I intended to paint the Coke. But then I drank it all. It’s kinda my thing.
(Also…tomorrow Annabelle and I kick off our Big MFA Program World Tour. 2013. Hopefully I won’t say anything too ridiculous. See you in a bit!)
Marcus Burnett: “Mike… Mike… please, man… can you go down… have a Coke and a smile? Please!”
– Martin Lawrence – Bad Boys
About this image: acrylic painting on 9″x24″ MDF panel
So… you might be ‘used to’ my level of ‘random’. Er… I hope.
Frank Reynolds: “Well… I don’t know how many years on this earth I got left… I’m gonna’ get real weird with it.”
– Danny DeVito – It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
About this image: acrylic painting on 18″x18″ MDF panel
Here’s my latest painting (with apologies to the good people at Kodak, and the fabulous city of Las Vegas, Nevada).
Trent: “They’re gonna’ give daddy the Rainman suite, you dig that?”
Mike: “Do you think we’ll get there by midnight?”
Trent: “Baby, we’re going to be up five hundy by midnight!”
Mike: “Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!”
Trent: “Vegas baby! Vegas!”
Mike: “Vegas!”
– Vince Vaughn & Jon Favreau – Swingers
About this image: acrylic painting on 16″x16″ MDF panel – ‘faux photo frame’ built from 1/2″w x 1/16″d wood strips, textured by pressing window screen into coat of molding paste, painted & distressed with acrylic
So… here is a painting… that… I… painted. Have a great weekend, everyone!
Shop assistant: “Hello, can I help you?”
Vivian Ward: “I was in here yesterday, you wouldn’t wait on me.”
Shop assistant: “Oh.”
Vivian Ward: “You people work on commission, right?”
Shop assistant: “Yeah.”
Vivian Ward: “Big mistake. Big. Huge. I have to go shopping now.”
– Dey Young & Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman
About this image: acrylic painting on 16″x16″ MDF panel – ‘faux photo frame’ built from 1/2″w x 1/16″d wood strips, textured by pressing window screen into coat of molding paste, painted & distressed with acrylic
I painted this for the folks at Horton Hall (North Dakota State College of Science). Somewhat ironically it’s the first time I’ve used a compass in about a bajillion years. Have a great weekend, everyone.
Lois: “Have you designed any buildings in New York?”
George Costanza: “Have you seen the, ah… new addition to the Guggenheim?”
Lois: “You did that?”
George Costanza: “Yup. Yup. It really didn’t take very long, either.”
– Renee Props & Jason Alexander – Seinfeld
About this image: acrylic painting on 18″ x 18″ panel
My latest painting… sorry the photo is a bit ‘off’ (‘computer issues’ and ‘operator issues’ don’t play well together). You get the idea, though. Kinda.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Hansel (*holding computer above head*): “We’ve got thirty years worth of files, right here, in this computer, that are going to bring you down! (*throws / smashes computer*) Where did all the files go?”
– Owen Wilson – Zoolander
About this image: acrylic painting on 8.5″ x 24″ MDF panel
I finally finished my ‘nose art’ painting (Glenn Miller, anyone?)!
Captain Miller (of propaganda): “… ‘The Statue of Liberty is kaput’ – that’s disconcerting.”
– Tom Hanks – Saving Private Ryan
About this image: acrylic painting on aluminum flashing riveted to 24″ x 32″ hardboard panel
I’m painfully slow, but this painting took f-o-r-e-v-e-r. Due to its scale I used a pin to paint quite a bit of the background (St. Basil’s Cathedral – a building I’ve always had a crush on). Partially inspired by ‘From Russia with Love‘ and instant film it seems pretty cool that 1963 was significant in the history of both… (according to my… um… ‘research department’, anyway).
Tatiana Romanova: “The mechanism is… Oh James, James… Will you make love to me all the time in England?”
James Bond: “Day and night. Go on about the mechanism.”
Daniela Bianchi & Sean Connery – From Russia with Love
About this image: acrylic painting on 16″x16″ MDF panel – ‘faux photo frame’ built from 1/2″w x 1/16″d wood strips, textured by pressing window screen into coat of molding paste, painted & distressed with acrylic – ‘date-stamp’ is a gel medium transfer of digital text
I actually finished a painting in under a month. Which is warp speed… for me, anyway.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: “Helm… warp one… engage!”
Patrick Stewart – Star Trek: The Next Generation
About this image: acrylic painting on 12″x 24″ canvas
I’ve always wanted to give an Art Nouveau painting a try… so… um… here’s a first attempt.
The Czech is a nod to Alphonse Mucha (among other reasons), who was, of course, the man.
About this image: acrylic painting on 12″x16″ wood panel
Refrigerator Magnate 