Oil works - + 1 last page

[Lukias]

Most of these are from an exhibition I had in August. It went pretty well, all things considered.
(A few of these wern't finished when the photos were taken.. nothing too major but you might pick up on a few things)

See you guys in Wellington next week yeah!. Choice bro

(all measurements in CM's)


509922

101 x 75





509923

about 76x60



509924

about 60x50



509925


about 50x40


509926

60x50



509927

60x50




509928

24x30




509929

35x45




509930

45x60




509931

16x24




509932

18x18




509933

18x18

PS Went to life drawing tonight and Emily G was there!.. looks like I might have coerced her into sitting for a portrait tomorrow. haha, Excellent.

[algenpfleger]

JESUS CHRIST O___________________________O


Post of the century. Damn, these are amazing.

[zweiDee]

ohhh my... look at these works. love all of them so much.
awesome brush work, great use of colors. all great, amost i love the red shoes
and the window light, the bue light on her clothes are so nice.

[donalfall]

Nice, very nice. Love the moods you captured in each one. They're like Cindy Sherman photographs or similar - stills from a movie, there's a narrative to each and to the set that we could pick up on if we spend enough time looking... Sizes? Prices? Not wanting to be nosy, but just curious.... did you sell any/many?

[Flake]

Very cool. Afro chick by the piano is my favourite.

[Cory Hinman]

Wow, nice!

[bhanu]

beautiful...sensitive..sensual

[bjoern3000]

absolutely fantastic

[bradyscott]

Great stuff man. I really enjoy the piano girly. Very cool.

[Sketch]

Beautiful, I enjoy the one with the girl looking up and the lily behind her. Awesome!

[walnut]

The lady with the white gloves and leather jacket's my favorite. But they're all good, love the mood and the loose brushwork.

[Victor B]

WOW! soooo many great pieces !Love soo many different things, the EDGES, love the leaves on "Spring s" and the water in "Lily" ,"lowkey" just makes me grin and "jen1" is pure awesome. Thanks so much for sharing ! If its not to much trouble I'd be interested to know the size of some of these, to get a sense of the scale you're working at.

p.s. With your photography and painting skills is there any chance of seeing a "Book" of you paintings maybe from one of the many P.O.D (printondemand) sites? an oversized coffeetable size maybe

[Twitchfinger]

Beautiful paintings, Lukias! I'm particularly drawn to the white gloves piece and the piano one. Thanks for showing them.

[Lawrence Humphrey]

Fabulous stuff, hope you got lots of red dots.

[TASmith]

Whoa where did this come from, and how didn't I notice it? Stellar work as always. My favorite's the second one - her arm melds to the background just like your pen/pencil work. The contrast of clarity and blur is just gorgeous. It's a great play on reality. We want to believe it's true but we know it's not - very compelling.

The girl in the red coat has a great colorscheme. Man I'd love to see these in person.

When are you going to update your sketchbook man??? I've been going back there for months waiting... Just draw something, anything and post it there, and definately post your portrait of Emily!

Oh yeah, no need to answer, but I'm kinda curious about the real name of one of my favorite artists? I'd been thinking of posting you under L in the favorite's thead in the lounge.

[koppa]

bastard :D which ones mine *cough

hehe awesome man, will catch ya next week duder

[Form]

you are doing something new with the light in lillies and window light, which is really really nice - has a solidarity combined with warmth that is pushing further than your last batch. really sweet shit, bru.

[ManaBurn]

Love it!

[roidvoid]

aw man thats some choice work!
great stuff man!

[stalsby]

These are bad ass! Thanks for the inspiration!

[HunterKiller_]

Seriously beautiful works.

You and Emily G were both at life drawing?! Shit, I missed out big time. :(

[Lukias]

updated on page 4

[Ashrumm]

beautiful works Lukias!! very vibrant color keep it coming please

[AlexC]

brilliant paintings, this one is my favourite http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=509930&d=1225803865

[bhanu]

TASmith... his name is Luke Hollis If I am not wrong..
and dayum that..last painting..is beautiful

[draw]

Man that first one sure is something Top stuff!

[Leo Ki]

Such an accurate roughness is magic...

[Lotet]

wow...those are absolutly gorgeous.

[Zaxser]

Haven't seen you since those digitals of jesus & co. You've really put that time to good use. You'll be livin' the dream soon, if you aren't already. Congratz on your awsome paintings!

[SinnerMan]

Oh Jeebus, they look sweet. The second one is heartwarmingly scrumptuos

[sourgasm]

Good god damn, these are brilliant.

Keep 'em coming.

[Ead]

AAARrgh! fantastic work, and there I was concerned you were about to embark on a photography career...

[Gloominati]

sweeeeeet baby jesus, these paintings just made my day!! Thanks for the inspiration, mate!! TOO awesome!!

[archipelago]

love it love it love it love it love it love it

[Lukias]

Hey thanks for the replies people, the feedback I get here means more to me than what I get probably anywhere else.
I genuinely dig that people have such varied favorites.. its kinda a relief to know that each has its appeal to different folks. Opens things up to a bigger audience I guess.

donallfall - There was a few more than is shown though I've posted them a while back.. ain the end I sold 8 and the prices ranged from a couple to a little over 8 grand. I'll update the thread with dimensions soon.


Victor B - A book?? Err honestly.. I feel completley underqualified to have my paintings in print. Though the idea is great.. I mean who owouldn't like to have a book of their own work. If anything it'd be my sketches first. Hopefully. Totally flattered that you think these worthy though.

TASmith - Sketchbook is updated:) Name? Luke Hollis.. (feels a little odd spelling that out) Portrait of Emily is up... its not the most accurate painting though. Posting my work in the favs thread in the lounge?? Sheesh, dunno bout that buddy. ;)

Koppa - Anything you want Luke.. anything at all;) As long as you tell me how you managed to get your girl buddies to post nude for you.

HunterKiller - Yeah man, it was a pretty cool setup.. tunes and whatnot. Jas is heading to the next one on Tuesday.. I was planning on going but will flag, as its the night before flying to Welly. See you there!

Zaxser - "Haven't seen you since those digitals of jesus & co" what what???
Oh how I wish I was living the dream!! Man I'm looking for some more work as painting isn't cutting it. NZ is tiny and will pay good money for art, for the most part though, if you are a 'somebody'. Becoming a 'somebody' seems to be a time thing, more than I had initially assumed.

Ead - haha.. I'm hoping to split my time between the two!.. but getting work in photography is proving to be super difficult. Plus I have no idea where to start.

again thanks to *everyone* who posted. You cats are the bussinazz.

[koppa]

luke my friend its all about cupcakes ;)

[Lukias]

Together in Wellington, we shall bake these.. these cupcakes you speak of.

[Lukias]

Heres a better shot of the painting from yesterday(fixed a few edges etc). Its less accurate the more I look at it!.. I sometimes think I can get away with it without a sketch or base layer but ultimately I shoot myself in the foot.
Thanks again Emily:)

[guggemmaneuver]

holy fuck.

wish i were gonna be at the NZ workshop so i could hug your neck... this shit is great! keep going! L :heart: V E your style!

m

[koppa]

verily il pass down the secret of the cup of cake

[Rusty]

Too much Luke looking real good, guess that flat white must've helped ya out ;)

[emily g]

It was a pleasure to sit for you, Luke! I love how the painting turned out, and it was fun to hang with you for the day. :)

See you next week!

[Tigermilk]

Thanks so much for showing us these, Lukias. As always - I love what you do and it inspires the hell out of me. :)

cheers!

[Lukias]

One more... hopefully some replies later.

cheers guys!!

[Victor B]

love the lost edges! thanks for the update

[Serpian]

Wow, this one is brilliant!

[rlederer]

Lovely and very inspirational. How fortunate to have such beautiful models too:) -Ray

[CapCadaverman]

Great to see these. It's nice to see some natural marks in physical media. You have a very intuitive hand.

[polipol]

wow man these are so amazing/inspiring.... thanks for posting dude!

[Oblio]

love em!!!! you know that :)

[rinaswan]

Amazing brush work that incredibly captures each model's feeling blows me away! Love 'em all. Thanks for sharing!

[Max Challie]

Wow. All your work is amazing, epecially your photography I say. I'm sorry I didn't meet you at the workshop. Are you in Auckland?