I am currently working on a series of paintings based on the twelve labors of Herakles (Hercules). I already wrote about painting Herakles first labor. The fourth labor of Herakles is to capture a vicious boar who is terrorizing the region of Mt. Erymanthos. Heracles … Read More →
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Development of a Painting: Herakles and the Nemean Lion
I am currently working on a series of paintings based on Greek myths that have been a lot of fun to work on. The myths are exciting and dramatic and they lend well to personal interpretation. It’s no surprise that artists through out the ages … Read More →
Paros Sketches
. I’m currently in the process of revamping my website www.junpierre.net. I’ll be including new work and I plan to continuously update the site whenever I have new pieces to post. There will be a lot more sketches in the site. I’m still not sure … Read More →
Working on Some Things in the B+W Studio
And so… I’m back in Paros, Greece and now painting in the nicest studio I’ve ever painted in. That would be the Aegean Center‘s black and white studio (see the tiles) and it’s muy bien — large, climate controlled, well lit and the sounds of … Read More →
2008: Year in Review
. Yup. We are already well in to 2009 and that’s fantastic. But I figure now is as good a time as any to look back on my year 2008 for what it was, what it wasn’t and everything in between. JANUARY I said my … Read More →
BTW, Obama is Gonna Win (And Here’s Why)
September 2nd, 2008 1. It’s a year for the Democrats, the youth vote, Bush’s unfavorables, etc. etc. blah blah blah 2. Corporations want Obama to win. Check out the DNC sites’ list of sponsors and the RNC’s list (also, notice how on the GOP convention’s … Read More →
The Family Videos (Round 1)
August 31st, 2008 While I was back in Minnesota this summer I made it one of my goals to try to do something about all of the home videos we have lying around my dad’s house. These videos date back up to thirty years. There … Read More →
Article on Dad
August 24th, 2008 This came out last week so I’m little late with this post but… Here’s an article from the Twin Cities daily newspaper, The Star Tribune, about my dad, Mr. Ko-ichi Shiozawa. It’s pretty good and goes in to what he does at … Read More →
The Aegean Center Site
June 15th, 2008 Whew! I haven’t been posting on my blog too much. But I have been working on web stuff a lot lately. Mostly the new design and launch of the Aegean Center for Fine Arts site: www.aegeancenter.org We also added a blog there … Read More →
If you want to be a photographer, look here
Shot by Nick Onken My photographer buddy Nick Onken has a great blog that all with even a slight passing interest in photography should check out: Nick Onken Shop Talk. Nick is a very talented photographer who has traveled all over the world shooting pieces … Read More →