2011: Year in Review

2011 is over, and the most fitting way to pay homage to such a year is through imagery. Dewey Beach, Vegas, NYC, Chicago, Bermuda, Harrisonburg, DC--all fun times and lasting memories. Enjoy.

I've also posted some favorites from 2010 here for your viewing pleasure.

Ambigrams

A few years ago, my friend Kevin Finnegan introduced me to the art of ambigrams--texts or logos that may be read in more than one direction. If you hadn't noticed, my 'Phifa' webpage logo is such an ambigram. Shared below are a few others I've created since (for myself and Jania). To create them, I usually sketch 'em, scan 'em, and use Inkscape (a poor man's open source Adobe Illustrator) to convert them into vector graphics.

Jania

Phifa -- I was going to throw this one on a decal for my repainted bikes

Jania/Philip [upside-down] -- had some help with the design from Flipscript's auto amigram generator.

Phil Fadul

Brown Strokes On White Canvas

I was given the unique opportunity to showcase a couple of my paintings at the 'Brown Strokes On White Canvas' art exhibit at the Philippine Embassy in DC this week. The opening reception was on Tuesday, June 1st and the gallery will be open June 2 to June 8 in the Carlos P. Romulo Hall at the embassy. The paintings I chose for this exhibit includes one I just finished at the end of May called "Elephant, Distinguished By His Shattered Tusk" (12x24) and "Containment" (12x36), a painting from last year. My green and yellow "Self Portrait II" is also featured in the Brown Strokes souvenir program. If you're around that part of DC with nothing to do, feel free to check out the exhibit! For more information, visit the Brown Strokes blog. I'm sure the blog will be updated to include some pictures from the event in the near future. And, as always, you can see  some of my other paintings here.

March Paintings

Here's a couple paintings I finished in July. the one on the left was commissioned by and sold to a coworker of mine, Jason Skophammer. The one on the right is a 'remake' of a currently untitled work of mine and is unofficially, and jokingly, referred to as 'Blood Splatter Murder Kill' by Tammy and me.

From Paintings

Paint Party I

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://photography.phifatech.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2447" border="0" width="150" style="border: 10px solid black; margin: 5px;" /><img src="http://photography.phifatech.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2462" border="0" width="150" style="border: 10px solid black; margin: 5px;" /><br /><img src="http://photography.phifatech.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2441" border="0" width="150" style="border: 10px solid black; margin: 5px;" /><img src="http://photography.phifatech.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2459" border="0" height="190" style="border: 10px solid black; margin: 5px;" /><img src="http://photography.phifatech.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2444" border="0" width="150" style="border: 10px solid black; margin: 5px;" /><br /><img src="http://photography.phifatech.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2453" border="0" height="150" style="border: 10px solid black; margin: 5px;" /><img src="http://photography.phifatech.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=2450" border="0" height="150" style="border: 10px solid black; margin: 5px;" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Artwork done by: Phil and SooRyun (top), Marco, Kenny, SooRyun (middle), and SooRyun and Phil (bottom). <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/106969988523342666794/Paintings?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLTU2r7Z5umC6wE&feat=directlink" target="_blank">Larger pics can be found here.</a></p>

More Portraits

Self Portrait III, and Portrait of Tammy

Self-Portraits I and II

My first attempts at painting self-portrait since middle school.

Paintings From The End of 2009

The painting below is based on this photo I took last winter on the JMU campus in Harrisonburg. It's now hanging on my kitchen wall at my Harrisonburg apartment. Here's a link to the larger graphic.

From Paintings