Recent Posts Tagged With 'painting'

• Mr. Chicken Gets a Day Job...#15A

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 21:37 in painting, etsy, pop art, the office, dwight schrute, gouache, mr. chicken, snitterdog, that's what she said

  After the cancellation of his highly acclaimed PBS series, Mr. Chicken is distraught to the extent of wanting to hack off his ear. Instead of resorting to such drastic measures, he puts down the palette and opts to get a day job in a quaint little Pe...

• Back to Surrealism!

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 11:12 in painting, illustration, watercolor, etsy, surrealism, snitterdog, fragility

  (And watercolors)...It's been a while since I've worked in watercolors, and as a result of the recent sales of two of my surrealistic watercolor pieces, I thought it would be a good choice to do something of the same genre....I'm calling this piece F...

• Mr. Chicken is a Tree Huggin Hippie...#13A

  Posted on Thursday July 16th, 2009 at 00:08 in painting, humor, illustration, etsy, bob dylan, gouache, like a rolling stone, snitterdog, mr. chicken hippie, rainbow gatherings

  After his recent aquisition of a bonzai tree, Mr. Chicken feels inspired to commune with nature. As a result, he decides to head to the nearest rainbow gathering, where he consumes mass quantities of granola, digs holes in which to deficate, and also...

• Painting Update...

  Posted on Sunday June 7th, 2009 at 09:01 in art, painting, oil painting, etsy, zombies, surrealism, snitterdog

  The Painting gets greener!...nice and creepy... :D...

• I've Started Oil Painting Again!!!!!

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 22:10 in art, painting, oil painting, etsy, surreal, in progress, figurative, snitterdog

  Yeah!!! To tell you the truth, it's been years since I have completed an oil painting, so this is a bit of an experiment, if you will...For some reason, watercolor seems to click with me. I wanted to get back into oils though, as the color is so inte...

• So Long Decrepit Muse! :)

  Posted on Saturday February 7th, 2009 at 09:54 in art, painting, watercolor, etsy, mixed media, surrealism, sales on etsy, snitterdog

  I recently sold this original painting out of my studio--yeah!!!! Just in time to fix my car too-- excellent timing :) I think I will miss this painting. I'm definitely glad I sold it though. It's funny how we can get attached to our creations. I sup...

• Karate Chicken...#12A

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 23:55 in art, painting, humor, martial arts, illustration, cartoons, satire, retro, 1980's, karate, etsy, karate kid

  Today Chicken-san travels back to 1984-- a special time in our nations history, featuring feathered bangs and spectacular bands like Bananarama...Here Chicken-san prepares to dethrone the testosterone driven Cobra Kai-- a quaint little group of marti...

• Vitruvian Chicken...#8A

  Posted on Sunday December 14th, 2008 at 21:54 in art, painting, humor, cartoons, etsy, gouache, ymca, davinci, the village people, mr. chicken, snitterdog, vitruvian man

  After taking a wee sample of his magical time traveling elixir, Mr. Chicken finds himself in the the High Renaissance...Here he meets a curious fellow who insists on his close friends calling him "Leo," and can't help but notice Mr. Chicken's "ideal"...

• I'm Throwing Caution to the Wind...I've decided to list Originals..

  Posted on Sunday November 23rd, 2008 at 20:57 in painting, Nature, etsy, trees, abstract, watercolor painting, leaves, gouache, bubbles, original painting, snitterdog

  Yes it's true! I've decided to start listing some of my larger originals on Etsy. I was reluctant to do so for the longest time, as I was not sure if people would want to shell out that much money on the internet. I've come to the conclusion though, ...

• Well That's Cool! :D

  Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 10:01 in art, painting, publicity, surrealism, talent database, snitterdog

  Life is funny. I think a lot of us artists have felt rather bummed out lately, with the economy affecting sales and all...but then when you least expect it-- something really cool happens! :)So I checked my email this morning, mainly to see if my Dad...

• I Present to You..."Pickle Head"....

  Posted on Wednesday October 15th, 2008 at 23:07 in art, painting, drawing, procrastination, etsy, mixed media, surreal, snitterdog

  Yeah!!! I actually finished it :)...and it only took me a month!For the record, finishing a surreal piece, for me, usually takes MUCH longer. I have been known to work on surreal pieces for months, even years. Often because I get frustrated and set t...

• I'm a Horrible Procrastinator... :O ...

  Posted on Saturday September 20th, 2008 at 20:57 in painting, illustration, procrastination, watercolor painting, surrealism, dave grohl, snitterdog, the foo fighters

  You know that sketch I blogged about a couple of posts back? Yeah, I haven't started that one yet... :) The main reason being is that I'm going to do it in oils, and I haven't worked in oils in years...I'm kind of a perfectionist, so I'm, uh...puttin...

• The Latest Round of Wierdness...

  Posted on Saturday August 30th, 2008 at 18:20 in painting, drawing, Career, creativity, wierd, etsy, sketch, surreal, surrealism, creative block, snitterdog, wierd art

  So lets just say I've had a creative block since 2001...I kid you not, I'm dead serious...This was the last time I planned a major composition...I think when I finished college, and went out into "the real world" I lost a bit of my creative edge. I w...

• The Story Behind the Painting

  Posted on Saturday August 2nd, 2008 at 21:00 in painting, portrait, you tube, watercolor painting, symbolism, meaning, confessional, the cranberries, snitterdog, creating artwork, ode to my family

  Does anyone ever wonder about these things or is it just me?....I'm guessing occasionally people do wonder what was going on in an artist's mind when they created a work of art...Personally, I am facinated by these things...I am very analytical, I am...

• Mr. Chicken Plays With His Beaker...#7A

  Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 17:34 in painting, scientist, weird science, gouache, laboratory, mr. chicken, snitterdog

  Yes, it is true...I have been neglecting Mr. Chicken..:O...But no More!!! :)...Here is the latest in the adventures of Mr. Chicken :)....After spending a day and a half in bed with the hangover from hell, Mr. Chicken is back in the game. To prevent s...

• I did a custom Alchemy Order! :)

  Posted on Sunday June 1st, 2008 at 00:53 in painting, pink, alchemy, leaf, gouache, snitterdog, illustration painting, thegreenefairy

  Yeah! This is very exciting to me...I generally get...the "convobot regrets"...etc....YOU SUCK!!!! no!!! ....This time I got a yes :)...so exciting! :) This is what I created for someone :)...It's a Rowan leaf, for a little girl named Rowan :) I like...

• Mr. Chicken Has His Beer....

  Posted on Tuesday April 8th, 2008 at 02:13 in painting, beer, cartoons, alcohol, liquor, bar, gouache, tavern, drunken debauchery, mr. chicken, snitterdog

  After narrowly escaping death from a chicken hungry shark, it is time for Mr. Chicken to unwind...He therefore decides to head down to the fanciful red light district, to his favorite saloon. Here he indulges in a wee bit of tastey suds, which he wil...

• Ooga Booga!

  Posted on Sunday March 16th, 2008 at 19:39 in painting, blue, hands, greeting card

  That's what comes to mind when I think of this most recent illustration...:) The assignment was to create a card to be given to an inmate, expressing that the person giving the card, forgives the inmate, for infact, being an inmate...Does that make s...

• Mr. Chicken Goes Scuba Diving...

  Posted on Sunday March 9th, 2008 at 13:35 in painting, scuba diving, shark, the goonies, cory feldman, mr. chicken, snitterdog

  Today Mr. Chicken explores the seas of exotic Oregon, as some kind of..."Pirate ship"....has been roaming around the coast since about 1985....Rumor has it there is some loot that could save Mr. Chicken's little town....Wait, what's that there behind...