Busted

One of my prints was featured in the Bust magazine gift guide.

Night Of The Comet

Next week we'll be in Chicago for Renegade Chicago, which will be held at the Pulaski Fieldhouse in Wicker Park. I was there years ago, working on a Russian movie that was filming in Chicago, something about a Russian hockey player whose brother was murdered in Chicago and now he's here to kill everyone. It was certainly one of the most disturbingly racist movies I've ever seen, as the Russian filmmakers thought black people were either a., in a gang and crazy or b., homeless and crazy.

We were shooting late one night, and I stepped outside into the fall air to get away from the director of photography, who did his best work while falling down vodka-drunk and screaming and groping the female P.A.'s. Just as I stepped outside into the park the sky exploded in a burst of brilliant green-white light, and a massive fireball, green flames licking away from the white incandescent front, burned slowly across the sky and disappeared behind the buildings. It was true surprise. A woman in front of me saw it too and immediately burst into tears, thinking a jetliner had exploded. "Oh, God! They're all dead! They're all dead!"

"It was a meteor," I said. She stopped crying and looked up into the sky. Inside the fieldhouse I could hear the D.P. screaming in Russian. The woman and I looked up into the sky for a long time, but there was nothing there.

65 miles away, my future wife was driving down a darkened rural road and saw the same flaming ball plummet across the sky.

Anyway, we'll be at the Pulaski Fieldhouse next week.

New

For the upcoming Bird Show at Cactus Gallery in Eagle Rock, CA.

Enormous Tiny Art Show L.A. 2

Here are the new paintings for the Enormous Tiny Art Show L.A. 2, which opens December 4th. The show will be held at Living Room on Sunset Blvd. in Silver Lake, and the opening reception is Friday, December 4th from 8-10 p.m.

If you're interested in purchasing any of these, please contact the gallery through etawest@gmail.com or by phone at 603.433.1705.

Another Night, Another Bout Of Sickening Yet Exhilarating Butchery - acrylic on panel, 8" x 8"
Sometimes While Neck-Deep In A Flower's Bloom, I Can't Help But Feel Used - acrylic on panel, 4" x 4"
Finding Comfort Above The Fatigues Of Humanity - acrylic on panel, 8" x 10"
All I Need Is A Flicker Of Weakness, And I Immediately Go For The Eyes - acrylic on panel, 10" x 8"
Judging From My Shrill Whistles And Calls, You Wouldn't Think My French Is Excellent, Yet It Is - acrylic on panel, 4" x 4"
I'm A Lot Of Fun Once You Get Past The Feather Nits And The Biting - acrylic on panel, 6" x 6"

Finch Number 7

Sold.

Commission

Two cabinet doors I recently painted for a wonderful longtime patron.

Finch Number 1

From my new Fifty Finches series - 50 original finch paintings priced at $50 each.

Or, if you "fitty," if you prefer.

Now available in my Etsy shop.