Old Sculptures

A big thanks to Bobbie Lasky who forwarded me some photos of my sculptures she has taken over the years. I believe most of these are in her collection. It's really great to see these again, I always forget so many of the designs I have done. Thanks Bobbie!!!

PS - the Bat in photo #2 is by Michael Bonfiglio.

Gearing Up For Halloween & Vine

It's hard to believe the Halloween & Vine art show in Petaluma, CA is less than 2 months away! I have started working harder at having new designs ready for the show. I hope to have several items exclusive to that event.

First up, these are the 2 prototype "Hell Fire Lanterns" The final piece will have a variation of the insert to have more impact. This measures about 7" x 9". One side is fully illustrated, the other has cut away features to act as a lantern. I am only making 10 of these, not counting these 2 prototypes.



I have been wanting to do a jointed cat piece for sometime, and finally just finished this design. It measures about 12" x 17" when fully extended. I will make 20 of this design.



Finally, it's about time to release the 4th volume of my book, "10/31". This is the rough sketch for the front cover painting, more info to come in late August.

Engaged!

After 5 and a half years of togetherness & 1 year of home ownership, Kathy & I are engaged. Hooray! Thanks for saying yes.... :-)

Here we are dressed as Beef & Broccoli for this last Mardi Gras



I have been really backed up with getting things done these last couple weeks with all that has been going on, but I did just get a Halloween postcard sized painting done & listed on ebay called "Halitosis"

New Wacky Packages!

I have two pieces in the Just released series 6 of Topps Wacky Packages postcards. Lice is painted from a gag by Paul Harris and is a postcard. H8 is from a gag by Mike Dantzer & Mark Parisi and is a bonus card. Both pieces are available in the set Topps is selling for $6.95. The limited edition sets which featured a hand drawn sketch card, artist Bio Cards, & a bonus card other than H8 sold out in less than 2 hours. Here are scans of the 2 original paintings.

A big thanks to everyone at Topps involved in hiring me to paint these, it's an honor & I appreciate it!

2 Recent Acrylic Paintings

These two pieces were done this week. The first is a 7" x 10" that I used for a CGC Exclusive postcard of 20 copies, the 2nd is a 4" x 6" Painting on postcard paper that I have up on ebay now. It has been really fun using acrylic again, even though it was a real challenge on the Arches Watercolor paper for the "Paranoia"

"Sometimes The Candy Isn't Worth It"




"Paranoia"

I drink your milk shake

This commission was started before the oil spill, and I had to finish it after the oil spill. This isn'rt technically a spill, but it was still a little tough to finish. Acrylic on Board, 5.5" x 8.5"

Mini Die Cut #5

The 5th Mini Die Cut is Done & Will be ready this weekend. After drawing this it kept reminding me of "I want to take a bath in a casket" from the Electric Company, which can be seen here.

Halloween Postcard Commission

This is a recently finished commission for a friend of mine. It was Based off of a very detailed sketch concept that I really loved, so finishing it off was a joy. Here is "Pumpkin Soup"

A few New Sketch Cards

Three more recently done, and up on ebay. It's going to be awhile before I do anymore as I am facing doing 60 sketch cards for the Next Wacky Packages Postcard series! The 1st two are from the continuing Spookshow Funnies series, the third is a fairytale world retelling of the "Bloody Mary" legend titled "Bloody Beary". Good old terrifying Bloody Mary. I have to go find out the origins of that one. I can't think of any other urban legend ghost story that has completely terrified so many people, even into their adult life.

One Of A kind Die Cut

This Sunday on ebay I will make available my first unique die cut. I decided to begin making one of a kind pieces of more complex or bizarre images. This one measures about 17" across from left to right. I have some really kooky ideas up my sleeve I can't wait to get to!