Merry Christmas!

Showdown!

Here's the final painting for the "Nature of Water" show opening at Gallery Nucleus on January 5th. It should be a great show. Peace!

Nature of Water sketch

Here's the sketch for a painting I'm working on for the "Nature of Water" show at Gallery Nucleus next month. Drawing all those little guys seemed like a good idea until I realized that I'd have to paint them all.

Tree Trimming 2 Show

Opening this Saturday at the JFlynn Gallery in Costa Mesa is the "Tree Trimming 2" show. It will feature one of a kind Christmas ornaments created by a number of artists including Calef Brown, Jaime Zollars, Megan Brain, and me. Here are some pictures of my ornament, "Twohead Christmas" made out of wood and painted in cel vinyl. Come check it out, the opening is from 7-10PM.

Demon Party

A new 4x6 painting.

Perch Number 2

Here's a new gouache painting done on Sunday. It's another version of a painting called "Euclid's Tree" made over the summer for the "Packed and Loaded" show at Gallery 1988.

Stop Hitting Yourself!

A quick gouache painting done for fun.

Max Fischer

Revised Comp

I realized that the monster looked too much like a giant kid and not enough like a monster so I tweaked his design a bit, which also made me make some changes to the color.

Twohead Show and Tell

Here's a Photoshop color comp for a new painting. I want to come up with a story about a kid who brings a twoheaded monster to class for show and tell, hopefully this gives me some inspiration when it's done.

Also, the "Cereal Killers" book was recently mentioned on Newsweek's blog and on Drawn.ca. I can't wait to see the finished book.

Marble Monster

Here's the finished painting of the "Marble Monster" that I posted about a while back. It's a bit bigger than I usually work, about 20x16 done in goauche.

Blazin' Radials

Here's my contribution to the upcoming "Cereal Killers" art book, a collection of monster themed breakfast cereal art. The book will feature work by some amazing artists including Lou Romano, Bill Wray, and Craig McKracken. It'll be out by the end of the year, check out some of the work at the Cereal Killers Blog.

Fire Breathing Cyborg Bear

Seventh Day Flyer

Here's the front of an event flyer I designed and painted for a friend of mine.

Cel Vinyl Painting

Here's a painting for Andy Krelle's "The Vines Group Project." Friend and CSUF alumni Andy came up with the idea to link a bunch of wooden panels with a painted line. He invited a group of artists to paint on them incorporating the line into their image. He then assembled the finished panels on his wall for everyone to check out at his yearly barbecue. I hope I'm getting mine back.

Hobo Scarecrow

Here's a quick painting of a character I came up with.

Comps

Here's a sketchpage and color comp for a painting I'm working on right now, I'll post the finished version soon.

Two Headed Monster

Here's a quick character design painting I made last night. It measures about 5x7 inches and is painted in gouache.

Geek Love

Here's a recent painting done as a "thank you" gift for producer Scott Mosier. Scott helped organize and promote Gallery 1988's "Crazy For Cult" show in July. Owner Jensen Karp commissioned me to make a painting from Scott's favorite book, "Geek Love." This scene shows boy "Chick" using his telekinetic powers to lift and chop meat to feed the tigers at his family's carnival. His sister "Oly", an albino dwarf, looks on.