Hey all, thought I’d drop in and make a quick post.  I’ve built up a backlog of paintings, so I’m gonna clear out some inventory.  Thanks for your patience, as I’m sure there are many of you who’ve been patiently hitting refresh since my last update.

First up, here’s a couple of painting that I did a while ago, but never made it to the site.  Since they’re good examples of what I can do when I take more than 15 minutes to do a painting, I thought I should put them up.

I’ve done a couple more of those record paintings as well.  As with all of my projects, it has slowed down.  Somehow, staying home and working on stuff has become very difficult.

I did a poster for Animalesque, a burlesque show that is happening this Friday.  I also have a couple of paintings that I donated to their silent auction.  The money is going to a charity, Love-A-Bull.  I seem to be opposed to doing art for money considering the lethargy with which I approach any sort of monetization.

And here’s some recent AFG stuff.  I have several sessions worth of drawings that I haven’t scanned as well.  I need a better workspace.

And lastly, here’s a flier for a show that never happened.

Greetings, fuck puppies.  It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything.  But I’ve been feeling that continually posting the same figure drawing bullshit  has made the Google spiders weary of my website.  But now I’ve come up with something a bit different.  Last Sunday I was looking around Goodwill for a good canvas and frame combo to cannibalize, but I wasn’t finding anything.  But what I did find was their stash of 99 cent records.  I was already in the mind to look for a painting that I could sacrifice for my own feeble attempts at art.  When I saw the records, an incandescent flash bulb burst inside my head and I realized, “Hey, there’s some art I can steal.”

I gathered up a collection of the cheesiest Christian folk album covers that I could find to incorporate into my painting.  There were some true gems.  One album was by a band called “Four Jacks and a Jill“, who were apparently a South African folk act from the late 60′s.  Another record I picked up was an album by “The Singing Christians”.  They appear to be a Texan gospel group from the 70′s.  The crown jewel might be the “Sentimental Sing-Along with Mitch” which featured a bright pink album cover and a photo of a man who appears that he might be a direct ancestor of Bat Boy.

When I got home, I had to consider my audience.  What do my fans enjoy?  Who are my fans, besides my Mother?  She gets paintings for free, so I don’t have to consider her market influence.  My fans are most likely slope-headed mouth-breathing failed cloning experiments, just as I am.  Therefore, what would I like to see painting on old 12″ records?  The answer is political and cultural icons in high contrast.  This is what the public needs, and this is what I will deliver.  Here is what I’ve done in the past week.  Expect more, I’m planning to do 12 of them and see if some place in town would like to hang them on a wall.