finch and pipes

the show at Silver Queen Fine Art this past weekend went great! I'll post some pics real soon. in the meantime, here's a new 18x24 i just finished the other night. the plants are called dutchman's pipes. they're really unique. 

a show approaches

buenos dias 12x12

him and her 16x20

three bees 12x12

Front of show flier

back of show flier 

these are the last three works for the show. just shipped off yesterday to Silver Queen Fine Art. ten collabs and ten of my own. Stoked!

busy week!

 12x12

 18x24

 11x14

11x14

finished these four during the week. i can totally get used to this painting full time business! these will be in the Silver Queen show in two weeks. 

four more

here are the last four collabs for our upcoming show. now i have several of my own to finish. man oh man, its crunch time!! its been nothing but go go go since we moved back with seeing relatives and friends during the holidays. some of the dust has settled and now its hermit mode. hope you all had a great holiday and wish you all the best in the new year!!!!!

big move out west

good ol' AZ sunshine this time of year. 

oooooh i've missed homemade tamales!!!!!!!

last day in NY w/ my love and cat in tow. 

the ol' studio, for now.

well, we packed up everything, movers came a day early, slept in an empty apt for two days and flew out to Arizona. here we are! my girlfriend Christy and I grew up in AZ and haven't lived here in well over 10 years. my life's journey has been a hell of a ride so far and i wouldn't change a single event. i'm looking forward to what the future brings. we're also fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work from home which has been a huuuge dream of ours (plus being in a place where the cost of living is cheaper than NY helps a bit). i can't believe i'm going to be painting full time! wow! its hasn't hit me yet and it feels like vacation at the moment but it will settle in soon enough. i still have a boat load of paintings to do for our January show so i've set up shop temporarily at ma's house. i'm so excited to work. its been waaaay to long. here's some pics so far. more to come!

 p.s. it feels great to come back to a place that shows so much love. 

wrens traps and fungi

finished this yesterday. i was doing some research and found about earpick fungus. its a type of fungus that grows out of rotted pinecones. i thought that was pretty damn awesome so i incorporated some flytraps and some wrens that stopped by to chat. 

hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

collabs

here's a collab update. been having a great time with these. i must admit that i was quite stressed when presented with the theme "pin ups and pussycats". i was thinking "well what the hell am i going to do??" "how am i going to contribute?" blah blah...

getting out of my comfort zone wasn't easy but now i'm having a blast. i'm learning that sometimes less is more and keeping things simple can have a bigger effect than adding a bunch of "stuffs".  when Richard sends me the figures i get a bit nervous considering how superb of a painter he is.