Sean Michael Hurley Images

New Work for 2012

2012-01-07T16:01:00.000-08:00

I finally manged to get it together after moving out of the Japan House studio; here's a couple of brand new pieces for a brand new year.

Wolf Book

2010-11-03T13:11:00.000-07:00

These are from a new drawing book I got which seems to be a kind of miniature Elysian Fields, where nothing I do goes wrong (and that should jinx it.) I'm calling it the Wolf Book, and I've got a plan: Within this book I'm going to, among other things, do a complete visual re-interpretation of Neil Gaiman's original Sandman story arc. I think I'll skip the one-off stories he punctuated the series with and stick to the contemporary arc. I don't have permission to do this, and I consider it a personal art project (I love those stories, but have always bee driven crazy by the inconsistency of the artwork), but it would be cool if Gaiman caught wind of it and was down. I should note that the pictures here aren't really all that indicative of the stylistic approach I plan to take; they're pretty graphic, and I do want to rule out naturalistic rendering. We'll see how this develops.

La Mer

2010-11-03T13:04:00.001-07:00

These are images from one of the improvisational picture-books I like to do. This story isn't complete (come to think of it, they never seem to be), but I really like what's there so far.

Bus Shelter Murals, Painting Against Homelessness, Sisyphus Adventure, and More...

2010-11-03T10:54:00.000-07:00

A whole bunch of stuff to post --- it's been a while, as I've been working the graveyard shift at the shelter, and making work the rest of the time. Here's a bunch of what's been happening:

First, I finished up a cycle of murals for bus shelters in the North end of Seattle; here's a sampling:

Seattle's redoubtable weekly The Stranger each Autumn gives over an issue to offer for auction donated goods and services to benefit a non-profit social service in our community. This year they chose the organization with whom I am employed, and I thought it only right to throw in; here's the piece:

I've also got a ton of new drawings to post, which will happen soon.

Spooky Gang

2009-09-26T11:42:00.000-07:00

Out for a night on the town!

Monster Night!

2009-09-24T14:43:00.001-07:00

This is one of a new bunch of Halloween pictures I've been working on. Originally, I was going to do just the one --- family had been asking me to do one for a long time. It turned out so well, and so fun to do, that I kept going. I'm hoping that they may turn into a book, but in the meeantime, I'm looking into a limited-run print of one or two.

Some Video from the Hobbit Hole

2009-09-01T17:06:00.000-07:00

Here's some video from my studio, with new bus shelter murals dominating the space.

A Few Pieces I Did This Summer...

2009-09-01T15:21:00.001-07:00

Here are a few pieces that got done this Summer; I spent most of my time in the studio working on bus-shelter murals (which I'll upload some video of shortly), so personal or smaller illo work was fairly thin. Nevertherless, looking forward to more work this Autumn.

Drawing at Flatcolor Gallery

2009-08-25T12:24:00.000-07:00

Here's some footage of a new monthly event my excellent friend (and brilliant artist) Robert Hardgrave has spearheaded, where a group of artists get together at Seattle's Flatcolor Gallery --- in Pioneer Square at 1st and King --- who then draw for four hours, and sell the drawings cheap at the end. It was great fun; check it out in September (and every month after).

Shakti and Shiva v.2

2009-04-11T15:13:00.000-07:00

This is a piece created principally for the 2009 Seattle Erotic Art Festival; I wanted to take the elements of the earlier commission I did, which was very rewarding, and strip away some of the restrictions to figuation that the other job demanded. I'm very pleassed with this one, and get to go to a sexy party to boot.

Some New Fun Stuff

2009-03-06T19:01:00.000-08:00

My daughter Jahnavi has started making little Sculpey figures that she trades at school. I had a plan to make some recycled dolls awhile back, and came across this lass. She's not finished.

A Few New Pieces...

2009-03-02T13:37:00.000-08:00

Thus far, 2009 has proven a productive year. The top piece can be found at Seattle's fabulous Rendezvous, home of the Jewelbox Theater, in Belltown. We're dedicating it Thursday, March 3rd following the First Thursday walk. Stay tuned for Woozles!

WHite Phosphorous

2009-01-29T10:27:00.000-08:00

Just finished this one. Possibly my best yet.

Odysseus and the Sirens

2009-01-29T10:21:00.000-08:00

This one was around for years, notable only for the erect penis I affixed to our hero. I went back to it with the new approach, and while I could go further, I don't think I will..

New Longitudes

2009-01-29T10:17:00.000-08:00

This is a pivotal painting for me (this one came before the commission below), the first confident application of what appears to be a mature signature sensibility.

Shiva and Shakti: The Commission

2008-12-29T16:24:00.000-08:00

I just completed this piece for a yoga instructor in Seattle, who commissioned it as a surprise for her husband. I spent a good amount of time re-immersing myself in Heinrich Zimmer and Joseph Campbell's seminal text on the imagery of Hindu mythology; it's a subject one could happily swim about in forever. The painting is 4'x5', fairly large; I really hope the husband likes it. I have no room for it at home.

Fuzzy Revelations (The Next Seven Images)

2008-10-16T13:33:00.000-07:00

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The October Show

2008-10-15T12:58:00.000-07:00

Carnival Journey

2008-09-06T18:01:00.000-07:00

Games of Fallen Cultures

2008-09-03T19:23:00.000-07:00

Ocean View with the Tide and Its Gifts

2008-09-03T19:10:00.000-07:00