Isn't It a Pity

Here's my final painting for the "A Day in The Life" show. A 12"x12" torn paper paining on wood of George Harrison. While I never really intend to have the skeletal images I often employ in my work to be morbid, I cannot deny the correlation of his smoking in the image, the shadowed skull and his death from lung cancer. Because of this I have chosen to entitle the painting "Isn't It a Pity", one of his most popluar songs from his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass.


The "A Day in The Life" show will run from June 24th thru July 24th and will have an opening reception on July 10th from 6-9 at the (art)ificial Gallery in Lakewood, OH.

Cinematic Redux Show

When asked to take part in a show where all the works had to be re-vamped versions of classic film posters, My first thought was "What movie would be better with zombies?", the answer: "All of them". But after thinking about it a for a bit I decided to turn my sights on a true classics who's original poster is almost a horror film anyway.
With the main characters in a near feeding pose and Atlanta burning it only need a few minor tweaks to zombify this vintage artwork. Here's a sketch of what I've got so far:

"A Hard Days Night" Project

The first is for the upcoming "A Day in The Life" show, showcasing art dedicated to the Beatles. in addition to the standard work of the show, the show organizer Billy Naniger, has gathered multiple artists to create their own renditions of the one of the portraits on the original cover of "A Hard Days Night":
I chose the image of George Harrison on the far right (smoking) and decided to do what I always do. I put a skull on it. Here's a sketch:

Art Fur Animals Benefit

This year I am fortunate to participate in the annual "Art Fur Animals" event.

Homeless and neglected animals need all the help they can get. So help ‘em out and attend Art Fur Animals Benefit & Auction to raise funds for local org Friends of the City of Cleveland Kennel. Bid on custom-designed ceramic cats and dogs created by dozens of cool Cleveland artists. Click here for more details.

Yet another bird record.

I'm not sure why but I always seem to make things in three's.


"Spanish Goldfinch" on 12" vinyl. Mixed media & acrylic.

NEW! NEW! NEW!

I just added a bunch of new products to mu web-store including prints of the "Heart-Skull" image (I seriously have to come up with a good name for that thing). Click below to check 'em out.

I apparently have a thing for birds.

"Peregrine Falcon" on 12" vinyl. Mixed media & acrylic.

A new sparrow.

"House Sparrow" on 12" vinyl. Mixed media & acrylic.

Into the Vinyl Frontier!

Here are some of the 12" records I made for the May 1st show. I'm sure they look familiar to anyone who knows my art.

The Vinyl Frontier

The Power of Woman

These are two paintings donated for the Planned Parenthood "The Power of Women" charity event on Saturday, April 10, 2010. For more info click HERE.


"Hope" - 12"x16", mixed media


"Peace" - 12"x16", mixed media

"Year of the Tiger " Update #9

And after a few touch ups, the final test: How does it look outside?

"Year of the Tiger " Update #8

After retouching some of the fade lines and adding the high/low lights, I think I'm entering the home stretch.

"Year of the Tiger " Update #7

After all the tape is removed, I can finally get a good look at the direction this is going. So far so good.

"Year of the Tiger " Update #6

So far so good. I just did a light dusting of a very dark blue. The plan is to achieve a very subtle gradation as the stripes move down.