AROUND the SURFACE
24″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Canvas
I’m beginning to believe I am obsessed with circles. Have I said that before? They are the perfect shape though, aren’t they? They’re continuous and never ending. Maybe that is why I use them so often. I would like my work to be that way.
CATCH IT
11″ x 15″ Prismacolor Markers on Watercolor Paper
It will call you. I heard it about a week after my first trip to Hawai’i. It is still there and probably always will be. It’s the call of the waves. I can’t surf. I can get up on a board and catch waves, but I’m like a baby taking its first steps. There is nothing smooth about it when I’m out there. But I still love it. I love every moment in the ocean. The waves, the beach and the sun… that is where I want to be.
GIRAFFADOOR
24″ x 84″ Mixed Media on Door
A skinny tall door was the perfect place for this giraffe like pattern. So, Giraffadoor was born. I like painting on doors now. They are a good size canvas and there are always people on Craig’s List getting rid of them. If anyone has any extra doors layin’ around let me know.
LOVE MUCH
18″ x 18″ Mixed Media on Wood
Happy Mother’s Day! I love you mom!
MAMA’S QUILT
48″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Burlap
We never had much money growing up. My brothers and I had to be on the reduced lunch plan at school. One time we didn’t even have oil to heat the house on Christmas. I got mad once because I hated the factory job she had to work. But now, none of that stuff really ever mattered. We had each other. We had our health. We had our mama’s “quilt” wrapped around us so tight that nothing could hurt us. So, tomorrow don’t forget to pay tribute to mom. I love you mom…
GUITAR IS
24″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Canvas
The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. That sentence can be found on numerous websites that have info or pictures about guitars. Guitar even has its own Facebook page: Guitar There is something about the sounds of a guitar that I love. Maybe it goes back to listening to my avô (grandfather) playin’ his string instruments. There’s something about the acoustic sound that penetrates my soul.
RED FLOOD
10″ x 12″ Mixed Media on Canvas
The water just kept on rising. We got to the dock just in time. It held strong as we stood and watched. You could see parts of houses, cars and life floating by. Eventually the water was stained red. I just closed my eyes and hoped that I was dreaming.
JELLY FLY
16″ x 20″ Mixed Media on Canvas
The fly. The jelly. The Jelly Fly. Is it a creature? Is it a new dance? I think it’s a band. Yeah, a friend of a friend say he saw them and they were pretty good. Naw man, I recon tha Jelly Fly is a new lure dat’s out right ’bout now fo’ fishin’. I thought it was a brand of hair gel. I guess I could be wrong.
LJ
12″ x 24″ Aerosol on Metal
The greatest ever? Maybe to a really good friend of mine. This one’s for you 001. Respect! (sound on the highlights doesn’t start until 28s)
STOP ‘n’ SMELL
18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Paper
Sometime you’ve got to. But I like the smell of fresh cut grass more. Smell the roses. It doesn’t do it for me. Just do it. Nothing. Nothing? Yeah, I still think the grass is better. Whatevs! It’s nothing personal and it’s just a saying anyways? What? Yeah, really…
BROKEN
10″ x 18″ Mixed Media on Canvas
Why must he cry those lonely tears? Why does it have to be so hard? You can see the pain in his face as she walks out the door. You can see the love that he has pouring out onto the floor. He bled for her. He fought for her. He loved her. He will always love her…
BY MY DOORSTEP
11″ x 15″ Marker & Pen on Watercolor Paper
I know you’ve seen these little birds on a canvas already, but I had to finish off the sketch. Not to mention, I think these guys are pretty cool and I love the song. So, I hope you all have a good day and if anything is bothering you maybe it really isn’t that big of a deal.
PINK WINGS
9″ x 12″ Digital Image
I like to think that I try to find the best in everyone and everything. I do not judge right from the get go. i believe this helps me to see the beauty in certain things that other people might just pass by. This picture is from what some might call a run down area. I just love the colors and the simplicity of the place though. Some of us don’t need a mansion and a boatload of material wealth to feel right. If my friends and family are happy and healthy then I am rich in life.
Jr. Gong
12″ x 24″ Aerosol on Metal
He is arguably one of the greatest reggae musicians of all time, but that is not so surprising. Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley is the son of Bob Marley. It is obvious that the king of reggae has passed down his talent through the blood lines. This music must endure. It is the music of the people and who better to share it with us than Jr. Gong?
JOHNNY
11″ x 15″ Drawing on Watercolor Paper
Johnny was a good man. Woman hold her head and cry, ’cause her son had been shot down in the street and died, from a stray bullet. Woman hold her head and cry. Explaining to her was a passerby, who saw the woman cry. Wondering how can she work it out? Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah! Gift of Jah is life. She cried, “Ah-um, I – I know! Johnny was a good man, I – I know! Never did a thing wrong, Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, Good, good, good man”, Johnny was good man, she cried – she crie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ie-ied!