Marine Weirdos #10

This is one of those pieces that evolve without me ever really knowing the story.  I start with some hot rod reference photos and a blank panel,  then something happens,  and I end up with a painting and a bunch of questions.

What's the intrepid explorer guy doing in the deep with a T-bodied Ford?  Are those mers good or evil? Does that toolbox contain sandwiches?  Just what deep recesses of my mind-brain are generating ideas like this?  This is one of those rare times I don't have it all figured out.

I wonder if Leonardo ever looked in his sketchbook and thought, "Where did THAT idea come from?"

Painted in oil on an 8x10 panel.  Available for purchase here.

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.

Space Weirdos

To go boldly where no Weirdo has gone before!

Maybe they're looking for those joyriding spaghetti creatures.

6x6inches, oil on panel.  Sold.

Joyriders From Outer Space #6

"Yeeeeee-Haaaaaaawwwwww!!!"

6x10 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.

Marine Weirdos #9

It's Sea Monster Salvage And Repair to the rescue!

Painted in oil on a 6x12 panel.  Available on Daily Paintworks.