Hello everybody, my name is Justin Kaufman, and I am a fine artist and illustrator living an San Francisco.I happened upon this site recently, and have been lurking round for a bit. Gotta say I am humbled by the caliber of work around here. Pretty amazing stuff. About myself, i am originally from El Paso Texas, where Igot my start in the arts as a graffiti artist. I began painting portraits in spraypaint, which i still do from time to time, only legally now.
In 1997, I moved out to San Francisco to attend art school. I went to Academy of Art college for three years studying traditional illustration. Currently, I work as a conceptual artist in the video game industry, and am a founder and administrator over at
http://www.conceptart.org a great entertainment arts forum of almost 8,000 members. While production art pays my bills at the moment, i am trying to transition myself over into the fine arts a bit more, and have been painting for exhibition for the past couple years. Please feel free to check out my website at
www.coro36ink.com
It's kind of a mish-mash of artwork, and it's sort of all over the place, but I am still trying to find my voice. I look forward to being a part of this great community.
Here is a painting I did last year. it was a 5'6 by 7'6 foot oil on canvas. Thats me in the foreground, for lack of a better model!