SO BOARD
9 x 12 Digital Image
So board… surfboard, skateboard, snowboard
So board… chalkboard, whiteboard, cork board
So board… cardboard, poster-board, particle board
So board… headboard, cutting-board, floorboard
So board… chessboard, checkerboard, board game
So board… this photo
PLAID COW
16″ x 20″ Mixed Media on Canvas
We were driving cross-country and were in the middle of no where and saw it. There it was standing in a field all alone and away from the others. I couldn’t believe my eyes. There is no way this is real. How the… what the… Have you ever heard of this before? No! One of us googled it, plaid cow, but there was nothing. There was nothing online about it, there was nobody around to ask. There was just the strange cow all alone in the field.
PLANT N SEED
24″ x 36″ Mixed Media on Foam Board
The chicken or the egg? The Plant or the seed? In Buddhism, Hinduism, as well as other Dharmic religions, there is the belief of the wheel of time which regards time as cyclical and with repeating ages. Their idea of time gives a different answer to the question of “who is first.” The concept of eternal return, which indicates that there is repetition of time. The assumption is that time is eternally repetitive, and therefore, there is no “first” in eternity; there is no creation. The answer then becomes: neither the egg/seed nor the chicken/plant is first. There is no “first” in a cyclical view of time. Chicken or the Egg
WHAT A DANDY
11″ x 15″ Pen & Primacolors on Watercolor Paper
The name of this piece is brought to you by my co-worker/friend Seth. I was scanning it when he came over and that was the first thing that came to his head when he saw it. So, What A Dandy it is. Hope today is a dandy for everyone else as well. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!
mijumi TRIP T
Mixed Media on Fabric
If you’ve seen some of the photos on the site then you might recognize this shirt. It is my original painting t-shirt from when the project began back in January. Well, it has now been retired and immortalized on the front of another shirt. Hand stitched by mijumi himself. Don’t ask me to hem your pants though.
CYLINDRIP
24″ x 24″ Mixed Media Sculpture
This one was a little experiment with the cardboard tubes and paint. I wanted to see how the tubes would stick and if the paint was going to seep through the cracks at all. Yes and no. So, now that I know, I can make another one and get crazier with the paints. I’m startin’ to like these sculpture/paint pieces.
SURF RIDER
11″ x 15″ Pen & Primacolors on Watercolor Paper
“…there was purity and there was the dream, and the adventure, and there was the counterculture aspect. It was like shove society, shove the nine to five, shove the rules… we’re just going to follow our hearts, treat each other well, eat well and enjoy the ocean. It was not for money and it wasn’t for fame… that’s what we’re gonna do… purely because that’s what our hearts want to do. That was amazing.” -Jim Banks (quote from the Switch-foot book)
RADIATING BEAUTY (SOLD)
12″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Omega Bond
When I see you the world stops. It stops and all that exists for me is you and my eyes staring at you. There’s nothing else. No noise, no other people, no thoughts or worries, no yesterday, no tomorrow. The world just stops and it is a beautiful place and there is only you. Just you, and my eyes staring at you. – James Frey, A Million Little Pieces
EDDIE AIKAU
24″ x 36″ Mixed Media Metal
There are surf stars and there are surf stars. Some become great. A few become heroes. Most fade into obscurity. Every now and then, a surfer comes along who transcends the desires, dreams and expectations of others. And his very life becomes a myth. Eddie Aikau is one. Perhaps because he embodies the twin themes — the stoke and the tragedy — of Hawaiians, the people who gave surfing to the world and took so little in return. click for more…
IN THE BEGINNING
18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Paper
What was it like before highways? Before drive through food lines? Before money? How did we go from living off the land to living on the couch? Where are all of our gardens? Our outdoor fun? Why are some people’s phones more important than their personalities? Where are we headed? Is it the right direction? What was the world like in the beginning? What were we before all of this?
TUBULAR
Mixed Media Sculpture
Blank canvas – check. Paint – check. Cardboard tubes – check. Dip tube into paint and apply – che… NOT THIS TIME. I wanted to make a wave painting again, but I wanted it to be different this time. I wanted the wave to look like it was building up. But I didn’t want it to just be paint this time. So, I cut the tubes and put them down in a way to make it look like the wave was coming. Then I did the paint work. This is my first sculpture in this year long project so you have to give me a little break.
LIFE METAL
10″ x 15″ Mixed Media on Metal
This week has been a good one. I’m very happy with the way the LIFE logo art has come out. The show in Manchester was great. There was a ton of interest in the Peacock painting at the event and there’s only a few more weeks until the halfway point. I was asked by someone at the event this week, – so how is life ? I thought for a second, – my life? my life is great. I could see that it made him happy to see me happy. I just met him that day, but I could tell he was genuinely happy to hear that. There are plenty of reasons to get down on yourself at times, but there are so many more reasons to enjoy your life. You just have to find them.
LIFE FLOWERS
36″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Canvas
We grow. We learn. We evolve. Our surroundings build us up. People influence us from every direction. Maybe one day in the art museum with mom and dad a three year old child sees a painting and is captivated by it. The child doesn’t know it at the time, but that painting will affect the course of the rest of their life. He/she just has this love for art that is rooted deep inside. They need to paint. To create. To express. The world needs to see it. They have to have it and no one really knows why, but they know something good when they see it. It must be theirs. It must be…
LIFE IS BACKWARDS
18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Paper
Life can be backwards at times. Bad things happen to good people. People who are trying to live within the rules of the systems that have been established to “help” them. Just when things are going great…POW!… a set back. The rich get richer and just want more. People go hungry, but our grocery stores throw out food everyday. People buy purses and jeans that cost hundreds of dollars, yet can’t seem to find some change to help someone down on their luck. There are wars for peace. Try to be good. Try to help out where and when you can. We are all here together. The human family.
LIFE JELLIES
16″ x 22″ Mixed Media on Canvas
Some of us just float around in this world like a bunch of jelly fish in the ocean. Going with the flow. Following the currents. Staying current in a world that is forever changing around us. Until one day when something stumbles upon us. It bumps into us. Crashes. Disturbs. BZZZZ. Bring a sting that no one will forget. A sting, a poem, a verse, a painting, a picture, a song, an idea, a dream, a revolution… a… Time to stop floating… Don’t be forgotten…