Scarecrows in the Garden 2009

Here’s some pictures of a few of the cool and strange scarecrows that other people made. Mine was placed at the entrance as soon as everyone walked in!!! Schweet! Scroll down to the previous post to see my scarecrow. The whole event was really cool and I discovered a new beer that’s very tasty. It’s [...]

The Scarecrow Has Landed

I dropped off my scarecrow “Red Panda and Scared Crow” at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens yesterday. I have some pictures to share, of the process and the finished product.
First I created chicken wire skeletons to support the red panda, crow, and cupcake.
Then I covered them with strips of paper grocery bags, then stuffinz [...]

Top Secret

I have been very very busy creating a scarecrow masterpiece for The Atlanta Botanical Garden. All I can say is “Red Panda and Scared Crow”. Will post when complete
Also tomorrow is my 15 minute interview with the curator at The Contemporary in Atlanta. Critiqueriffic!

Ocean City Souvenir

Is it possible to draw flamingos, and not have the result look like a souvenir t-shirt, from Anybeachtown USA? I tried, and I think my friend Magicka Mike will appreciate the outcome.

Old World Monkeys

Drills.

Like Mandrills, but gray with black faces. Their chunk of rainforest has broken from earth, and floats gently off to another plane of existence. Maybe they’ll make a new planet somewhere. Maybe not. Maybe they’ll just enjoy the flowers and the warm pink sun for an eternity or two.

Meerkat Planetoid

Zoo Atlanta has meerkats!

By the way, check their “Beat the Heat” promo through August 30th. GO SEE ANIMALS!!! They need you and your money more than ever. Fortunately meerkats are cheap dates, they eat lots of bugs. Just for your enjoyment here are the meerkat fact pages from National Geographic and E.O. Wilson’s project [...]

Big Bad Mouse Eatin’ Bird

It’s an African Ground Hornbill.

We saw 2 of them at the Zoo Atlanta. It was feeding time and there were dozens of little mouse carcasses littering the enclosure. The birds were picking them up and running around strutting and looking at their own reflections. It was a little morbid I guess but more interesting than [...]

Step 3 Painting Process: Finito el Krumo

Krum is done. I documented the progress of painting the beastie. You can see the changes as it progresses.
It’s good to be flexible while you’re working. I realized pretty early that his rear leg was too low. It’s better to pay attention to positioning and not be afraid to just paint over stuff as you [...]

Cranking It Out

I’ve picked up the pace here in the past week, as there are a lot of shows coming up that I really need to enter.
A brief list:
The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
Art Institute and Gallery in Salisbury Maryland
The Artist Guild of Northwest Georgia
and then there’s the Utrecht Art Competition which is a bonus.
My [...]

Painting Process 3

Here’s the 3rd installment of my painting process. Most of the background is in place and the carpet is finished.
Before

After

And here’s the carpet in real life.

I love it! It’s so old and pretty thin but I hope the mom-in-law never gets rid of it.
I adjusted the blue outlining as well. If I keep track [...]