GEOMETRICS
12″ x 18″ Mixed Media on Canvas
Back to the basics. Simple shapes to create a simple pattern. If you were at the Enfield Square event over the weekend then you got a sneak peek of this one. There’s something about simple that I just love.
Tag Archives: Mixed Media on Canvas
THe FRaTeRNaL
DRIPS & LINES
18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Canvas
This is the fraternal twin of Lines & Dots. What? Paintings can be fraternal twins? They can, trust me. I was there.
MaY i HaVe a WoRD
WORD
10″ x 12″ Mixed Media on Canvas
One word can mean so much in the world we live in. One word can make or break a person’s day. These things have power, so be careful what you say.
CoNNeCT THe
LINES & DOTS
18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Canvas
This is a test of the lines and dots system. First I dropped down some verticals. Then I crossed over them horizontally. The grid looked pretty good by itself, but needed a little more. I put a peg board on top of it and dragged red paint over the board. This let the red settle into position to finish off Lines & Dots.
STiLL SToRMS CoMe
LATE SPRING STORM
30″ x 44″ Mixed Media on Canvas
Where have all of our April showers been? I know it is early in the spring, but this is a Late Spring Storm. It’s got nothing on the storms hitting the Midwest right now. My prayers go out to everyone affected by the tornadoes. Stay safe and be strong.
MR. HuXTaBLe
COSBY SWEATER
10″ x 12″ Mixed Media on Canvas
We all remember Dr. Huxtable’s (Bill Cosby) awesome sweaters right? Well this is a tribute to those sweaters. People are actually having Cosby Sweater parties as you read this. Can you believe it?
iT’S iN Me
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…
WaRRioRS
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!
CoNTeST WiNNeR
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.
G To THe uNTHeR
GUNTHER
24″ x 36″ Mixed Media on Canvas
This is Gunther. He is awesome.
Yo TuRTLe
WRONG WAY TURTLE
12″ x 12″ Mixed Media on Canvas
This little turtle is headed the wrong way, or he is just a rebel, or he is just a turtle and doesn’t really pay attention to things like directional arrows. Maybe there is no turtle. Anyways, I made him with some house paint (the background) and some spray paint (the black designs). I placed some plastic and wooden shapes in specific spots on my canvas and let the paint flow.
SWaTCHeS
PAINT SAMPLE FLOWERS
16″ x 20″ Mixed Media on Canvas
I’m in the Home Depot a lot lately. Searching the aisles for different shapes I can find to use in my work. The plumbing section is always a good one for this. More recently staring me in the face were the paint swatch samples. Thanks to Home Depot for all of the free paint swatches. I will be stocking up on as much of your free “supplies” as I can in order to keep creating new art.
CHeCK 1 – 2
COLOR CHECK
12″ x 12″ Mixed Media on Canvas
Like The Color Marsh, I took this canvas to the studio floor first. After mushing it into the paint I was left with the colors. Then I took a grip pad that normal people use to keep their runners in place and laid it over my canvas. Finally, I sprayed it with some black spray paint for the checkered pattern.
2012 iS uPoN uS
MAYAN MOTHER SHIP
16″ x 20″ Mixed Media on Canvas
It looks like a Mayan design. It looks like the bottom of a spaceship. Maybe it’s both. I’ve heard a couple of ideas from the people I’ve shown this to so far. If the Mayans are right then I have to be prepared to sacrifice this for them. Here is my gift to the new world. I hope it will suffice.
iSLaND MuSiC
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.