Floating through space and time.
I Forgot
How miserable it is painting realistic metal. But it’s coming along.
Update to “Made in America”
Added a few more visual references to my painting about mass shootings
Saint Prodigy
19 in x 22 in progress shot of “Saint Prodigy” from my limited series called “Patron Saints of Hip-Hop” can’t wait to finish this up build a custom rococo frame and get some prints made.
It’s been one of those days
Where you draw a little kid launching a hellfire missile from a reaper drone.
Poking Holes
in the fabric of the American dream. First panel of a diptych study examining how the over prescription of opioid pain killers lead the use of heroin. Might paint it again but 6’ x 6’ someday...
Cause and Effect
or things that would be way cooler 8’ x 8’ or painting stuff no one wants in their house since 1984.
Panel One
Cause:
this would look pretty bad if I did it on an larger scale, somewhere around 8 ft x 8 ft. Maybe if I get in to one of these residencies I’ll be able to pull it off.
Progress
This photo got kind of washed out since it’s overcast here in Denver - but all I have left is to finish painting the embroidered stars and some interference orange to make the edges of the flames appear translucent. It’s taking almost a month of working in my free time on this painting. 2018 has been strange in America. A sitting president is under criminal investigation investigation yet continues to peddle lies, propaganda, conspiracy theories, and disinformation to discredit the investigation. The republican lead congress just sits by and does nothing as he attacks the free press. The worst part is people still believe him, and he has support among conservative groups. This is utter insanity.
Well That’s Like
On the easel
This was a full pencil
When I started this 72 inch tall painting.
Couple more sketches
Blatant drug art always seemed pretty lame to me, so I’ve gone through several iterations of these preliminary drawings in my sketchbook before landed on these two. It’s definitely been an internal struggle of whether I should even make these. I went through the same thing when I was working on the AR-15 painting but it ended up turning out pretty powerful.
Bigger IS better
48” didn’t seem tall enough so I jumped up
to 60”
That Point
where you have to walk away for a while and build more stretcher bars so you don’t screw up your painting and keep objectivity.
Sketchbook
I’ve always said a sketchbook is the best weapon in an artists arsenal, this is how I use mine in the planing stage
For all the bright ideas
Even though now there’s so much content that I can’t keep track of it all and nothing seems special.
Couple More
of these license plate paintings in the works, let me know of any signs you’d like to see!
Realism
36 in x 48 in painting in progress of on old Rocky Mountain News paper box but burning!