Strongman munny

I just finished painting my munny for the summer of munny contest and here are some pictures. I'll probably do another, but just wanted to see how this one went. I'm pretty happy with it. For those who don't know, a munny is a plastic toy that comes blank so you can paint it. They also come painted by artists. Anyway, now I'm trying to think of a name for him. Here's what I have so far: 1-Finchly 2-Gomez 3-Jacir Henrique 4 -Felipe. Let me know what you think and how you like him!

Illo Friday, Jungle

Having fun with jungle animals!

Feather Frame

Here is the newest frame I've done, the feather frame. Pictures above are frome carving the raw moulding to gesso and clay, to the finished gilded and toned frame with a rare Gould bird print. Actually the frame was created to go with the piece, which is why the long feather reaches down on the long sides. I appologize for the fabric rolls sticking out into the full shot, this is where we were hanging it while the print "settled". All in all it was fun and went well, much smoother than my first two! Now I'm working on three more!

ill. friday, portrait

Well, I love drawing faces, so I'm posting several. The first one I've posted on the blog before, the painting of Thelonious Monk. The rest are just drawings from my sketchbook. I've also just created a book of my sketches called "faces", available for sale ($5) tonight from 6-9 in San Jose (Anno Domini's street mrkt at 366 South First Street, San Jose, CA {map}) if anyone is in that area!
Anyway, also above is Omar Sharif as Dr. Zhivago, news reporter Keith Morrison, Humphrey Bogart, and Ted Koppel.

Ill. Friday, cake & sorry

This week is a double feature! I didn't finish the sorry picture until Friday and I really liked how it turned out, so here it is. Also is this weeks illo friday, CAKE! Birthday cake to be specific...

Ill. Friday, angels and devils

I didn't have much time this week to do a full blown illo, but here is a quick sketch. Angel and Devil fighting...

Ill. Friday, fat

A little late in the weeek, I haven't had time to do a new one. But here is a fat pig pushing out a loud note.