Number three of forty

I think this one took me two weeks, alongside the "Cheeseburger" tiki I painted. Hedwig is awe inspiring, and I can say this is pretty good with the use of skin tones for the first time. Peaches was my first- and I used only white and red. I've got to make a trip to the art supply store to purchase some colors, then I can start to get crazytime with the colors.

Cheesburger and One-Half Queen

Following Lux Interior's sad departure from earth I spun my Cramps records; live, singles, EPs, Picture Discs... every day. It took me on quite a trip. All a while I finished up the tiki god I'd been working on. I could say that the colors were really pulled out of my hat. I'd normally never put these three colors together on a velvet canvas; they just came to me. Inspired by The Cramps' "Songs the Lord Taught Us." I name him "Cheeseburger" Funny thing- I really think cheeseburgers are gross. The melted American cheese fills my heart with all sorts of wretching. While waiting for paint to dry I began a portrait of Hedwig A very raw, stripped down punkish looking rendition of the mug on the movie poster. I'm working on trying to find the correct value to make it gold enough to place in a golden frame. My deadline for this week is a tiny bit behind- but I know I can jump start it tomorrow.

This painting is also for sale $100 ppd via my etsy shop

It's a Drag

Yeah, over the past three years I've been wrestling with the fear of messing up on a painting that I know has the potential to be absolutely gorgeous. Today I finished it. It's a portrait of my favorite drag queen Peaches Christ. I was having lunch with my friend Jen who works at Glamarama and she's successfully convinced me to have an art show there. It's a huge salon which also is home to large walls that need to be filled with awesome tacky velvet art. So, I'm going to book the show, and then work my ass off for the next year to produce as many velvet paintings as humanly possible to attempt to fill up this amazing space. Let's see if I can do it!