Projects

I'm working on some very special paintings for a very special show at a very special gallery called Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, CA. The show is called "Literartistry" and about 50 artists (including my favorite fine art photographer, Chris Anthony) will be doing interpretations of their favorite books. I am doing the novel "Lolita" by Nabokov in two parts. I will write more about this show very soon. And the first "Tickler" ukulele should be unveiled by the end of the week. I still have to have photos taken and tweak it a bit. It's interesting just how much a luthier's craft is like that of a fine jeweler. Plus, the added dimension of making sure that the instrument is quite playable and sounds good. It was not an easy thing to paint with oils either. I'm very happy with the results and I hope you will like it, too.

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Miss Josephine Baker

Images of Josephine Baker!

She was a delectable muse for many an artist and extraordinary American entertainer in Paris.
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Fairy Godmother

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Vintage Hollywood Magazines

Look what I found at

Inspiration City

Aren't these beautiful old illustrations from the 20's?
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Unknown Flemish Masters

Portrait of the Artist and his Wife, 1496, Oil on panel, 38 x 26 cmKoninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp

Be sure to click to enlarge this one. It's so cool. Check out the fly on his wife's bonnet!

Some of the unknown masters of Flemish and Italian art of the 15th century are amazing.

Unknown Flemish masters and lots of other art:

Web Gallery of Art

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Fine Art Uke

This will be unveiled next week.

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Eight Useless Facts

Here are the rules:1. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts. 2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves. 3. People who are tagged write their own blog post about their eight things and include these rules. 4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged and that they should read your blog.

Eight facts about me:

1. I used to suck my thumb and it gave me crooked teeth

2. I ate at the same Korean Restaurant once a week for the past 7 years or something.

3. I have a scar on my lip from being hit in the face with a jack-in-the-box when I was six.

4. I post things on forums or this blog sometimes when I am tired and upset and not thinking. Then I regret it later and I have those things removed. And then I try to have the posts removed from search engines.

5. I played the song "Gloria" on the back of Ken Kesey's float in a parade. He was dressed in a bear suit. He almost hit his head on a tree branch.

6. I am painting a couple of paintings right now of "Lolitas"

7. I am sitting in a big mess and it's 100 degrees.

8. I hike up a small mountain once a day if possible.

Okay...this is a dare from mardecortesbaja.com and I'm supposed to post links to eight other blogs and dare them to do it, too. Louise Brooks- maybe she will come back from the dead and speak to us!

John Brownlee at http://www.ectomo.com/

Marshall Sponder at http://www.artnewyorkcity.com/

Johnny at http://www.drawn.ca/

Mark Fraunfelder at http://www.boingboing.net/

Chris Keeley at Daily Dreamtime

Erling Wold at http://www.erlingwold.com/

Steve Lodefink at http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/

Louise Brooks at http://louisebrooks.livejournal.com/

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