Tomatillos still life / "dreamscape", framed

This is part of Local Colour's still life series:

 Tomatillos

acrylic on wood panel

6" 5/8" round wood panel

 frame like effect carved in the panel


Below:

I posted this previously. 

It was to be part of a set of work I'm selling

through paypal and shipping.

At the time of that posting it was only in a mat for lightweight shipping.

Although this is different from the theme of work I submitted to 

Local Colour boutique, they liked and requested this piece.

(You can find it there now)

So I just modified a recycled frame and painted it to match.
Meeting

inner mat: 12" x 16"

with frame: 16" x 20"

acrylic and collage on acid free mat, rag paper and wood

Dreamscapes, Sea and Space (April 2015)

Here's more of completed "dreamscape" drawings worked with color and collage.

Both are acrylic ink, watercolor, and collage drawings on recycled, painted frames.

12.5" w x 16"h

                                                                      14"w x 17" h

Black and White Dreamscape Compilation, Framed

One of the pieces I'll be presenting at Northside Social at the end of the month. This is a collection of older dreamscape work. I thought the images resonate well with each other as a group, and that this presentation has a sort of non-linear anti-comix like narrative.

Total size: 45"long  x 35"wide.

Individual images: 9"long x 7"wide

India ink on acid free paper

White archival ink on black acid free matboard.
white acrylic painted wooden recycled frame
covered with uv acrylic protective "glass"

Announcement: Solo Show

I just wanted to mention that I will be having a solo exhibition of my work at Northside Social up at the end of the month (I'll be hanging the work on the 28th, but all pieces should be up by Halloween if not sooner).

It will be a mix of both my observed work in oil: still life, figurative and outdoor paintings, and my "dreamscape" decorative, patterned, symbolic stream of consciousness body of work. They both serve important but usually separate veins of expression. There is actually an experimental work underway that does combine both ways of working (to be posted soon). That said, I'm untroubled if these styles resist overlapping. Those concerns are more about galleries wanting a marketable brand.

Currently, I'm mostly working on the work from observation, but there's a lot of framing of the dreamscape work (mostly ink/watercolor on watercolor paper) to finish up too. For those pieces, the frame becomes an integral extension of the design and concept of the piece. I've found and collected quality vintage frames from thrift stores (and some left over from the family homestead) that I sand and repaint as well as the acid free mat/mounting board, then add a uv acrylic cover (I don't like to use glass for all the risks of damage). Here's a couple of examples of work (painted in 2011-2012/frame & embellishments 2013 that recently were shipped to my fellow friends/collectors back in Austin. (Thanks Terri & Border!)

By November, I'll be putting up a page of what is for sale at Northside, with photos of new work and the newly enhanced older pieces and prices.

Dreamscape 2/19/13

acrylic on recycled assembled wood panels

approximately 6"x 6"

Dec. 26 2011 dreamscape/treescape

 

acrylic ink and paint on assembled wooden panels. approximately 11"x11"

Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes.

"....And sometimes I’m glad I built my mansion from crazy little stones.

But sometimes I feel so goddamned trapped by everything that I know.

And I wish it wasn’t so, cause the only thing that anyone should ever know

is that today’s a perfect day

to chase tornadoes.

Yeah, when the wild wind whips around your head you know,

that you have found a perfect day to chase tornadoes. "
from Jim White's "A Perfect Day to Chase Tornadoes" off the album
"Wrong Eyed Jesus"

hanging size approximately 13"x5" acrylic ink and paint on mini canvases.

new dreamscapes-July 2011

all of these listed are about 10"x5.5"--watercolor, india ink, metallic ink.

Dreamscape complete and The Boxing Lesson benefit for Japan

Oil on wood 24" round . Thinking of giving this one a title. Haven't decided..open to hearing suggestions (can't promise to take them but I'll read them) in the comment box.



FYI for those in Austin, TX:

The Boxing Lesson (The music behind the animated videos embedded in the upper left of this blog --please check them out!), Little Lo and others are playing a last minute Benefit for Japan on Sat, April 9 at the Scoot Inn.

It is presented by Bearded Allies and the $5 cover is being donated to MercyCorps to aid with the ongoing crisis.

EVENT FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207140082648351
EVENT DO512: http://do512.com/event/2011/04/09/bearded-allies-presents-benefit-for-japan

Dreamscape March 29 (channeling a friend?)

 This was a quick one that reminds me of a friend's work. I think I inadvertently channeled her when she posted notices to her new show earlier today. Credit where credit is due :  Kellianne McCarthy is a fellow alum from Moore College of Art and Design. She's showing at Gross McCleaf Gallery in Philadelphia by the end of the month.

Dreamscape March 29

metallic ink and gouache on watercolor paper 8x8 inches

dreamscape march 1

something I just finished from an earlier session playing with paint with my 8 year old niece. gouache, black and metallic ink