Thursday, May 29, 2014

THE LAST STAND




Recently finished this one.  Hope you enjoy!

"The Last Stand"
18x24 inches
oil on canvas

Image: ©Copyright Trey Gallaher

WORKING WITH THE GRADS

One of the best parts of my job as an art school instructor is getting to work with graduate students.  The majority of courses I teach are undergraduate courses from drawing and painting, to animation, illustration, concept art, fashion and foundations.  But about a third of my job is working with graduate level students enrolled in our animation graduate program at the Art Institute of California-San Francisco.  This unique group of more advanced students provides a closer working relationship allowing for more sophisticated and detailed dialogue built around the creation of their masters thesis films.  I have really grown to appreciate this kind of instruction, discussion and creative inter-play I get with these students.  Sometimes we are in a drawing lab carefully drawing and painting a live model and other times we are sitting in front of computer pouring over Maya and carefully discussing a bit of animation, storytelling, modeling or lighting and texture.  The conversations are fantastic and illuminating and many times it is I who learns equally from the student experience.  Over the years I have made some great working friendships with these brilliant artists and have stood in their "light" feeling fortunate that I was able to maybe contribute in some small way to the beauty of their thesis projects.  I am truly grateful and humbled as a teacher and as an artist by the dedication and talents of these individuals.




























ABOVE:  (back row left to right) Cortney Bell, Chris Platz, Trey Gallaher(Me), Kevin Miller, Neil Miller, (front row) Albert Carmona

BELOW:  (left to right)Courtney Bell, Puttachad Sattayasai (Chloe), Trey Gallaher (Me), Ratchanon Nobnop (Charlie).