When I bought all the pieces of wood a few weeks ago I bought one that was really thin. 5.5″x24″ to be exact. I had many ideas about how to use this space, but eventually each one proved to not be a good fit, I just couldn’t make any compositions work in that frame. Then […]
octopus attack
I fiddled with this idea about an octopus attacking a guy underwater for a long time. I finally decided to try it out on one of the long pieces of wood I bought a few weeks ago. First though, I took all the sketches from my sketchbook and tried to combine them and bring in […]
brain wiz
Fox Sports West just honored a USC player with their “brain wiz” segment during the halftime of the UCLA/USC game. The smartest player on USC’s squad has an amazing…. wait for it… 2.9 GPA.
Eczema sucks
Years ago, when I was working at CardSupply, my fingers on my right hand started getting weird. The skin would blister, dry out and crack. At first I thought it must be from handling paper all day. However, more than five years later, it is still here. I’ve tried various remedies, even saw a doctor […]
Are Stars fans of Cat Power?
this sounds like this
happiness
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” That quote from Hemmingway is one of my favorites. I’d have to add though that unhappiness is probably the biggest motivator for intelligent people. To that end, with my latest paint fumblings (see last blog post) I started over with some good old 2B pencil drawing. […]
still not going anywhere
A few years ago Cindy asked me to paint her. At the time I was thinking about trying to paint again. I’ve gotten this inclination a few times since college, and every time my little experiments ended up looking like some kind of visual torture mechanism. I would “quit” again for a year and then […]
Johnny winter must be flattered
So, I love most of everything Josh Homme and/or QOTSA have ever done… but his first single from his new band is actually a very old single from an old band. This is quite clearly lifted from a Johnny Winter song…
more and more
I mentioned in a post previously the new fad of artists getting on blogging websites and sharing their recent work in chronological fashion. Maybe a quarter of these artists also show process shots. I mentioned earlier this week about how nearly every amazing (non abstract) painting is done using photographs of real models. This morning […]
not surprising
More great news about where I grew up. Not only did I live in this area, but I WENT TO THIS SCHOOL FOR NINE YEARS OF MY LIFE and lived less than five miles away for eighteen. The really ironic thing is that some people back in Ohio think I’m putting my life in danger by […]