Title = “Girl with a blue polka dot dress about to eat a banana” I know it is a tricky title, but I think you can see where it comes from. That was me trying to be facetious about my very serious banana eaters painting series if you didn’t catch it. Anyways… The model for … Read more
A white crane tattoo from my random tattoo phone pics. (click the pic to see it larger) Most Chinese mythology symbolically connects the crane with the idea of immortality. The Xian (basically immortal Daoist/Taoist with super powers) could supposedly turn into cranes to fly around on journeys. The ancient Greeks thought the crane was a … Read more
Title = “The fruit of temptation” The forbidden fruit is a common theme in art. Painters, poets, musicians, sculptors… we all are drawn to the subject because it is a constant struggle in each of us to resist whatever fruits we believe to be forbidden. From Wikipedia: Forbidden fruit is a phrase that originates from … Read more
Artist profiles on the internet always include a picture of the artist. People expect to see it and a few sites that promote artists even require it to set up a profile. I go along with it like the sheep that I sometimes am because it is what people expect. Some say that it helps … Read more
Random for sure… It is a tattoo of a fortune cookie with nothing written in the little slip of paper I am guessing so that the client can write in what she wants or so that her future is wide open. I really don’t know because I can’t remember shit about it. I do remember … Read more
Title = “A Raven’s game” The original painting is 12″ wide x 16″ high on stretched canvas. (click – HERE– or the pic to see it larger) This is one of those paintings that just kinda swept me away. I had a lot of different things going through my head and allowed them to to … Read more
So I found these pics in one of my phone pics files ( You can read about those here and follow the tag here ) The pictures above were taken after adding these fun roses around the tattoo to frame it in and fill the area. The girl who has the tattoo originally came to … Read more