painting again

Been a little under the weather lately but am painting again, ...... I had to include the paddle-out pic as I've been missing Mark at 65th during our morning rituals......plus a few new shots from the area
enjoy.....

Happy New Year!!!

So it's been a while since my last post and I do apologize.  Seems I've been busy with some work, holidays and such.  The wonderful world of murder beach just keeps trudging along.  Here are some pics from the past couple of months and also something to get your juices flowing for the new year!!!

Show at Market Common

I have a little show of some new prints, paintings and and othe pieces with Terry Johnson Saturday at Studio B in the Market Common here in dirty Myrtle.  Come on by from 5- 8pm.  Should be alot of fun!

new work new lens

Got a new old lens yesterday and tried it out around the house real quick.  Looking forward to seeing what it gives me.  Also, got some new little paintings coming along.  enjoy......

Earth Day

OK, so here's my stump speech for today!!  Please take into account that these are just the ramblings of a beach bum who tries to do the right thing next, not always but still tries.

Most will go through this Friday as usual.  Going through the motions of a long work week and dreaming of their Easter weekend coming up.  Not really thinking of the world around us and how much of an impact we have on our environment.  For every big mac or whopper trees are lost for grazing land.  For every tuna salad sandwich, dolphins or other by-catch have been taken from the sea.  Every day spent on the beach for a family of four ends with approximately one grocery bag of trash.  Rains from storms carry debris and run-off from cities down to the ocean. Ocean currents carry devastation from earthquakes and tsunami's across thousand of miles. Sure, there is a more conscious effort now than some 31 years ago, but is that enough?  Should we be concerned about drastic oil spills in the gulf while we live in the Carolina's?  All of these things through out the world effect each of us where-ever we live.  Here in the Carolina's, we have longer than usual fish-bans on grouper and other species because of Fishermen coming from the gulf to maintain their livelihood.  I believe in progress and every ones desire and right to make a buck.  Just please think about these things today and in the future.  Each of us leave a footprint on everything and everywhere we go.

getting the last wall done

I have been working on a couple of dressing room walls for Surf City surf shop this past week and with too much work at my B-fish I have had to stretch this project out a lot longer than what I had expected.  I'm getting near the end and should be all finished by Tuesday.  It'll be really cool when complete!! enjoy.......

it's all downhill from here

I spend most of my days painting or a little photography.  Wednesdays are always the top of my roller coaster week, meaning it's all downhill from here.  Lot's of little paintings come out of the woodwork by this day and the rest of the week is just gliding into serenity!!!! enjoy.......

Surf City Surf Shop

I have been helping the guys at surf city get ready for their new shop.  Basically, whenever I've had free time I've just shown up to help out.  I also have done a little mural for one of the dressing rooms.  These guys have been around the Grandstrand now for some 30 odd years!  Wow, where does the time go?  I worked for Mark back in the late "80's and now my daughter has worked for him the past few years.  Anyway, here's a few pics of the mural and a link to the shops website and blog   http://surfcitymb.blogspot.com/
http://www.surfcitysurfshop.com/

new work

Olympus

Let me take you through a usual day.  I wake kind of early,  around 6, make a pot of coffee and read, then stretch and read a little more.  All the while loading up on coffee.  I'll check the waves up north and around here and decide if I wanna go shoot some pics or struggle with the rubber and actually go out. Hint, I don't LIKE putting on a wetsuit, so that is almost always a last resort!  After a couple of hours of stretching, reading, and so on, I"ll have a little walk around the beach.  Get back home and begin the process of a new painting.  This involves alot of decisions on what size, medium, paper or canvas, you get the idea.  By lunchtime I've almost always got something going and begin working through your usual lunchtime and after a few hours of drawing, painting, and so forth hunger usually takes over and I have a PBJ.  Mid afternoon comes and I have to begin winding down in order to get ready for my evening job, unless I have that night off, then I will just keep going and completely lose track of time, not eat, and work on a few paintings at once.  I do this because the winter waves are few and far between and like I said, I DO NOT LIKE WETSUITS.  Thus is the life of a beach bum...........

sound beach

abstract paintings

paper bags

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I'll paint on just about anything when in the mood, mirrors, a brick fireplace, and now paper bags from a local market.  It's got me going through memories of Key West, eeking out cash by selling charcoals, pastels, and such on cardboard I would find behind the restaraunts.  enjoy.......

brightness on a rainy day

So I have acummulated some windows to paint.  Well it started as one for a client but I got carried away and got six plus a glass door.  I'm in production mode today......

spill

bubble toes on the nose

oil on paper, 22X30

Global Awareness Project's Spring Show

It's that time of year again!!!  Global Awareness Project is having their anual Spring fundraiser/art show....Gonna be in downtown M.B. this year with great food, and music.  Oh yeah, some fantasic artwork by local and regional artists!!!! I'll have a little wall of prints and maybe a painting or two.