my good pal émilie found out she has a rare, messed-up brain thing called Chiari Malformation. it’s where the ass section of your brain literally squeezes out the back of your skull, cutting off the skull juice and making for big ouchy. seriously though, she’s in a ton of pain– although you’d never know it […]
and now begins the long, tedious process of what i call establish, obscure, re-iterate, obscure, re-iterate, obscure, re-iterate, obscure, ad nauseum. the only way to get a drawing to look like a painting is to paint the shit out of it. no, i should say that’s the only way for ME to do it. i […]
jeez, Eggs! chill. it’s not like you didn’t know this was going to happen!
now that the drawing has been transferred onto canvas, i just cover the whole thing with a slop of rusty red. you can use any colour you like for this, the trick is just to make sure it’s sufficiently transparent that you don’t totally obscure the drawing. i often use a colour that is the […]
i was hoping to interview the great Ian Paice yesterday when he was in town with Deep Purple. unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be. but i did get to meet “The Mule”. this is a guy i’ve worshipped since i was 13. in fact, way back then i drew a poster that hung behind my drumkit– […]
hey check out the cool poster i just made for my old pal Gavin. he’s the dude that writes all the PIP+norton stuff. don’t forget y’all can click to enlarge…
once the drawing is done i throw it into this beauty. you may recognize it from an old flickr set. i call it J.J. after my good friend J.J.Hommel who sent it to me from sunny California many years ago. he knew of a film industry storage room FULL of them. i got this one in […]
i love you all! (note the cute little hairy chest)
(because it has me looking all thoughtful) photo by cheryl
thanks for lunch, Cheryl photo by cheryl