Friday was my bday. From start to finish it was a great day. The rest of the weekend paled in comparison. From morning till night I was around people I love. I saw Motörhead at the Fillmore, under the chandeliers that I single handedly built, playing an amazing set out of the speakers I helped hang, on the stage that I helped build. Perfect.

Saturday I walked around with Beefy and was in bed early. Sunday was similar.

Now I’m back at the gallery and I’m updating and boxing and shipping and painting like a madman. Gotta love it. Here. Look.

Lupe. I’ve been working on this one without really using my usual photo reference. I want it to be more of a personal piece. I’m not exactly a river of creativity so I work until I start to feel unsure of where to go and then she goes back on the shelf for a while. She’s back and in the home stretch.

Big Mike is for an old close friend of mine who wanted to get a painting for his brother’s 40th birthday. “Basically it’s not supposed to be a touching, heartfelt gift. I want it to look like it should be hanging next a painting of Scarface on a kiosk at the mall.” So we cooked up this gem of a fake movie poster and used his brother’s highschool wrestling photo for the star role.

Kayla. It’s been a challenging one and I’m really happy with it so far. I actually toggle back and forth between “Sweet! and *@$^&(!!!” during full days of Kayla. I can’t wait to be fully satisfied with it. If that’s possible.

Ok time to build boxes and ship paintings. Enjoy the day.

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