Absolutely post images of your artwork here

[swag]

This is old:

"Six" 1985, mixed media


"Popflash" 1985, color photograph


"Thankful" 1984, mixed media

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Very nice! I really need to get something new done.

In the meantime, here's some old shit:

[swag]

2. Very nice, yourself.

Dig on that old shit.

[Sugar Smack]

45. Wow.

I LOVE that!!:applause:

[ghostsofgiants]

66. Thanks!

:)

[Ptah]

3. "Triple Play" 2004

[swag]

4. Metalwork, see.

You're a fucking master of physical reality.

Gorgeous design.

[Ptah]

7. Thank you. I enjoy your images, Havre.

[swag]

8. It's fun when you call me Havre, Conrad.

It's like Larry Clark calling Harmony Korine "Tulsa."

[Ptah]

9. Or Mike Mansfield calling Jeannette Rankin a flapper.

:shrug:

[Lautremont]

5. A work in progress, and public observance of same:

[swag]

6. The public seems to be in your corner.

Nicely done.

[bridgit]

10. i like them , but as you know i have no visuals to contribute...

[swag]

11. love that to death

[idgiehkt]

13. me too

the first thing that jumped into my head was 'fade into you' by Mazzy Star, Bridg's piece pulls you in and then kicks you right back out and leaves you kind of stunned but wanting more.

[tigereye]

17. a bit of Chuck CLose there

I think he is so cool. Nice.

[Drum]

20. That's fuukin amazing!

How excellent! How was that done???

[Sugar Smack]

31. Fan Club Time!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: We love it!

[Heidi]

12. swag, I absolutely love the first one!

It's rough, graffiti-ish and gorgeous. :thumbsup:

Here are three of the first paintings I ever made in 1999. They're hand-torn, hand-made paper and watercolor, based on the phrase, ". . . There's a piece that was torn from the morning and it hangs in the Gallery of Frost," from the Leonard Cohen song, "Take This Waltz," which itself was based on the Federico García Lorca poem, "Pequeño Vals Vienes."

[Omphaloskepsis]

14. Nice..

My aunt has a similar style. She has a different method. A method some might find gross.

**She is vegan**

She makes wire-frames and covers them with differing layers of strips of cow stomachs (for depth). Then she lets them dry and paints them. At first I was repulsed, then I saw one and they are actually cool. And they don't smell.

I'm not sure where she picked up on this technique. She does have a MFA.

[Heidi]

15. I think you can do the same thing with drum skins.

A couple of years ago, I helped my mother-in-law make some ceramic drums. We bought the skins, cut to size, from a music instruments place; had to get them wet overnight and then stretch them. It got me to thinking about whether I could paint on them; never tried it though.

Hi, you! :hug:

[swag]

23. Lovely.

That's a beautiful song. And I always associate the name Lorca with some blissful times in Granada.

Beautiful paintings. Do you still have them?

[hippywife]

39. Love them, Heidi!

Is Matisse an influence for you? Your work has some of the qualities of his and he was the first one I thought of when seeing yours.

[Heidi]

16. :artkick:

:kick:

[billyskank]

18. My most recent things:

BarenakedLady:




Sugar Smack:




AirmensMom:




u4ic:




NewWaveChick1981:

[Heidi]

19. Soooooooooooo good, billy.

:thumbsup:

[billyskank]

21. Thanks Heidi!

:hi:

[swag]

25. You have quite the graphite technique, billyskank.

[billyskank]

26. Thank you!

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

47. *sigh*

:loveya:

[billyskank]

50. Hey you!

:hi:

:loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

51. Hello there

How's it going? :hi:

:hug:

[billyskank]

52. Okay

Everything is quite boring here. Just a usual thursday evening. I am trying to decide whether to go to my mum's this weekend, or whether to stay here and clean the place up a bit and see her next weekend instead.

[BarenakedLady]

53. I have plenty of suggestions for your

boring thursday evening. However, I shall behave. How far away does your mom (mum) live?

[billyskank]

55. A little under 100 miles. It takes about an hour and a half for me to drive there.

To an American I know that is a short distance, although I consider it a medium long way.

[BarenakedLady]

57. I grew up in Rhode Island

which is the smallest state in the US. I was brought up to believe that anything further than 30 minutes was waaaaaay too far. :rofl:

Where I live now, everything worth anything is at least 1/2 hour away. It's all perspective.

[Left Is Write]

22. This is all I have scanned....

And it so cannot compare to what others have posted. I'm a bit of a hack. This was done with pencil.

[billyskank]

24. It looks like you

:hi:

[swag]

27. Billy's right. It does look like you.

If that's being a hack, keep hacking.

[Sugar Smack]

28. I like "Thankful"! Here are mine:

[bridgit]

29. my Czarina is very talented...

:hug:

[Sugar Smack]

30. Thank you!!!!! Mine Grandmaster Cheeseball is wonderful

and very, very talented herself!! :loveya: :yourock: :hug:

[billyskank]

32. Sugie!

I love your cartoon style! :loveya:

:hi:

[Sugar Smack]

33. Billeeeeeee!

Thank you sweetness. Love your drawings! :hi: :loveya:

[swag]

34. Hey, I've always meant to ask who those four faces are in the

four portraits.

My guesses: two are of your best friend who caused the riot at the Japanese restaurant, one is of your brother, and one is of your father. Am I close? None of my business?

[Sugar Smack]

35. Oh, well, the two women were just from my head, and

one of the men was copied out of a magazine, and the other is Barry Goldwater for the interesting lines in his face.

[swag]

37. Clearly, I am clueless.

Thanks for solving the mystery.

What a lovely virtual portfolio you have. I'm sure the real one is just incredible.

[Sugar Smack]

38. Thank you so much, swag.

You made my day. :D

[hippywife]

36. Here are mine

again. The only two I have left worth showing.

[swag]

41. Well, I hope people you like have the rest of your stuff.

I really like the top one, the composition, everything.

[hippywife]

48. Thanx, swag!

I really like your work, too. Visual art is so much like music, there's so many diverse media and styles to revel in!

Unfortunately, all of my other stuff has been lost through various moves over the course of my life. And I don't do as much as I should. Hopefully, one day, I'll have the time, space, and desire to allow myself to go back to drawing and painting as much as I did when I was younger.

[Drum]

40. My first and only:

"Baby Carmen" 18"x24" Acrylic on Canvas (1991?)

Inspired by a friend-of-a-friend's photo of their child. It came out of nowhere and I am no painter, but as I was not working for some 6 weeks and dirt poor I turned my attention to trying this for a whole summer...I enjoyed it quite a lot, and am unabashedly proud of it even with the cruder bits.

:shrug:




On the other hand...I love the ones that i see upthread, and am always so glad to see when someone begins a thread like this. Given my very limited collection I don't post every time, but I really like seeing everyone's art!
:hi:

[swag]

Wow.

Love it.

[Drum]

44. thx swag, love yours too, and thanks fer the thread!

[bridgit]

42. nice, i like it...

B-)

[Drum]

43. thank you!

[swag]

46. I'll do one more, then I'd better get out of bed.

"Toothpaste" 2006, Oil on Canvas

[Drum]

49. swag, I looove those mylar paintings!

:thumbsup:

These I recall from a couple of previous posts, and they are all really cool.

:toast:

[BarenakedLady]

54. I really need to get some of my work

transferred to this computer. Everything I've done is elsewhere. :(

[billyskank]

56. Yes yes yes we wanna see

:bounce:

[BarenakedLady]

58. I'm going to do you next....

Uhmmm wait...


errr I meant...



draw you....



of course....



I would never infer otherwise...

O8)

[billyskank]

59. What other interpretation is there?

:shrug:

:P

[BarenakedLady]

60. None whatsoever

:blush:

[billyskank]

61. That's what I thought

;)

[Call Me Wesley]

62. I need to scan some of mine in,

but here's a quick shot from digital doodling:

[BarenakedLady]

63. Wow

That's awesome.

[Call Me Wesley]

64. Thank you!

The program really helps. ;) I didn't draw it, but used a 3D program to generate figures/poses/light, etc. :hi:

[jane_pippin]

65. It's not art, but it is festive, and I made it:

It's a cheeseball! With construction paper turkey accents! This is what it looked like before we ate it today. He's pretty well gutted now.

[NJCher]

67. I love your turkey cheeseball!

And indeed, it is festive. Wish I could have been there for a "dunk."

Here's some "garden art" I did with some old Roman columns:






Cher