In The Studio

I’ve been commissioned to create a painting. I can’t say anything about it right now, except for this…

Friends,
As many of you may know, I had to leave my beloved Equestrian District studio last year. It was a difficult loss. In Los Angeles it’s hard to find affordable studio space, so I tried to make due at home — but home wasn’t cutting it! An opportunity just presented itself that I can’t pass up — free temporary studio space in Yucca Valley. The Mojave Desert is one of my favorite places, so having a reason to go so often is going to be a dream! I can see Joshua Trees from my window! I’m in love!

Just in time for the holidays, Troubled Tangle is now available as a print!
It’s a high-quality, signed and numbered archival giclée print on bright white, 24 x 24 inch cotton paper (image size is 22 x 22 inches). A great gift for art lovers, the celebrity obsessed… or for yourself!
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Tangles: The Secret Lives (7 total so far) were just photographed by the fine folks of Static Medium ( http://www.staticmedium.com/ ). Limited edition archival prints will be coming in the near future. Stay tuned!

The latest installment of Tangles: The Secret Lives is now complete. I present to you, Sexy Tangle. Like the others in the series, it has its secrets which will be revealed under the black light. Take a peek and titillate your senses!

For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on another painting, also part of the Tangles: the Secret Lives series. I don’t want to titillate you too much too soon, so I’m censoring how much I tell you about it… but suffice it to say, it promises to be very stimulating!

I’ve been working hard on this painting for the Judd Apatow tribute show at Gallery 1988, and I’m pleased to announce… it’s done! Be sure to stop by the opening on December 4 to see it, and all of the other amazing art, in person!
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For those of you who have ever wondered just how a Tangle comes to be, wonder no more. Here’s a rare glimpse of a lot of my process.

Well it took much longer than anticipated, but The Secret Lives: Self-Destructive Musicians is now complete. It was with much love for these talented, tormented artists that I painted this… and yes, it has its secret too. Their legacies live on!

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I’ve been working on the 6th painting of Tangles: The Secret Lives, and this is my first to feature exclusively musicians. It’s too soon to show, and I don’t want to give away its secrets, but it’s coming along quite well. I’m anticipating finishing within the next month, and then starting another. For those of you keeping tabs, I’m still deciding what to do with “the big one”…

I have been battling my 60 x 60 canvas, wrangling with its stretcher bars, trying so very hard to coax it into a nice, useable canvas. It has been plagued by technical problems, but it appears my perseverance has paid of—it has finally snapped into place! Now if I could only decide what to paint on it…

After our 2009 show, Icons & Tangles, Andy Carey and I decided to make paintings for each other in our signature styles. Andy compiled a list of people who are meaningful to him to be Tangled, and I requested an Icon of one of my all time favorite people to have walked the earth: Michael Jackson. It took a while to become a reality, but it happened. Here’s the result.

I’ve just finished the third painting of my new series, The Secret Lives. This series is made of Tangles, but these Tangles have secrets… secrets which will only be revealed at the opening (TBA). This is a sneak peak…

I’ve completed 10 canvases — 9 @ 39 x 39″, and one @ 60 x 60″. It really was a lot of work, but in the end, I’m glad I did it. I think these paintings will have even more depth, knowing that every aspect of them was created by the artist. Now it’s time to start painting!

In preparation for my new series of paintings, I’ve been hard at work building all of my canvases from scratch. I have to admit, I was hesitant to do it. Not because I couldn’t, but because I wasn’t convinced it was the best use of my time and effort. After extensive discussions with a friend, I decided it was the only way to go. Starting with a trip (or two) to the lumber yard, followed by lots of measurements, I cut down the wood into stretcher bars with my mighty mitre saw. Next comes assembly!

I’m framing most of my Tangles (except for the 5 x 8 footer) for the upcoming Icons & Tangles show, and I’m doing it myself. It’s a lot of work, but they’re going to look great.