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2010-02-12T02:07:00.000-08:00

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Cock Study In Crayon

2009-05-11T01:25:00.000-07:00

Alone No Good

2009-02-04T04:14:00.000-08:00

i love to feel free. drink wine. listen to elvis c.....

but i over do it

i ask advice always, davey gives it to me gently straightly

my name is not Lenny and I do not like Rabbits

don't suffocate the art with all your love, ori! let it go

o.k. i will try. but I am still retarded. please remember-

i don't want a special parking spot, just a special gift in the way with the women and men models

Flickr

2009-02-02T01:34:00.000-08:00

it was a pain in the ass, but I started a Flickr page.

Karry

2009-01-26T03:46:00.000-08:00

Karry let me draw her for the entire afternoon

i love her

she is so beautiful

she's an old-fashioned beauty

a real dish

my modigliani version

one charcoal spawned an army

pages and pages of karry

when i need to practice something, I just draw me

old reliable

i like that i can tell myself, as the model, what to do and not feel awkward doing so.

so naturally bossy

It All Started In The Kitchen

2009-01-17T02:22:00.000-08:00

adrianna is the model

and actress

eric is the photographer and pornographer

she is also a pornographer

Le Depart

2009-01-12T03:02:00.000-08:00

today I played The Style Council and drew a self-portrait

in french that's autoportrait

I'm trying to learn stuff out of books, and study the masters that have paved the way to make all of my humble attempts at painting possible.

right now I'm into Pierre- Paul Prud' hon

The Language of the Body

Boa

2009-01-10T01:32:00.000-08:00

this has a jungle feel to it

kind of like adam and steve in the garden of eden

i can't control myself with colors yet. unable to figure out restraint.

finding some way

redrawing chelsea

one of the most useful christmas gifts - the pink orchid. it's a silent new reminder of beauty. nature without having to leave this room.

Balancing A Big Ass

2008-12-29T02:46:00.000-08:00

here is the counterpart to the other ass-themed work

another ass; another angle. O.n..ly it's my ass both times. I am my own favorite female model. Davey is my favorite male model. That's not favoritism, only facts.

I don't mind what "i" look like any more. I'ts all about the painting. no offense, Ori, but, I wanted you to look HUSKY!

for now, I feel the partially insane/asinine part of living as an ARTIST. God damn fuck! I'm happy and confident and retarded. there are beauties and grotesqueries out there and in my mirrors at home. I will paint it all for you out of L-U-V (you best believe)

Gift for David Hurles

2008-12-15T01:05:00.000-08:00

David Hurles is in a nursing home right now and is suicidal. Dave, Dian and I desperately want him to be strong and be wonderful. Because hi certainly is. We want him back when he is well, so we can party with him. Maybe a little hustler too.

I painted this large canvas to cheer him up and get him inspired to come find all the dangerous and delicious men, when he decides to take back his title, The Prince of Hollywood.

Homemaker

2008-12-10T00:24:00.000-08:00

tofu with tumeric

diaper cake

Prop 8 Piece

2008-12-06T00:51:00.000-08:00

here is what I have in the Prop 8 exhibition at Antebellum Gallery

it went through a lot of changes

for the painting, I was inspired by all the confusion that the pro-Prop 8 commercials tried to cause

how absurd that this awful law was twisted into some campaign about children being taught how to be gay, which is fine with me anyway

all of the colors I used kind of represent the distraction from the fact that this is about Civil Rights.

Behind

2008-12-01T01:22:00.000-08:00

ass themed

for a new show in January

I'm not sure what to call it. but it's as though I'm checking it, or afraid of it

Miranda

2008-11-22T02:52:00.000-08:00

my oldest niece

I showed Eric my Adriannas

he took this of my studio. from here it looks like I have quite the body of work.

this will be finished later. I have to work on an ass themed show piece.

Hawaiian Girl

2008-11-18T01:45:00.000-08:00

inspired by my Polynesian obsessed niece

Bodily Injury

2008-11-15T00:41:00.000-08:00

dual/duel

Submerged

2008-10-30T03:11:00.000-07:00

violently happy

Heidi Blue Girl

Heidi

sketchbook part 2

dinner table West Hollywood

Extro Version

2008-10-21T23:34:00.000-07:00

I've exposed myself a lot. to the point of non reaction. gratefully.

an elf

Sandy

drawing my friends gives me a reason to reconnect

maybe that is the deeper meaning. at least half of it.

Ruth

when I just can't get it right with drawing, I feel like a frustrated third grader who simply cannot figure out the correct answer to a multiplication table.

but instead of a wrong answer, I just end up with a distorted perspective. then I end up liking what I just criticized. now I'm questioning the whole idea of perfection and correction.

Warm Dominique

she opened my mind this afternoon.

I want to get deeper, to somewhere.

and it can't be forced out with a hand down my throat

it's going to take a while

Spun Gold

2008-10-15T22:35:00.000-07:00

I put gold in her hair.

putting the boobs underneath

I'm really into using all sides of the canvas

making it somewhat more dimensional

Naples Yellow

2008-10-13T21:32:00.000-07:00

I drew her several times

and even painted her once

but not until tonight

did she become something of my own mind

not a model, but my art

Lab Portion

2008-10-13T00:45:00.000-07:00

adrianna unfinished

with iggy

patience for me

chelsea unfinished (pastel)

innocence is the first impression of her

he told me to give him a mohawk

the actress

Sketchbook

2008-10-09T00:15:00.000-07:00

recycle

Coop

2008-10-01T00:20:00.000-07:00

portrait of Chris Cooper

charcoal and acrylic

Nudist

2008-09-29T01:03:00.000-07:00

redone with red and blue

brown pencil

Little Dom

2008-09-26T02:07:00.000-07:00

he had an elongated neck and torso

switch

Trade

2008-09-24T01:14:00.000-07:00

Portrait of Renee

mapping it out

Blue Veins

2008-09-22T02:02:00.000-07:00

fixed stare

one day as a wig

Rose Hips

2008-09-16T00:57:00.000-07:00

here is what happened last night

yesterday listening to jazz

my painting on display at The Hive, downtown L.A.

be free in your

Midnight Hazel Nut

2008-09-10T00:35:00.000-07:00

This is my latest painting. I'm not going to be lame anymore. For almost a year I was afraid to put anything on this blog. That's silly. It makes me happy to do this, and I like it again now.

a humble start

My Greatest Inspiration Is With Whom I Live

and love

more love

Daniel

Coop

A Young, Male Model, Musician, Actor And Dominatrix

baby Bu in colored pencil

Mold Standard

2007-10-26T02:36:00.001-07:00

profile and Dave

profile and knob

just a drawing

not me

tomato plant and "My LOve!"

DJR

2007-10-13T03:04:00.000-07:00

this was tonight

a few days ago

last night

I keep a sketchbook by the bed.

Dave held his erection for a half hour pose.

Ambien Sleep 2

This is that charcoal in acrylic.

I like to draw first, then paint.

I looked at this instead of the mirror.

Somewhere, my eye size gets distorted.

Dave and I in the car.

Earlier this evening

I'm a little worried and feeling unattractive.

this was a good day

Sunset Rubdown

2007-10-05T21:42:00.000-07:00

Sarah

Dawn

a.k.a. "JJ"

Sarah is my cousin

We look nothing alike and are opposites in our professions.

She is deeply religious.

My David

This is me

I like it, even though it's all twisted.

drawing big faces brings me fulfillment

My sister and I also look nothing alike, but we have the same lips, I think.

But

2007-10-01T01:19:00.000-07:00

This was my sour expression tonight.

My mom was adopted. So, I am really not sure about my ethnic background.

This was an attempt to draw my butt.

But, I ran out of room for the big, old thing. And I forgot to look at my face in order to draw it more accurately.

Litter Box

2007-09-29T02:10:00.001-07:00

This afternoon's mess.

Last night I finished this really late.

It is not really stylish, but I like it.

I started this really, really late.

Something makes me feel tranquil when flowers get involved.

When framed, drawn pictures become hanging works.

Mustard Rub

2007-09-28T00:23:00.001-07:00

Oil pastel self- portrait

I did it this afternoon

I was cooking naked because it was hot in the house.

the latest stage in this painting's metamorphosis

it used to be this

here is how it began at first

an abstract one

although, still a self portrait.

the oil pastels have been so calming

there's no pressure with this medium

they are colorful and satisfying without feeling the stressfulness of paint or charcoal

Trollin'

2007-09-26T22:17:00.000-07:00

Night Rally

2007-09-24T02:52:00.001-07:00

Not done with this yet. It's still finding its way out.

The one on the left is what I just finished.

The blue one is still going through a phase. The one on the chair just needs a trim.

I have to do all of them at once. Paint dries a different speeds and I can't wait for it. Multiple projects are more inspiring and also the only way my creativity can cope with my impatience.

A sketch to lubricate the brain a little.

An exaggerated charcoal.

I think I ruined this because I can't stand white, blank canvas. So far every color has looked shitty in comparison to the way I had it in the first place. Fuck.

This is my exact facial expression.

Even I'm impressed by the subtleties.

Keeping the Dog Awake

2007-09-20T02:15:00.001-07:00

I started this days ago. It is inspired by my niece, Miranda.

finally finished it tonight

this started out with my face. I was feeling so ugly.

then it took on an entire personality of its own

just checking out angles. I fucked it up big time, but the composition is good, I think.

eyes

In No Particular Order

2007-09-19T01:00:00.001-07:00

I was eighteen when I did this

sketch I did on the beach in Playa Del Carmen

sketch of Dave on beach in Mexico

sketch of a lady on the beach

I like the bottom half of this charcoal

another lady on the beach in Mexico

me and my butt

torso

I always draw myself fatter than I really am

charcoal

Sarah and I got drunk and started crying. Then I drew her.

wide load

drawing of Dave in the dark in our living room.

Ambien sleep

my hair was all wet and unbrushed- it looked too ugly not to draw

lamp, wine, Bambu

I had this framed for Dave

Kitty

me

my face in Mexico

Dave and me

Davey

my mom's face

us

girl pissed

unchanged

I did this in 2005, when I was drinking, doing coke and Xanax

2005- up all night. I painted this on an actual mirror. By the time I was done, I was so fucked up that my vision was terribly blurry. As you can see.

this is perfect

druggy

charcoal I entered in the Naked show

this painting took many forms before it got to this. I am so proud.

I did this at seventeen.

I thought charcoal on white paper was very "Naked" - just bare. no colors or distracting mediums.

I did this at eighteen

This is very soft when you feel it.

I think I was nineteen when I painted this one

still a troubled teen

oil pastel

the orchids from Sunday night

I painted this last year in 2006 for my friend's birthday. She didn't seem to care, so I kept it.

This is so much better in person.

this one is very soft too

this is the painting of Dave's Birthday Vase

it has really great texture. it's slick

I'm proud of this one too

I'm getting this one framed for Dave next

He loves the pose

up close this is incredible

I hope it's not lame to praise my own art work

but I really care for it

it is what I love to do

It just feels good to do it

it makes me happy