TAN BACKGROUND
24″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Acrylic
Tanning is not good for you unless it’s part of a painting. I feel like I’m running out of ideas for names for my paintings that I use circles in. That could be a problem since it is kind of my thing. I guess I’ll just have to get more creative with the titles as I go along. Or maybe ask you guys for more help…
mijumi Pollock
8″ x 10″ Mixed Media on Paper
Most people think that anyone can do what Jackson Pollock did as an artist. I agree that they think they can do it, but disagree that they actually can. Yeah, you can make something the same way he did, but can you get people to embrace it the way he did? Can you produce different ideas in the same style the way he did? Can you use the right colors? Can you work this way day in and day out and make one painting look different than the next? Jackson Pollock was a genius… deal with it. I just wanted to bite his style for a minute to see what it was like.
TOOTINBACHER’S KIWI
10″ x 10″ Mixed Media on Paper
My friend Nick’s (Tootinbacher) favorite fruit is kiwi. There are a few slices of kiwi in this painting floating around trying to get their seeds back. Help us Tootinbacher… you complete us. We love you. Don’t eat us… no… no… Okay this is getting weird.
SIMPLE LIVING
4″ x 5.5″ Inkjet Print over Sheet Metal
I haven’t posted any photos yet and thought this would be a good place to start. Some of you may recognize this photo from our (Nicole & me) Costa Rica trip. I made a print on clear vinyl and applied it to a piece of sheet metal. It gives it a vintage feel which I love. I just want to sit in that chair with a coffee and a book and relax for the rest of the morning.
ONE
10″ x 10″ Mixed Media on Paper
Usually I don’t have a plan while I’m painting, but this time I did. Then when I thought I was following the pattern I wanted to make I noticed something. I made a mistake. Can you find it? I guess it adds character to it. Without the mistake it would just be a pattern. Click here to see the ONE.
RASTAMAN VIBRATIONS
24″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Wood
Rastaman Vibrations… Positive! I felt like this title was an appropriate name seeing how I’ve got the Rasta colors (green, yellow, red) in it and they seem to be vibrating out. The Rastaman is casting his spell of positive vibes to all… negative thinking.. don’t you waste your thoughts!
CRAYOLA MELT
12″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Omega Bond
Ah… I opened a brand new box of Crayola Crayons and got ready to make an old school crayon drawing on paper. The smell of crayons remind me of being 5. Crayons are where almost every child starts in the art world. Crayons can be used for more than just drawing. I was going to draw something, maybe next time. Melting the crayons down seemed like the right thing to do.
CASE UNTOUCHED
10″ x 36″ Mixed Media on Acrylic
Case Untouched? Why would he call it that? Take a closer look at the close up. See the word case? The paint barely hit it while I was making this. Of course it was intentional, stop asking silly questions.
3 COLOR SPLATTER
18″ x 18″ Mixed Media on Omega Bond
3 Color Splatter is a little test I was doing with spray paint that I thought ended up looking kind of cool. The “canvas” was from a mess up at work and still has vinyl lettering on it. I was planning to add more to it, but I didn’t want to ruin the mess.
CIRCUS DRIPS
32″ x 36″ Mixed Media on Wall Panel
Sometimes when a painting gets a name it may not make sense to anyone but the person who created it. For some reason the name Circus Drips was the perfect title for this piece. I have no real reason other than when I see these colors I think circus. Watch out for the clowns Michele.
FUNKY TILE FLOOR
48″ x 96″ Mixed Media on Wood
This is the largest painting I have made so far. The more I paint the more I enjoy working on larger scale pieces. They do take way more time and probably don’t suit what I’m trying to accomplish, but I can’t get enough. I guess it’s a win win either way.
BLACK FLOWERS (GIFTED)
8″ x 10″ Mixed Media on Paper
Usually when I’m working on a large painting I have a smaller one going next to it at the same time. This is a smaller more simple version of some of the flower paintings I’ve been making.
COILS
10″ x 10″ Mixed Media on Paper
Coils is called Coils because of the… coils I used to make parts of it. The coil part is from the base of a Christmas decoration my wife found at the Salvation Army. It was one of the many used gifts I’ve been using to create these paintings.
IN THE TREE
16″ x 20″ Mixed Media on Canvas
I remember climbing trees all the time when I was younger. Testing the limits of each branch while I tried to get as close to the top as I could. If my mom saw this she probably would have had a heart attack. Don’t worry ma, now I play it safe and will just try to paint one here and there.
SIMPLE CIRCLES
16″ x 20″ Mixed Media on Canvas
Simple Circles is a gift to my brother Marco. It is filled with circles of paint that were created with various sizes of cardboard tubes. I see an overhead view of open paint cans in this one. How ’bout you?