I've not posted in a few months due to working long hours on a couple of commissioned illustrations that came my way. I was excited when Jane Wiedlin, legendary Go-Go's rock goddess and my latest Muse, commissioned me to create a portrait of her dogs based on the spooky twins from The Shining. I happened to meet her during a Bigfoot expedition deep in the Northern California redwoods last Spring. While we found not a trace of the elusive Sasquatch, we had a grand time wandering through dense forests at night with night vision goggles and professional investigators (including Bobo from TV, who brought McDonald's french fries as bait to lure Bigfoot, but ended up eating them himself because a man gets hungry out there in the wilderness). Anyway, these are the sort of antics I've been up to lately. New work coming soon and much thanks to Jane for the commission!
January 14, 2014
July 10, 2013
Is Giorgio Tsoukalos' Hair a Secret Alien Communication Device?
BREAKING NEWS Archeological Discovery: Have you ever wondered how Giorgio Tsoukalos is so certain ancient aliens once roamed the Earth and mingled with human beings? Do you really think he styles his stratospheric bouffant that way just because the man loves his hair products? The truth is, Giorgio is a time traveling alien sent to Earth to star in a TV show called Ancient Aliens in order to teach humanity about our true origins. Embedded in his hair are nano transmitters used to pick up signals sent from fourth dimensional aliens flying exquisite golden spaceships. Not only do they divulge secrets to Giorgio, they insist he wear his brown three-piece suit every day. The higher Giorgio styles his hair, the stronger the signal becomes. Viewers of his show may have noticed his hair growing higher over the course of the seasons and now they know why. How high will Giorgio's hair be on the next season of Ancient Aliens and what new secrets will he reveal? (Medium: graphite on paper, digital paint)
Let The Evidence Speak for Itself
Recently, archeologists unearthed a curious golden figurine while excavating Mayan ruins in Palenque. The figurine appears to depict a large-haired humanoid waving his hands with emphatic excitement. A small monkey holding some sort of smoking apparatus appears at the figurine's sandal-clad feet. Could this be evidence that Giogio Tsoukalos lived among the Mayans as a alien entity who taught the people advanced astronomy and hair-styling techniques....as ancient alien theorists believe? (Medium: graphite on paper, digital paint)
Does this ancient aboriginal cave painting in Australia prove the theory of Giorgio Tsoukalos' time traveling abilities? Yes it does, without a doubt. (Photo from Mysterious Universe. Trickery supplied by 14. Until I figure out how to add a Facebook button to my blog, please visit 14 here.)
February 25, 2013
Avert Your Eyes, It's Paris Hilton Sucking a Popsicle!
I know, it's gross, but I stumbled across a photo of Paris Hilton attempting to seductively gnaw on a popsicle and decided to reinterpret it in full-color Absurd-O-Vision. UPDATE: I'm not posting on Gallery of the Absurd as much due to being busy with too many projects, but I post my latest work, works in progress, and any old thing that happens to inspire me on my Facebook page. Visit me there if you're interested in seeing more ridiculousness. Medium: digital paint.
Portrait of Ryan Gosling as a Little Forest Elf
Not much to say about this one other than I participated in a facebook caricature contest and the subject was Ryan Gosling. Medium: graphite on paper, digital paint. To see more frequent updates and more of my work, please visit the 14 Facebook page.
December 19, 2012
A Portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger and His Hair
The Daily Mail Online recently featured an "article" poking fun at Arnold Schwarzenegger's new hairstyle. After setting eyes upon the glorious photos, I suddenly decided to paint his portrait. If you read my other blog, you may have noticed my fascination with bad toupees and burnt orange/somewhat oddly pink Old Rich Guy hair. My heart did a backflip when I saw Arnie's new do - and even if it's for a film role, I sincerely hope he styles/colors it like this from now on because it would bring me so much joy. Medium: graphite on paper, digital paint.
May 03, 2012
Hieronymus Bosch-Inspired Portrait of Joan Rivers
My newest painting "River of Joan" is greatly inspired by Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch and also by my fascination with Joan Rivers' surgically enhanced face. It all started a few weeks ago when a friend sent me a close-up photo of the wonderfully venomous Ms. Rivers. I stared and stared, trying to get my head around what she's done to her face. Her cheeks appear over-inflated, pillow-like, and nearly ready to burst, her facial skin is impressively stretched beyond its limits, eyes are coal black and cat-like, her hair is sleek blonde with carefully groomed wisps sprayed firmly into place. In order to attempt an understanding of her face, I began painting her portrait. Several weeks later, this is the end result...and yet I've reached no further understanding. I'll go ahead and say it though, I think she looks great - but I tend to gravitate toward the strange and unusual.
Each character appearing in the painting was done separately and later added to the scene. This allowed me to move elements around and play with composition.
Devil Joan emerges from an acid lake to attack Bjork because she doesn't like the swan dress the quirky songstress wore to the Oscars. Luckily for Bjork, her swan hissed and chased Devil Joan back into the caustic depths of her hellish lair.
A fish commonly found in the River of Joan. It feeds regularly from the gurgling Fountain of Botox.
Yes, that's Laura Flynn Boyle holding a duck.
The true secret to Joan's flawless visage. Medium: Digital painting created on Cintiq 12WX. Prints available soon.
March 14, 2012
Celebrities Eating Hot Dogs: Betty White Edition
Of all the ridiculous paparazzi photos out there of celebrities eating hot dogs, Betty White's is the absolute best. Medium: ink, graphite and digital paint.
October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween!
In honor or Halloween, here's a creepy portrait of Vincent Price in his role as the diabolical, organ-playing mad scientist Dr. Phibes. If you enjoy campy horror flicks, you can't go wrong with The Abominable Dr. Phibes or Dr. Phibes Rises Again. Medium: graphite on paper, digital paint.
October 03, 2011
Portrait of Tom Waits
Yes, I took a long break from making art and spent the summer wandering forests and drinking wine with laughing shamans. It's true - and I needed it. Anyway, I'm back now and just finished this portrait of Tom Waits for the Caricaturama Showdown 3000 group on Facebook. Listening to Waits' music, I've always pictured him as a grizzled satyr who creeps around in the darkness and uses his pan flute to concoct music out of moonlight and fire. Medium: digital painting.
June 20, 2011
The Courtney Love Fungus
Crazy Courtney Love is one of my favorite celebrity tabloid subjects to paint. This time around, I noticed there was something fungus-like about her. I'll often hike in the woods after the rain and am amazed at the variety of colorful, wonderland-like fungus sprouting up among the rotting logs and lush moss. They are brightly colored, alien-like, dangerous and scary - just like Courtney. Her neck appears a thick, milky white stalk. A large scarlet mass of pillowy, shiny growth sprouts menacingly off her face. Her hair, a tangled mess of mildewed, ghostly filaments blowing in the howling wind. I find fungus to be quite beautiful in its own way, but like Courtney, is best observed from a distance. Medium: graphite on paper, digital color, done for Caricaturama Showdown 3000.
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