Blue Dog oil on panel 10″x8″. I found this hilarious 70’s bank. I like that it is so anthropomorphic, it plays back and forth between a deadpan, almost documentary still life and a character that begs for an emotional connection.
Output
February 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In my studio I will work on several paintings at once, I don’t go back and forth between paintings, I really work on several paintings at a time. With practice, I have trained my ear muscles to gently grasp a brush and apply paint. So between my ears and my belly button I am able to sling a lot of paint. This degree of output makes it especially necessary to maintain a high degree of concentration so I will burn some sandalwood incense, put the Enya or Maybe some John Tesh on in the background and then I tantric paint for sometimes two or three hours in a row un-inturupted. Exhilarating!
Smoking Monkey
February 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Smoking Monkey 7″x5″ oil on panel. Cool trompe l’oeil subject, I remember these from when I was a kid. I love toys in their wrappers, they are kind of melancholy unused waiting to be opened. I don’t think this toy would go over well these days.
New Orleans
February 10, 2012 by Leave a Comment
New Orleans, oil on panel 10″x8″. I found a bunch of great snow globes and really loved this one, I almost never paint something twice but this guy is already in a larger piece that I am working on.
Sand Art
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Sand Art 10″x8″ oil on panel. My son makes these whenever we see a stand, so I cant take full credit for the design.
Hip-Hop Lincoln
February 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
So this is probably the last of the money paintings for a while. I found out how to turn a five dollar bill into Lincoln in a baseball hat online and voila. Hop-Hop Lincoln oil on panel 5″x5″
Washington Monument
February 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“Washington Monument” oil on panel 7″x5″. This is kind of a recurring theme for me. How is an item transformed by being painted? This is obviously a campy souvenir that has been recreated in paint, what ultimately is the subject? Is it the rather loaded symbol or the illusion of volume and weight? In other words, can a bad work of art become a better work of art simply by painting it? I tend to think so, but it is a funny line to walk. I think it is illustrated even more dramatically in “Broken Neon” and “Still life,Still” life where little is added contextually.
In both paintings, if the illusion is successful it should appear that I have added nothing to the original objects. They represent, as well as I am able, objects I wouldn’t hang in my home but become transformed by being re-presented. If nothing else I think they are really funny paintings.
On the Easel 
