Iris puzzle

My son and I wanted to do a puzzle this morning, so we painted this one with acrylics on a 4" x 6" pre-cut puzzle cardboard. Donovan helped paint the cloud on the right, and it was his idea to paint the iris, because we have a copy of van Gogh's Irises hanging in the living room. This iris is painted from a picture of a wild one in Alaska this summer. They're one of my favorite forms of plant life by far.

Mushroom Satyr

I found a couple of good ones from '10 in a big pile of watercolors collecting dust in my studio (which just happens to be an extra bedroom in my house!). This shroom-savoring satyr was inspired by Brian Froud's Puck, from his book, Faeries. Froud is one of my favorite artists, definitely a huge influence on my style. He designed the creatures in Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, two of my all time favorites growing up. The baby in Labyrinth was actually played by his son, what do you think of that, eh? Eh?

watercolor
9" x 12"

For Your Health!

charcoal drawing of the best doctor ever created, Dr. Steve Brule.

Bask in his hippocratical glory here:
http://youtu.be/P1Vg9PUbP30

Campfire

Charcoal drawing of a campfire we made at the fish and game cabin my dad works at this summer. Beautiful place full of blue bells, brown bears, and bald eagles.

Greeen Liooon

Ho ho ho...green lion.

Fawnfish

A recent commission painted in acrylics, really stoked about how this one came out. Dude wanted it for a band poster, so I left the brown water/planet surface (however you want to see it) open for words and dates and what not. Some of the creatures surrounding the catfish-faced fawn are based off of real live animals that still live in the wildernesses of sweet Mother Earth today!!!!

grab a calf

Here's a watercolor I painted recently while on vacation in Alaska, of which this painting has nothing to do with. Its a picture from a national geographic mag I bought while I was there. I think this picture was taken in the republic of Tuva, where they do throat singing...

check it out:

http://youtu.be/VTCJ5hedcVA

Bad Mojo no. 5

My latest suicidal voodoo doll, Bad Mojo number 5. This was a commission for a coworker of mine, John, who is in a blues band called the Second Hand Killers. He dangles it from his microphone stand during gigs.

The Hamster Joanie Stubbs

A memorial watercolor for some friends who's little girl hamster found the light at the end of the tunnel. rest in peace, Miss Joanie.

Crenshaw

Dead Bob Dylan

A drawing of bob dylan as a zombie/skeleton. It's a tattoo design for this guy alexander.

Owl with Porcupine

6" x  8"
charcoal on handmade paper

Cardinal Plochman Killbear

A few watercolors to start off this beautiful newborn baby year, 2000 and 12. Although, I should say that only the red-crested cardinal was painted this year. Plochman (2011) and Killbear (late 10's (haha...10's)) are creatures from another time and place altogether.

Fall

Two countem' two trees painted with acrylics on roughly 2" x 4" layered card stock my mom gave me. She's always giving me cool little surfaces to paint on, not to mention tons of sculpy, paint, and ideas as well! Thanks, Mom. Love you.

Kloudt

Kloudt
acrylic on canvas
2"x 2"

a small, textured, three-drip cloud in a shiny golden sky with highlights of blue, red, purple, green and beelack. Its called Kloudt because the background reminds me of some of the works of Austrian painter Gustav "Klimt".

Monster posters

 Here are the four Classic Monster prints Eric and I have done so far. They are 11" x 17" and awesomely terrifying. Eric did the mummy and Frankenstein's Monster, and I did the Nosferatu and werewolf. Only 20 were made of each of these ones, and all are hand numbered and signed, only $15!! We still have lots of the original run of the frankenstein and werewolf prints a few posts down. The new ones had a few small changes done to them. Anyways...

 

Buy a Nosferatu poster here: Nosferatu 

Buy a Mummy poster here: Mummy

Buy a Werewolf poster here: Werewolf

Buy a Frankenstein poster here: Frankenstein

Acuarela

Here's a couple of watercolors done last year. The first one has a slime-shiny snail slowly sliding down the mounted head of a wild boar. The second, titled A Friend of Owls, was painted on day one of two thousand and ten.
p.s. acuarela is watercolor in spanish!

Satan n' son

acrylic on canvas
5" x 7"
2011

an almost abstract painting of the devil and one of his many offspring (I'm sure he has lots).
Just to be clear, I know I have a lot of devilish art on this blog, but I am very much against evil and anything that stands for it. I just happen to think creepy, horned monsters and drooling, bloody demons make good subject matter for art. Satan sucks, and so does his son.

Monster Prints

Limited edition prints by me and my brother Eric. He did the Frankenstein monster, and I did the werewolf.  Only 50 prints made of each one, all hand numbered and signed. 11"x 17".

buy the werewolf one here: 
werewolf

buy the Frankenstein one here:
frankenstein

I paint thee

A couple friend related pieces done recently, the beaver is a watercolor of a picture taken in Kenai, Alaska by friend Ryan. Check out his awesome photography skills here : ryanmarquis.com. And the charcoally drawn doggie is friend Katie's giant pet, Smokey. This is Smokey's second appearance on this blog, I painted him and his brother in dog KJ last year in watercolors. I plan on puttin more up here soon, so be on the lookout, folklores.