THE VOODOO IN ME
18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Canvas
I painted this as a gift to my dad for his b-day and hope it’s not creepin’ him out at night hangin’ on the wall. This might be the strangest pictures of one of his sons that he’s ever had. That’s right, I said, “pictures of one of his sons.” You couldn’t tell that this is a self portrait? Maybe you need to get the voodoo in you too…
ROB MACHADO
24″ x 36″ Mixed Media on Wood
Rob Machado is not just some “surfer dude” who hangs out in the water all day getting stoked on waves man. He is a person that cares about the environment and helping people. His foundation provides funding for educational programs focused on helping children understand their contribution towards a healthy earth (RMF). So, next time you think that these guys are just a bunch of beach bums, think again. Most of them care about this planet we live on and are trying to help preserve it.
A CONSCIOUSNESS
11″ x 15″ Marker & Pen on Watercolor Paper
I feel like I’m looking deep into somebody’s mind when I’m staring at this piece. What are the thoughts in there that you don’t know you’re thinking? What are dreams? What is real? Can we really tap into parts of our brain that doctors and scientists say we are not using? Maybe we’re not supposed to be able to use them. Maybe there’s a reason for that.
RAP GOD (SOLD)
48″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Wood
Is there a Jesus? Is there a God? Is there nothing? I like to believe that there is some sort of higher power out there. I’m not sure who or what it is or what to even call it, but I like the sound of God. I like the religious stories that have been passed down through time. I don’t think Lil’ Wayne is Jesus or God, but who am I to say. What if God is in all of us at some time or another? What if he/she just jumps from one body to the next? Maybe that is how people become “God-like”. Maybe that is when people actually reach their full potential.
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.
LIVE UP
11″ x 15″ Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
Rastaman live up. Bongoman don’t give up. Congoman live up, yeah. Binghi-man don’t give up. Keep your culture. Don’t be afraid of the vulture. Grow your dread lock. Don’t be afraid of the wolf-pack.
CLEAN UP
10″ x 10″ Mixed Media on Paper
This is one of my clean up pieces. I use the paper to clean off the extra paint on the tools used to create the larger pieces. These works are not ever really planned and just kind of happen as I go along.
FLOWERS ECLIPSED
12″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Omega Bond
I don’t believe I’ve made any flowers in my style in a while. Hopefully these will satisfy what you’ve been missin’ and make you smile. I know this eclipse is not really blinding, well that is what I’m finding. I know that my rhyming may be off on its timing, but I hope you’re enjoying it and not really minding.
RAINBOW WARRIORS
12″ x 12″ Mixed Media on Canvas
The battle is brewing, but it’s only just begun. The rainbow warriors are ready to fight for their rights to be free like the rest of us under the sun. We are all just human beings. How can anyone tell us how to live, who to love and what is really right or wrong? Live free! Love the one you want! Be yourself!
WAR
24″ x 36″ Aerosol on Metal
Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. And until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained… now everywhere is war. ~ Haile Selassie
TWISTER FOR HORSES
24″ x 36″ Mixed Media on Canvas
Congratulations to Jacob from Washington! He was the winner of the Name This Painting contest. Twister for Horses will be making its way across the country to its new home this week. Thanks again to Jacob and to everyone who entered the contest. Stay tuned for future chances to win a painting.
HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA
12″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Omega Bond
After starting to read the book A High Wind in Jamaica I knew I wasn’t going to get through it. But, I could still use the information in the book in some way. So, I starting tearing up the cover and ripping out the pages and gluing and painting and… The story lives on, just in a slightly different way.
PAINT SYSTEM
36″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Foam Board
Messing around with some lines on this one it started to look like a some kind of solar system to me. A planet here, a planet there. Some particles of the universe floating around. I wonder if there are any people on one of these planets. Or are we just all alone…
GUNTHER
24″ x 36″ Mixed Media on Canvas
This is Gunther. He is awesome.
BOX TOPS
48″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Burlap
Tissue boxes and burlap. I see the tops of tissue boxes. But the tops of tissue boxes are not or cannot be art right? I think they can. Burlap. Say it again… burlap. Now look at it. Burlap. It doesn’t look like a word anymore. Well it is and I’ve got a bunch of it to use as my canvas. I like the texture of burlap. Kinda vintage or natural looking. Bur-lap. Burlap. B u r l a p.