Marilyn

When James went to Texas on the 27th to visit the fam I decided it was the perfect opportunity to paint. I had the house to myself. I love the way she turned out. It was my first time to do glossy on glossy. It was difficult to control. Very drip happy.
But besides all that I am really happy with her. Shes rather large. The photos don't do her justice, she was hard to shoot due to the high gloss paint.

I'm not sure if I will sell her or not. I think she is a keeper.

Cardinology Christmas

Here is what Cardinology came with!
Red vinyl, bonus 7" vinyl, sticker (the blue rose) and a fantastically illustrated lyrical book by Leah Hayes.
I snapped quite a bit from it.
She did an amazing job. It was worth the wait to open it up.

I love this one below.

Below, that HAS to be Ryan. A chubby illustrated version.....Are you with me on this....?

Gorgeous red red red vinyl. I love it!

Let me try to catch you up.....

The 26th was our three year mark! Hooray for love!James really wanted to go play miniature golf, and it was so nice out that day.

Oh, and hella windy I might add.

Hole in one!!!!!!!

It was still crazy windy.


This is what a not hole in one looks like.
Callie being a ham.



James had a Christmas theme going; green club with a red ball.
Check out this cave golf magic! Prepare yourself....

This hole was fun because you had to hit the ball super hard to get it over.
Did I mention it was hella windy!??!

James is supervising Callie's math...

Double checking. Callie was won followed by James and I was the bronze winner.
(But I did get two sweet holes in one!)
James looking devilishly handsome at my company Christmas party!

This is one of the plushes that I designed for target.
He is a gift card holder. His name is Fatty McPenguin.

I went back to Target to pick up some more, but they were sold out. So I was bummed I didnt get a couple more, but it made me feel great that they went fast.

Here is the drawing for Fattie. He turned out super cute!! I love his 'Fargo' style hat.

Muerte

HOT DAMN!

She's does come in silk screen poster form. I am thrilled to say the least.
(and shirts too, but they are sold out....)

Review from the website: Muerte Poster by SF's Mike Giant. You might remember this from the cover of his Muerte book featuring art from his Paris show. Got super clean linework like a master should.

- 14" x 24" screen printed poster

I want one for my birthday.

http://www.turntablelab.com/books_design/103/99/47514.html

Brilliant

Random Things.....

Sondre Lerche's Phantom Punch is such a good album.

I try not to listen to it all day but I find myself giving in to the fight and listening to it over and over.....in the car, at work, at home while I cook. I may have a Lerche problem.

SondreLerche.com explains why this album is so great:
On Phantom Punch Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down deliver music brimming over with unrestrained youthful energy. 11 powerful tracks, several recorded live in only one take, don’t forsake Lerche’s well renowned melodic gifts, but its concise solos and vigorous ensemble playing show us a band at the top of their game. “These songs are cut to the bone, not a second longer than they have to be,” Lerche explains. “And I didn’t want to be subtle this time around, I wanted every song to jump out of the speakers – punchy, concise pop songs, played with restless spirit.”

I haven't smoked in 58 days. It has been a real struggle, and don't get me wrong it was the right choice to make, seeing how i was so sick with bronchitis and all that hot noise. Each day does really get better. I was afraid I would turn into a hateful moody monster after I quit...
But things are good. Cold turkey is the way to go.
Going to be a busy weekend. Getting ready for turkey day, cleaning, mini golfing (great photos are to be had-I'm sure of it), painting all that good stuff.

I was featured on Etsy again!

Exciting!

Hot damn! Click on the image to view larger.

New Art! New Art!

All of the following canvases are 16" x 20".Smoking Frida isn't really new. I painted it a couple months ago-or longer. But I haven't photographed her yet.

I painted this Frida Saturday afternoon. Callies jokes around that I am going to wind up painting more portraits of Frida than Frida did. That's the goal. Just joking. Maybe.

Just finished this one last nite around 10 or so. The canvas was left over from Blue Dome and I had only completed the background spray painting. So after rummaging around in the closet for a canvas that already had a background done (to save time. I hate having to wait while the base coat dries...When you have an idea to paint it begins to lose its spark while waiting for the base paint to dry....), found this one and thought a chandelier would compliment it quite nicely.

I have really been inspired my Mike Giant lately thanks to Mark for introducing me to him. He creates art with a sharpie (he even has his own brand of Sharpie markers...!) So I decided to give Sharpie only art a try. This canvas was another left over canvas from blue dome. So I thought this cow really popped off the solid hot pink. And took no time at all. I think pre-priming canvases is the way to go from here on out...
Detail shot of the cow. I think I am going to go back on the "cut lines" and thicken them up. They almost disappear.

Mike Giant's gorgeous girl. I was really bummed when I stumbled upon this girl and she is not in print anywhere. I really wanted a poster or shirt...something. But there wasn't anything like that. So I decided to draw her in true Mike Giant style-with only a sharpie.
Good Lord. I don't know how he does it. After two hours of carefully drawing her out I was in a Sharpie coma almost. And had to put her down. But hopefully I will finish her soon. No gloves on mine. Wasn't crazy about them. But we shall see.Ryan isn't new either... But he had yet to be photographed. So I threw him in the pile while I was snapping away.

All and all a pretty good weekend. We went to Old Navy and scored on some sweet clearance clothes. I got an arm full of 2.99 shirts. I am thinking about going back to get some to screen on.