New Prints and Free Shipping!

Three new Hand-finished screenprints on my Etsy shop.  Free shipping through September with the coupon code COOLBREEZE on all orders!  Right over HERE

Neopopstreetfunk 3

Next weekend is the opening for Neopopstreetfunk 3 in Houston.  Great line up of artists, it's gonna be a good one if you are in the area.  Here is a link to the event info:  http://www.facebook.com/profile.php#!/event.php?eid=178973492167062
And here is a little sampler of the new work I am going to be showing...

Hope to see you there!

New Hand Finished Screenprints

Ive been doing some hand finishing to some of the extra screenprints I just made.  Here are the first 3 that I have finished:

 screenprint on coffee stained paper hand finished with acrylics and inkwash

 Screenprint on coffee stained paper hand finished with acrylics, acrylic washes, and ink washes

Screenprint on coffee stained paper hand finished with watercolors

They are all available on my Etsy shop

More to com...

The Mistress Of The Wetlands screenprint now available

Now available on my Etsy shop, a limited edition, one color (dark greenish brown) screenprint on 90lb (250 gsm) 100% cotton Fawn Stonehenge paper. I hand stained each sheet of paper with coffee and then hand tore each sheet to an 11" x 14" easily frameable size before hand pulling the print. Each print is unique in that each one has its own coffee stained patterns and the hand tearing leaves nice varying rough edges. Each print is signed and numbered in a limited edition of only 25.

You can see my whole process here

3 New Pieces

I just finished these three new oil pieces on oval panels.  I guess it's kind of a series about people who have pet's that are similar to their names.  Maybe they thought it was fate that they were named so and thought they were destined to have these pets, and maybe now they are regretting that logic.

" Aunt Hopus"

oil and ink on 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" panel

 "Gail"

oil and ink on 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" panel 

"Merle"

oil and ink on 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" panel

Gravelmouth Show

This Saturday at Gravelmouth Art Space in San Antonio!  Come check out 3 very different artists sharing one space.  Mez One,  Dave Lowell and myself will all be coming down from Austin for a unique show with a whole bunch of different techniques.  I have been working on some new stuff that I am excited to unveil here.  Come check it out if you are in the area

Looking For Answers In All The Right Places

I released this new print on my Etsy shop here:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/74745011/looking-for-answers-in-all-the-right

Looking For Answers In All The Right Places

16" x 20"

ink and acrylic on coffee stained paper

Bob Dylan turns 70 today

To commemorate Bob Dylan's birthday I am releasing two versions of a screenprint I did a few years back on my Etsy shop here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/74731269/young-bob-dylan-2-color-screenprint

Massachusetts Audubon

I recently had the pleasure of working on an add campaign for the Massachusetts Audubon Society. My college roommate works as a designer for Full Contact Advertising and when they got the client he convinced them to hire an illustrator (thanks Kevin!). I grew up in rural Massachusetts and spent a whole bunch of my childhood roaming about different Audubon wildlife sanctuaries and I really treasure those memories so it was a real honor to be a part of this project.

Basically my job was to illustrate different landscapes and animals in different states of movement and then the guys at Full Contact would animate them. It was a little different than the work I have been doing because everything had to be scientifically accurate, but it was a nice change of pace.
Here are some of my sketches of a Ruby Throated Hummingbird in flight:





And here is the final animation




Here are some more sketches for the Monarch Butterfly





...and the final animation


You can see them all on the Mass Audubon website right HERE

Portugal. The Man poster

I just finished this painting and decided to make it into a poster for this contest. You can see it, and all the other submissions right over HERE.

Back Home, On The Mend print now available

Now avilable as a limited edition giclee print on my Etsy shop

Back Home, On The Mend

This is a new piece on paper I just finished for one of the two upcoming shows I am going to be in. Not sure which one its going in yet...

in progress, before any tone or color

finished
ink and acrylic on gray Arches paper
10" x 11"


detail of face and hat. I love using inkwash because you can get such subtle tones

detail of the wounded hooded chickadee and her helping hand

Urban Decay II

I will be one of the artists in the 2nd Annual Urban Decay show at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton VA this June. More information HERE
And here is a little write up they did about me on their blog HERE

SXSW Storychord show

If you happen to be in Austin for SXSW come check out some free music Wednesday at Cheer Up Charlies. Good times and high fives all around

Free Poster

I designed this poster for the good folks over at Paper Spaceship. If you live in NY City you may see them distributed around. They are FREE so grab one! If you don't live in the NY area you can email your shipping info to art@Paper-Spaceship.com and they will send one out to you for a small shipping fee.

A Narrow Escape
18" x 24"
ink and acrylic on Rives BFK

He Missed That Sprawling Tree, With All His Heart

16" x 20"
ink and acrylic on paper

This is the other piece I am putting in the Tea Party show which opens tomorrow. Come check it out if you are in the Austin area

New Prints

Just posted 3 new prints in my Etsy shop.

The Pursuit of Flight
9" x 12"
His Advice Was Sound, But Her Stubbornness Was Tenacious
9" x 11"
Atta Bird
16" x 20"

A Tea Party

I'm going to have a couple new pieces in A Tea Party opening this Saturday the 26th. Come check it out if you are in the Austin Area. Should be a grand ole time!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107769539298803

Here is one of the pieces I just finished for it...

"Sunset Tea With A Beast From The Sea Whilst Afloat In Dinghy Number Three"
14" x 14"
oil and ink on stained birch panel

Double Bullets

Hi Guys,
Got a few new pieces up on my Etsy Shop and I am offering an 11% discount with the Coupon Code: doublebullets
Hooray for 2011!!

STORYCHORD

One of my pieces was featured in this issue of STORYCHORD, a bi-weekly web zine. Check it out here and check out some of the past issues. There is some good stuff in there!

Paper

"...and you're to blame"
8" x 10"
graphite, liquid acrylic, china marker on Rives BFK

Just bought a bunch of awesome paper from the art store. I really like working on heavy printmakeing paper, it has such a great feel to it. Just finished this little graphite drawing with a little crimson liquid acrylic and white china marker on some Rives BFK. Can't remember the last time I did a graphite piece, but it was pretty satisfying.

Boarded Up

I am going to have two hand painted skateboards in the Neopopstreetfunk show Boarded Up in Houston at Gallery M Squared next weekend. If anyone is in the area they should check it out, there's going to be a whole bunch 0f great stuff. And it's for a good cause! The opening is on Saturday the 11th. Hope to see you there.

Sweet Shop

La Patisserie just opened up in South Austin and my work is adorning the walls. It's a great place to grab a coffee or some delicious macarons!
Check out this little blurb

Pretty great to be compared to Jason Lee!

Black Friday

I put some new original pieces up on my Etsy shop. Watercolors, pen and inks, and oils!

You can get 20% off any item in my Etsy shop from now until the end of November when you use the coupon code: BLCKFRDY

Take a look right over HERE

another new one for the Monster show

Here is the other new painting I just finished for the Monster show this Saturday at Domy books here in Austin.
It's called "sperm-whale-filtered-sea-water at sunset, that's my jam"

8" x 8"
oil and ink on stained birch