600 th post

This is my 600 th post of genius- dripping -gibberish.
I found an amazing you tube video of dali on an old game show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXT2E9Ccc8A

If anyone know s how to help me film or set up a video camera to do time lapse please let me know. I will come to you and buy drinks if someone can show me some techy tips.


alex

pandoras box--shadow figure

I am working in between breaks on my queens cover to finish a painting commission. I usually have four or five things going at same time which makes me crazy but chaos fuels my art...

I need to add darks and flesh it out more...I hate showing "in progress work" it is very much exposing ones dirty laundry--- I like to show "finished" happy pieces.

madonna study

I am working on this drawing as a study for a glass carving...it is for sale on ebay today..it is going to be a very fair price as I will probably make ten versions to get it right.



http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29296-2357-0?uid=87404769&site=0&ver=LCA080805&item=290151127230&lk=URL

my fridge

this is on my fridge and shall remain there until I move. I have read almost every book he wrote minus one or two. I will get to those soon....

queens

I have been using photoshop to work on this illustration...I usually only use paint so I am breaking new ground for myself by mixing photoshop and oil paints....this is just a test run and there are good and bad things going on here. (not unlike the world itself) I will find my way to make the whole world happy and printable for a nice queens yellow page cover...

queens

still working away on queens cover post some of it up today.

queens book cover

I am painting a new book cover for ambassador yellow pages...this cover is for the Queens book. I paint on a yellow acrylic base (it is, after all, the yellow pages) It is a challenge to paint on yellow as you must use colors that work with yellow and your work takes on a graphic feel...I am going to paint the Unisphere as it is the unofficial landmark of queens...I have painted it four times thus far and this one I will paint until I have painted five unispheres. How can one have five unispheres when uni means one? My style for the yellow pages completely evolved out of the fact that I am painting on yellow...the first cover I did for them gave me heart attacks as I was at a loss as how to attack the piece. Now I dont worry so much, I just try to keep it fresh. I dont like showing the process as you can see what a non-methodical train wreck I am when I paint but I always find order out of chaos.

drawing of a bronze

I drew this drawing many moons ago and found it today in my old chest. I made a painting of this that hangs in my sisters house. It has a little wear but it brings back memories (of things I cant remember.) The painting I made was an attempt to paint a photo-realistic rendering of bronze, It worked well but I do not have a photo of it to upload...


6" x 14" pencil on paper

http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29296-2357-0?uid=87404769&site=0&ver=LCA080805&item=290151063828&lk=URL

wedding

upon returning to northport I took this photo of a bride and groom. God bless the married folk.

"getting married is fun, being married is hell" kid rock

I have no opinion as I am not married but the quote is funny.

the ruins

These are the ruins off of Eaton's Neck. When I was a kid there was a big wall with a grateful dead painting on it that was a big landmark in my mind. I want to paint these ruins at sunset.

cement square

Modern Art or ruin? This is the cement remains of a structure on the beach...I call this "square one" ( as in back to square one.) This is the actual square one.

kayak trip

I went on a six mile trip yesterday in my kayak. I came upon this yacht--- That is a helicopter on the back.