Dirty Harry. Psychedelic portraits.

20" x 24"
Dirty Harry 

I have decided to put together a series of gallery wrapped canvass surreal / psychedelic portraits, to try to get a gallery show of my own. 

This is the first recognizable face to come, I will try to have 8-10 together by 2013, Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) has been and will always be a big influence and memory to me. Clint is about as recognizable a face as they come, even when twisted and warped through my eyes and painting. That alone is what made him my first choice! Besides which who can resist such a power image?

Dirty Harry is painted on 20” X 24” gallery wrap canvass; the paint of choice was acrylic and is definitely many layers! The painting was varnished with UVLS polymer varnish and then a matte clear to reduce the gloss for viewing.

Price - $13 500.00 USA 

Shipping - $55.00 USA

Painting. Hinged Universe

18"x24" 

Hinged Universe

Where have we been, where do we go? 

One can only imagine or believe and with art one can only imagine or make it theirs. 

This abstract is painted with acrylic on canvass and coated in UVLS polymer varnish on an 18" X 24" canvass that can be hung as is or framed. This painting is inspired in american ideals and arts, from freedom of speech to Jackson Pollok and is a great way add color and conversation on any room.

Price - $400.00 US 
Shipping - $25.00 US

Cannon Beach. Painting mixed media.

Cannon beach

This trip was from summer 2011 at Cannon Beach in Oregon, I wanted to loosely capture the low sky and pacific coast foggy feel. Tidal pools, rocks, wet sand and a cool summer morning walk on the beach make for some of my favorite days. 

This was done on heavy water color paper using mixed media of prismacolor pencils, ink and acrylic paint coated in matte clear acrylic.

Available for Sale. Click to make it yours. 

Painting. Girls on beach

Girls on beach 8x12

Girls on beach 8x12

Girls on beach 8x12

This is my 6^th DPW challenge and it was the most challenging yet, grey days effect on bright colors is hard to recapture in any medium! 

Thanks for the challenge idea! 

This is acrylic on Masonite at 8X12 inches coated in UV protective varnish. 

PRICE - $200.00 USA
Shipping - $15.00 USA
 

Painting. Psychawk.

6x6
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Well this is my 5th DPW challenge…Birds?

OK, so I decided to have a bit of fun with this one by mixing a spacey psychedelic and a hawk. Therefore Psychawk was born right here on my living room table! 

This is acrylic on Masonite at 6’ X 6”, painting small is a challenge always for me and it is always good to help hone my skills. 

Hope you all enjoy my little birdie!

Painting. Water ballons

6X6 acrylic

6X6 acrylic

Wet Bombs

This is my fourth entry into the DPW challenge, the subject of water balloons is always hard, light, transparency, etc. These are hard attributes to capture in paint. 

This attempt was done on 6” X 6” Masonite with acrylic paint and finished in UVLS polymer varnish. 

Thanks for the fun!

Painting. Coming through.

8x8 

Coming Through

One of the images that I see in the world and has always seemed surreal to me, is when light comes through the leaves and flowers of plants. 

The thing with light is how hard it is to capture in paintings, a few of the masters accomplished this.. I am not yet one of them. As I am honing my skills back to where they once were I have taken a stab at capturing light coming through the hot house glass and through tropical leaves.  

This was painted on 8" X 8" Masonite using multiple layers of acrylic paint and varying techniques to achive texture. 

Please feel free to leave comments or suggestions on any of my works.

Size - 8x8 
Price - $220.00 US
Shipping - $15.00

Painting. Old world lightbulb.

6X6 Acrylic

Another challenge with Daily Paintworks as I try to re hone my skills, great idea! 

This is many layers and techniques in acrylic on Masonite. 

This painting is available for sale. It is listed at DPW Auction. Bid  on it if you want to own this "Old World Lightbulb" 

I've been accepted. Arts of the Terrace

I feel lucky, I just started painting again in the last two years and am trying to get my skills back. I created a painting titles "Flying home" and submitted in to the 34 annual Arts of the Terrace show and was chosen by jury to have this painting shown September 29 through October 7. It would be great to see all of you in the northwest come to the event and show your support for the arts. 

This painting was done in acrylic on Masonite, it started with stone ground base and water color style technique. It was then built up using layers of gel and paint, vertical brush strokes were left to give an almost wood grain look. I wanted to combine modern technique with the look of old beach art; yup it is a summer painting! 

Painting. Flying home.

Flying home 8x10

Art of the Terrace 2012 

Flying home

This was created as a submission to the “Arts of the Terrace show”, my first show attenpt in many years.

This was done on pine boxed 8” X 10”masonite, to get the near water color wet look the masonite was gessoed. Then coated in layers of absorband ground with intentional brush streaks to get the feel of wood. The colors are acryllic using various techniques and layers. I wanted to capture the feel of old beach art and the colors that living by the sea provide. 

Painting. Spitfire.

Spitfire 8"x10"

Spitfire 8"x10"

Spitfire

This painting was done on rough canvas board at 8” X 10” and primed with gesso. 

I always loved the Spitfire airplane’s lines and look, I wanted to capture the planes in flight feel. Man what a feeling it must have been to fly the old WWII prop driven fighter planes.  

All paints were done in acrylic and were finish coated in UVLS polymer varnish.

Size: 8"x10"

Price: $125.00 US

Shipping: $15.00 US

Painting. Canadian Harvard.

Canadian Harvard 8x10

Canadian Harvard 8x10

Harvard’s

This painting was inspired by the yellow colored Canadian Harvard’s aerial acrobatics team; they fly different WWII era planes. Number 2 is an original Canadian Harvard built in 1941. 

The painting was done on pine boxed Masonite 8” X 10” and painted with acrylic paints. I wanted to capture the feel of older wall paper art as well as the action. 

This is finished in UVLS polymer varnish.

Size 8"x10"
Price - $85.00 US
Shipping (USA) - $15.00 US

Painting. The broken egg.

 The broken egg 

6x6

One from the carton

I wanted to capture a mood and feel as well as an egg almost like old photos or sepia tone. This is on 6” x 6” acyllic primed masonite using various techniques in acryllic paint layers to get depth and transparancy. This is finished in UVLS polymer varnish to keep the colors and sheen.

Available for sale 

Look what other artists have to say about this painting

"What a fun take on the challenge! Amazing job in every aspect of the painting. The grout lines are fabulous, and the egg itself is so believable I want to clean it up!"

"Great job and the splatter. Some real nice highlights and textures"

"Who isn't familiar with this scene?!! Wonderful take on this challenge, and beautifully painted!"

Painting. Abstract art

6X6 

6X6 

Oh this is a fun challenge from DPW. I started by brush applying gesso to masonite leaving bush strokes. I chose acrylic paint as a medium, using liquitex cadmium orange and Windsor and newton cobalt blue and a bit of titanium white. Spot mixing to get an oil look was accomplished with slow dry medium, the base was the covered in gloss acrylic with a brush using the same direction brushstrokes as the gesso. The final blended squares were done using pure color blended into heavy molding medium to give dimension and a flat on gloss relief.

Available for sale

Photography. Seattle part 2

Pike Place 1 

Pike Place 2 

Pike Place 3 

Pike Place 4 

Pike Place 5 

Post Alley 1 

Post Alley 2 

Post Alley 3 through art 

Post Alley 4. bubble gum 

 So after part one this is a bit more, these were taken in the Pike Place Market area. 

  It is a fun area to just cruise about and watch people, plus there are always street performers and artists of various kinds for a twist in you daily outing. There is fresh market food available for sale, also fresh flowers whose smell always stand out as odd to me in the midst of concrete and steel. 

 I always have loved the combination of old buildings surrounded by new modern architecture. When you add in trees, modern metal art, with cool alley ways and varying stairways it seems to tie things together just right. Plus you can feel the vibe of people looking to escape their daily lives, seeking entertainment, or just seeking to hunt down that special something.

If you want to buy a photo contact me and we can discuss the different types of printing and or framing options available.