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TITLE - Live Painting VIII MEDIUM - Acrylic on Wood DIMENSIONS - 20.75" x 24.75" SUGGESTED PRICE - $45 DESCRIPTION - This is a live painting I did at a local art bazar in North Park. I love painting these black birds, so soothing...

TITLE - Live Painting VII MEDIUM - aquaerosol & paint pen on canvas DIMENSIONS - 16" x 20" SUGGESTED PRICE - PO/TA DESCRIPTION - My second live piece of 2011. I had the pleasure of painting on stage with Andre Power at Train of Thought . <|3

Title - Live Painting in Red Medium - paint pen, aquaerosol on framed wood Dimensions - 4' x 3' Suggested Price - SOLD This is another live painting done at Train of Thought . I pre-painted the background and then painted the figure live on stage. WANT TO COMMISSION A PIECE? <|3

Painted this owl tonight at TOT live on stage. The background I actually live painted at a previous show. This is my first character! I doodled this funny owl out of nowhere one day and I never draw animals or anything like that. I also freestyled a poem tonight and the feature,Stacy Dyson, came up to me after the show, shook my hand, and told me 'thank you' :). Rainy nights are always fun. <|3

Here's a live art piece I did last week. The feature that week was an amazing poet named Simply Kat. That night, I had the intention of just looking at her, "capturing her essence" and trying to transfer it onto a piece of bristol. So, I asked to look at her for a few minutes before the show and later on before she went on while she was out back smoking. I did the sketch then went in with various sharpies (haven't used those in awhile) and then splattered some paint. She really dug it so I gave it to her. She told me, "it made my week...no, my month" and that it made the long drive down from Inland Empire worthwhile. :) <|3

Here is my third live painting. What is interesting about this instance is that the girl painted here didn't appear until the end of the painting. I had painted the girl very quickly at home (it's not very clean) and then applied a new medium I've discovered that allows you to essentially erase paint. So, I painted the entire piece in one color so the figure couldn't be seen underneath. Then I let it dry and packed it up in my car for the show. At the show, I proceeded to paint the background in several layers. I was even allowed to spray paint a bit. And then half way through, I began to expose the painting underneath. People were pretty amazed at my "performance" and kept questioning me about what I described as a "magic trick". Only one person knew what I had done. :) Anyway, I think I will reclaim this idea. That is of the girl as a guitar. <|3

I'm live painting again tonight and I have big plans for this time around. Going to do display some techniques on stage that I don't think anyone has ever seen done. The closest thing I can describe it as is an aesthetic magic trick. I've always equated being an artist to being a magician. You take something ordinary (like a canvas) and turn into something extraordinary that wasn't there before. So, I've finished the pledge, the turn comes soon, right before the show, and the prestige is on stage and should be quite amazing. It is either going to be totally meant or a total disaster. *shrug* :) I'm learning so much and developing so many techniques. I don't think I could ever learn as much as from an art school than I could alone and exploring myself. It is tedious but oh so exciting. Here's the first live painting I did a couple weeks ago. I did everything you see from the top of head, complete artistic improv. With Love, <|3

So, here's the live painting I did last week. I got to the open mic really late. So, I was setting up as the show was starting at around 9:40pm. I had to run around the spot looking for the aisle that I had used the week before. The guy in charge of stuff like that was nowhere to be found. I looked for him in the front and people told me to find him in the back. I went to the back and they told me 'he's probably up front'. Anyway, I managed to borrow this really shoddy easel from this guy with a studio in the back. It was made of like plywood and leaned back on a string. But hey, it worked. I get backstage and I didn't want to be on stage setting during someone's performance but the host said, "Go ahead and set up, you don't have much time." So, I put out my canvas tarp, my paints, the easel, and quickly poured some water in my small tub for my brushes. Gill, the host, bought me a new canvas to work on which is nice but means I had to work str...