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the ultimate result of turtlewax

a cartoon/painting that i made when i was in high school. first time i had ever messed around with watercolors. pretty simple but somewhat funny. i always wondered what would happen after years and wears of putting on turtlewax.

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the ultimate result of turtlewax - a cartoon/painting that i made when i was in high school. first time i had ever messed around with watercolors. pretty simple but somewhat funny. i always wondered what would happen after years and wears of putting on turtlewax.

smoke the pipe of peace - the girl is in a pose like the redhead in a painting by Pierre-Auguguste Renoir called

another view of camo - the side view so you can see more detail

camo - there is a inner pure white torso that is surrounded by a outer shell that is painted exactly like the background. ends up looking real cool from different angles. i guess i showing how alot of people hide the simple beauty within themselves by a complicated, intricate web of static outside. there is a interesting duality within the shapes. i will show one other view of this peice.

arlington - i went to a funeral for my cousin ben's grandfather at arlington cemetary. the whole feel of the place with it's stone eagles and lines and lines of fallen soldiers made me feel like they were still standing at attention. the feeling of honor, service, and tradition struck me very profoundly. these men served, struggled, and died for the freedom we take for granted everyday. it was a very powe

why did you make me like this? - i was playing around with some al-lu-min-e-um wire, after watching one of my favorite movies of all time, Cool Hand Luke, and was completely sympathizing with earth shakin' Luke (

eclipse - i am not 100% sure of the date on this one, but it's pretty close. this was the first lunar eclipse where i ever really paid attention. i have always felt the moon and earth have a relationship, the moon being a barren rock that protects our life abundant mother earth, bearing the scars of his sacrifice on his face. the moon affects so much of our life; the ebb and flow of the tides, the passin

self portrait in the bright sun - i drew this with colored pencils really quick in my backyard. the white paper was totally blinding me while i was sketching so i decided to put my squinting into the drawing. i thought it would made me look like clint eastwood. yeah, i know i'm silly, but i thought it was pretty funny at the time.

the wave - i found this picture online, sorry i do not know who took it, but i liked it so much that i painted it. to me it represents the pure energy and power of the ocean.

dead bird - when i was a little boy i came across a dead bird on the ground. it was the closest i had ever been to a bird, to the detail within it's feathers and between it's wings and tail. it was so soft looking, peaceful and pretty, but out of the eye socket ants were crawling out. i think i petted the bird. such a strange mix of death and beauty. i added another dimension so if you look at it only fr

my first window painting - i wanted to see what would happen if i painted a window. ended up pretty cool. funny, the other side has alot more detail to it, doesn't look like you are looking through a window though

The Dumas Olympics - he's running with sissors with his shoelace untied... I gotta spell it out for you??

sunset - sunset a block from my father's house. the sun started setting, i was watching it with my girl. it ended up being so fantastic i ran as fast as i could back to pop's house to borrow a camera from him and this is the outcome of all that ruckus.

the pier - i grew up crabbin', fishin', boatin' and bein' thrown off this pier by most my cousins. (must be why i am such a good swimmer.) it might not look like much, but it symbolizes my family and i have seen some of the most beautiful sunsets and sunrises here, (and i keep them for myself, selfish bastard i am.) it is a constant place of serenity, balance and peace for me.

pretty girl - a beautiful girl with which i had the great pleasure of spending time/space

painted sky - on a road trip with my father, we were crusing down 29 south coming from lynchburg. i saw the sky as the sun was setting and said to my pop,

moon through icy trees - after a huge ice storm i went out with my cousin andrew and we saw a forest coated in ice, with the moon coming through, illuminating the edges of the trees in an absolutely beautiful spectacle. i went home and painted it immediately.

Primary - i started with one triangle and built a spiral off the twisting possibilities of combining triangles. I used shades of the primary colors as a simplistic joining of the cascading colors toward the white light they fuse into at the center. of course white light is broken into every color visible, but i thought it looked cool, that's all. a simple progression i worked on backwards as i seem to do