Scum Choir

Just painting

Rubber finally meeting the road. Once I heard a kid say “this is where rubber meets robes.”

Just going to knuckle down on this painting for the next week or so. Try and get it show ready....

Abstract Forms and more pancakes

I did a little digital study last night in photo shop. Just trying to create a composition and figure out the best way to organize the values.

Basically thinking about the painting as if it ...

Almost done/ready to start

Done with the maquette for the next painting. Now I'm figuring out how to do the composition on my panel.

I took a bunch of pictures of the maquette and I'll bring them in to photo shop, fin...

clay play

Playin in the clayin. Here's a picture of what I have in mind for this piece and I'm just trying to mold the big forms into something interesting to paint.

2024-05-21 01:34:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Sluggish Maquette

I went to the doctor today. I have swollen lymphnodes. I got prescribed an anti-inflammatory and a nasal spray. One of them is making me super lethargic. I suspect the anti-inflammatory.

I’...

I'm Sick!

I used to never get sick. Now I feel like I get sick a couple times a year.

I'm kind of bummed about it because I was supposed to go do my portraits at a gallery opening tonight with a bunch ...

Wasn't Feeling right

I took it into photoshop and played around with it and then started changing stuff. Kind of a leap of faith when you get that far into a piece. Even with photoshop to help you do it non destructive...

Just painting today

I was on the Dark Art Society podcast today! https://youtu.be/KKVWB-IMf4A?si=Z9oxtUfxrt-erW20

This was...

Monster Submissions!!

Finally! But First a quick announcement:

I'm going to be on the Dark Art Society podcast tomorrow. It will premiere live on YouTube at 9am PST. Come on by and say hi and watch it live.

Grotesque Portraits from the other day

I did these at Dark Art Emporium on Saturday.

2024-05-14 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Vlog thing number 2-Dark Art Emporium

Hey if I do a couple more of these it will be a thing.

I went and did an event in Long Beach at the Dark Art Emporium. It was fun.

I'll post those prompt submissions ASAP I promise lol<...

New Prompt!

Submissions due June 10th.

I'll post the monster submissions ASAP!

Trxtrwxrld: A trickster themed art show

This post is more of an update. I'll be very busy for the next few weeks.

I'm curating a trickster themed art show next month at the Hive

It's called "Trxtrwxrld" (trickster world.)

Little Anthony| My monster prompt Submission

I've gotten busy with a bunch of projects so it was hard to figure out what to do for this. One of the scariest monsters to me is little Anthony Fremont from the twilight zone.

I put him in ...

Let's Vote!

I'll announce the new prompt on Friday or saturday.

It will be due a month from then.

My first Vlog Thing

I decided to try something new. I brought my camcorder out to the two galleries I went to the other night. I think I'm going to keep doing this when I go to shows or when other interesting things a...

Grotesques from last night

From the gallery opening at the Hive in DTLA.

I did my first couples portrait.

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Commission piece

I'm doing this commission for my friend. It's a birthday present.

I did the study which is on the left in the picture above.

Then I used the grid method to transfer the reference photo...

Grotesques from Last Night

Downtown LA art walk. It was a slow night. So I started off with Choir Member Tia. she sent me a photo a month ago. I started with her to practice and just kill time.

2024-05-03 20:57:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Gammorean in Memorium

I made this little reel of my Star Wars painting. Wanted to share it here before posting on social media.

I’ll probably be making more videos like this intended for social media. Gotta reac...

The War of Art| Art Life and Lives

Talking about Steven Pressfield's classic book "the War of Art," while working on my self portrait.

First Star Wars Painting!

I'm hopping on the May the 4th bandwagon this year to try and make some money.

I don't know if I did myself any favors by painting one of these Gammoreans rather than a baby Yoda or something...

Monster Painting, Time, and Friendship

For my Monster submission I'm trying to paint this little sculpture I did a few months ago.

I started last night. I was so exhausted I was really struggling with it. But I think It's better t...

Lazy Post: Dead Mermaids, sketches, New Playlist, Milicent Patrick

I took rare form this weekend and went on a vacation. It was my brother's Batchelor party. I'm personally not a big vacation guy. But I think I came up with some good sketches for potential paintin...

Study for a Commission

Little 5x7 study for a commission I'm doing.

Happy April 28th Everybody

I'm out of town right now.

I don't want to be.

It's for my brother's Batchelor party. I wish I was...

New Maquette

I started the underpainting for this. When I got to a point where I instinctively started looking around for reference, I stopped and started making the reference.

As I said I have a bunch sk...

Cardinal Scan

I'm going to have to clean up the scan in photoshop before I do prints or anything. There's a lot of texture that shows up. Maybe I'll do a video about how I do that.

Have fun

Goodnigh...

Francis Bacon 3: Authentic Branding

After Bacon moved back to London in the late 20’s, after roaming around Europe, discovering gay subscultures and modern artists like Picasso, he took a job as an interior decorator.

Apparen...

Bacon 2 Process, Studio Practice and Work Ethic

Of all the artists I’ve talked about, I've found Bacon to have the most interesting things to say about painting.

In his words his goal was trying to “capture the feeling of existence. Wi...

Choir Sweeties "Bass" Tier| Painting Timelapse

Interrupting my Bacon deep dive to post the Bass Sweetie timelapse video with music.

I actually added this song to2024-04-24 00:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post