2nd hand

Man, I love a good thrift store, antique mall and a flea market! You can usually find me in one, especially, When I have an upcoming art show. I'm always on the hunt for frames, vintage children's books, dolls, ephemera, photos and other reference materials that catch my eye and might spark some creative response. I have been researching for my up coming show and have been buying frames for it for almost a year. I still need about 5 frames left for the show. So I'm in the field 4 days out of the week, searching and looking for that perfect frame. Once in awhile I will come across some great items like an old Halloween lantern from the 40's.  I got lucky the other day when I came across this 1959 "The visible man" for only $10 what a deal!!! They usually go for around $60 .... its not like its rare or the holy grail.... I just always wanted one I think they are freaking cool! I'm also on the hunt for The visible woman, Horse,dog and skull.

Now I just have to put it together.

Box and all, Miles not included.

Has all the parts! Only major issue was the broken foot 

 Epoxy did the trick and it just like new!

It had a few dirt marks and glue on the body... goof off cleaned it up nicely!

It had some tape on the bones, but that was easy to clean.

Lightning does strike twice.

Another piece from Lori Early has been stolen from Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York city.

1905

Running again

Just in time for St. Patricks day

A friend of mine named Sewer, hooked me up with these authentic PRO-Keds laces from the 70's box and all. Although all my Keds are beat to a pulp. (I'll post photos later) I'm on the hunt to find me some new pk's so I can lace them up and be more official.

Thanks man! 

As a bonus, Sewer gave miles a pair of suede 70's PRO-Keds. What a guy!

Velocipede

I have been wanting an old bike for the longest time! Curently, I have a 60's Schwinn 10 speed that I plan on rebuilding and make it a fixed gear,Frankenstein bike. When I was living in Montana in the 90's I passed up an vintage bike do to moving and storage. Yeah, stupid stupid!I made a lot of stupid choices in the big sky state! I had the chance to buy a 64 ford galaxy, in great condition. Instead my lame ass bought a rusted, hardly running, milk crate for seats, 64 Impala super sport* for a few $ 500 dollars more. The reason I didn't buy the Galaxy " I didn't like the rear lights!" .....What was I thinking!!!!

*As of today the Impala is not yet running and haven't had the upholstery put in it yet!!!


I have the chance to redem my self over the summer, my wife and I are taken a trip to Nebraska this summer and hope to find one of these beauties down below in any condition rust and all!

Oorah

I was hired by red bull a while back to paint at a military type of function. I wanted to paint something related to the event. I decided to use Chesty Puller as my subject. unbeknownst to Red Bull, and my self, one of his descendant was at the event and was giving the art work. It now hangs at one of the head quarters for the U.S.M.C in Virginia.

The set up.

I was rusty at the time using spray paint for portrait's. I did have it at a really nice spot were it could of been finished and the proportions was head on. But, I ran out of brand of spray paint and was forced to use a darker shade of color from another brand of paint. The two didn't react well and didn't match up in tone. The darker color add fatness to the existing part of the face and messed up the proportions and I couldn't fix it.



You can see the difference It was heading in the right direction before I had to re do it with the other brand down below.

The finished Product.

Raquel

Sake and Durok in El Paso/ 1999

Red rocket

A few weeks back I caught Cat Dondi playing with his pecker on our bed! It's definitely time to get his balls cut off.
poor cat! Meow!

Plastic

Is it me or do these people look like corpses!

What the hell is wrong with these screwballs!

I always wanted to see what I looked like If I had the perfect nose! Since I have been teased my whole life for my shnozz, I figured what better way is to get it fixed, and might as well fix all my faults; Like my lazy chin, and my funky ear lobes.

Before

After

After looking at the possible end results, I really don't mind me.

Here is a look at Other notable noses.

W.C. Fields

Big Al Delvecchio

Bob Hope

Ex graffiti writer, Adrien Brody

Detective Lt. Mike Stone on the left (Karl Malden)

Jimmy "SCHNOZZOLA" Durante 

(Friend of my wife's grandmother)

"It's coitons for you Mugsy, coitons!"

Sake at Writerz Blok/2005

Joey Gold and Sake

Painting the brim.

Skinny Cap

Storms The Man!

At the opening for my last show, Storm surprised me with this gem! He had it wrapped in a Japanese newspaper

I knew right away what it was. You can't hide that shape! At first I thought he got it at a local Japanese market in Costa Mesa, but he actually found it over seas. I wanted this book for awhile I even had an older post about it called "give it to me."

Thanks Storm!

On The Look Out

On of my favorite artist had had one of her piece's stolen recently.

Full story here.

Visit Lori's web site.

Superman Takes Flight 1949

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