This is a piece I am working on (well, actually it’s finished, but this photo is of it in-progress). Lloyd Blankfein (CEO of Goldman Sachs) portrait (unsolicited). What an a-hole. Below are some of my quick study sketches. The quote is in reference to a famous anti-war poster from the Vietnam era (below). (more…)
Just watched Michael Moore’s “Capitalism – A Love Story” and it looks like all our troubles started when good on cowboy Ronnie came to town.
Some friends of mine are working with this group, The Voice Project, in an effort to reunite families in Northern Uganda after 21 years of civil war. They asked me to do a shirt for them, which should be available soon on their website.
Just put the finishing touches on a new painting tonight. It’s another in the series on George Bush quotes. This one says: “There is no doubt in my mind, when history is written, the final page will say: Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.” I’ve included a few photos showing some of the steps along the way to the finished piece. Size is 36″ x 36″ acrylic on canvas. (more…)
When I was a kid, I used to watch The Electric Company. I also watched H.R. Pufnstuf and Sesame Street and ZOOM and Villa Alegre (a bilingual kids program), Land of the Lost, Lost in Space, Sigmund the Seamonster, and a ton of others, some of which were educational and creatively expanding, and many more that were probably just a waste of brain real estate (that I could really use about now). Anyway, on The Electric Company there was one segment where two people spelled out words, like “ch” – “ange”…”change.” You get the idea. Here’s a clip:
Anyway, I thought it would be an interesting way to portray our last and current administrations. The paintings are acrylic on Arches Watercolor paper 15″ x 22.5″. In case you can’t tell by the silhouettes, the green one is Bush and Cheney, and the purple one is Obama and Biden.
Here is a new painting from the series “Goodbye George.” Mixed media on Arches watercolor paper 22″ x 30″. It’s going to be weird not having George Bush and Dick Cheney in the White House. It’s just so easy to dislike them.
Here is the finished painting to the study I did previously (below). It’s acrylic and ink on Arches watercolor paper, sized 22.5″x30″. The quotes are all from President George W. Bush. I think that in the future, parents with “special needs” children will be able to look their kids in the eye, and truthfully tell them, “You can be anything you want. Maybe even president!”
So this is a study of a new piece I’m working on. I’m compiling work for a future show entitled “Goodbye George.” It will focus on America in the early 21st century and a somewhat cynical view of the culture and politics of the time.
So this is a large piece I just finished. It’s 48″ x 36″ acrylic on canvas. That is a George W. Bush quote. Yes, he actually said it. Sorry the photo’s not so great, but it’s night right now so I shot it indoors. Hopefully I can get a series going on Bush quotes. These things take a long time though at large size. Anyway, sorry I haven’t been updating this blog much recently. I’m in the middle of moving my home and business up to Los Angeles, so it’s a bit hectic. Man, moving is the worst.
On my way to work today, after voting at my local polling place (which by the way had an oceanfront view, ridiculous), I saw the Batmobile driving down PCH. Not a car painted to look like the Batmobile, but the actual batmobile (or replica of) – the one from the television show. The bastardized Oldsmobuick with fins down the back and red piping around the headlights and whatnot. I guess that’s all I have to say about that. Hope you voted.
New Painting Finished (I Think)
Monday, May 18th, 2009I’m not sure if it’s finished. I think it is. Have to think about it for a bit.
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