Matthew McLemore

Painting for Children

2012-02-17T20:18:00.004+01:00

These are details of a larger painting I am doing. I just liked these details best so thought I would post.

Silk screen print

2012-02-17T20:11:00.001+01:00

New Studio

2011-11-10T19:13:00.004+01:00

These are just some shots of my new Barcelona studio and what Im working on there. No computer!

WORK IN PROGRESS

2011-09-27T01:54:00.017+02:00

To see a higher resolution video...click here

2011-09-07T14:00:00.001+02:00

Obsession

2011-07-30T00:25:00.000+02:00

Perennial

2011-07-28T09:00:00.002+02:00

Facebook Portraits

2011-06-29T01:20:00.012+02:00

I am doing a self initiated project.I will do a drawing of everyone one of my Facebook Friends. That will be 236 and counting! I will ad what I think are the best ones as I do them.

Barcelona Festival

2011-05-05T16:23:00.002+02:00

2011-04-13T12:46:00.002+02:00

This is the piece the Art Director chose. It is my take on the many fantastic seafood market stalls in Barcelona.

Stir it up

2011-03-14T10:39:00.002+01:00

This was a job I did for a New Zealand based cooking website. 2011

Warning

2011-03-08T01:18:00.003+01:00

A Koi and a girl

2011-02-27T11:44:00.001+01:00

Layers

2011-02-21T22:08:00.000+01:00

For this weeks illustration Friday

C.D. Cover

2011-01-06T19:28:00.007+01:00

Cover for CD of improvised piano music. Denmark 2011

The Yellow Umbrella

2010-08-30T22:43:00.000+02:00

Leda & the Swan (Gesture)

2010-08-27T12:25:00.002+02:00

Ripple

2010-06-15T19:13:00.004+02:00

This is for a charity . Each $10.00 purchase of a card goes towards helping animals effected by the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Visit http://ripplesketches.blogspot.com/ for more details.

2010-06-11T15:21:00.001+02:00

This is a quickie I did today for Illustration Friday.

Trees

2010-05-19T17:56:00.008+02:00

And...above is the finished Mural.

I'm doing some sketches for a mural I will do in an apartment here in Barcelona. The client suggested a tree so I am going through some ideas here, all in photoshop.

Another Point of View

2010-02-18T20:23:00.002+01:00

Adrift

2010-02-12T22:43:00.000+01:00

Freedom of Expression

2010-02-04T20:19:00.014+01:00

I am wo!rking on some ideas for illustrations for a book on human rights. This one has to do with free speech/free press.

Polar

2009-11-22T14:25:00.004+01:00

This is a rework of an older sketch I did. Iliked the basic idea of the older one but felt it needed to be pushed much further....I added a few elements and brightened it up a bit.

Anne

2009-11-21T21:22:00.002+01:00

Anne had her birthday today...this is for her...a little sunshine for the Norwegian in the winter.

Girls

2009-11-04T13:08:00.003+01:00

Publish Post

The Skinny Girl and the Fish Having A Conversation About Geometry

2009-11-03T21:57:00.004+01:00

This started out as something completely different. During the course of doing it I read an article about communication between humans and animals and well, it sort of crept into the illustration I was doing. It started as a drawing for Illustration Friday, the theme word being "Skinny"...Well, I still managed to get "skinny" in there.

FAST

2009-10-28T00:02:00.001+01:00

Inspired by speeding around Barcelona on my Vespa.

Table Design

2009-10-22T16:04:00.004+02:00

I recently moved into a furnished flat in Barcelona. It came with a very boring white IKEA table that is depressingly sterile so, I am going to paint it to give it a little life. This is one of the designs I'm thinking of doing on it. The table is 120x60cm

The Experiment (film)

2009-10-19T21:40:00.015+02:00

(detail)

This is a design (photoshop) I did for a mural painted (by Nancy Munford and Myself) for a Danish feature film this summer. The film takes place in a Danish orphanage in Greenland during the 1950's. The Danish govt. was experimenting with indoctrination techniques on the children. The mural was meant to serve as Danish propaganda. The scenery in the mural is based on the Greenlandic landscape and villages of the 1950's. The film is based on a true story.

Above are three shots taken during shooting.

and some work in progress shots.

All photos and rights owned by Nimbus film, Denmark.

Frozen

2009-10-19T17:50:00.000+02:00

Flying Over Barcelona

2009-10-15T22:54:00.000+02:00

Germs

2009-10-08T22:46:00.002+02:00

Its been a long time since Ive posted. Ive been in Denmark working on two films and then changing apartments in Barcelona...too busy! Now Im going to try to get back into the illustrations. This is a last minute one for this weeks Illustration Friday. The topic/word this week...Germs.

Craving

2009-06-05T23:07:00.003+02:00

This got "pick of the week" on Illustration Friday...a weekly illustration site I sometime contribute to for fun. I haven't been contributing very long so it was a nice compliment to be chosen.

Cracked

2009-05-27T17:18:00.001+02:00

The Ostrich & the Aardvark

2009-05-19T16:38:00.000+02:00

An idea for a story I have. Now I just need to write the story.

Early Bird

2009-05-12T18:45:00.002+02:00

This was used for a promotional brochure by the Isborne Holistic Center in Gloucestershire', U.K.

2009-05-12T18:09:00.000+02:00

Promotion Piece for Modesto 66.

Croquis / Life Drawing

2009-04-08T11:00:00.000+02:00

Some quick charcoal & Conte crayon sketches done from models.

Poster

2009-04-03T22:52:00.000+02:00

I'm doing a promotional poster for LILLY
This is my first draft. I'll post more versions as I do them.

Tickle Aliens

2009-04-03T22:40:00.000+02:00

These are some rough character sketches for a children's book I'm working on with a friend ( he writes, I draw). These aliens need laughter for survival so, they have evolved into very good ticklers and earth seems to have many ticklish people , the perfect energy source.
Ive never done much cartooning but I'm enjoying doing these. I'm finding it's affecting my mood to do these... in a very good way.

Bars & Strings

2009-03-28T21:54:00.000+01:00

Im just playing around with trying to show weight, balance and tensions.

I did this after listening to a lot of jazz and looking at old Blue Note album covers, which probably shows.

Poise

2009-03-28T00:11:00.001+01:00

Illustration Friday

2009-03-27T21:51:00.000+01:00

Something I did for Illustration Frida y.

Lilly's Music (C.D. cover)

2009-03-23T13:12:00.003+01:00

The first image is a C.D. cover for LILLY, a Japanese/Danish singer. The bottom Images are preliminary sketches for the inside book (not used)

Click here to hear Lillys music