"If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.
If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
– Gospel of Thomas
I ordinarily try to space these out and keep things focused, but it just happened that I recently completed THREE new paintings I'd been working on for quite a while, PLUS a time-lapse video, PLUS a bunch of writing for the awesome Globalish.com – so this newsletter's kind of overfull.
Suggestion: open in a separate tab and read at leisure. There's a lot to dig, here. Be well and enjoy!
$10 Year-End Print Sale
Every print older than this newsletter is only $10 until 2015 – these above and dozens more, which you can browse on Bandcamp. If you want to do all of your shopping in one place, I'm trying to make it as easy as possible for you. Happy Holidays!
New Time-Lapse Video:
The Common Core of Science, Art, & Spirituality
A look into my process and philosophy, inspiration and commitment as an artist. Recorded through Google Glass; soundtrack from my New Year's Day 2014 sunrise cyberacoustic guitar set; narration from my talk at Firefly Gathering 2014. You can get a better look at the final piece below...
Rainbow Warrior (Giger Tribute)
20”x20” – oil & acrylic pens on canvas
Original painting available – email with inquiries
Painted at
• 2014.11.15 – Empire Control Room & Garage (Austin, TX)
• 2014.11.15 – Empire Control Room & Garage (Austin, TX)
for Govinda, Living Light, Cactus Bath
• 2014.11.14 - 18 – Studio (Austin, TX)
H.R. Giger's alien has haunted me since childhood. I swear their hives must occupy the bulk of my imagination's dark side. And now my friends at Synergetic Press have just released a new book, H.R. Giger and the Zeitgeist of the Twentieth Century, by pioneering LSD psychotherapist Stanislav Grof.
It's amazing – both Grof's essay and the Giger art inside, a lot of which I've never seen – and if you would like a copy, enter "Garfield" for $10 off at checkout.
Godzilla Was Real! (Spinosaurus aegypticus)
24"x36" – oil & acrylic paint pens on canvas
Original painting available – email with inquiries
Painted at
• 2014.09.28 – Zelicks (San Marcos, TX) – Fractālà
• 2014.10.18 – Empire Control Room & Garage (Austin, TX)
for Pretty Lights Music Showcase: Paul Basic, SuperVision, Michal Menert, Eliot Lipp
• 2014.11.18 – Holy Mountain (Austin, TX)
for DJ QBert, Jeremy Ellis, Table Manners Crew
We are talking about a fifty foot predator with a five foot head and claws longer than your foot. IT ATE SHARKS AND CROCODILES. AND while I MAY have taken artistic license with this painting, it might also have glowed with radiation...
Crystal Moon Egg Bathes in Silver Light
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2014 – oil & acrylic pens on canvas
Original painting available – email with inquiries
Painted at
• 2014.11.05 – LANAI Rooftop Lounge (Austin, TX) for Create Culture
Original painting available – email with inquiries
Painted at
• 2014.11.05 – LANAI Rooftop Lounge (Austin, TX) for Create Culture
for Shanti Planti, BogTroTTeR, EazyT, Shuniya, Fractālà
• 2014.11.19 – Empire Control Room & Garage (Austin, TX)
Art Seen Alliance, Fool's Gold Records, & Brainfeeder present Azizi Gibson, Kamandi, & Barnes • 2014.11.19 – Empire Control Room & Garage (Austin, TX)
• Studio (Austin, Texas) 2014.09.30, 10.08, 11.04, 11.22-25, 12.01, 12.04
"They proceed to sing objects into existence. Amazing objects. Objects that are Fabergé Eggs, things made of pearl, and metal, and glass, and gel, and when you're shown one of these things, you look at it and you know, without a shadow of a doubt, that if it were right here, right now, this world would go mad. It's like something from another dimension. It's like an artifact from a flying saucer. It's like something falling out of the mind of God – such objects do not exist in this universe, and yet, you're looking at it."
"They proceed to sing objects into existence. Amazing objects. Objects that are Fabergé Eggs, things made of pearl, and metal, and glass, and gel, and when you're shown one of these things, you look at it and you know, without a shadow of a doubt, that if it were right here, right now, this world would go mad. It's like something from another dimension. It's like an artifact from a flying saucer. It's like something falling out of the mind of God – such objects do not exist in this universe, and yet, you're looking at it."
– Terence McKenna
More Thought-Provoking Articles at Globalish
I can't think of any other site that keeps its finger on the pulse while staying deep like Globalish. If you're the kind that wants both gorgeous videos and excellent companion text, we work for you:
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