British Animal Portraits at Hot Red Bus

Made these cheeky British animal portraits for the newly remodeled Hot Red Bus restaurant, home of Los Angeles' best British-style fish & chips (LA Weekly) and some awesome British-Indian dishes.

Prints & throw pillows featuring these weird animal characters are available in my shop.

See some more behind-the-scenes images at on Behance.

Live Painting at Alhambra's First Friday #2

Another live painting in Downtown Alhambra, the theme for April was "Film" so I made this mashup of genre imagery from films. Most of it is not directly referenced from a specific film, but meant to be wacky and fun and capture the overall spirit of the movies.

I feel like my proficiency with this painting style is really coming together.  Just a little bit of preliminary sketching and research was needed this time (though I'm sure more would have helped if I had the time). Of course, I've been researching dinosaurs for about 30 years so I'm sure that helps too :)

Live Painting at Alhambra's First Friday #1

It was madness at the kickoff First Friday event for the city of Alhambra. The monthly events this year will each have a theme, so for March's "Madness" theme I did my take on the Mad Hatter's tea party from Alice in Wonderland.

First Fridays will continue on April 5, the next theme is "Film". Find out more at Downtown Alhambra Events.

Happy Christmas!!

 "God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ, our Saviour
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's power 
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy"

Happy Christmas!!

Live Painting the Art Walk #4

Just wrapped up the summer season of the Alhambra Art Walk with my fourth live painting demo.  It was a great time and I'll look forward to coming back in the fall.  Last week's event was a little longer, and I stuck to black and white, so the painting came pretty far along.

You can see more photos on Facebook

Live Painting at Alhambra Hot Spot - August 4th

I'll be one of several artists participating at the Alhambra HOT SPOT art event this Saturday. It's the August iteration of their monthly Art Walk, and will be Saturday from 4-8pm in Downtown Alhambra.

Here's a fun little video that gives a taste of the event:

Check out the Downtown Alhambra Blog for more info about this and other upcoming events.

Alhambra Art Walk

Had a great time participating in the first ever Alhambra Art Walk! Thanks so much to the organizers and to those who came to say hi!

I had some past work on display, but primarily was doing a live painting performance. It was envigorating to do a large painting in the midst of a large crowd, live music, and festive atmosphere. 

Painting live is also a good creative exercise, it forces me to take risks, acting quickly and decisively... can't get too attached to the final product.  Overall I was pleasantly surprised with how the painting was coming along. I didn't finish, but I may use the painting as a practice-run for a more finished picture later.

The Alhambra Art Walk will continue every first Friday throughout the summer. Not sure how often I'll participate, but I'm looking forward to see how the event evolves!

Alhambra Art Walk - May 4

Art Walk summer series launching this Friday in Downtown Alhambra! I'll be doing a live painting there and I'm sure Nucleus Gallery will have an awesome presence, as well as my friends at Alhambra Source, and many others. It's free from 5-8pm so feel free to swing by!