Ride TODAY!

This is my latest block print featuring mountain bike images.  

This one is meant to inspire and motivate you to drop what you're doing and take some time to ride your bike. With the hustle-bustle of everyday life, it's tough to pack up the bike and gear and head for the trail. Every time I do though...I clear my mind, exercise my body and come out a better person. I find it a necessity for my soul and facilitates balance in my life.

*Available for purchase from my Etsy shop here.

Coffee In Bed Etsy shop is shaping up...

This print is available for purchase from my Etsy shop here.

my new photo backdrop

  

My wife taught me about photographing products in a professional and consistent way, each time and every time. It certainly shows on her website and Etsy site. Her photos are amazing and take a lot of work. I recently created this backdrop for my photos...reclaimed pallet wood and a small section of leftover drywall I found. Simply sanded, glued, painted and voila! Looks extra fancy eh?

Great photos make a huge difference. Shop around on Etsy yourself, and you'll see how good photos get your attention, make you click on the thumbnail and then portrays the product and company in a very professional manner. Want to sell online?  Take your photography seriously.

*Available for purchase from my Etsy shop here.

Treasury on Etsy!

Made another feature on an Etsy treasury over the weekend. I've been renewing this for some Valentine sales hopefully, and am getting quite a few "favorites" on this print. My shop looks pitiful with just this one listing, but I'll be posting more products in the next few weeks. Gotta start somewhere, right?
Treasuries aren't such a big deal, but they have a chance to be picked for the front page feature which is cool.

Hello paint! Long time no see.

Wow, long time since I have painted a picture. I did a lot of painting in college and really enjoyed my time in the painting studio....it was therapeutic and I think I was pretty good back then.  I've missed it, and am happy to be doing it again. My style is very graphic oriented. I grew up skateboarding and was heavily influenced by graphics on tee-shirts and skateboard decks. I've also been a graphic designer for 16 years, so logos, icons and such are ingrained in me as well. Bold graphics and icons will never die. I'm drawn to it and eat it up.

This is a first in a series of bold-colored graphic bike paintings I plan on doing. Get them in a nice frame with big white matting and I think they'll pop off of a wall. Perfect for the mountain bike enthusiast. My wife didn't go for the green tires here, and suggested I keep it simple...2 colors. She's usually right, especially about art.

I digitally enhanced it and voila, now just red and yellow. I actually want to screenprint these by hand rather than have them printed. Great....another project for the awesome basement studio! 

Soon to be featured in the Etsy shop.

Mountain Bike Block Print - 1st pull

My first in a series featuring my love for mountain biking. I'm really happy with how this turned out. Pictured is my first pull on some cheap rag paper. I'll be shopping for some nice printmaking paper this week and get these rolling. I think I'll put them in a series of 50 maybe. I'm a bit torn as to putting things in a series though. Does it make it more valuable and enticing to the shopper, or am I selling myself short of multiple sales after the edition is over? That lino block will only last so long after inking, printing and cleaning over and over. 

 

Soooo, do I set a number of prints and trash it, or print as many as possible till the thing just dies? I'm going to think about this more. Will have to ask some veteran printmakers about this for sure.  

Blue Morse Code Prints

Made some new blue ink prints on sugarcane paper cards last night. They remind me of morse code for some reason...guess it's the repetitive pattern that yearns to spell something out. My technique is improving. Need to keep my work area clean and watch those fingerprints! This is getting fun...now just need to get some up on my Etsy shop and print, print, print.