PHAPSA #3 and other art related crap

So, we went on a field trip to the Spencer Art Museum at Lawrence on the KU campus. I kind of forgot that we were taking pictures or that we were supposed to find an artist to create a tribute for. I kind of forgot I was even at this field trip. But I dug up a couple of pictures that I happened to take. The one above is where they take photo shoots, I guess. (My shoddy phone camera hates taking dark pictures)

Who is this beautiful man, you ask? Why, it's Denis Hotaj; rocking it out to some Beyonce.
Okay, so I originally chose Pieter Cornelisz, van Rijck from the Netherlands who painted Salome with Head of John the Baptist. I loved the expressions on the three subject's faces. And I really liked the story behind it after researching more about it.
I started a sketch of the tribute piece, but... I want to paint something a little more modern. So, I looked through the Spencer Art Museum website and found an artist that I really like: Grant Wood. His piece, Near Sundown, 1933, is really great. Sweney's been on my ass about adding backgrounds to my pieces (I get it, aite?) so I think Grant Wood's landscapes would be a good thing to study.
More on his work: http://www.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=62
So yeah, that's what I'll be working on. Well, that and the weekend piece.
Also, after not seeing my work for a couple of weeks, I'm finding things I want to change, so I'm going back and touching things up on my old paintings. There ya go.

Okay, so Alison and I went to the premiere of Whip It. I went in not knowing anything about this movie. I just went for the free t-shirt! After we got it, we were pretty disappointed. The shirts were white and had a basic graphic on the front. So over the weekend, we dyed our shirts and screenprinted names on the back. SO ARTSY, YA? Come to find out, a KCAI graduate designed the costumes for Whip It. Neato.