The following are some collaborative paintings done with my buddy, Steve.  The photos are crappy, but the paintings almost make up for it.

It took me a while for the update because, well, things take me a while…

The show was great fun.  This was my third year and they keep getting bigger and better each time.  We hear a lot these days about the poor economy blah blah blah…  But here is what I saw:  Many of Dallas’ most talented artists happily GIVING away their time and abilities to be part of something positive, powerful and a total blast.  There were also TONS…OK, there were no scales, but there were easily many many metric tons of people enjoying the event and reaching deep into their wallets for all the dope art.  I even saw a guy bidding up his own bids during the auction…yeah, paying more on purpose (it was the guy that bought the Christopher Walken portrait, which is fitting, because upping your own bids for charity makes you the coolest dude in the room…and you know, Walken is always the coolest dude in the room).

A very nice couple bought my painting.  I broke out of the mold for this one with a sexy waif with some antlers.  Here are some pics (thanks to Kristy and Trish!):

Just want to say much respect to the Art Con team/organizers, all the volunteers, all the artists, the bands and definitely to the people coming out to enjoy the event.

I’ve added the Art Conspiracy link in the upper right.  Check out their site and get on their mailing list.  They do a few events throughout the year, so they’re definitely good to be in touch with.

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This is the oldest…from probably about 6 or 7 years ago.  The subject is a cool kid I know, named Jevon.  He’s a lot older now, but, as you can see, this was when he was just growing some chompers.  Below are the photo and crummy sketch from which I started.  If I remember correctly, his mom said something like “You made him look like a monster!”  Oh the blindness of a parent’s love…

The rest of these are from the beloved and infamous Studio 2304 days…or daze…both apply.  I’m sure I’m getting these dates wrong, but we were there something like 2005 – 2008.  I say ‘we’.  It was actually Steve Herndon’s studio, but we both painted there many nights a week.  And it was pretty common for other friends/artists to drop by as well.  Anthony Mata, Brad Abrams and sometimes Laura Abrams all hung out and/or made art there.  If you dropped by, chances are you would be handed a brush and be coerced into doing something creative.

The serious gorilla.

The three below were done for Jet, Ryder and Greyson, my friend Heather’s kiddos.  Hopefully I’ll get them shipped to them in Colorado before they graduate high school.

And here is a painting I did for an ‘erotic’ art show.  At the time, I was painting a LOT of nude females, so I decided to try to capture eroticism without nudity.

I promise to post some newer work soon!

The first is oil on canvas and it was one of those that started with no real direction, and over many sessions and “re-dos” finally became something I like.  In fact, from start to finish, it must have been a few years.  I finished this at the notorious Studio 2304, after dusting it off from a long stint in storage.

The next one is one of my few water colors, done last year and never really finished.  But I still think she’s sexy.  You’ll notice the Halo Slurpee cup…no doubt filled with my muse, the Red Lady, aka Red Drank, aka cranberry+vodka <3.

And the last is another water color.  It’s a self portrait…of me wearing a suit…with antlers, which is how i feel the most dapper.

I’ll get some newer stuff up pretty soon.  promise!