Dali

I thought I had finished a painting of Dali last night. Considering how much I adore him a portrait of him is a bit overdue. There is something funky about it, though. I'm going to have to mess with it a bit to get it looking right. Hopefully in the next day or two I'll be able to post pictures of it. Right now no one needs to see it!

Musical Art

I'm still all excited from the Buckethead show last night. I've been wanting to do a series of paintings of musicians I admire and the show last night may have been the kick in the butt I needed.
It may not seem like it, but music is a huge part of my work process. Listening to music is what puts images and ideas in my head. I can't get in the mood to work without music playing. My tastes can vary widely but I always come back to the same bands. Tool, Live, Buckethead, and The Deftones are some of my favorites.
Maybe this week I'll get a painting or two done......................

Buckethead!

I just got home from the Buckethead show. It was the best show I've been to. Probably because I made him a clock and he seemed to really like it. He even gave me a dvd, WolfHound. Buckethead is always a wonder to see. If you aren't familar with him, shame on you! Google him pronto.

Illustrations falling flat?

So no one gives a poop about my illustrations yet. Oh well. I think I'm already off to the next thing. I feel very antsy artwise right now. The paintings are great, but I just can't stay up until one and two o'clock in the morning with the kids waking up at 7:00. If I get good pictures of my new little "signs" I'll post them later. (If you click on the pictures they get bigger.)

Pin up illustrations

I've started doing pin up illustrations. I think they're kind of fun. I plan on offering inexpensive prints of them in my Etsy store. Maybe sell them as greeting cards also.

New Painting

I'm pretty excited about this painting. It is a completely new direction. I think I may do a whole series of bright musician paintings. This is the bass player in my husband's band. I think the next painting I do will be Nick playing the guitar. After that perhaps Buckethead, Maynard, Ed Kowalczyk .......................

Break Out the Champagne

Holy crap I sold a painting! Over the weekend I sold one of my drip paintings on Etsy. People in Germany have exceptional taste. How exciting. It was just the kick in the butt I needed to get back into painting. I've been slacking for a couple of months now. Saturday night I went into the dusty old garage and painted three more drip acrylic paintings. All of which I like, but they are all very dark and vampirey. I guess reading vampire novels rubbed off more than I realized. (Yes, I got into the Twilight saga......) It was refreshing, though, and I think I may start on a new oil painting soon.

I'll attach one of my new paintings. If you click on the picture it will enlarge quite a bit and you can get a good look at it.