Portfolio

Traditional and digital painting, net art

A work of art is a slab of time. The time it takes to create it, the time it takes to view it or understand it, and the time in which the work itself exists. This is part of the intrinsic value of art. Paint is just mud, pixels are numbers stored in a memory register. The application of time and intent gives them meaning and value.

Traditional painting
Digital painting
Web sites

Web sites

I make "Internet Art" in the form of web sites with a single idea or image enhanced with a little bit of animation or interactivity.

If this art is freely available on the public internet, then these pieces are digital murals. I like to project them on the wall.

Foggy Mirror

Foggy Mirror recreates the experience of a fogged bathroom mirror using your device’s front-facing camera. Draw with the mouse (or your finger on touch devices) to remove the fog

Do you have a pool?

"Do you have a pool?" is a web painting of an infinite Motel 6 in the summertime. Read more about the project here.

Little Overripe

"Little Overripe" is a web painting of breathing, undulating, avocados. Visit the painting at http://littleoverripe.com or read about the making of it here

Guacamole Tips

"Guacamole Tips" is a web painting about waking up in a strange room in a strange place. And some tips about making guacamole.

Visit Guacamole Tips here http://guacamole.tips and read about the making of the site here or read about the original painting that inspired this painting here.

Shtacks

Shtacks.com is a piece of net art that lets you type a painting.

Your text is immediately saved in the URL so you can share your creation, or you can download the painting as an image file.

Read about the making of here.

Majid.coffee

Majid likes alpacas. Majid likes coffee. Majid likes alpacas who like coffee.

Read about Majid.coffee here.

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Traditional painting

Most recently I've been inspired by the beutiful grit city Tacoma, WA. One painting from Mexico slipped in there too.

The Temple

Acrylic on birch panel.

8" × 10"

December 10, 2017

Tacoma Dome Station Construction

Acrylic on birch panel.

8" × 8"

July 8, 2017

Hilltop Neighborhood

Acrylic on birch panel.

10" × 8"

July 8, 2017

Motel 6 in Fife, WA

Acrylic on canvas panel.

8" × 8"

March 5, 2017

Le Donut

Acrylic on canvas.

8" × 10"

February 12, 2017

South Tacoma Way

Acrylic on canvas.

8" × 10"

January 28, 2017

Simpson Tacoma Kraft Paper Mill

Acrylic on canvas.

12" × 4"

Demember 4, 2016

Commencement Bay

Acrylic on canvas.

12" × 4"

November 13, 2016

Guest room

Acrylic on paper.

8" × 10"

September 25, 2016

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Digital painting

I paint digitally with a 9.7" iPad Pro and Apple Pencil using Procreate. I paint still life, figure and portrait studies, as well as more complex ideas.

Freighthouse Square

June 2018

Napping Commuter

A painting for Instagram. This image was cut into a grid of 12 images and then posted one piece at a time over the course of a week to Instagram. The layout of the piece is intended to be “read” one block at a time so that a visual narrative unfolds with each post, leading to the whole image.

May 2018