Secondhand Haunts VII

Ever since I was little, I have been fascinated with insects. 
I even wanted to be an Entomologist.
I found this book at Next Chapter Books in Canoga Park. It's an extremely rare book form the 20's and I can't wait to get lost in all the little stories :)

Death Sketches

One afternoon, as I was waiting in a parking lot in the silver hills of Calabasas, a flash of white from what I thought was a black abandoned hat, caught my eye. Upon closer inspection, I found that the black hat was actually a crow. The crow was huddled in between the pavement of the parking lot and a oversized concrete planter, that held several deep-rooted trees and various flowers. The bird was only a few inches from the wall I was sitting on and looked like it was sleeping. not dead because it would move a little every now and then. But the eye was the truly fascinating feature. It would flash from ink black to milky white over and over again. like a projector. After I realized the crow was dying, and I couldn't save it, I decided to draw it. these are those sketches. 

Sneek Peek VI

I'm still working on this one...hope to be finished soon.

Don't forget to enter my September giveaway. 

Today is the last day!!!

Finished with the second!!!

This is the second finished painting of a series of three for Enid and Edgar, a vintage clothing store located in silverlake, Ca. I'm struggling a bit with the third, but I know it will turn out alright in the end. This creature I created specifically with Sandy and jason (the owners) in mind. They love owls and have an entire wall covered with the wide-eyed predators. I'll post a progress shot of the third this week, but for now here is the completed second in it's frame. Not really sure what this one is called...any suggestions?

Secondhand Haunts V

I found this book in a used bookstore called Next Chapter Books in Canoga Park. 

The book contains over 157 fantastic line drawings of locomotives from 1860-1893.

It will serve as an invaluable reference for the painting that appears behind it, or a completely different painting all together...haven't decided yet. 

glow in the dark

Photo credit: Eddie Ruvalcaba

Tomorrow I will be playing two shows with killsonic. The first will be in downtown (630 pm) at the Autumn lights festival, and as for the second, we will be roaming the misty pier from 7pm to 3am in Santa Monica at Glow. ALL FREE. ALL ART. ALL MUSIC. ALL NIGHT.


My blog has been a bit quiet this week due to rehearsals and painting...oh, by the way, I finished my second painting for Enid and Edgar's!!! As soon as it's dry I'll post a framed picture of it. One more painting to go :) 

Secondhand Haunts IV

Found this at Goodwill earlier today

I'm not quite sure what it's supposed to be used for,

It's a small lidded pan.

Regardless, It makes an odd wall decoration

and a good reference for one of my upcoming projects :)