I like pyrography doing pyrography, but haven't done any this year. Here a few of my pieces.
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Thats awesome work man!
Beautiful. I love the Alien themed one at the bottom (the rest is amazing as well)
Thansk. I like my pop culture. I have done a few Star Wars pieces as well as some pastel portrait work of musicians.
I have a paint by numbers on velvet around here somewhere...I'll try to find it. 
We do have some really talented artists here. Keep them coming. This is a fun thread.
We do have some really talented artists here. Keep them coming. This is a fun thread.
Some great work posted, and great pics of the artists... when they had hair.
So, like... no one posted my work?
No no, that's ok. It's perfectly ok.
So, like... no one posted my work?
No no, that's ok. It's perfectly ok.
Servant King, that's some primo blues, exquisite keyboard. What's the group and who are the rest of the ensemble?
Different genre, but I have a friend who does the best covers of Hank Williams I've heard, powerful tenor with guitar chops.
The music industry illustrates that the cream often does not rise to the top. I often hear not well known musicians who equal the best known.
Different genre, but I have a friend who does the best covers of Hank Williams I've heard, powerful tenor with guitar chops.
The music industry illustrates that the cream often does not rise to the top. I often hear not well known musicians who equal the best known.
Thanks! The group was The Cole Downing Band, of which I was a stalwart member for about five years. That band always had a revolving door of other musicians, though. The only other guy in that session who I even remember a full name of was the other keyboardist, John McBride (Hammond B3 organ on this track). Joe on drums, Jeremy on bass, and a guy named Ray sharing vocals with Cole. Please excuse the absence of surnames--perhaps the high quantity of pot I was smoking at the time was partially to blame for this lack.
I think Cole still does stuff in and around LA, but I'm not sure in what capacity (especially for the last 18 months or so), and we kind of lost touch after I moved out of the city in 2016. Your observation is pretty much spot-on; the cream usually stays at the bottom! I definitely understand why--cheaper rent, better looking women etc.
Interesting fact about that session (at Capitol Records' Studio B) was that I was told afterward that I was playing Nat King Cole's piano. Also, the Hammond organ belonged to Billy Preston, and even had his signature on the sheet music holder on top of the organ console. Pretty big shoes to fill, on both accounts. I'm just glad I didn't flub any notes, especially on the tinkly cascading part in the beginning... ?
I met a fella my age with a full head of dark hair and I asked him his secret. He said, “clean living: no drinking, smoking and a modest sex life. “
I told him, “I’d rather be bald.”
Poseidon pouring down terrible Vengeance on revellers who did not sacrifice to him.
The image of Poseidon himself just appeared on my bathroom wall when I was redecorating.
Scraping down a rough area to smooth it out, suddenly there it was exactly like that, riding some kind of strange shark like creature.
Bear in mind that the painting is little more than postcard size
The image of Poseidon himself just appeared on my bathroom wall when I was redecorating.
Scraping down a rough area to smooth it out, suddenly there it was exactly like that, riding some kind of strange shark like creature.
Bear in mind that the painting is little more than postcard size
I love pokerwork and yours is stellar!
Thanks for the kind words. I also do a bit of pastel work as well. Havent done anything artistic for a while.
Another pic of a pyro piece from a few years ago and an Aliens themed t-shirt print I did by creating a sketch on acetate and using a craft knife to cut it out then spray paint.
When I saw your work depicting Michael K. Williams as Omar from the wire I could hear him whistling
Another pic of a pyro piece from a few years ago and an Aliens themed t-shirt print I did by creating a sketch on acetate and using a craft knife to cut it out then spray
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If y'all come at the king, you had best not miss.When I saw your work depicting Michael K. Williams as Omar from the wire I could hear him whistling
I'm diggin' that Indian mc piece, also the pipe work. Maybe its time to commission a tamper?
I hope this thread isn't dead for good. I'll embarrassingly submit my own work from 25 years ago - a live nude painting where I tried to combine Van Gogh's sky with Modigliani's elongated torso.
