art by robert giova

“Dysmorphia” Watercolor on gessoed masonite 17x44 This painting is for The Hollow Project which is a show about body issues and self esteem.  Read about it here.   About the painting: By all accounts, I have a wonderful life.  I have married, loving, and supportive parents. I have friends, graduated college, have a job and a comfortable home.  Yet I am faced with a view of myself that is far removed from reality. I hope this painting can be like the Picture of Dorian Gray that can absorb these exaggerated problems I see in myself.  

“Dysmorphia”

Watercolor on gessoed masonite

17x44

This painting is for The Hollow Project which is a show about body issues and self esteem.  Read about it here.  

About the painting:

By all accounts, I have a wonderful life.  I have married, loving, and supportive parents. I have friends, graduated college, have a job and a comfortable home.  Yet I am faced with a view of myself that is far removed from reality.

I hope this painting can be like the Picture of Dorian Gray that can absorb these exaggerated problems I see in myself.  

Popham Beach

Popham Beach

Sketch from Maine

Sketch from Maine

Title: Truly missed it Watercolor on illustration board

Title: Truly missed it

Watercolor on illustration board

Tybee Island 2 hour study Watercolor on hot press

Tybee Island 2 hour study

Watercolor on hot press

Sertraline Watercolor on Gesso

Sertraline

Watercolor on Gesso

Mary Watercolor

Mary

Watercolor

Here’s a sketch I did recently.  Just for fun.  Got to love Bats!

Here’s a sketch I did recently.  Just for fun.  Got to love Bats!

Milk

This is really an amazingly designed desk if you don’t have too much to store.  Maybe the point is to force you to prioritize and keep it simple.  We always can try and keep things a little simpler.

This is a beast Zach and I collaborated on for a contest from the movie 9.  You had to create a beast that looked like it was from the movie with found objects.

Save her from the Savages Watercolor and Acrylic on Arches 140lb hot press Double post on both this blog and the team blog, but who cares right?

Save her from the Savages

Watercolor and Acrylic on Arches 140lb hot press

Double post on both this blog and the team blog, but who cares right?

With a little crit from Jerry and Diana, I present the first painting from the trip to Santa Fe.  It is from the side of the train that was sitting in the train yard. Santa Fe Southern 14x21 Watercolor on Arches 140lb Hot Press

With a little crit from Jerry and Diana, I present the first painting from the trip to Santa Fe.  It is from the side of the train that was sitting in the train yard.

Santa Fe Southern 14x21

Watercolor on Arches 140lb Hot Press

The future is not ominous, but a promise - it envelops the present as a halo.

—John Dewey

Untitled Watercolor on Arches 140lb Hot Press

Untitled

Watercolor on Arches 140lb Hot Press