Thursday, October 25, 2012

Strange Occurrence at Hermosa Beach Pier

I love foggy mornings because the air feels laden with some ancient power. The tangible world is limited by the density of mist and you never know what might emerge.
One foggy morning in April I found myself on the Hermosa Beach Pier. As I captured a few moments of the eerie ambiance with my camera a familiar tune of my youth gently wafted through my mind...
"In the misty morning,
On the edge of time,
We've lost the rising sun,
The final sign..."
             -"Children of the Sea" Heaven and Hell, Black Sabbath 1980

What happened next...well what happened next I'm glad I filmed. I've left the clip unaltered.

   
 

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Fun with Non Stickyness

So I love to oil paint but cleaning the brushes is such a bummer. I kept seeing these new Non-Stick barbeque brushes everywhere. They finally popped up in the hardware store and were being used as non-stick glue brushes. HMM I thought could I oil paint with one? So I found one for less than a quarter and gave it a go.

The brush loaded up with paint.



I just started putting stuff on a canvas to get a feel for it.


While painting I heard about a friends 100 lb. harvest of  lavender. This seemed like a lot of lavender for one person.  I was then inspired to paint a field of lavender.


Things were going okay. The brush was cake to clean and switching colors was as easy as wiping a babies butt.

I felt the brush was a little long so I hacked it down


That's more like it. I pressed on for a few days letting the paint dry between sessions. Not having a back painting (just the white canvas) I decided to work that in as a lighting effect. 

The "finished" painting (are they really ever finished?)