CALMER THAN YOU ARE
11″ x 15″ Prismacolor on Watercolor Paper
What is everyone so worried about? Life? Life goes on and on and on and… Think about the hardest part of your day today and realize it isn’t really that hard at all. Someone out there has got it way worse than you do. People are dying of hunger while others honk their horns in line at the drive-thru because the service isn’t fast enough. Back off the horn and calm down a little. Calm is a state of mind, the state of my mine.
JUST THINKING
11″ x 15″ Prismacolor Markers on Watercolor
We all go through some good times and some bad times. We all have a story to tell. We all build the world around us to fit to our vision of how life should be. We are all capable of greatness. What happens based on our decisions is left to the world to decide. Who do you want to be? What are your dreams? What is your story? Wake up and live…
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.
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.
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!
HAPPY TOGETHER
8.5″ x 11″ Marker on Watercolor Paper
I spotted this lovely couple while walking to the cafe in the morning in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. He was rockin’ some swimming goggles, a scarf and a sweet mustache. She was in leopard skin tights, a flannel and hot pink hair. They were a match made of foam. They were a match made in heaven.
CHANT DOWN
11″ x 12″ Mixed Media on Wood
Babylon is all around us. It is the government. It is the various systems that are in place trying to govern our existence to fit certain molds. Consumerism, material wealth, politricks, money and more, are these the things that really matter today? They were put in place to put the people in their place. Chant dem down! Sing the songs of revolution and inform the people that we do not need these systems. We need to live off the land and be free! Chant dem down! Don’t be a victim of the system anymore. Chant dem down with the sounds of reggae music! Jah Live!
mijumiguese ROOSTER
8.5″ x 11″ Marker on Water Color Paper
I am mijumi. I am half Portuguese. mijumiguese Rooster is all of me and half of Portuguese. I know my relatives loved the Portuguese Rooster painting I gave away at our family Christmas party and wanted to show them another version. What do ya guys think? I’ve got a few more ideas on tap in the rooster realm.
NEVER KNOWN BUT MISSED
8.5″ x 11″ Mixed Media on Water Color Paper
I had just finished watching Jean-Michel Basquiat The Radiant Child by Tamara Davis and I had to make something as soon as it was over. I made a pair of tribute sneakers in Baquiat’s honor in my first week and now had to try my hand at his style. Most people hate it. They look at it and scream that it is not art. But what is art? Personally I love his work and am a huge fan of his. Maybe my next attempt will be in his style, but on a much larger scale like the way he worked. I even let my 2 year old niece (Grace) throw down some lines on this one.
WHAT TIME IS IT
8.5″ x 11″ Sharpie on Water Color Paper
I’ve been carrying my sketch pad around a lot lately. So, while at Panera Bread I decided to try and draw something in the time it took to finish my coffee. This bunch of scribbles is what I came up with. Don’t let the Mookie in the corner fool you, it’s one of my nicknames. Oh yeah… don’t forget to change your clocks, unless the “world” has already done it for you.
OKI ROCK
24″ x 36″ Sharpie on Canvas
This kid was rockin’ out on a guitar while I photographed him at the Ryukyu Mura in Okinawa, Japan. I don’t know what he was playing, but he was awesome! I wish I had half of the musical talent he had, but I can make art so I combined our talents into this piece. To make this one I broke open Sharpie markers and took out the ink casing that is inside. Then I frayed the ends of the casings and used them like paint brushes. After that I went back in and touched up the rough edges with other Sharpies that were still all together.
SLEEP WITH ANGELS
Digital Image of Drawing and Photo
I was planning on using these 2 images on 2 different days, but thought it might be more interesting if they were combined. I based my drawing off of a model’s picture online and I took the photo while in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. Combined I think they make a great statement. I just don’t know what it is.
VOODOO BOB
9″ x 12″ Marker & Pen
Don’t worry… about a thing… cuz every little thing… gonna be alright. Even as a voodoo style drawing Mr. Marley still looks pretty cool. Listening to his music gets me thinking about what I want my “legacy” to be. What will I leave behind for people to remember me by when I’m gone? Maybe that is what this project is about. It’s allowing me to tap into my creativity and leave some sort of lasting impression and/or inspiration to people. Only Time Will Tell…
CITY TOP
8.5″ x 11″ Sharpie & Pen on Watercolor Paper
At the start of this drawing I was just scribbling some shapes down in red Sharpie and seeing where it would go. I drew a few black lines off of one of the shapes and thought it resembled a building so I ran with it and created this this little city.
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.