i'm sick

(c)1983 Ralf Schulze

I'm too ill with a bad cold to post a proper post, so you get this:

from sketchbook from1983.

experiment with airbrush + sharpie

College Winter Beach Photo painting

(c)1983 Ralf Schulze

20" x 24" oil on stretched canvas. framed w/ raw pine slats.

Devil in the Details

(c)1985 Ralf Schulze

This is a very recent photo of an old painting.  Taken while up in Bainbridge NY (Easter weekend) at the house I've been trying to sell for less than 70,000 dollars (for the past 3 years!), and I still have a lot of my old art there.   
This is an old favorite.

Oil, and Enamel and Sharpie on stretched canvas and framed with white painted pine slats!

It is 36" x 40"

This one is worth the zoom in to see the cool details!

my Brother's New Family

More than a Year ago my only brother got married. I was the best man, and I had to have a good gift also!  I am living paycheck-to-paycheck, so I decided that I would try to give as much of my talent as possible.

I labored many days on this Family Portrait and actually enjoyed the experience.

This pic is only one of many "in-process" pics I have.
The photo I worked off of is at the bottom right.  I did a sketch study (top left) and my watercolor study (upper middle).

I'll post more in the future!

God Save the Comix!

I made this to promote my comics. Sent it with various mail art and if someone decided to send me actual $ for the comics.

Top left is my character: "Dinky Doo"
Top Right is Ralph Mindicino's character: "Dead Kid"
Bottom left is my character: "Larry the Leper"

The old address is old

8 1/2" x 11" Collage, Stamp, and ink!

Alaska

(c)1982 Ralf Schulze

I went to Alaska with a good friend one summer during my college days.  This is a Painting I did from on of the few photographs I took.

It is of the dirt road I walked everyday returning from work to the campsites I lived at near the Mendenhall Glacier.

I worked at the Brown Bear Cafe in Juneau that summer!

Old tall thing



(c)1984 Ralf Schulze

 Just found this in my old studio.
It's about 20" x 10" and acrylic and sharpie on stretched canvas.

I'll try to get a better pic soon.  The flash on this doesn't do it justice.

Calm Splats

(c)1985 Ralf Schulze

The perfect combination of luck and control to create these splats was so fun! 

And I knew exactly when it was finished!

Oil, acrylic, and enamel spray paint on stretched canvas.  27" x 32"  framed with thin pine slats.

Pivotal Piece

(c)2002 Ralf Schulze

This is a small (9" x 12") sketch painting in canvas board that actually means a lot to me.
After I moved from Richmond VA back up to NY State (basicly between Binghamton and Oneonta) bac in 2002, I had tons of room to  do art because actaul living space was much cheaper there. 
I did this to just experiment with paint again  after many years and some of the experimental decisions were new to what I've done before.  I really like what happened to this.
However, the actual painting got moldy and right now looks like crap.
This is only a 8.5" x 11" scan of it.

DINKY STORIES 1

(c)1986 Ralf Schulze

The cover of my first "mini-comic" DINKY STORIES.

It was a 'Digest' size which means it was a the size of a standard 8.5" x 11" piece if paper folded in half (5.5" x 8.5).

I had fun and made many self published comics between 1986 and 1992.  Check out the old covers  HERE!

Abstract Landscape Thing Again

(c)2003 Ralf Schulze

This one just flowed from me.  Blank mind, but confident. I wish I could do more that way!

It is again a favorite media-set:  watercolor, ink and Prismacolor pencils on thick (off white) watercolor paper!

This is 14" x 20" and it lives right here with me now! 

Any buyers?  Name a price!

Working on my Sculpture 1988

photo: (c)1988 Mik Rezanka

Here I am working on the patina of my bronze sculpture back in 1988.

A Painting

(c)1985 Ralf Schulze

On display at my parent's home on Long Island it is oil, acrylic, and enamel spraypaint on canvas approx. 2 ft. x 3 ft. framed.

This is a terrible picture since where the flash bounced back at the camera is where there is cool details of red drips etc.

Next time I'm up there, I'll take better pics!

FFIZOOM

(C)2008 rALF sCHULZE

Taken from my  Natural/Green Sketchbook.  it is about 6" x 6" made with archival ink marker and primacolor pencil!

FOOLS

(c)1999 Ralf Schulze

ink and water color on 4 x 6 inch watercolor paper

Abstract Acrylic

(c)2010 Ralf Schulze

Another painting that's been kickin' around since 2006, that I add to occasionally .  It's 9 x 11 mounted canvas on plywood.

Sometimes add a bit here and there.  I like it but I can't tell where it's going.
Any Ideas?

this

(c)2004 Ralf schulze

9 x 12 inch
ink, water color, and color pencil on paper.

American Landscape

(c)1984 Ralf Schulze

Another old "just around college graduation" piece.

I like this, because it is a vision of the future of my style.

It is approx 18" x 24" (maybe bigger) on stretched canvas and is Acrylic and oil and enamel spray paint.

I have no idea where this is now.

My Mini-Comic for Mini-Comics Day

So I did a mini-comic for Mini-Comics Day, which was yesterday 9 April 2011!  Here is a short video with me talking about it.  It was more an experiment in design and a fun way to do some abstract drawing.  The title is "Captcha" which is a nickname for when you have to type in the letters you see in an image. It is used for extra security so as to avoid spamming comments etc.  This Blog host (blogger) uses it and they have "Captcha's" that are Almost words. When ever I made a comment to someone's post I wrote down the "captcha" that I had to type.
So this is a collection of my favorite 7.

Click HERE for the Facebook place for Mini-Comics Day and check out many other people's new mini-comics!!

Click THIS for my much more fun expanded version of my mini-comic "CAPTCHA"  in-process Video!!

And the most important is this LINK to my facebook photo album of each page (in black and white)!!!
I did this because it is easy to "flip" through.

Sofa Art

(c)1985 Ralf Schulze

This is acrylic on stretched canvas and hanging over my parent's sofa on Long Island NY.

24" x 36"