David W. Tripp
Portrait of Melissa Illustration/Promo for Jack Union: Victorian Monster Hunter book The Tree The Mermaid The Balloon Untitled Untitled Wedding invite art program cover Wedding Invite Wedding Invite Final Sketch Wedding Invite: (color) Wedding Invite: 1st draft Wedding Invite: Caroline 1st draft Wedding Invite: Final Caroline Sketch Wedding Invite: Campbell Sketch Wedding Invite: Border Wedding Invite: Caroline Wedding Invite: Detail Campbell Sketch of Hanna Acrylic Sketch Untitled Untitled Untitled Portrait Of Co-Worker 3rd update "The Tea Party 2.0" sketch for Print Detail 2 draft of updated "The Tea Party" 2.0 The Tea Party 2.0 Lady with book Toaster Untitled Untitled Anjelica Catherine The Wooden Cocoon The Wooden Cocoon 2 The Wooden Cocoon 3 The Wooden Cocoon 4 The Tall Grass Fingers Angelica Floating Woman My Arms 2 My Faces My Faces 2 The Tree The Crowd Men, Women & Trilobites Solid and Glass The Otherling The Hat The Presentation Unfinished Sketch Quick sketch of Beth on a day out in New York Head in Hand The Tumult Teeth The Long Hill My Arms Hair Yell Boxgirl Geese Chair Woman (maybe) in the cold. Air Eyes 1 Eyes 2 Eyes 3 The Sunday Afternoon Word Ants The Day Job Wall Paper Cut Outs Christ and the Centurian Doggy Bag Thought Section of a larger image. Artist Sneak Peek of newest woodcut image The Sky Sketch for Knock self portrait as rabbit People left Gretchen 1 Gretchen 2 Gretchen 3 Arms Hands Hands 2 Hands 3 Hands 4 Torn Tree girl Tree boy Obamaton The Talkers Dragonfly Neck Lovers The Fish Man/Woman Adam/Eve Dance Winter  H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu The Cell The Cell The Cell The Cell The Cell The Protest Protest 2 Protest 2 Protest 2 Protest 2 Protest 3 Protest 3 Protest 4 Pigman Untitled Fall Fall Fall Sketch on Mylar Man with Hat Untitled The Bed The Bed 2 The Floor The Teadybear Gatherer The Teadybear Gatherer The Teadybear Gatherer Dreams of the Teadybear Gatherer Dreams of the TeddyBear Gatherer (Detail) large mock-up: Head Dreams of the TeddyBear Gatherer (Detail) large mock-up: Shoulder Death of the Teadybear Gatherer Rain Faces Still Life Untitled Red Ridinghood Red Ridinghood The Twins 1976 King Kong World Trade Center Board Game The Twins River scream The Forest Snow Untitled / Starfish Portrait of Melissa Portrait of Melissa Portrait of Sophia Portrait of Sophia 2 Portrait of Elana Portrait of Emily Portrait of Emily Face Portrait of Caroline A week of Angelica (portraits) Portrait of Angelica Joy 1 Joy 2 Lauren Noel Life Model Study Figure drawing Sketch Dinosaur Claws Three Graces Three Graces (detail) Three Graces Three Graces Three Graces Three Graces (detail) Spring Tunnels Tunnels Tunnels Untitled Untitled Tree Beslan Woman with Outstretched Hands Woman with Outsteched Hands (detail) Cat The Chair Untitled Doorway Man Untitled Untitled Woman with Fish Woman with Fish Untitled Untitled Hands House Mermaid House Knock Lake Lake Man with Fish Woman Bathing Woman Bathing (detail) Man with Hat Man with Hat Man with Spoon and Fork Monkeys Blinded Night (companion to Blinded) Apple man Untitled Woman with Chair Door Bed Untitled Life Hands Lazarus Lazarus Lazarus Lazarus Lazarus Lazarus Christ and the Centurian Art for Advertisement project Doodle of The Brain Rough Draft of Chambers After Hours Chamber After Hours Insider Tour (Postcard) A Show Of Talent A Show Of Talent A Show Of Talent 
A Show Of Talent A Show Of Talent The World Around Us The World Around Us The World Around Us The World Around Us The World Around Us The World Around Us Central Maine Rabbit Breeders Association Run For Your Life Run For Your Life
Art
At all times I carry my sketch book with me. I've never been interested in keeping a journal due to the fact that I find myself to be a dull subject to dwell on becouse of my familiarity with myself; I know myself to well. however in many ways my sketch book has become an indispensable and intimate part of my life that works as an unintended journal.
Every thought, image or idear that hits me has to be sketched down quickly for my future work. A log of my reality as it is and as it should be, Images stored for years until I am ready to put them to work.
In the sketch book you will find collages and photos from life and film.
some images are there becouse I just find them beautiful and some are reference material.

Excerpted from my 2007 MFA Thesis
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