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The Gruff - new painting

 

New work. 8"x12" acrylic on paper

More Small Paintings

Icy Conditions, acrylic on paper, 8.5"x12"

The Droop, acrylic on paper, 8.5" x 12"

Swing Batter Swing

Swing Batter Swing
18 in x 12 in
acrylic on paper

The Front

This is The Front. A triptych. It started as a live painting at the N8 Glass Music and Art Studio's live art party. Took me almost an additional month to finish it out after the party. I'm including some shots of the individual pieces and some detail shots. The three pieces probably stretch about 6 ft from left to right.

 

Here is an extra shot before I added the black background to give you a sense of how it was made. 

 

And here are some detail shots

 

Newest work on Paper

This newest work on paper is titled Pauciloquent

6" X 12"
Rag paper acrylic painting

Two new works on paper

All Day
acrylic on rag paper
6"X12"

Slimy
acrylic on rag paper
6" x 12"

Ridge Electric

New work on paper. I'm planning on making a lot of these. Seems like the smart thing to do. This one is called Ridge Electric. This is 6"X12". Acrylic on canvas. Get yourself one of these affordable works on at Bombstract Paintings on Esty

HIGHBALL HALLOWEEN MURAL

This is the mural we painted at Highball Halloween over two days. Came out pretty cool. Check out the progress video below:

Mural is for sale. It is 16' x 8'.  Please inquire.

All Ya'll

This is another painting on paper. Keep a look out for lots more of these. They are a lot of fun to make.
I titled this one All Ya'll

From wiki
"Some people misinterpret the phrase "all y'all" as meaning that Southerners use the "y'all" as singular and "all y'all" as plural. However, "all y'all" is used to specify that all members of the second person plural (i.e., all persons currently being addressed and/or all members of a group represented by an addressee) are included; that is, it operates in contradistinction to "some of y'all," thereby functioning similarly to "all of you" in standard English."

Painting is 8X12 inches acrylic on rag paper. 

Timelapse abstract

Monsta Mash

I made this piece for the Nth Gallery's annual Halloween exhibit. It is acrylic on paper. I think we'll be doing a bunch more of these paintings on paper. Small and economic.

Back on the abstract track

Haven't made many paintings lately. I've been busy painting a haunted house and preparing to do a live mural at the Highball Halloween in Columbus Ohio.

But I did just finish this painting. "Remembering Magic Eye at the Mall" is the title. It was kinda nice to do a little abstract painting again since I've been doing the skulls series. I often found myself letting my eyes cross to see where it needed more of what color. It reminded me of looking at MagicEye posters when I was a kid.

"Remembering Magic Eye at the Mall"
Acrylic on canvas
16in X 16in

BASSJAM Painting is finished

 

This is the painting I started at the BassJam. It is finished now. Hope you like it. I didn't want to work on it too much so it could still be what it was at the BassJam. But I can never leave anything alone. It changed quite a bit. 

 

Commissions

These are some paintings that were recently commissioned. I'm very thankful to have the opportunity to create something totally unique and original for someone. Please feel free to contact me if you have the desire to have your own original art by me.
 

Welcome to the Bass Jam

 

I painted this painting LIVE @ Skully's during the August BassJam. Painting to live music is a lot of fun and I look forward to the next one. This painting came to life pretty quickly, in just around 4 hours. I'll probably put some final touches on it. Stay tuned to see how it turns out. 

 

Cobble's Knot

This is my Cobble's Knot. The Cobble's Knot is from a novel entitled Maniac Magee.  


"Maniac Magee is a novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and homelessness, it follows the story of an orphaned boy looking for a home in the fictional Pennsylvania town of Two Mills. He becomes a local legend for feats of athleticism and fearlessness, and his ignorance of sharp racial boundaries in the town."

"His final effort to gain acceptance is by untying the famous Cobble’s Knot (a huge, grimy ball of string with a year's supply of pizza waiting for its vanquisher.) After finishing the task he is praised by everyone as confetti is thrown into the air."

I often feel there is a Cobble's Knot in my head. So it was good to get it out on canvas.

Hello... I Ain't Lion

This is my newest painting. It is one of the biggest I've done. It stands 6 feet tall. It was a lot of work to get the level of detail I get in my smaller pieces in a piece this big. All and all, I'm happy with the out come and excited to show it this weekend at the Ohio Made Arts Festival. I'm setting up a booth there with all my paintings. Hopefully we'll see you there!

Tigerhorn Bluenote

This is the live abstract I started at Hal and Als Bar. It has had quite the transformation. But I've finally finished it! Hope you like it.

Hello My Name is... Tusko

This is Tusko. I was drawn to the elephant skull because of the tusks and giant cyclops hole in the forehead. This was a cool painting that had some happy accidents. I unintentionally formed four separate trunks.

Tusko is a popular name given to elephants in captivity. Three notable elephants with this moniker were the meanest elephant, the elephant that died on LSD and one that has resided at the Portand Zoo.

Hope you enjoy!