Posts Tagged ‘painting’

This one is called “Pretty Please With Sugar On Top” and I made it back in 2005. Included in the auction is a signed book, a couple of bottle opener keychains, stickers and some buttons. A pretty sweet little package if you ask me.

For more info and to place a bid please visit http://www.ebay.com/itm/130633365246

At the time of this posting the bidding ends in approximately 5 days, 18 hours.
Good luck!

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

I was asked by The City Of SLO to paint a skateboard deck for this years “Deck It Out” art show at Coalition.

My skateboard will be auctioned off the night of the show with all proceeds going to the SLO Skateboard Park.

If you’d like to purchase this board please go to the event on November 5, 2011 at Coalition.
974 Monterey St
San Luis Obispo CA 93401
6pm – 9pm
Bidding ends at 8:30pm

If you can’t make it to the event you might be able to get your bid in over the phone. Call Coalition to find out, 805.595.1010.

See you there!
- Jeff

A quick recap of my night:
- Wrestle with kids. I totally won, by the way.
- Put kids to bed. It took about three attempts because kids hate going to bed.
- Draped a blanket over Coral after she fell asleep on the couch. As it turns out, making a baby in your tummy is exhausting stuff. Homegirl is always tired. Bless her little heart.
- Finished up these two little paintings that have been sitting undone for over a month. The colored portions were finished so tonight I finally added the black lines.

Hopefully, tomorrow I can make the time to resin coat these so I can sell them. Fun stuff!

(detail)

I finished this painting on Monday and I can’t remember the last time I worked so many consecutive hours on a single project. I was commissioned to paint this for a little girl’s birthday present. Yes, parents that commission original artwork for their kids are super awesome. Like super duper awesome! I was given free reign to paint what I wanted and execute it in my style with the one exception that I include the amazing Taco, who is the birthday girls’ pet chihuahua, somewhere in the painting.

I’ve done one pet portrait commission in the past, so I was excited for the opportunity to do another one.

Now I must warn you. This is a photo heavy post.

It’s my general rule that I don’t work from sketches and that I am very spontaneous when I make stuff. When it comes to painting chihuahua’s I break that rule. I don’t sketch on the actual canvas, but I do a few doodles to get a general idea of how to make the little creature. As you can see, Taco is very stylish. I thought Unicorn Taco would be sweet, but it didn’t make the cut for the final painting.

I opted for Taco’s head on a seahorse body. And wearing a crown, of course!

I love this picture of Taco. The idea of Super Taco came to mind, so I threw a little cape on him.

Like the unicorn idea, the cape lost out to Taco dressing up in a collared button up.

Here are a couple more detail shots for you to check out.

And one last doodle.

Here is a step by step process of the painting. I started this Thursday night and finished Monday afternoon. It was a very tight deadline and I closed the gallery Friday and Saturday so I could stay home and paint all day. There was no way I could have finished this if I hadn’t done that. It was super awesome though. Staying home and painting all day is a great alternative to working in the gallery.

And the completed Taco painting…

I told you it was a photo heavy post.

I hope you enjoyed seeing a bit of the process of what goes into making a painting. The parts of the process you missed out on that weren’t documented would be the insane amount of water and orange juice I drank while painting, numerous chocolate covered almonds eaten, my bloodshot eyes caused by severe sleep deprivation and lots of walks from easel to sink to wash brushes.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

I can’t stop making these little “blockhead” paintings. They’re fun to make, what can I say. Here are four new ones that are ready to find a new home. I just posted them in my etsy shop.

I’ll Kick You
3.25″ x 5″ – mixed media on wood
$65, plus shipping – purchase here

I Feel Like Daylight
2.75″ x 4″ – mixed media on wood
$30, plus shipping – purchase here

Call Me Ron
3.5″ x 6″ – mixed media on wood
$65, plus shipping – purchase here

Smack Me
3″ x 3.75″ – mixed media on wood
$30, plus shipping – purchase here

Don’t forget, these are all one of a kind originals. Once they’re sold they are gone forever.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

I’ve been having fun making little paintings. This is the latest batch of mini’s.

“Car Thief”

“Kiss Me”

“Laundry Day”

“Shifty Eyes”

“I Smell Awesome”

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

I just received an email asking what large paintings I have available. When I started writing back I realized it would take about 20 minutes to include links to all the images and write info (size and price), so I figured if I’m dedicating that much time I might as well just make a blog post about it. A big thanks to Chris for asking and prompting me to post this. For all of you interested in my larger sized paintings here is what I have available at the moment. Enjoy!

“A Delicate Place”
48″ x 60″ – mixed media on wood
$1495

“Surrounded By Women”
approx. 54″ x 84″ – mixed media on two canvases
$1595

“Time Without You Drags Me Down”
48″ x 60″ – mixed media on wood
$1595

“Small Talk”
37″ x 53.5″ – mixed media on canvas
$1495

The following paintings aren’t as large as the previous ones,
but the definition of “large” varies from person to person.

“Conflicted”
19.5″ x 19.5 – mixed media on canvas
$245 – available on etsy

“We Come In Peace”
24″ x 24″ – mixed media on wood
$400

“Traffic Jam”
24″ x 30″ – mixed media on wood
$600 – available at Fiona Bleu Gallery in Morro Bay, CA.
To purchase please call them at 805.772.0541 – www.fionableu.com.

The shipping cost on these large paintings can get pretty steep, which is why you won’t see them on etsy. If coming into the gallery to pick one up isn’t an option for you just let me know which painting you’d like and I will get a shipping quote for you.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

The first two are part of my ongoing “mini painting” series. The others…well, they’re small, but not quite “mini”.

“Be Calm”
approx. – 2.25″ x 3″ – mixed media on wood
$30, plus shipping

“Don’t Rush Me”
approx. – 2.25″ x 3″ – mixed media on wood
$30, plus shipping

“My Better Half”
approx. – 3″ x 5.5″ – mixed media on wood
$65, plus shipping

“Sail Away With Me”
approx. – 3.75″ x 5.5″ – mixed media on wood
$65, plus shipping

“Sugar Junkie”
approx. – 2.5″ x 5.5″ – mixed media on wood
$65, plus shipping

For more info or to purchase please visit my etsy shop.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

Yes, I am sometimes plagued with that evil disease known as procrastination. And here is a fine example. I painted this two years ago and finally edited the photos so I can put it online. Two years! It’s only nine photos, people. On average that means it took me a little over two and half months to edit each photo. The reality is that it took about thirty to forty minutes. Well, better late than never, eh?

“Time Without You Drags Me Down”
48″ x 60″ – mixed media on wood

Enjoy!
- Jeff

Now that Valentine’s Day has come and passed I can post this without giving anything away. Mid January I received the following facebook message from Dorian:

Jeff,

I have 2 of your little pieces (“fly away” and “i own this town“) and would like to find out if you would consider doing an original for a V-Day present for my husband. I have an idea of elements I would want represented, but that is it, the rest could be yours to create.

I would want it to have three characters representing my husband, me and our son Brody. I would like it to be titled “One Love” (after the Bob Marley song), but it doesn’t have to be cheesy lovesy. You could do faces or people or birds (3 little birds…another Marley reference).

Anyways, thought I’d ask. I just like your art and thought it might be a nice gift. Let me know if you do something like this and a price range.

Thanks,
Dorian

Naturally, I said yes. I love commission work that has very little direction. The more freedom the better. Eventually, Dorian decided that three faces would be best and after a look around the gallery she had pointed out that my “blockhead” style faces were among her favorites. Oh, and she also told me she would like to see some red in the painting since it was, afterall, for Valentine’s Day. Here is what I made for her.

“One Love”
16″ x 20″ – mixed media on wood

If you are interested in commissioning me to make something for you let me know. I’m usually game for it.

Thanks for looking!
- Jeff

Here is the latest in hand painted cell phone covers!

Yikes…sorry about the blurry picture! I painted the above phone cover for Chris Mead, who happens to be a purveyor of fine copys. Yes, he’s a professional wordslinger!

This next one should have been posted months ago…whoops! Yes, at times I am a total slacker.

So, the above phone cover was done for Ashley, whom you can stalk at somewherebeautiful.wordpress.com

With the Christmas Rush coming to an end I would be more than happy to paint a cell phone cover for you. The price is $65. You can come by the gallery or use the contact form, which I recently set up.

You can check out the other phone cases I’ve painted on my Flickr page.

Thanks for looking!
Enjoy your Sunday!
- Jeff