The Green Fairy

Work has progressed slowly over the hellidays but back to the easel.  I started work again on the this piece which I originally intended for entry into a competition for a company that produces absinthe.  Turns out however that it is restricted to US residents only, but I'm keeping with the absinthe green of this picture and have titled it "The Green Fairy". 

Untitled in Progress....

The title for this work in progress hasn't come to me yet, but I originally started this piece for an absinthe competition I was asked to submit to and I've always loved that tone of green.  Haven't decided yet if I'm going to submit this to the competition (I have to paint their logo somewhere on the piece... I'm thinking in the green jewel of the hat... and I can easily paint over it if they decide not to go with the piece).

Red Dye No. 2

Red Dye No. 2 continues...

This painting is proving a difficult birth.  I'm trying to get the eyes "just right" but have not achieved the effect that I was looking for.  I've also brightened up the background and I felt the painting has a dirty look to it.  I'm debating on having centipedes crawling from the black void where the wallpaper is peeling away, but I think that once I put the patter onto the wallpaper it might be too busy... we'll see. 

Red Dye No. 2 - progress

Recently saw the Otto Dix show in Montreal and am currently obsessed with how he painted eyes.  I've always considered the mark of a great artist to have the ability to create fantastic eyes and hands... there is no excuse for badly done eyes and hands!!!!

Red Dye No. 2 - new work in progress

... Red Dye No. 2 develops...

Parasite

"Parasite" 24" x 24" Oil on Canvas 2010

Pale Horse

Pale Horse - the final horseman in the apocalypse series.  Ink, watercolor, graphite on illustration board. 10" x 18"

Salaryman

Supersculpey, marbles, enamal, foil

12" tall

Death By Ego - progress

Death By Ego

A progress update on my latest piece.

Chicago Show

Several of my oil paintings and pen and ink works will be part of a group show at Gallery Provocateur in Chicago from October 2010 through January 2011.

Random Stuff

Seropositive World

Tea Party

Release

Tight

An Anxious Mind

Go Go Boys In Hell

The title says it all.

The Dead

Another older work that I haven't posted yet...

4 and 20

An older work that I've always loved...

Narcissus continues...

The work on the Narcissus piece continues... he's grown a pig tail and the figure on his back who will be forcing him to face his own reflection.

Control Freak

There is sexual explicit imagery in this piece, which I don't usually do, but was particularly inspired to do this piece called "Control Freak".  If you want to see the image in its entirety, then you'll have to come to one of my shows.

After The Rain

This is one I did a few years back inspired by my cat Faust. 

Oil on canvas 36"x36"

Narcissus and Fly

A fly caught my eye.  Art happens...

The Narcissus painting begins... but I'm lost for a title thur far.  As I type this fly is on my keyboard... why are you following me????

Narcissus

A preliminary sketch of my latest piece based on Narcissus.  My idea for the piece is to have the figure staring at his own reflection, the piranhas will be be barely visible and will act as more of a background to the reflection.  I plan on working with a brown palette mostly, leaning more towards the darker tones. I my work with some empty space on this piece, leaving the background mostly empty.

Out of Oz

"Out of Oz" 36"x36" oil on canvas 2010 - prints to be available soon

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