For a couple of years at primary school, my son was blessed with a truly excellent teacher. When it became time for him to move on to another school, I offered her a painting by way of Thanks from our family. She suggested that I broaden my horizons by painting this jacket.
You may notice the background colours. Because fk Putin.
Not sure, but I reckon this is just the right amount. Saw out last year and saw in this by painting quite a few 12 by 12 in canvases. I think they call this a “photo dump”. Could be wrong – it’s happened before.
Let’s face it – taking decent photos of your work is overrated… Heh heh heh. Not really – and this was a reminder of my new resolve to take better photos in future. Or even better – take each piece to a professional to take even better shots. That’s the plan.
Skateboard decks are fun to paint. I like to paint both sides, because it feels a bit like cheating otherwise. Or something. With these I went for a Ukiyo-E type geisha character to the”graphic” side and went a bit wild with spraypaint and a halftone stencil (and a Mr Sparkle) on the top side. More colour for your dollar!
Graphic side – geisha and Powergirl!
Would look interesting with clear griptape! Although I probably wouldn’t recommend riding one of these…
“Gitahiro Iichi”. Commissions are great. Otto’s guitar is based on the Jackson owned by the new owner of the piece. Might have to do Ultraman Homer again soon too…
Here it is in it’s new home.
After painting the 88′ Cyclecraft I decided that I wouldn’t paint another small diameter tubing 1980s BMX frame given what a mission it can be. Let alone forks. So when a friend asked if I would like to paint his early 80s Hattori Pro Sight frame of course I said yes.
Not sure what brand the handlebars were, but they’re “Ut Tentacles” now.
Sure, it all looks great on our very old deck that needs a stain, but how about on a wall surrounded by some killer artwork?
I have a few more bikes lined up to paint this year – all have a lot more paintable surface!
“SWOK!’ and “BLAM!” 75x75cm acrylic on canvas.
I’d had the idea of a Ukiyo-E geisha figure over the top of a comic book exclamation type image for a while and did a trial run on some old cheap canvases with the geisha figure as a sihouette. They looked ok (we have one on our wall, so I see it every day and enjoy it being there), but doing the geisha properly stepped it up a bit. I’ll be doing some similar pieces again at some stage this year.
“BLAM!” is sold, pending the completion of the deal, but “SWOK!” is available. Do please get in touch if you’d like it on your wall.
Practise runs below.
“Doshin wa no guwa ookii” Ichi and Ni.
61x92cm. I really like these, as to me they look more like modern day “Ukiyo-E” than my other work. Probably because they are pretty much just the Ukiyo-E geisha characters with a graphical background!
Ichi.
Ni.
These are available for purchase. You could have the pair for $1200 New Zealand dollars – shipped within NZ for an additional $40, but can also be shipped to most other places for $150nzd.
“Saisho no Fantomu.” Commission – finished last week and now in it’s new home.
Completed these in October 2021. I think that may have been during a lockdown. Or after a lockdown. Or just before a lockdown maybe.
Now installed in their new home just south of Auckland, New Zealand. To the most excellently fantastic person who purchased them, once again – Domoarigatogozaiimasu!
The first triptych that I started (have finished several since) around 9 years ago. Used some fairly cheap canvases as couldn’t really afford much much else at the time. Because of this, the frame of one of them warped a bit pretty quickly, so I gave up on them and started on some new work. Had worked on them a little over the years, then decided to get ’em done after finishing the Matua School toilets job. And as such it’s quite a cool collection of different elements that I’ve been painting at different times. Anpanman and Baikinman for example – we’d not long returned from living in Japan and my wee boy was a big fan!
kirameki san experiences sustained loss of traction 