UP and UP
8.5″ x 11″ Marker on Watercolor Paper
Those of you that are familiar with Keith Haring will probably think that this drawing resembles his work. Those of you that like his work will probably like this drawing. Those of you that are still reading this are probably wondering how many more times I will write “those of you” or “probably” in this paragraph. I’ll probably only write those of you this last time.
SIDEWAYS SUNFLOWERS
48″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Canvas
I like to have patterns in my work as you can tell, but I also like to have a little chaos too. This is one of my favorite examples of those two things brought together on one canvas. They were regular sunflowers, but that name just didn’t have the same ring to it. So, I turned the canvas to the right and now we have Sideways Sunflowers.
ONE ORANGE
36″ x 60″ Mixed Media on Wood
It’s funny to me when I finally figure out when a painting is finished. I could have stopped a few times (and did) and it would have looked alright, but I wanted more than alright. Sometimes I want to make something that has the viewer ask why. Why did he put that orange spot there? The orange spot was just the thing I needed to call this one done.
CIRCLE GETS A DOT
8.5″ x 11″ Marker on Watercolor Paper
After I finished this I looked at it and it reminded me of the old game show Hollywood Squares. Then I put it down and came back to it a few days later and… it still reminded me of Hollywood Squares. I know circle gets a square or x gets a square is how it went, but in mine circle gets a dot instead.
RASTA HEMP & PAINT
18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Canvas
If you know me really well then you know I am obsessed with Bob Marley and anything Rastafari. Rasta Hemp & Paint is a mix of hemp wound around canvas and paint. I wanted to add a physical texture for this piece before I applied the paint to it. I like things with an organic or natural look to them. Maybe painting on burlap will be my next Rasta piece.
IN HIDING
8.5″ x 11″ Pen on Paper
Another meeting at work and an artist named Sam Flores brought me this masked man. Sam is a true master at what he creates. He draws and paints people with masks in some of his work and I was inspired by it. I love the way these drawings come out and will probably try painting one in the future.
PEACOCK
48″ x 60″ Mixed Media on Canvas
One time in Hawaii at the Waimea Falls Park I had Nicole crouch down to take a picture with a peacock. Well the peacock wasn’t really into it, let out a shriek and proceeded to chase her. We have since revisited the park and I wanted a new picture. Nicole was not involved for obvious reasons. I must have looked pretty good to him, because he spread his feathers just long enough for a few shots. This painting is based off of one of those shots.
3 LITERS OF FORKS & LYSOL
24″ x 36″ Mixed Media on Canvas
Three liters of what? Take a closer look and you’ll figure out why I gave it this name. Light blue = bottom of a soda bottle. Brown = a fork. Gray = bottom of an egg carton. Red = top of Lysol can. I like using the not so ordinary tools to paint with. It lets me come up with some not so ordinary names for my work.
CHOPPED GRAFFITI
18″ x 36″ Aerosol on Corrugated Plastic
After laying down my colors with spray paint there was something I did not like about my picture. So, while it was still wet I started “chopping” at it with the side of a board to add some lines to it. There are also texture lines from the corrugated plastic which I think are a cool effect.
ALL WHITE
12″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Omega Bond
The absence of color does not equal the absence of art. I’m sure you will find a blank canvas in a number of art museums and they are deemed to be great works of art. Who am I to judge? I think those artists could have put a little more effort into it though. That is why I tried my hand at an all white piece. Move over Mr. Combs, this is the new White Party.
WINDY
8.5″ x 11″ Pen & Marker on Paper
I drew the blue background a while back and forgot about it. I was going to toss it out, but then decided to scribble some lines down and ended up with this. It reminds me of a very windy day or a tornado.
AGAINST THE CURRENT TRIPTYCH
(3) 18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Wood
They all look the same, but they’re not. This is my first shot at a triptych. Not too bad, but I’ve got some ideas for something different. Do you have any?
SKELOFLOWERS (SOLD)
24″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Wood
Like my earlier post of Explosive Flower Field, Skeloflowers is a mini fireworks show mixed with flowers. The white reminds me of a skeleton or an x-ray. Originally there was no white paint on this and I was going to sell it that way, but it was not finished in my mind. I couldn’t do it. Now that it is finished I think it is ready for it’s new home.
UGLY
18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Canvas
U-G-L-Y, you ain’t got no alibi, you ugly, what what, you ugly. I could not get this out of my head while I was painting this. I was going for ugly, really ugly. I think I nailed it, but I kinda like it though. Is it really ugly? What do you think?
LOOKING DOWN
8.5″ x 11″ Ink on Lined Paper
Drawing in morning meetings at work is a good place to get new ideas. I know I was supposed to be taking notes, but all I could come up with was this. I like to draw on lined paper. It lets me use the lines as guides while laying down my own lines. Next meeting I’ll try and take better notes… I mean make a better drawing.