"Nellie Oleson" visits Gloucester

My friend Alison Argrim was in town for a few days visiting last month on her way down to Cape Cod to do her one-woman show, "Confessions of a Prairie Bitch" which celebrates her life and career including her role as Nellie Oleson on "Little House on the Prairie." I took her up for a day trip along the North Shore to visit the various sites and we stopped in Gloucester harbor to take a photo with the famous fisherman statue and so Sock Monkey could see the famous location. It was all very silly and a lot of fun.

New Public Box for City of Boston "Project Paintbox"

I finished up a new box for the Mayor's Office Project Paintbox. This one is on Western Ave. across the street from the Harvard Univesity playing fields. I was aided by my best bud Mr. Aidan H. Demsey who suggested the seahorse idea. This is the 9th box I have painted in Boston and other locations. I love doing these and can't wait for the next one.

Boston Red Sox Foundation Murals in Springfield, MA

I spent spent several days this month working on the latest mural marathon for the Boston Red Sox Foundation. With the help of a group of awesome volunteers we painted 8, count them, 8 huge murals. I put the finishing touches on them all but a HUGE thanks to the great crew of around 50 folks who came out and painted at the Stage One school. The photo is just of few of nice folks who stuck it out to very end. Thanks again to everyone involved.
Click on the title link to see the portfolio of photos from the project. The colors and images were softer and a bit more gentle than my usual in-your-face style but since the rooms are filled with infants and small children I didn't want to overwhelm the kids.

My Trail of the Painted Ponies Pop Art Figure

My Trail of the Painted Ponies collectible Pop Art Pony figure is now available and they made me Artist of the Month in their magazine which is also available online at

http://www.trailofpaintedponies.com/e-magazine/e-magazine-2011/table-of-contents/artist-of-the-month/

I think the pony turned out awesome and can't wait to get my hands on a few. They are currently taking orders and will begin shipping in August when the figures arrive from the manufacturer in China. I'm going to do a special edition with a hand-painted lazy susan display platform and a limited edition print.

And the fun contiues....

Biggie Smalls Goes Home

I recently did a huge painting of my Biggie Smalls "Unbelievable' album cover for Wayne Barrow the man who was, and still is, Biggie's magager. Wayne was surprised on his birthday with the painting by his assitant Nirvana Savoury who arranged the whole thing. Thanks to Nirvana and Wayne and I look forward to Wayne's next venture.

Red Sox Clifford Park Mural Photos

Last summer I did a mural project with the Boston Red Sox Foundation and a group of visiting Japanese baseball players at Clifford Park in Boston. The event was covered by the New England Sports Network on the show "Boston Red Sox Week" - here's a couple screen grab of me with the group and the Red Sox Mascot, The Green Monster and the painters hard at work.

MusicCares Streisand Portraits

I did this quadruple album cover painting of Barbra Streisand for the annual MusiCares charity event in Los Angeles in Feb. 2011. Ms. Streisand is the guest of honor and the painting will be part of the auction which all goes to help MusiCares do their good work helping aging musicians who need a helping hand. Thanks to Mike Goldstein at the Rock Pop Gallery in Portland, Oregon who sell my album cover paintings for coordinating this project.

New Boston Paint Box for Mayor's Office Program

If you should happen to find yourself at the corners of High and Pearl Street in downtown Boston near Post Office Sq. you're probably lost. However take a look around and you will see the new public utility box I painted for the Mayor's Office Paint Box program. They asked me to do the box and I could have waited until Spring but I thought I'd squeeze another one in before the cold weather decends, which it did today, so I finished just in time. Looking forward to Spring and the next box - a huge refrigerator-size one in Alston. Thanks to Holly George at the Mayor's Office for coordinating the project.

Boston Living Center 2001 Calendar

I designed the Boston Living Center's 2011 desktop calendar and used my painting "Big Red Tree" (an homage to Clarice Cliff) for the cover. The calendar is $10 and available directly from the BLC web site - http://www.bostonlivingcenter.org - see the link a the bottom of the home page with an online order form and a list of retailers. The calendar makes a nice gift and features really nice art and photographs by artist living with HIV. All the money raised by calendar sales goes to fund the Center's art program.