More Remnants (yes, more :)

After a bit of a hiatus while drawing some fun commercial work, I am back in the studio once again painting "Remnants." This is a 5 foot wide piece in progress about the evolution of the bottle cap. Mixing charcoal, pastels, and paint. Will post again when it's finished!!

Be Careful What You Wish For!

"Remnants" series addition: This one is on the larger side, about 5 feet wide.....I found this already used canvas and couldn't let it go into the trash, so painted over it....the subject matter is one of my favorite things: a simple wishbone. Done with white house paint from home depot, joint compound, and charcoal.

A Rusty Piece to add to the "Remnants" series :)

The old faithful door knocker has been nailed up on at least 7 front doors of my dwellings in past years...never gets old :)

Commissioned Dog Portrait

I just finished a recent commissioned painting of a dog portrait - it was super fun because I am a freaky dog lover!!! Glad to be back everyday working in the painting studio. Life is good :)

More photos from working in Waikiki this month...

This foam lava wall inside a polynesian theatre in Waikiki was in serious need of some updating. My job: to add faux hot moulton lava to this, another wall, and the stage..

First I had to show them a sample of how it would look....so I ran to a craft store and bought that green foam that one can soak flowers in, so that they stay in bloom....I thought it would be soft enough to carve in a pinch.

Here is the sample they signed off on once I painted it.....

I wanted a local illustrator to work with me and Andy ended up being the sweetest guy ever - here we are painting the stage with project manager at around 3am...(the theatre is supposed to be haunted, which ads another whole dimension to working the night shift :)

Some of the lava we painted on the stage.........

This reminds me of the hot wheels cars kids play with by Mattel.

This is the wall now in progress....we still have a ways to go, plus another wall.......

Murals in Honolulu

This month I am over in Honolulu creating 3 murals - yey for warmth! (Big storm in Los Angeles now so I am lucky to not have to endure the rain and wind...)

I arrived three days ago and have almost finished the first one on the list, which was for a company called Roberts Hawaii. They own a catamaran which hosts a commercial dinner cruise, and are remodeling and updating their boat and loading dock area (where diners check in and enter onto the catamaran.)
My job: to paint a mural on the concrete walkway to the boat. The theme: Hawaiian Bread Fruit.
I drew out a stencil that was 20' x 10' and repeated it twice (dock is 40' long) back at my studio in LA, then checked it with my luggage on the plane. Here are some pictures of my two days at the dock....... Enjoy! I will post pics of the next jobs as they occur :)

More Remnants

I have really enjoying getting back into etching! Here are two more to add to my Remnants series. The matchbook is done with soft ground, while the bottle cap is done on hard ground. Both are created with zinc plates.