesign #artbroker #artdealer #abstractartist #marketing #pattern #textile #buyer #painting #minimalist #travel #sunset #houzz #modern #modernart #collection #fashion
  • Spaghetti Western in Malibu This stretch is created by slicing down paintings to 1/10th of a millimeter and digitally stretching them. It’s an abstraction of an abstract piece. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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    Spaghetti Western in Malibu This stretch is created by slicing down paintings to 1/10th of a millimeter and digitally stretching them. It’s an abstraction of an abstract piece. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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  • My son took this picture of me drying off our little girl after her bath. #bestgirl #love #blackandwhite #photography
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    My son took this picture of me drying off our little girl after her bath. #bestgirl #love #blackandwhite #photography
  • High 25 #bestson #myboy #blackandwhite #photography #love
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    High 25 #bestson #myboy #blackandwhite #photography #love
  • How messed up would it be to wake up in your 80’s and realize your life was devoted to frivolity? How important is art? Really. I think in terms of “art”. Many days it’s the first thing I think about when I wake up.... images of works unborn, processes unknown. But what’s the point? A collection of squares on walls? It can’t be. The guiding principle in this work is breaking through the known, accomplishing the next step in personal evolution. Finding a unique form of expression. This is true of everything we do as gas station attendants or diplomats. Whether we take ownership of it or not we are all following our own path. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset
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    How messed up would it be to wake up in your 80’s and realize your life was devoted to frivolity? How important is art? Really. I think in terms of “art”. Many days it’s the first thing I think about when I wake up.... images of works unborn, processes unknown. But what’s the point? A collection of squares on walls? It can’t be. The guiding principle in this work is breaking through the known, accomplishing the next step in personal evolution. Finding a unique form of expression. This is true of everything we do as gas station attendants or diplomats. Whether we take ownership of it or not we are all following our own path. #painting #design #designer #abstractart #architect #art #architecture #interiordesign #contemporaryart #modernart #decor #abstract #interiordesigner #interiordecorator #abstractartist #innovation #artist #abstractart #studio #modern #artwork #fineart #dwell #artconsultant #abstractexpressionist #austin #houston #dallas #investment #texasartist #mindset