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...Thinking about painting and life... Painting the Town!

the fool

wow that friendly beating I got yesterday is like the gift that keeps on giving! aahahahah! I invited myself to spiritually become a vessel for everyone's "pain" with their painting, and judging by how I feel right now, there must be a lot of painters out there suffering with their tedious subject matter and/or process. But I like the pain, and look forward to more.

This morning I FUNted over McGregor's effort from yesterday. I wish that I had castigated him more for his lack of imagination, but I must admit he did a really good job reminding me of every bully I ever encountered in middle school and junior high, both in apparent scale and attitude! lol!!!!!

So here's me as the Fool, my favorite tarot card. I have wanted to paint this subject matter for over a year, but never found the inspiration until today! I like it. I feel that everyone should step off a cliff in their art! It's only art for goodness sake, go rumspringa! oil on canvas, 36 by 24

Painting the Town!

episode 11 our guest is founder of the Tiziano Project, a globe-trotting photo journalist, a chess boxer, and a giant of a man in size and achievement: Andrew McGregor! We are going to have some great interview/sparring sessions, we're going to paint a portrait face-off, we're going to play chess, we're going to box,
and we're going to explore new boundaries in our art! Spoiler alert: I lose! hahaahah!!

Tuna Harbor

I was in San Diego this weekend for some family time and went out plein air painting with my mom at Tuna Harbor yesterday. Here's a video and shots of our paintings! not bad! mine is 22 by 28 and my mom's is 9 by 12 and they are both oil. I also added a series of shots of the painting in progress grabbed off the video. And in case anyone is wondering who is that I am painting over, it is Sara Barrett one of our guests on Painting the Town It was fun to paint Sara but no masterpiece so I scraped it down knowing that at some time in the future it would be another painting's underpainting!

Painting the Town!

episode ten has Jasmine Orpilla as our guest and muse, as well as two loves of Bimbo brand pan blanco! break bread and break through your own personal glass ceiling! mixed media on canvas, 48 by 36

blog jam

I have been having a "blog jam" for a few days because I lost my camera at the Hive during the Artwalk last Thursday. I got a new cheapo camera but I'm not sure I like it yet. anyway... So I have a few paintings to post up! At the artwalk I painted two quick portraits and then I had a big non-sense painting that I worked on intermittently. At some point a girl with a parrot showed up and posed for me, so proud of his awesome feathers! This painting is 40 by 30. Then the next day was Painting the Town! where I made another nonsense piece over a crappy found painting. It's imagery is found in my environment, from my imagination, and from a few text message painting requests from friends on Facebook. This one is 48 by 36. Then Saturday I was live painting at the Roxy Theatre upstairs in the "on the rox" room. I tried to start this painting like falling down a flight of stairs and then let it slowly materialize... people got excited when they would recognize themselves or a friend in the painting. And I also found out that no matter how crappy a job you make of it, girls love to be painted! lol! this one is 24 by 48 and they are all oil on canvas.

painting the town!

Here's the 9th show. A continuing adventure into the unknown! Also here's a fuzzy shot of the "bad art" pre-existing condition underneath this painting...

more live painting from the show at the Hive!

another 20 minute portrait and a shot of my nonsense painting!

Live at the Hive

I am at the Hive right now for artwalk and they have internet so I'm posting this 20 minute portrait just after I've painted it! It was an 80% likeness when the time was up, but a few brushstrokes after the model left I think I got it up to 95%!

LOL beach!

I went out painting with John Kilduff yesterday at El Matador Beach. I can feel the Spring season completely filling me up with energy and abandon and it's inspiring me to let go of any conventions I hold on to and be free to paint anything. These feeling never last forever but when they hit you you have to go with it!! oil on canvas, 24 by 30

LIVE at the HIVE!

The Hive Five Year Anniversary Show last night was fantastic! Everyone who showed up had a great time. I did a random collage painting throughout the evening which was a jumble of bits of my own paintings, people sitting, randomness. I really had fun painting it! also I did a 20 minute portrait of Lara. Her girlfriend helped out with the drawing at the beginning and then it turned into a painting lesson! Erotic art school! ahahahah!

Painting the Town 8

Wow eight shows 'in the can' and we still fail and we still try. Important lessons from todays show: marinade in the feelings in your life, and make the world a better place by channeling that energy into your art. Also, "painting" plus "fun" equals "FUNTING"! hahaahahahah!! oil on canvas, 40 by 40