Some shapy fun. This is done with all German Montana paint, except the orange. Still trying to master the art of line placement with the can. It is so much harder when I can't actually make contact with the surface. I love the opacity.

"my mind letting my arm make the decision" Elizabeth Murray on painting. invaluable words when it comes to spray painting large letters and characters.

Killer Idea

this is TIONALIEN

The process of painting over. Alien.

This is another thing I like about spray enamel. It is so opaque, it covers a lot. The reason I paint over so much is because I really can't save everything, so if I don't totally love something, I paint over it. I just don't have the room to store all these big ass boards. Not to mention trying to deal with them during a move.

Skulls

Here are some skulls and faces. You may recognize the female face from the last post. I just keep painting and painting over. I think I like these better without the black outlines.

TION CAMO

My wife hates this one. She says it is too camo-ish. She is right of course. Sometimes I just try to use up colors and practice. Unfortuantely old paint was cracking through the blue outline.

Tools of the Trade

Here is a small glimpse of my tools. See this and then multiply it time about 3 and you will have a sense of how many cans are floating around my garage. The things is, its not much compared to alot of other artists. The little baggies are filled with various tips that give different spray widths, from about a 3" radius to a line the width of a dime.
You may see some stencils. Formerly I vowed against stencils. I wanted to do everything freehand. I felt stencils were inhibiting, time consuming to construct and kind of confusing. I'm slowly trying to work them in here and there. It just gives me more options for effects. Pictured is a small canvas panel I was experimenting with the can lid as a stencil. It produced a sort of fish scale effect.

Metal Head

"SION" another alternative to "TION"

Some nonobjective stuff. I love the act of spraying paint.

"DIS" was going to be disc, but I ran outta room.

These are some prelims or the book project. I included the white arrow within the letters as an allusion to handwriting instruction manuals. Ultimately I felt the format was just not what I felt. I switched to canvas and a smaller scale.

multi colored skull

Beauty in Blue

BITE