Live Forever!

Official logo of my 50th birthday, 2019. 

Drawing by Kate. 

Jah Love

Wall art in Los Angeles, CA.

Willow Weaving

When you're making rustic furniture, it's a fine line between looking really good and looking really crappy.

                                                           - Rustic willow-weaving instructor 

Ours both looked really good.

Sun? Moon?

My dad, Jon Sr., in Anchorage, 2001.

He made this painting by tracing around a trash can lid.

A Jon Sr. original.

Post-It Cat

"Post-It Cat," a cat made from post-it notes by Ericka Reeb and Carmen Ricker at Dana Point Library, where it hung for the first half of 2014. 

Here it is hanging in Laguna Beach Library, where it remained until the end of that year.

Cat Scan

Machete’s unintended self portrait after she fell asleep on the scanner. In the resulting image, you can discern a couple of paws at the bottom. Suitable for framing.

Machete on the scanner.

[ Originally posted on The Real World…Blogger Style! – August 25, 2007 ]

Pastey Whyte

Wall art, Melrose Ave., Los Angeles.

Pastey Whyte.

Found Art

Found drawn on a computer mouse pad in a public library. I think it was drawn with an eraser.

Portrait in eraser on computer mouse pad.

Art Walkin'

My first Laguna Beach Artwalk, June, 2013.

In my stupid hat.

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Kilbuck Portrait

Amanda's portrait of Donald Kilbuck next to the man himself. Painted in the late 1990's.

Donald & his portrait.

Update: The portrait lives! 25 years later (Oct. 2023), Donald sent me a photo of the portrait in its current location in Soldotna; specifically, "Funny River at Little Way's from the Small Plane Airport."

 

May it live forever!

Wall Art

Wall Art, Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA.

Grenade.

Hi Guys!

Hi Guys!

Pig Roaster

I don’t have much to say that is good about San Bernardino, but I loved this graphic which was painted on the outside wall of a barbecue place during my time there, 2000-2002.

Pig Roaster.

[Originally posted on Rebel Leady Boy, Aug. 10, 2005]

Floating Strawberries

Girl with boba drink watching floating strawberries.

Ceiling Tile Art

In Los Angeles, we were invited to paint on the ceiling tiles of a band practice room.

Here are my contributions:

New Sweater.

Introducing Red.

Welcome.

Bok Bok.

Grass.

Bonus:  Here is a photo of a knife stuck in the ceiling of that same band practice room:

Knife in the band room ceiling.

Leaving Los Angeles

My new rental in Orange County is good to go. I'll be driving carloads of stuff over there next Wednesday. MLIS classes start back up in a couple of weeks.

Leaving East Los Angeles behind, I will really only miss the amazing late night taco trucks and food stands. Best tacos ever, no contest.

I guess I will also miss the commercial murals that are painted on many of the local independent stores to advertise products.

Like this one:

Cat in a stew, pig serving sandwiches.

 And their blatant disregard for copyright law:

Tweety bird with a giant glass of juice.

Winnie the Pooh with a beverage next to a cornucopia of fruit.

Tube of Colgate over the store entrance door..

One guy used to have Wolverine painted on his liquor store, but it has since been painted over.

A weird, fairly common, motif is to show happy animals being cooked, like there will be a painting of a cow or pig being cooked in a pot over a fire with a big smile on their face.

[Originally posted on I'm Nacho Steppinstone, Jan. 15, 2004]

Free Humanity

Sidewalk art, Melrose Ave., Los Angeles.

Free Humanity.

Art Contest

We just had an art contest.

Miski's entry:

"Girl Standing In Chinese Smoke with Shrink Wrap Stockings."

“Step into the unknown with the girl in smoke and shrink wrap stockings.” (Chatgpt)

My entry:

"Something for Nothing."

 It's a 10 cent lettuce sandwich on a day-old bun.

“Leaf your worries behind with a crisp and crunchy lettuce sandwich.” (Chatgpt)

Who won?

[Originally posted on I'm Nacho Steppinstone, Jan. 7, 2004]