Zombies Were People To

I spent most of my day fallowing the re-animated body of Lenin today. He says he's come back to make the world a better place. Believe or not he also speaks really good English.

MasterMind Awards® Submission

If you are an artist from the Broward or Palm Beach area you definitely know about the New Times MasterMind Awars®. If you don't... well... I'm sorry. The application deadline was yesterday at 5pm.

Is good to have friends that remind you of these things. I had completely forgotten about it until fellow artist Joshua Surprenant gave me a call to ask if I was submitting something. I spent a good part of my afternoon putting files and links together. I finally got around to putting an artist resume together and I made the deadline, with 30 minutes to spear. Winners will be announced at Artopia. The only thing that's left now to do is to cross my fingers.

OCTOkitty Buttons and stickers

OctoKitty button set

For sale @ my etsy store

So many buttons!!!

Today I spent most of the night creating the OctoKitty button set and pairing them with some OctoKitty stickers I already had. These sets are for sale in my etsy store.

Serene Monsters for Small Stuff 3

6 x 6 canvas, ready to hang.

This weekend I gave Serene Monster the final touch, made the background lighter, added a bit of shadow, made the monsters eyes and gave it an UV coating. I was thinking on giving it a gloss coating but I always have problems with that spray and I really wasn't in the mood to mess the painting up. So UV spray it is.

The painting will be part of the show Small Stuff 3 @ Bear and Bird gallery. Show opens Nov. 22 and unlike other shows this time when you buy it you can take it home on the spot. I'm planning on getting there early to see all the pieces and buy some before they are gone.

Tattooed Luchador

I like to always have more than one project in the works. Currently I'm working on a painting for the Small Stuff 3 Show, but I also decided to upgrade an original character I haven't work with in a long, long time. Coming soon as a plush, the new an improved Señor Luchador.

As you can see from the sketch he now has a stache, which by itself is a million times cooler. He will be keeping the unibrow and the chest hair and will be styling a tattoo. Yes! A tattoo! Where does it go you ask. Right under his chest hair, above his belt. It's a big fat RODRIGUEZ.

So far he is only a sketch but in my head he looks pretty cool. Stay tuned I'll start him as soon as I'm done with the paintings for Small Stuff 3.

Scanned sketch from my trusty sketch book

Serene Monsters

This is my latest project, Serene Monster, for the upcoming Small Stuff 3 show at the Bear and Bird Gallery. It based on a previous sketch I made called 'Los Tres Reyes' (The Three Kings) but this this show I dropped the crowns and added one more monster. The are some color corrections that I still have to make. I think I should be able to finish the painting this week. Is a 6"x 6" canvas, not too time consuming.

Candy Apples & Razor Blades

Candy Apples and Razor Blades @ Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery

Rock stars Dan and I, only one of us is in costume, guess which one.

My plush Ouch! and I.

Packed wall to wall

Candy Apples & Razor Blades @ Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery opened this weekend, the exhibit is running though November 17, 2009. As a typical group show at the Bear and Bird, the gallery was packed wall to wall. There are a lot of really nice pieces in this show, if you are in the Broward area I recommend you go check it out.