Ready For Summer!

A Teeth Blower!

Ink On LOOOOONG Paper!

Painting(s) For Upstairs Neighbors #3

"I will protect you from the fires of gold 

But I cannot protect you from growing old."

Acrylic on canvas

15.5" x 11.5" (40cm x 30cm)

"Fill your mattress with gold or fill your mattress with thread...

Which one helps you to better rest your head?"

Acrylic on canvas

11.5" x 11.5" (30cm x 30cm)

Above character extracted from "Painting For Upstairs Neighbors #2 (2010)"

below (click to enlarge):

And...FYI...Here's "Painting For Upstairs Neighbors #1 (2010)"

Little Nester

Ink Legs

Nose Balls

City Snail!

First a head, then a city, then a tail...

That, my friend, is a city snail!

My Three Sons!

Open Here

More Squigglies

Squigglies

Tear Duct Needer

Friendship

Crow & Diver

More Word Birds!

Both Pieces: 11.5" x 15.25" / 29.2cm x 38.7cm

Ink On Paper

Exquisite Corpse

Exquisite Corpse regarding artwork is usually 3 artists each assigned either "head," "torso," or "legs" (aka Top - Middle - Bottom). The works are created individually and independently of each other with the artists only receiving guidelines from each other for where to place the top and/or bottom of their piece so it connects with the other two in the correct spots to form a whole "body."

So the "head person" sends the measured points at which the head or neck stops to the torso person to show where the top of the torso should be and the "torso person" sends the measured points where the bottom of the torso stops to the "legs person" to show where the top of the legs should be.

But most importantly the fun comes from no one knowing what the others will draw and the final result when these three random images are placed together to form an EXQUISITE CORPSE!

To date, I've collaborated on 3 exquisite corpse pieces with some amazing artists. All three of these pieces were exhibited in group shows curated by Eric Brandon at Toy Room Gallery and Archival Framing , both in Sacramento, CA.

The first was me on these legs (click below images to see them larger):

Molly Crabapple did an amazing head:

And when Anne Gregory inserted a beautifully dramatic torso, the result was:

My next gig was TORSO! I was sandwiched in between the wonderful works of

David Fremont above and Eric White below. The result:

My chance to do a HEAD arrived. I left behind the ink pens and the paper and the 3 of us linked up canvases. I did this chap with acrylic:

Melanie Bown was on torso and John Fortes provided legs. Another corpse was born:

Here's some photos from one of the exhibitions. The energy and talent that went into illuminating the gallery is clearly visible! And it's great to see examples of amazing 3D Exquisite Corpses as well (again, be sure to click on the photos to see stuff better).

Big Ears = Good Listener!

Chest Guest

I can't rest and I can't nest

So stressed, yet blessed

With a guest on my chest

The ROLEX watch!

Tom Franke Gallery asked me to design some faces for a fewRolex watches. They inserted this one!

Watercolor Creatures

It's been fun to ink in details on random watercolor shapes! Here's a few....

(click on the images to enlarge)

One Converse only!

What is one to do

When asked to decorate just one Converse shoe?

House Sipper

"Don't Let Thy Cup Underflow..."

Acrylic on Canvass

24" x 32" (60cm x 80cm)

Bucky Royale & The Sorcerer

The Offering

Ink On Paper Piece With Bob Boyle!

A collaborative piece with Wow Wow Wubbzy / Yin Yang Yo creator, Bob Boyle!

Bob and I usually write songs together but we branched out a bit with pens and paper! Can you see who did what? Hint: Bob is of the sea!

I enjoyed drawing my freaky walkin' chap with a crow quill nib, dipping into india ink.

I'll post further collaborations between us as they emerge! Until then, you can check out the The Doodle Dorks where we drew separate pieces for the same subjects....

New Word Bird: Owl!

A friend commissioned this piece. He asked for the text to be a Hunter S. Thompson short story from 1964 called, "What Lured Hemingway To Ketchum?" about Ernest Hemingway's fascination with Ketchum, Idaho, where died and is buried. You can see more Word Birds here and here.

Double Man Flower