Surf Weirdos #22 - The Super Six

The inspiring story of a girl, her car, and a complete and utter disregard for the laws of physics.

 I tried this originally in oil, and if that piece had worked out, it would have been Surf Weirdos #6, hence the 6 on the mismatched door.

10x10 inches (roughly), painted in watercolor.  Available soon, at Daily Paintworks.

The A Stands For Aquarium

I hope the suspension can handle the weight.  That's a lot of seawater in the cab.

8x18 inches, painted in watercolor.  Available at Daily Paintworks.

Surf Weirdos 11

When I'm done with a painting, I usually set it aside for a week or so, hidden out of sight.  Then I dig it out and look at it with fresh eyes and do final adjustments as needed.  Usually, these adjustments don't amount to much; a little detail here, a color tweak there.  For example, in this piece I repainted the wave on the left to make it more imposing and added some sea spray around the car.  I also darkened the red of the car below the waterline.  Maybe I'll go back again and make that wave bigger yet, or save that for the next piece.

Here's the previous version for comparison.

8x21 inches, painted in watercolor.  Available for purchase at Daily Paintworks.

And now...

My artwork is being featured in the current issue of Traditional Rod n Kulture Illustrated magazine,  one of the finest hot rod mags around.  It's so cool it comes with two front covers!  The good folks at R&K have managed to make me seem like a moderately coherent member of society, which all by itself would be worth the price of admission.  Production values are top notch, from the writing and photography to the print quality.  Even the advertising is cool, and that's just impossible.  So go pick up a copy, and gain some insight on the evolution of these paintings, and then stick around for the gassers, rods, customs, and pinups.

But wait...

There's more.  After you've read the magazine cover to cover, go on over to Set to Stun Productions and look up the Friction in the Static podcast, episode 172.  Yes, that's right, you can hear me ramble on about my work, the evolution of the Weirdos, and melting all my crayons.  And thanks to the miracle of post production, I sound like a perfectly ordinary human (mostly).  Then, after you've listened to me butcher the English language, you still have at least 171 other Friction podcasts to enjoy.

Meditation

"It's awful quiet around here.  Too quiet.  I can hear myself think.  Gonna have to do something about that.  I think I'll give that killer whale a call for starters, have him bring his band."

Messing around with color a bit here.  I wanted something less than the usual bright blue summer sky I typically throw into a scene.   So I added some transparent red iron oxide to my sunny sky mix of pthalo blue, white, and a trace of Naples yellow.  I think it worked out well.  It has a sort of vaguely gloomy underwater quality, like the pregnant moment before a storm, when all hell breaks loose.  Which I guarantee will happen once that killer whale gets here.  That whale ROCKS!

6x9 inches, oil on panel.  Available for purchase here.

Joyriders From Outer Space #5

Now they're going after rat rods.  Yesterday, they got Billy's A bucket.  It was last spotted seven states away, with a squadron of cop cars following it at top speed.  At least Billy knows how to build a motor.

5.9x5.9 inches, oil on panel.  Sold.

Aerial Weirdos Number Twelve

The clean, green, eco friendly solution to traffic congestion and rising fuel prices.

This is a brilliant idea.  It can be adapted to any road vehicle, and is cheaper than buying a whole new car.  The balloon has fewer moving parts than an internal combustion engine, which means much lower maintenance costs.  You don't even need tires, if you can tolerate a crunchy landing.  If you have a rare car, and can't find that important scarce transmission part, no problem.  And anyone who participates in hill climbs will have a huge advantage.  Take that, Prius!

6x9 inches, painted in oil.  Available for purchase here.