Triathlons and Tattoos....

Once grad school was over and I was trying to workout regularly, I decided that it was time to start racing again and achieve a balance between my athletic endeavors and my art practice.

As I a start the initial training I find myself thinking about if I could streamline these aspects of my life to create something new in my art.

The Dorothy Project is going well, just don't seemed to have enough time in the studio because of the day job at the sports club. After being turned down by Redux I started drawing more in the small amount of spare time I have.

The result was an image that could in fact become my next tattoo. For a while now I thougth about getting a samurai tattooed on my body. With the theme of balance taking precedence in all practice it is quite possible this image could end up as the new Kendallprojects icon.

Stay tuned for a glimpse at the samurai image and the other drawings I'm working on for future stuff.

Introducing "The Dorothy Project"

PLEASE GO SEE THE WEBSITE!!! AND PASS THE WORD. All the work in full detail is there and I will reference the work that often. I will be indulging behind the scenes images and details that I might not ever get a chance to share otherwise.

This first post gives a small insight into "The Dorothy Project" and where it really came from, without all the "ART" speak that I never seemed to escape from when speaking about it.

While absorbed in Led Zepplin and Jimmy Page being channeled an ex-athlete, I saw I picture of my Cousin in a Dorothy costume on my parents fridge. I thought that it would be fun, weird, disturbing and hilarious to dress and play Dorothy. It wasn't until the "Hammers project" was almost complete did I start making the connection to that at idea with the music of Pink Floyd. After reading the Oz books (including wicked) I thought, "what if Dorothy became a disgruntled construction working who builds the yellow brick road" and the whole story I'm telling now, snowballed from there.

The First prep drawing of dorothy (re)building the Yellow Brick Road.

I quick look at the Witch Costume idea.