OLIVE LOAF
24″ x 48″ Mixed Media on Wood
This one is kinda cool. Not that it is one of my favorites that I have made so far, but because it is on video. Yes, that’s right. Click here for the time lapse: Olive Loaf Time Lapse. Olive Loaf is brought to you by Kevin Lee Studios.
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.
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.
WHAT I WANTED
11″ x 15″ Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper
This is not what I wanted to draw. This is not what I wanted to paint. Or is it? Is it the other way around? This is what I wanted to draw. This is what I wanted to paint. I don’t know which I wanted to do or not do, but this is what I came up with.
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.
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.
WAITING (SOLD)
24″ x 44″ Mixed Media on Wood
Sometimes surfing is a waiting game. The ocean can be as flat as glass or crazy rough with waves coming from all directions. But we wait. We wait. And we wait some more. Because even if we only ride one wave that day, it make that day a whole lot better.
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?
3 BIRDS
18″ x 24″ Mixed Media on Canvas
Rise up this mornin’. Smiled with the risin’ sun. Three little birds Pitch by my doorstep. Singin’ sweet songs. Of melodies pure and true. Sayin’, “this is my message to you-ou-ou:” Singin’, “don’t worry about a thing. ‘Cause every little thing gonna be alright.”
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.
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.
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.