tiny critter

I just finished this little critter for a special friend of mine.    It's small,  3 inches square.  acrylic on canvas.  One of my last paintings of 2010,  unless I finish a few more this year.   I'm certainly gonna try.

Live painting competition

On Saturday and Sunday, Sept 4/5 I will be part of a live painting competition in Whistler Village main square.  Six local artists will paint live for 6 hours each day,  creating an original painting from only a graphite sketch,  using whatever medium we choose.   the public will vote on their favorite piece and the winner will walk away with $750.00  there are 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place prizes.
  The canvases will be no smaller than 3x4 feet.
  If you're in Whistler Village those days,  stop by and say "Hi"
Cheers,
Dave

Secure your work

I made this little guy, which I called "CHEWBOT"  for an art exhibit at The Fall Tattooing in Vancouver a few months ago,  the show was a toyshow.  I came to the opening excited to see my toy exhibited with the rest of the toys.   I looked around and never saw my toy on display.   The organizer called me over and informed me that that morning when he came to work my piece had been damaged but last night when he left for home my piece was in perfect shape.

I was reimbursed for the value of my piece and left with my broken toy.  What a drag.

I ended up making a new toy out of it which I called

"The Fall of CHEWBOT"  I also ended up giving it to the owner of The Fall.   

  I am in the process of making some more CHEWBOTS.

Pemberton skate park

So,  the village of Pemberton B.C. CANADA is trying to get a skateboard park built.  It is about time they had one,  the kids need one badly.   There is going to be a fundraiser art show, with proceeds collected and used against the cost of the park.   A bunch of local artists were asked if they would donate their time and energy to customize a (new) blank skateboard deck, which would then be exhibited and sold in an art show.   

These are the decks I painted for the event.

HOT RODS & COOL BROADS 3 Art Show in Secondlife!Sat. June 12 3-5pm PST @ virtual Tart Gallery

HOT RODS & COOL BROADS 3 Art Show and DR. SKETCHY'S in Secondlife!Sat. June 12 3-5pm PST @ virtual Tart Gallery

This shot is of some of the art on the art wall at the "Hot Rods and Cool Broads" exhibit at Pats Pub.

AArrrgh matey!!

    So I was given a couple older paintings of boats and water and such from my good friend RANDOID a little while ago.   I took the liberty of adding my own "pirates" of sorts. 

I hope you enjoy the (sort of) step by step photographs.   I will be producing some prints of this piece and they will be $20.00 canadian,  available at HOUSE OF RTS in Squamish on Cleveland Ave  or you can always email me if you're from out of town.  liquidsunshinedesigns@gmail.com

13 SKULLS -The Western Show

Friday April 23 2010

Podium Auto Detailing
#3-1375 Alpha Lake rd
Function Junction
WHISTLER

8 PM - Late!!

Blindmute Productions presents...

26 artists

customized skulls

live music by Shawn Rose and Luke Myers

***VANCOUVER SHOWING***

the month of May

opening reception-Saturday May 8 2010

the Fall Tattooing

644 Seymour street

Vancouver BC

www.thefalltattooing.com

"The Woods" series

These are some of the black light paintings I spoke briefly about last month.   These are some of the first in the series.   They are mainly florescent (day-glow) pigments , black gesso and glow in the dark for stars in the sky and for the critters eyes.

  The pigment is such that it requires a black light to truly see the colors the way they were ment to be.

  The inspiration for these pieces comes from spending many hours in the woods in the fall searching for wild gourmet mushrooms with friends and our dogs.   Such woods are magical places indeed.

Bunnyzilla vs. China

    Bunnyzilla vs. China is a collaboration piece between Randoid and myself on a piece of found art which Randoid found at a second hand store.  The original painting was of junks floating in water with a dark jungle type of background.  Originally Randoid had sketched some funky futuristic buildings/cityscape in the background and the giant bunny stomping through it.  He tried painting the background some weird metallic yelowish-green colour but couldn't match the colours at all .  One night I was at his studio watching him paint, just hanging out and in front of me was the bunny painting.  I asked him if he would mind if I took a go at finishing it,   or in this case re-doing the whole thing.   He said I could and a couple hours later most of what you see in the finished painting was roughed in.   I managed to take the piece home and proceeded to finish the work, logging approximately six more hours before completion.
    The original piece has some wear and tear , some cracks in the paint, etc.   They still show but a clear acrylic resin has sealed them nicely, protecting it from more cracking.
   The finished painting has phosphorescent pigment in the lazer beams as well as in the lights on the buildings and the fire/explosions.  It is a very exciting piece with the lights on or off.
    An open edition print series is available at a cost of $20.00 cdn. each.  Available through HOUSE OF RTS in Squamish, Cleveland Ave,   or email me directly  liquidsunshinedesigns@gmail.com
    The original painting is priced at $800.00.

Life of Cows

"Life of Cows" is a tribute to Bovines.   It is a mixed media sculpture made of cow bones,  bolts,  barbed wire,  butcher knives,  wooden frame,  enamel paint and epoxy resin.  

The bones represent the cows,
The wooden frame represents the posts which hold the barbed wire,
The barbed wire represents the fence of the feed lot,
The bolts represent the bolt which end their lives,
The butcher knives represents the knives used to cut the meat from the bones,
The enamel paint is the blood,
and the epoxy is the glue made from their hooves and bones.


  Cows are factory farmed these days on feed lots, behind wooden and barbed wire fencing.  Millions of acres have been cleared on this planet to grow corn to feed cows, to fatten them up for the slaughter.   Once the cows are fat enough they are brought to the slaughter house where bolts are shot through their skulls and into their brains,  supposedly killing them humanely.  Of course not every cow is killed right away, some actually have their throats cut while still alive and bleed out.   Once the cows have been bled hooks are put through their lower legs and they are hoisted up upside down and their skin is ripped off their bodies ,  the cows are then "rendered" into burgers, steaks, ground beef, hot dogs, etc.    Whatever is left is usually ground up and used in cat and dog food and treats, used to make wood glue,  or thrown in the trash.

Custom Pigment Paintings

I have been mixing custom colours for screenprinting for a long time now, about 15 years or so, now I am starting to do the same thing with my paintings.

I was thinking recently that there are not a lot of different pigments out there. There has always been a fascination with me and black lights and ultraviolet inks, and I have seen some artists using florescent pigments in pretty basic ways. I have not seen much of intermixing florescent (dayglo) pigments, nor have I seen really any paintings done strictly using dayglo pigments.

As well , I have thought about the use of glow in the dark (GID) powder. I'm not sure if any of you know this but quite a few of my paintings have GID somewhere in them. I have been adding it to my paintings for years now, just not informing many people about it. I figured I would let the new owners find out on their own.

So in the end I came to the conclusion that maybe I could intermix raw florescent pigment with GID powder and mix that with an acrylic vehicle to suspend the particles in. Now what would happen if you changed the amounts of each ... you would get some tints which would glow in the dark at different brightnesses , you might also get different tints of florescent colours as well. And so I thought what would happen if you displayed the paintings under a black light? Well what you get are some seriously vibrant colours and when you shut the lights off, the whole painting is still visible but in the eerie muted greenish glow of the GID, it also fades the longer the lights are off, creating something truly remarkable.

Imagine if you will viewing a painting with the lights on AND with the lights off! One painting, or two?

I have finished four paintings in this new style/pigment.

One was hanging at House of Rts in Squamish B.C. which sold to an exciting collector.

Another two are hanging in Whistler at Chili Thom Gallery and Fitz Pub.

In Vancouver you can view two of them at Juju Salon on Davie street, tell Steve that Pepe sent you.

Evil the Devil

This little guy is "Evil the Devil" he's about 4x5 inches large, acrylic on canvas board.

I originally drew the sketch for him in Revelstoke , B.C. in the back room of PINZ Boardshop while doing a guest tattoo artist spot in the summer. I did a lot of drawing and sketching on that trip, as well as a shit load of tattoos. When in Salmon Arm or Revelstoke check them out , they will have all your sk8boards, longboards and snowboard needs (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8300319330)

Last winter I painted Evil the Devil (EtD) at the "Cero World Wide Friends" party in Whistler but wasn't 100% happy with the turn out. So I figured I would repaint him. Hope you like him.

Oh, and he's for sale and looking for a home. $100.00 (unframed)