Originals for sale on Ebay!

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So I just listed the artwork above on Ebay with no reserve. The auctions all will be ending in 5 days. So technically you could own these originals for 99 cents, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that maybe they go for a little more.. :). The funds garnered from sales will be used to fund my last days in the states and the final weeks of the Illustration Academy.

ALSO, all the figure pastels below are for sale. Shoot me an email (fvallejo.illustration@gmail.com) and we can work out a very reasonable deal.

I also overhauled  my STORE, with new work and prints for sale. All of the originals are being handled by galleries or outside dealers, that's why they aren't on Ebay right now..haha.

I imagine good deals are sure to happen with many of the pieces, so if you are interested, make sure to click the "Bid" links for more information on the work.

**EDIT: Thanks to those that bid on the work!!**

Thanks and take care!

-francis

Doodlin away at the Ill Acad! I feel this is as close to the modern day Brandywine as you can get. Right now Mark English, John English, Sam Weber, Jillian Tamaki, David Apatoff, Doug Chayka, George Pratt, Jon Foster, Anita Kunz, CF Payne, Sterling Hundley, Brent Watkinson, and Robert Meganck are walking around Sarasota waiting to change our lives again tomorrow morning. The other day Gary Kelley, Francis Livingston,  Terry Brown, and Barron Storey just left.  I really am constantly overwhelmed. Each and every artist has their own philosophies and they usually are completely contradictory to each other, and I love it! It's up to us, the students, to pick what we agree with and mold our own philosophies. But man, I've never seen so much unbridled passion for picture making. I feel like I'm part of something historic.

On another note, my sketches have been changing. Since January I've switched from pen to pencil and feel like I'm slowly moving away from line. Slowly. Honestly I'm trying to draw like George Pratt. He taught me to not think, just react and make honest marks. I'll be moving to Russia soon, so I'll have plenty of time to make tight drawings.

best,

-francis

**ps: RIP MJ, your music continues to fuel my art.**

pastel figures and photos!

The 2009 Illustration Academy  is in full swing and as expected it is crazy bananas. It is my 2nd year attending and I am honored to be around such accomplished teachers and students!

This means nu-pastel figure drawing. These figure sessions truly contain me at my most happy. Something about the technique they push is so money. It makes it much easier to get those strokes you see in your head, but can never seem to get. I did notice a trend of having a rendered torso with simple (or lack of) hands with no feet. I need to fix that. And yes the model that posed for the last one is ripped, she's great!! O yeah, these are 10-20 minute poses.

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Also the opening for my show in San Diego went terrific! Thanks to all those that stopped by and said hi! A few pics are above.

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And lastly, here's a WIP photo. Maybe 50% done. It's of a 30x40 oil portrait of badass guitarist Johnny Winter. I'm determined to finished it up next week.  I'm jazzed.

take care!!

-francis v

ORIGINS | new works by:

Kyung Soon Park
Francis Vallejo +
Austin McCormick

June 5th - July 19th
Subtext Gallery, San Diego CA
Opening Reception: this Friday June 5th 6-10pm
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I'm pleased to announce my first major exhibition opening this Friday at Subtext Gallery in San Diego, CA. I'll be sharing wall space with two very talented artists: Kyung Soon Park and Austin McCormick. All the original work falls under our interpretation of the word "Origins." I'll admit it's been great fun to watch how each artist has interpreted the theme so differently!

I'm flying out Wednesday to hang the show, and really look forward to hopefully put some faces to names at the opening this Friday. Make sure to say hello!

The top image is one of my paintings to be exhibited. It's an oil of Michigan Central Station in Detroit, Michigan. I spent many afternoons and nights exploring that amazing building. The next two images are details of my main canvas, a 40x60 oil on linen. I'll have 2-3 more pieces exhibited, that I will post after the show has been up for a little while.

hope to see folks there!!
-francis

**if interested in previewing the show and pricing please email Dylan at dylan@subtextstore.com **