Finally Finished!

After about 6 months of school work and other priorities I finally finished board #9, 5'7'' fish. I posted more about the design and shaping of the board in early january and this is the finished product. This was my first time doing glass on fins and a resin tint. The resin tint was tough because the pigment accentuates any flaws you may have during lamination. So to cover up my uneven lap lines I decided to paint the bottom :). Glassing on the fins went pretty well to my surprise. I set the fins with hot glue to get my angles even and then used UV resin so I could take my time laying up each one. Overall I am happy with the board. It certainly has its flaws but I think it is going to be fun for the small summer swells. Can't wait to ride it!

- Glass on fins. Al Merrick wooden keels.

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Projects From Last Semester

Here is only a small portion of the work I did last semester. There is more coming soon.

These guache paintings were meant to illustrate a short sentence emphasizing something different in eat painting:

- The man

- in the yellow submarine

- sank

- to the ocean floor.

Costumed Figure Drawing-

- 2 minute gesture

-ink w/ brush and bamboo pen

- more ink w/ brush and bamboo pen

- and more ink / brush and bamboo pen

-graphite

Feel free to comment on or critique anything you see. I know everything on here has its problem. But I would love to here some feedback.

2 new custom hats- SOLD!

Summer is finally here. Sorry it has been so long since the last post. School was the toughest its ever been this semester. Having 4 studio classes makes it nearly impossible to do anything besides school projects and homework. (Stay tuned, I will post some of my many projects I completed this semester) But summer is here so I can finally catch my breath and enjoy what I am doing. Here is the first product of summer. Two new custom hand painted hats for a repeat customer.

2 More Hats Sold on CruxSurf.com

-2 Jellyfish hats painted to order for a worthy customer at CruxSurf.com

Black & White Barrel- SOLD!

This painting was recently sold for $300. It is acrylic on 30"x40" canvas. It going to the good home. Thanks for the support Todd!

2 Hats Sent to Oregon

These two freshly painted hats are on their way to Oregon right now. A smart customer purchased these hats on cruxsurf.com. You can find these hats under the brand Designs by Shane Bowman and the one on the left is called left lines and the other is called perfect peak. All of the hats are painted to order so not one hat is exactly alike.

News Update

Well its easy to see school is back in session. The updates are getting less frequent. Sorry its been over a month since the last post.

News update:

-3rd Thursday artwalk is still going well and slowly gaining some momentum. Feburary's artwalk had a better turn out with more of my friends showing up. Thanks to everyone who came to support! This months artwalk falls on March 17th! so hopefully there will be a much larger crowd.

- My next art show coming up is on March 5th, 2011. I will be displaying art in the Artist Village of the 2nd Annual Long Beach Mardi Gras Parade. There will be about 10 other artists of all different mediums and styles there as well. The show is being curated by my friend Tim Dunham of Some Things Creative. For more info about the parade and festivities go to www.lbmardigras.com

- newest painting. (acrylic paint on an piece of wood from an old piano)