First Friday May 1st...

Goddamn... I forgot my camera! I shouldve taken at least a few pics with my phone of my show in case people who couldnt make it could see it here. I need to learn to just carry my big ass Nikon D80 everywhere i go....but damn its big and bulky... nice but bulky. Anyway things went really well tonight. It was really nice seeing friends and new faces coming to First Friday. Its the first time in 5 months that ive been able to pay my rent for the gallery without coming out of pocket. Its like a huge "wahoo!" ...and I give my wife a nice high five! and we go home and pass out. But seriously I was in a great mood tonight. The weather is getting nicer...and I got to do a lot of new art! doing a lot of stuff for yourself feels damn good. Ive learned a lot in the last few months and got to experiment with different mediums and styles. I am working a few sketches and will post things soon....so much to go through. I have so much stuff people have never seen. So check back often. Ill have more interesting stuff to show. For now....heres some random stuff!

Hendrix session 4

I started doin a little with my new airbrush i got... im diggin it! I went around and adjusted colors and added some detail. You cant really see what i did until you look up close in person. Its pretty trippy. Anyway ill work on more tonight. Its tea time. and maybe some greenery. 

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So ive been battling and cursing through the stages of his face....which is the hardest part of the entire godamn painting! But... its coming together i think... can anyone tell me if it looks like him? can i move on? haha... i want to get to the fun parts which will be the smoke coming from the spliff and the fishies should be fun too. Once i get past the hardships of painting his face it will be all easy and fun after that. I also need to put in some highlights into his hair... that will make shit pop! anyway thats all.. im gonna go back to painting. Might post some more later tonight. PEACE!

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Hendrix session 3

HAppy 420 fools! I had an eventful day and im feeling good. I sat down for the 3rd session today with the Hendrix piece im doin. Here is progress shots of what i got done tonight. Im gonna go pass out! peace!

Biggs Paints Hendrix!

So ive been commissioned to do a series of 8 paintings of one of the greatest guitarist in history, Jimi Hendrix. I got to learn a little bit about him and ive been doing a lot of research and picture finding. Anyway... Im going to start posting progress shots of the whole painting process, which I never do... So this is an experiment. The first painting ive decided to do was inspired by an interview with him asking where he got the inspiration to write "Purple Haze". He went on to say that most of his songs are based on dreams. Purple Haze was written after he had a dream he was walking around underwater. Sounded pretty cool and trippy so i decided to go on that. :) so here we go.... this is the first few hours of work. Im not fond of acrylic but i really want to do touchups and highlights with my airbrush in the end... anyway check out the pictures... this should be a fun project. 

New piece in progress

Check it out yo! heres a new piece Im workin on. Started it with acrylics live at a show and then brought it home and slapped some oils on top. Now Im thinkin ill add the rest with my wacom! 

Biggs @ EXTREME THING 2009

Had a booth at Extreme Thing. I think ive finally figured out how to add a damn picture on this blog thingy! usually im pretty up on my graphic design and computer skills but that shit bugged me! anyway....here. Enjoy fockers. Photos by Fred Morledge - PhotoFM.com

Photos by Fred Morledge - PhotoFM.com