Black and white keys, saxophone, guitar, everywhere. The music has much more magnificence than can be tried to be explained through words…
Black and white keys, saxophone, guitar, everywhere. The music has much more magnificence than can be tried to be explained through words. This jazzy rendezvous has always been André’s favourite ear-food. He just loves the way its beauty, splendour, radiance is ‘unleashed’. André stares at the canvas for over a dozen times. Here he is staring at the blank space which is future marvel…or was it to be past marvel? Had he missed his chance, missed the boat which would have sailed to sentimental stardom? He refuses to collaborate more than a sentence for any one idea. Any idea that deserves a sentence must deserve no doubt. Any canvas is only worth the greatest ideas. Two André’s exist; though only one at any one time. The withdrawn analytical front, designed for most occasions. On rare occasions the other character may appear, the intensive, massively determined André who acts on impulses. Impulsive André must be begged out. A Pandora’s Box of surprises, his job will at least never cease to astonish. “Dearest André, Through years have you befriended my son Louis, so therefore I am offering an opportunity to benefit both of our interests (with intent towards your gain). Litton inc., my company has stepped up towards mainstream success. We require visual arts for our newly bought edifice. I understand you have been painting for the eight years since high school. To your discretion I would like to require a painting; just one will suffice. I would like something vibrant and colourful, yet deep and meaningful; Contemporise to your own vision. Much thanks, Dr. Raymond Fonck.” The commissioned paper lies stuck on the wall. André has read it. Now it is time for the future. It has been too long sitting around (or rather bouncing around); too get too much productivity from anything. Someone once said to him that anything is good experience. True perhaps, although he prefers productivity, especially in a time of intensity such as this; three days left until confrontation. His vigilant eyes stroll around the room, searching for advice. He is not bored, nor has he painters block, for such a term does not exist and will not ever for him. His eyes strike the clock. The clock glares 5:48 pm back. What a disgusting fierce look it has. Not 5:45, nor 6:00 and only one uncomfortable minute in-between. For at this time these uncomforting three digits add to the frustration in the actual time. “Aw!” André suddenly realizes the importance of the time. It is the one factor which never seems to be on his side but actually encourages his total progress. It is an epiphany like that of a mother to the newborn. André decides to let his hands take / control. They are the secret key, (sometimes the gatekeepers of unleashing impulsive André) His dominant left one picks up the brush (over time it has made up for its fault of statistically losing him seven years). His right hand decides to lose cognition. It dips itself into a little puddle of Sangria oil paint muck. Than it flies onto the near-centre of the canvas, smeared diagonally. His left hand takes initiative once again, waving lines of smudge to and fro. Right hand brings more paint to its destination. Myrtle, Indigo, Olive, Magnolia…and no, not that…Yes, yes, even black! (Well seal brown to be precise). All of these contextually beautiful colours unleashed! There are no thoughts in André’s mind now. This is impulsive André now; organised thought is of little importance! That colour is important here. This colour is unimportant there. A few lines of any colour are important right here or there, but perhaps a darker colour is better. More negative space up and down the edges. Shape is forming. Lines are bolding. Complete non-representational form is diminishing. Visualizations; the visualized images in mind are being…unloaded bit by bit. It is coming about. What is it though? No one knows. If anybody could guess it definitely would not be André. André knows he has the power to bring out the reality in it though. In a seemingly paradox situation he must not connect to reality at the moment though. Now, after these hours of painting, André is in the painting. He would not know it has been hours besides the constant glare of the illuminating digital clock staring from across the room; it unconsciously processes its recognition into André. The phone screams out, ‘br-ring, br-ring!’ Like the other external matter it creeps into André, until finally its screams become too annoying to ignore. It’s too late now…impulsive André has vanished; his conventional counterpart has replaced him. The phone persists though. André decides to take it (typical for his returned mannerism). He dives across the room horizontally attacking the corner where that nuisance phone lies. ‘Aw, aw, aw, aw!’ A tube of paint has squirt from underneath his stomach. Agonising that his material friend can be so painful at times (like any of his life long friends). He picks up the phone; only the tone. He has missed whatever, whoever it was. Once again, missing the boat… Now thought and all that comes with it has returned. Why now out of all times possible? There is only sadness, misery, all this escalated from these small miniscule misfortunes; all has turned to turmoil! What can one do, when feeling like crawling into a hole? His secret minor disorders such as his claustrophobia would prevent him from crawling into that hole, even if he had one. At the moment everything feels like one big hole. Not surprisingly André’s eyes begin doing the only thing they know to do in times of unrest; wander. It is impossible to ignore what is there; it has been there all along, yet has never been seen. It is beautiful! It is splendour! It is radiance!! It is interrupted by another scream of ‘br-ring br-ring’. André picks up the damn phone. Without contemplation he whispers, “Sir, madam, I’m very terribly busy, could you perhaps call back sometime?” A deep sophisticated voice replies, “Raymond Fonck, André. Listen, I need to know about the progress of the painting. How is it going; ready to sell on Friday?” Many emotions garner at the speed of light inside André allows these emotions to clash inside of him. The painting; it is beautiful, splendour, radiance! How could he give it away now, after an indescribable series of emotional contributions? It is something that has not been attempted before; yet it is new but the expression of old. It is everything, at the moment, hopefully containing more interpretive inoculations for the future. It is a subject, of just some time, yet it contains a collaboration of detail separated from time. It is…once again interrupted by screams, this time of another sort; the infuriating talking of man. “André. Are you there?” Feelings of great rebellion sweep André off his feet. He knows how he will revolutionize his life, because after all; this painting has revolutionized his thought already. “Mister Fonck. I am so sorry. Some things have come over me…a type of sickness…although I am sure you are not aware of this mad syndrome I am suffering due to it. Well to the point, I must say I will not be supplying you with your wanted artwork. Thank you for your understanding. Hopefully we can collaborate something in future.” André hangs the phone up without replies, without a stated understanding from the mister Fonck. Without even the knowledge of acceptance or approval from the mister Fonck…it does not matter. All that matters is this new painting, this contemporised vision. It is everything. Most importantly of all, it is…unleashed!
If you’re an artist or designer looking for some free hi res textures to use in you work, I am now giving away my personal textures for o…
If you’re an artist or designer looking for some free hi res textures to use in you work, I am now giving away my personal textures for others to use in their work. These textures are completely free and can be used for commercial and non-commercial work. / If you could help spread the word about these free textures, I would be very grateful. / I’m also giving away free copies of my book to certain people who are of particular help in promoting these textures & my website. / Textures are available from: / http://www.ParableVisions.com Enjoy, - Cameron Gray
We struggle (as you know) to define RedBubble. That’s OK – the Bub is big. Fran has made this…
We struggle (as you know) to define RedBubble. That’s OK – the Bub is big. Fran has made this wonderful contribution: Who are you? No, who are you really? Are you everything you hoped you’d be? When you were small, / everything seemed possible. You drew, created and wrote. You expressed yourself. You showed your friends. Sometimes mum or dad / even bought a picture (the going rate was 5 cents) What changed? You got busy. You had too much to do. You lived in a society that said art didn’t matter. It was peripheral, frivolous. Well they were wrong. Art does matter. Inspiring yourself and others matters. Creation is the core of who we are. And learning about the world through someone else’s vision makes us greater than ourselves. Who are you? www.redbubble.com
Well, things are speeding up down here in the south west, as I prepare to open my very first studio. / I am so very excited and a little n…
Well, things are speeding up down here in the south west, as I prepare to open my very first studio. / I am so very excited and a little nervous about this new commitment, and at last having to “come out” from behind my screen! lol / It seems about time I cease to be the recluse on the hillside farm and show my face in town! / I have taken on a studio space in at the historic courthouse complex of ArtGeo in Busselton, sharing the old stables in the courtyard (renovated, thank goodness, not that I mind sharing with horses either, but it is just not conducive to presenting artwork)..... with two other women – one creating jewellery and the other an artist in oils and acrylics. Hopefully being so diverse, we will all compliment each other. I have big plans, but little steps for now. However the first thing will be the fridge and the coffee machine (in this case, a high tech number called the kettle)....so that when any of you get to Busselton, you will call in to visit and I can offer you a cuppa or (ssshhhhh don’t tell anyone) a bottle of wine….or should I say, a glass! I really hope this space will be one that people can drop in to for a chat and some friendship… I am busy moving things in, decorating to set up my “space” and working out what I might be offering from that space…..as we are there as “artists in residence”. I have ordered a large stack of RB cards so hopefully these will be a good thing to offer, as well as a constantly running digital screen displaying my work. My hopes are to win commissions for individual artwork, as opposed to just selling prints. / And all in time for summer… / Down here in Busso, the flies have arrived, the grasshoppers are just up the road (saw them this morning on my early walk, the little bludgers…..all hopping in this general direction and only stopping to eat everything green in sight and breed some more… grrrr) and the tourists are not far behind (though hopefully not as rampant in the aforementioned behaviours) Busy as I am, I still need to say thank you to everyone at Redbubble….I have become totally addicted here and it is because I know I can always find inspiration, laughter, the most infinite range of imagery to feast my eyes upon (not to mention get to experience other parts of this world and its inhabitants), and most importantly of all….camaraderie….friendship. / It is the friendship that has made this site so special, and the first place I think to visit when I get up in the morning….er…well, maybe not the first. (;-) ..but you get the drift….you guys are the ones I want to share my morning coffee with! / So thank you, and my grandest appreciation to you all for your character, style and amazing creativity, and your unique eyes that view a world so different to mine, and yet bring it to share with me and make it mine. I wish you all that is good for this holiday season. (no flies, grasshoppers, and only tourists with big wallets who love your work….lol) / I wish you all sales and success and many many smiles / I also would like to thank those who have purchased work from me, including the wonderful person who just bought a t-shirt from my range for her hubby for christmas…... I hope it fits and he doesn’t flaunt it to you, too much! best wishes to everyone….. / winks and smiles / Wendy
I have been away for a month or so because so many things have been happening… 1. I finally got my Lasik Surgery and I can now see 2…
I have been away for a month or so because so many things have been happening… 1. I finally got my Lasik Surgery and I can now see 20/10, suddenly it’s like my life is in HD :) 2. I opened my first photo business in California, USA: Creative Shot ; the website is almost there, still need to work on a few things 3. I just received my new Canon 21MP 1Ds Mark III, and this weekend has been the happiest shooting in my life, this camera is just amazing! All the pictures that I will post starting today will most likely come from this camera. Anyway I missed the community, thanks to all of you who left a comment or added me to your favorites. Cheers, / -Christophe
So I woke up yesterday and went about my daily routine of checking emails, comments, RSS feeds etc and one of the emails was from my Uncl…
So I woke up yesterday and went about my daily routine of checking emails, comments, RSS feeds etc and one of the emails was from my Uncle in Hobart. / / He said he a had a special surprise for me, I was hoping it’d be a pimped out hover craft with lasers and a bobble head hippo air freshener that I can ride to Uni in, (man that’d be sweeeeeeet) :-D but instead it was a copy of the Feb issue of DeskTop Mag with my piece “Self Portrait, Part 3” filling almost an entire page (pg 70) in the magazine! / There’s also a great article in the issue about the Red Bubble community which is a great read and some really great work from fellow Red Bubblers Enrico Bettesworth and Connie De Camillo. I’d just like to thank Red Bubble and all the great members here that have taken the time to leave me comments on my work and sent me such great bubble mails since joining the site. It’s a great community. Thanks, – Cam
It dawned on them fairly early that I didn’t have a big enough whiteboard for the job so the windows of the farm where pressed into servi…
It dawned on them fairly early that I didn’t have a big enough whiteboard for the job so the windows of the farm where pressed into service. Peter, Fran and Ed had gathered with me, to think about PR at RedBubble. At least that is where it started but it rapidly became about communications. And at that point we had to ask what is we wanted to say. Hence the need to bring the windows into service. There was surprising unanimity. We have never seen what we do as being a print-on-demand site (a sort of tarted-up Kodak) or even an “art” site exactly. We believe creativity is important because it deepens our humanity. We aspire to enable people to be more creative and to share this creativity. What will come out of all this. Firstly you get to see Fran on a trampoline. Normally, I would be happy with this from the day. But there is more. Mostly it will be about more engaging, interesting (possibly strange) things from us. Things that speak about our own creativity. Why? The why is because this is the richness of life. This is what we want to do. A child picks up a box, gets inside it and finds a spaceship. We don’t want boxes at the Bub, we want spaceships. And we want to help others to make spaceships also. Sometimes we will share each others and sometimes we will travel alone. We may have to write a little about this but mostly it will be about doing. The swords will be melted down and turned into sculptures speaking of a higher reality. Martin (aka Pilgrim)
A big thank you to bubba and the Lyrical Visions group for featuring my work What dreams may come 4. If you’d like to read the interview…
A big thank you to bubba and the Lyrical Visions group for featuring my work What dreams may come 4. If you’d like to read the interview it’s here
We stand: • For artists / • For the work they create / • For the audiences they inspire / • For the buyers they move. *We ho…
We stand: • For artists / • For the work they create / • For the audiences they inspire / • For the buyers they move. We honour them, their work and their passions. The creative endeavour should be shared joyously with others. All should feel free to join in the show.
Many thanks to the Stillness Speaks Group’ for featuring ‘My Vision’!!!...
Many thanks to the Stillness Speaks Group’ for featuring ‘My Vision’!!! This one is very dear to me, so I am truly honored that you chose it as a featured piece….. In gratitude, / Jan
Thank you Susan German, The Host of All Things Poetic, Prose, Philosophical / for featuring my poem Vision…I am thrilled… And thank…
Thank you Susan German, The Host of All Things Poetic, Prose, Philosophical / for featuring my poem Vision…I am thrilled… And thank you Vulcan for your beautiful artwork which was my inspiration for this / poem.. Hugs, Sally xxxxxxxoooooo
I’m so so so happy when I saw this shot. “Macabrecat”...
I’m so so so happy when I saw this shot. Macabrecat bought this Vision of Green card from me recently and this is the photograph she took with her gorgeous Bonnie beside it! Do allow me to share this excitement because I dont think I can keep that all to myself :D :D :D Thanks Julie, I really love what you did!! :D
I hope you will love this cute pic as much I do! :D D…
I hope you will love this cute pic as much I do! :D Do allow me to share my enthusiasm here :D This is Macabrecat’s cat,Bonnie,lying on the floor with the Dream Odyssey card which she purchased recently :D Thank you once again,Macabrecat! 2 of Ophelia’s portraits were also featured recently,thank you Bits and Pieces and Fine Arts :D Celebration Of life at Bits And Pieces Group. I am also a featured member of the group for this week.Thank you moderators!! ^ _ ^ I am also happy that Celebration Of Life” mousepad received a TBA today at Zazzle ,my heart also had a mini celebration! :D Vision Of Green at Fine Arts Group: Thank you so much for all who had commented and faved these pieces, I really appreciate that! :D I will be on a short break for 4 days and I may not have ready access to the internet. Will miss viewing and commenting your works the next 4 days!!:D
Just a quick note, a lot of people seemed to really enjoy my free textures. A few months ago I had to remove them from my site...
Just a quick note, a lot of people seemed to really enjoy my free textures. A few months ago I had to remove them from my site because of some problems I was having with some oversees sneaky bum heads who tried to kill my server. So since then the only textures I’ve been able to provide were on my Deviant Art page or through purchasing my texture collections CD Well I have good news, my collection of royalty free textures are now up on my website for everyone to use again. I still have them on my Deviant Art page and for people who don’t want to download them all, I still offer my textures CD from my website as well. Enjoy.
Ok, so I’m a little nervous about doing this since the last time I gave something away for free it was taken advantage of by a small grou…
Ok, so I’m a little nervous about doing this since the last time I gave something away for free it was taken advantage of by a small group in China, but what the hell. This is an experiment that I’ve wanted to do for a while and anyone who wants to take part is more than welcome. I’m giving away the original .PSD file of my piece Once Human 5 (seen here ) for anyone to download and to recompose the original piece into whatever they see fit. You can completely destroy the image and build it back up, or you may choose to add your own stylistic touches and elements to the work. In any case be as creative as you can! —-——- / The original file is saved in .PSD format and as such you will need Adobe Photoshop or an alternative PSD compatible image editor. / This particular file doesn’t contain too many layers, (most of my illustrations have 100+ layers) so the layers in this should be easy to navigate. My only rule is that you don’t try to pass the original piece off as your own either for commercial or non commercial purposes. / I’m providing this file in good faith and only expect this one rule to be respected. Apart from that, you have free reign over the work, and are free to use your creation for any commercial work you may have in mind. I would very much appreciate either an email, comment or message with a link to your design. I’d love to see others interpretations of the work. I can be contacted either through my website or through MySpace As well as RedBubble and of course at DA I also provide Royalty Free textures which you can use in your work from ParableVisions.com OK that’s all I need to say, get stuck into it! / Peace & Love – Cameron Gray DOWNLOAD FILE HERE (file is just over 300 MB) /
I am thrilled to announce the launching of a new group, A Vision of Flight with Gail…
I am thrilled to announce the launching of a new group, A Vision of Flight with Gail Bridger as my co-host. If you have met Gail, you know her fantastic images of eagles in flight as well as her other excellent photograpy! This group is for birds; large and small, hang gliders, paragliders, hot air balloons, helicopters, airplanes and jets. The main requirement: images must show “A Vision of Flight”. No ground images will be accepted. So come join the fun! / Marie and Gail
my picture Unforgettable Evening has been featured by the fab A Vision of Flight. / !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/product:canvas…
my picture Unforgettable Evening has been featured by the fab A Vision of Flight. / / wow you guys, you have surly made my day, thank you so so much,dawnx
I have the honor of having two photographs featured at the same time in one group – it is Tunnel Vision...
I have the honor of having two photographs featured at the same time in one group – it is Tunnel Vision – a group that is slowly but surely taking RB by storm with its quality and consistency - Thank you Shane, Jus and Nicolette for your dedication! Julian
Just a little over a year ago we put together a statement of what RedBubble is about. We want to repost this not because we are too la…
Just a little over a year ago we put together a statement of what RedBubble is about. We want to repost this not because we are too lazy to write a real journal entry but because it is still true and still important. The last year has seen a global financial crisis, renewed threat of a boiling planet, innumerable international crises and no doubt you have faced many personal challenges. But throughout it all we can draw strength from our individual and collective creativity. When we take that camera, pen, paintbrush or mouse (and some things stranger as well) and start to give expression to the deeper things in ourselves we reach to a higher plane of being. When we recognize in another’s art something new or something of ourselves we connect at a profound level – not only with them but with a common humanity. At RedBubble we will make mistakes and some things will go wrong beyond our control but we hope the shared vision will keep us generally going in the right direction. So yes: We (still) stand: • For artists / • For the work they create / • For the audiences they inspire / • For the buyers they move. We honour them, their work and their passions. The creative endeavour should be shared joyously with others. All should feel free to join in the show. Peter, Paul and Pilgrim and all the team at RedBubble.
Hi there friends, And Though We Fade Away is about…
Hi there friends, And Though We Fade Away is about to be licensed to Warner Music and in my agreement I won’t be able to sell prints of one of my most popular pieces. So And Though We Fade Away is now officially a limited edition print until I sign the contract in which the piece will no longer be available for purchase. / So if you really like this artwork and were planning on purchasing it either for yourself or a present for a loved one, you should get ya skates on! We will sign it off within the next 2 weeks. I should also note though that I am still free to exhibit the work in galleries and to have it included in my books, speaking of which! I’m planning a brand spanking new high quality portfolio book! The new book will be a collection of my most popular works as well as some that haven’t been released. A lot of you know that I don’t tend to tell people the stories behind my work, well it’s all coming out in my book! peace and love.
Ok… so some of you already know that my Mr got back into skateboarding about 5 years ago after about 15 years and took to it with more …
Ok… so some of you already know that my Mr got back into skateboarding about 5 years ago after about 15 years and took to it with more passion I’ve ever seen him have before for something. During Luke’s re-ignition of his passion for skateboarding… I started getting intrigued and interested in the skate culture, especially that surrounding the old school 80s & early 90s pro skaters. We watched documentaries, read biographies, and slowly just got more and more interested and entertained by the culture of the sport. And then one day I came across this Tony Alva Inca Blanket new release deck online and just fell in love with the color and design and just had to have it! (It’s just so my style). It’s now hanging in my home office. / So that was the deck that started our little collecting obsession. I think we loved collecting and talking about it all most cause it was something we loved doing together. The Sean Cliver book Disposable became like a bible to us… we poured over the pages of colourful and cool designs talking about the decks, the designs, the companies, the politics and the skaters. (it’s really quite surprising when I think about how intrigued and entertained we were by it all!) So following is the rest of our little collection we managed to accrue in 2007 & 2008. It’s definitely not top range (couldn’t afford to pay a couple of thousand per deck… yet ;) and we didn’t focus on only certain companies, designers or skaters. All the purchases that I decided on were based pretty much purely on the graphic then on investment . Luke’s decisions were based either on emotional reasons… or investment. So most of these photo’s below were taken by the previous owners from which we purchased… there were just a few that I searched for on the internet to give an example cause I didnt want to unpack them out of storage and lug them all out for a quick photo shoot – although I will one day. Some are much more valuable in collectable terms than others. / To give you a quick rundown on terms I’ll use… NOS = New old stock (in this instance these are decks from the 80s or 90s that have never been ridden and are still classed as being in mint condition, unless otherwise stated) New Release – These were new releases to the market when we purchased… although today all are no longer available for sale. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Gator Fishlips – NOS (mint) / I completely fell in love with this design. I think it was the sleekness of it and the natural stain with the gorgeous colourway stripes behind a simple and cartooney 7 elevan cup (it reminds me of vector a lot). After I fell for the design… we then found out this was Anthony Rogowski’s (Gator’s) last ever pro deck, before he went to jail for murder. Actually, Gator helped design this deck around the time of the murder. It’s really frightening and quite sad… cause the deck & company really didn’t have a chance. Gator going to jail pretty much sent the new and potentially rising, Fishlips Skate Company down the gurgler. We were pretty shocked to see later too.. that our first purchase of the Fishlips made the infamous and very entertaining ebay watch list for Aug 2008 So turned out this deck is quite rare .. so much so, that when another in different colourway came up not long after from St Louis, USA, at a fabulous price, we just couldn’t help ourselves! / ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Powell Peralta Lance Mountain Family” – NOS (mint) Bought this mainly because it was at such a great price… and because at the time our son was only 4 and we liked the idea of Lance’s son doing the design for his Dad’s pro model. Turns out again… that our purchase stood out to the writer’s of ebay watch in Sept 2008 / ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Sims Eric Nash Bandito – NOS (mint) This purchase was completely emotional (later turned investment). Luke saved up when he was just 13 years old to purchase his first ever pro deck. Being a 13 year old… he found himself attracted to the Eric Nash Bandito and purchased it (we have photo’s of him, fresh faced, 13 years old doing pretend airs on his brand spanking new Eric Nash). That original deck of his sadly got ruined over the years by over use by Luke and his family… so he decided he just had to buy a NOS version of his first ever purchase… for sentimental reasons. When we read up on the Eric Nash designs we saw that there was the first Bandito print run that came out briefly and was removed from sale because many people believed the smoke on the deck read F&#k You instead of Eric Nash. It was promptly removed and printed over, with not many of the originals surviving. So to make the purchase more of an investment we decided to go for that one…. which we got in Sept 2008. Again.. this purchase made ebay watch much to the displeasure it seems of the guy that writes it :) / ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Bod Boyle Santa Cruz – NOS (mint)* / This purchase was completely all me… I just really liked the graphic pure and simple for the way the dragons came together to make the face as well as the stained glass effect (My Mum used to be a leadlight teacher and I admire anyone who has the patience and talent to do such an artform). Bought it from Pennsylvania, USA for a good price. / ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Vision Gator Swirls – NOS near mint / Luke had a thing for the Vision swirls for some reason. They would have to be one of the most famous and well known designs of the 80s… and collector wise… tend to hold their value. He has two of the early old school swirls, a natural and a green. He has a Gator Ank version too (not in red like below… but with a natural background). The first picture below is actually one of the Swirls he bought. He took off the horrid fluro pink protectors & the really crappy wheels & trucks and now has a good collectable deck. / (you’ll notice the graphic below is a little … off… Luke mucked around with it in photoshop one day and saved the changes by mistake.. it was the only image I had of the deck to use here… so just ignore the colouring in part) :) ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Jason Lee New Releases 2007/8 One of both my & Luke’s favourite shows is My Name is Earl and I love the film Almost Famous which he plays the lead singer. Many people actually don’t know Jason Lee (who plays Earl) is in fact an amazing pro skater from the early 90s! He was one of the first pro skaters for World Industries and then Blind. So when I found out there were new release Stereo decks that featured Jason’s own photography I hunted them down (cause I love photography… and because I hadn’t seen decks with photography printed on them at that time). This one is a limited edition 2002 release, signed and numbered by Jason Lee on the top of the deck (no. 89 of 241) It’s a photograph of Los Angeles.. and printed between the photo’s is his own words. / And I bought this full series of photographs that Jason Lee took on road trip. The tree is in Yosemite, the train is in Benicia, California and the other is Highway 58, California. All are in brand new mint condition in shrink and they too will be hanging in my office soon (problem I’m finding is though… two are vertical and one is horizontal… so might have to hang one seperate). ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Krooked Guest Deck. Jason Jessee New Release – Art by Gonz / My choice again. I think Jason Jessee is funny & I liked this deck even more too because the design was created by another old school skater, who is also an artist – Mark Gonzales (Gonz). Brand new in shrink, this one was a 2008 limited edition (200 printed) The artwork is based on Jason Jessee’s first Santa Cruz Neptune Deck. Purchased from New York. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Sean Cliver – Set of 2 Supreme Kermit Decks – New Releases Sean Cliver is the writer of the book I mentioned above. I do think he’s a very talented artist. These were Luke’s choice. He loves em. These came with matching stickers. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Mike Vallelly World Industries Barnyard. New Release We could never ever afford a legit NOS version of the Barnyard but Luke wanted a representation of this important old school deck. It’s a Cease & Desist 2008 new release re-issue. It’s an important and famous deck because famous freestyler, Rodney Mullen left Powell Peralta to start up his own skate company called World Industries with his best friend and fellow pro skater, Steve Rocco. / One of the most popular skaters at the time, Mike Vallely took a big gamble to leave the huge, well established and famous, Powell to become World Industries first pro skater. / And this deck’s shape was designed by Mullen who is not only a legendary skater but a bit of a genius. He uses physics to work out the amazing tricks he can do. He designed the double kick deck shape which had never been seen before and the Barnyard was the first product ever to be released in this new shape by World Industries. This deck revolutionised the skateboarding world. / ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ We have a few other more recent releases but I didn’t want list em cause I’ve already rambled on forever! So that’s the highlights of our collection (was alot of fun to do together… but also good to know that it’s an investment). And now that the sequal to Sean Cliver’s Collectors book is now out.. Luke and I are getting a little worried we may not be able to help ourselves from buying more! :) But it will have to be an amazing deal to suck us in or a very special deck… because we’re running out of storage space and bank account space for em :)
My niece Alanna and I had one of the best conversations last night. She is wise and beautiful beyond what I experienced as a woman about …
My niece Alanna and I had one of the best conversations last night. She is wise and beautiful beyond what I experienced as a woman about to turn 21. I have seen her understand and employ principles of life that for me are only right now just coming into view almost naturally as if she was indeed born a woman knowing ‘Who She Really Is’. / This thrills me and for whatever reason last night the Universe deemed fit, we exchanged stories on the parts of our lives that gave us both the most contrast with our parents. I did not know how similar her life was to mine in ways that she did not suffer the ‘kind’ of abuse I did, never the less me with my father and she with her mother we found we shared some most ‘unfit’ moments and then we both shared the view that all of this has indeed lead up to who we are right NOW. / ALANNA IN HER POWERFUL NOW / / And then?.. we got down to business, we got down to talking about manifesting our dreams and where we are now. She was writing a paper on ‘feminism’ for a theory class and felt that she did not buy into ‘what is’ rather she like to create her world as she went. I was in awe She so so gets it. She understands it is interesting to see how we get to THIS POWERFUL NOW.. but that she would rather not call herself anything that attaches itself to a victim or separation roll, that she is Alanna and that life is good now…. Holy fargen Cow. In a year and a half when she graduates from Cornish, a Dramatic Arts University, she and I will be moving to L.A. Calif to pursue her acting carreer and me now that I have my business geared toward yacht clubs there are so many in So Calif. we both will be part of our expanding lives and to think I will be around my ‘girl’ really feels wonderful. That is the plan. We talked abut manifesting abundance and choosing to feel the abundance we already possess. It was while we were talking about abundance and visualizing our dreams that we began to laugh and feel really good. She and I laugh quite a bit. Well just then I saw a bubble mail come in and it was from someone I did not know who said… Cool Work .... Then I saw a post to me that said I sold a large framed print... I have never sold a large framed print, but the beauty of this story is the large framed print is of my Niece and the work I created of her called Fervent of course I squealed and shared what had just happened with her. This piece is one of my most view works and she and I could feel the magic that had just happened. What an incredible shared moment of understanding the principles of that which we were both feeling at the time. Only the Universe and our Joy could line up a moment like that!! A chance that one was talking to the very person whos art was sold about a subject called abundance felt pretty incredible indeed… More and more I am feeling and seeing the ‘theory’ I have embraced called The Law Of Attraction becoming the norm. I keep close to me the motto that ‘nothing is more important, than that I feel good’ and so does Alanna. She calls for counsel sometimes only to be reminded of that which she already understands and feels. I am lucky beyond my most wild dreams. I like that life continues to open up to me as I keep exploring all the unlimited possibilities available when I choose to keep my vibration raised to a level that brings home to me all my desires which the Universe works out on an incredible unlimited scale how to deliver to me. That is so not my job. My job is to Ask and step two, the ‘how to’ is all the business of Source/Universe/God. Step Three is expecting my ‘stuff’ to arrive and find a way always to feel good. / I am no longer am at the stage of coming to believe, I do believe in this Law. It makes sense to me and feels empowering more and more that people places and things have no bearing on my Joy unless i make it so. / . / Much Love and a few happy dances to boot. I do not know who bought this piece but I wlll say THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF ALANNA’S AND ME’S DOWN HOME VIBE!! AND A tee hee heee! Amazing writer and friend, Jim Marshal bought my works Abstraction Yearly THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH JIM!!!! Linaji and Alanna
MY GOODNESS.. KARIN TAYLOR posted this earlier and I got to see this amazing vid through her. I …
MY GOODNESS.. KARIN TAYLOR posted this earlier and I got to see this amazing vid through her. I have posted this on my facebook I love this so dang much!! /
December Group Avatar Winner Dear all .. / Firstly: yesterday I had the honor of being chosen of* Artist of the week* in the Table…
December Group Avatar Winner Dear all .. / Firstly: yesterday I had the honor of being chosen of* Artist of the week* in the Tables-and-Chairs Group group. .. I just did hear the news : / To be number one in the TUNNEL VISION GROUP and being December Group Avatar Winner / As Quoted: / / Congratulations to John44, whose image, ISO 6400, won the December challenge and will be our group avatar for this month / WOW :-)) The word proud is how I like to describe my feelings after find out my photo became number one / Let me tell right away that I am VERY impressed by the excellent work of my other photo friends in this challenge, / all done with love for there hobby Photography as we can clearly see by looking to the results. Speaking for myself..we read about photography .. we learn.. we learn more ..also by our mistakes in past times .. still.. even how nice ..serious and good we try to be.. over and over again the factor luck is an important issue! Like my tunnel photo here Thanks Tunnel vision group / Blueeyesjus for this honor Best regards / John van Aarle.. / AKA John44 /
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