Faces that have Painted Faces

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What's up dingalings?!?  Here's some more weird faces for you.  Acrylic ink and pen.  ≈ 10"x12" Hope you like it, there will be many more.

Small Faces

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Here's a series of smaller faces I've been doing lately.

You Just Never Know

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This is a little flyer I made for an upcoming show.  I had to blow it up to make it big enough to post on here, that's why it looks a little wonky.  Anyways, If you're in Santa Cruz on December 2nd come by the Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery, 402 Ingalls St. Santa Cruz.  I'll be there from at least 5-7, likely longer.  Come through and drink some delicious beer with great people and check out some cool new art from me!  Hope to see you there!

Watch it Burn

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Hello again.  Here is another new piece.  I was given this window by a friend to do something with.  This is what came out.  I knew that I wanted to play with depth, negative space and shadows.  Once I began, it came along quite nicely.  Most of the line work is done on the front side of the window with the color being filled in on the backside.  This proved a little difficult and somewhat confusing but I am very happy with the result.  It added a layer of depth you could not get using another surface.  The shadows move and change during different hours of the day, which added another nice layer.  Check it out!  

  

The Batman

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Hi everybody!  This is a piece I did for a friend of mine who shares my enthusiasm for all things Batman.  It is inspired by an image out of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's run of Batman.  The image stuck in my head from the moment I saw it.  When my friend asked for a Batman painting I couldn't not use it.  It's an homage to that art with my own touches.  I wanted to keep it black and white and I added lots of texture.  Anyways, here's some fan art for you, hope you enjoy it. 

Floating Planes Puzzle

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Hello all.  This is a piece I've been working on for a while.  I wanted to get back into the sculptural side of things for this one.  I built the box from wood panel and did the detail work using small wooden slats.  It took a long time to get everything set right and some patience after each layer, but I'm very happy with the result.  Hope you like it.

   

Eye Injuries

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Here are a couple of studies I did while nursing one of a handful of eye injuries I recently suffered. I seem to have a magnet for a busted eye.  I managed to break my glasses and nearly gouge out my right eye twice over the course of about a month.  It got me thinking I should paint something related to the phenomenon.  It was interesting making these pieces.  It's hard to look yourself in your own eye sometimes, especially when your eye is wounded.  If any of you wondered why I have this badass eye scar, details excluded, now you know.

SLIPPERY STEPS

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For this one I wanted to use straight forward illustrating to depict the feeling of not knowing if you will slip and fall or stumble and recover.  This is a feeling that is very familiar to me.  Often things could go either way.  It's that uneasy feeling that can keep some from moving forward.  In reality no one truly knows what the next step will bring, which can be terrifying and at the same time exhilarating.  No matter how well someone seems to be doing or how solid everything looks, the uncomfortable truth is we will all inevitably come across slippery footing.  How we recover is what this crazy thing we call life is all about.  It might help to wear cleats.  Acrylic and ink on wood panel.  


NEW HOBOS!

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Hello all.  It has been quite a while since I've posted on here.  I had computer issues that, I just resolved.  Over the next week or so, I will be posting some things I've been working on since the falling people collection...  

This piece is part of the creatures, the Hobos that I have been working on for years.  It's a 3D wall decoration that I modified through cutting, sanding and painting to depict two of the Hobos.  I am slowly expanding the universe to include more artifacts and representations of the them.  Enjoy!


More Falling...

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Hi everyone!  These are some more images from my latest series.  These pieces have taken on a more serious meaning than originally intended.  They've always been about fear, but in an ambiguous way.  They have become much more specific and personal for me.  Anyway, here they are...


People Falling

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Hello everyone.  I haven't put anything up in a while, but I have a lot to show.  This is a series I've been working on a lot recently.  There is an overarching story that will link them, but for now I am interested in where the ambiguity takes it.  Anyway, check it out.  There are many more to come.