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https://youtu.be/JuXmSGwxdWI Sometimes You Just Need to Play Not every day in the studio is about creating a masterpiece. Some days are just about showing up. A lot of people know that I paint on canvas board, but what many don’t realize is that I rarely throw anything away. When a painting is finished, there’s always…

https://youtu.be/qGbfxCEWpd0 Cocoa Akashic: A Photo, a Painting, and a Return to Creating Well… how about that last one? It was a little bit of a Debbie Downer. Maybe I should stick to satire. Or maybe not. One thing I’ve learned is that creativity has room for all of it. Sometimes the work gets deep. Sometimes…

https://youtu.be/BS6QKOSFa5g And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth…

https://youtu.be/ZFwCX6KK2bQ Sometimes a Painting Takes Years Some paintings are finished in a weekend. Others take years. This one started immediately after Hurricane Ian. Like everyone else in Southwest Florida, I was dealing with the aftermath. The power had finally come back on, and I needed an outlet more than I needed a plan. I drove…

I have never laughed so much as I have making Mer Merica.As I watched the news, more ridiculous stuff kept happening. Instead of being embarrassed and disappointed, I now find ways to incorporate those events into comedy. My laugh lines are back, and my mood has improved. Little Crash Bitty is what put me over…

https://youtu.be/pwEKpOvhh34 Elvira, mistress of the dark, has a special place in my heart. Having grown up in the late eighties and early nineties she had a profound impact on a developing young mind. She was all over the place and had a major influence on pop culture. She introduced the mainstream to the undercurrent of…

https://youtu.be/Syo1NEVvMz4 The Dredd of finishing an Art Piece    Does anyone else get horribly sad when they finish an art piece?  I’m not entirely sure why but every time I get close to finishing a piece it is like a grey cloud forms over my head.     I find I feel better if I start…

Watch the process in the video below. Salt Pillars of Chicago    This one is from about ten years ago.  This was one of the first Spray Paint paintings that I planned out but allowed the mistakes to participate. I also brought this concept into photoshop.   Shortly after I slowed down painting tangible things.  For…

The ultimate goal on canvas is to replicate my digital work.  I cannot wait to do something like this with a brush.  I started painting on canvas partly because I could not afford prints of my own art.  I’m glad I picked up the brush.  Now it is hard to go back to the stylist. …