Doing time in the Universal Mind

^ New illustration for a club I'm in!

I just finished an essay on Robert Browning's poetry and I'm wiped out. I've got a craving for some English psychedelia

New Piece

This one was done in watercolors, colored pencils and acrylics. It was inspired by Marq Spusta's art for Dinosaur Jr's The Farm. His tree people are just too cute. I also added my own personal touch with the broken instruments in the thorn bushes. This is probably influenced by the Elliott Smith b-sides and live songs that I have been listening to non-stop. Smith's music is perfect to watercolor to... and so is Dinosaur Jr's song Puke+Cry!
I am SO glad that this semester is over.

Marq Spusta is amazing

Check this guy's illustrations out... they are gorgeous. I love the Sasquatches/tree people he drew for Dinosaur Jr's latest album. I'm inspired to make my own Sasquatch piece after looking at his ethereal, whimsical pieces.

This is the ONLY Christmas song that I can enjoy. I love me some Kinks.

saint skull-- finished today!

Revised edition

I fixed a few proportions, and added a halo-esque crown of ivy and broken lightbulbs.

New/old drawing

I started this back in June and its been sitting around in my closet for all of this time. I finally got around to finishing it after watching half a season of Gravity (awesome show). This is L-Dopamine Queen.
As of today... I'm back in school. Its awesome, yet daunting at the same time. No more being apathetic and lazy.

New-- fire fly in the bell jar

Torn straight from my sketchbook, and its a free association draw torn straight from my brain on this thundery evening. I especially enjoyed making the cigarette butts in the bottom of the jar.

new watercolor

<--- This is "feast of friends". I tore it out of my sketchbook after working on it for two nights. I missed the freedom of watercolors

A tribute to E.Smith

I'm really excited about finishing this piece. Its the first that I actually want to hang in my room. Since there are virtually no legit Elliott Smith posters on the market, I decided to make my own wall art. I am usually hesitant to paint musicians or real people in general, but I had to make an exception this time.

i love kitschy crafts + new artwork

Look what I made for work!














On a completely different note, here is my latest painting!

New Painting-- Blackbird Fly

I did this painting in memorial to my uncle, Michael "Spyder" McGuire. He passed away after courageously battling stage four cancer for several months. I tried to incorporate Beatles imagery in this painting because he absolutely adored them, especially George Harrison (my favorite too). Spyder was a brilliant, sweet human being and an inspiration to me in so many ways. Just listening to George Harrison's "Isn't it a Pity" reminds me how much I miss him.