Wet Edges - Nov 6, 2003

I would have guessed Painter, but it’s Adobe Photoshop.

Kryptonite Gas - Jul 14, 2002

Found on a write-able CD archive disc, I can’t remember why I called it that. Corel Painter.

Supposed Organic Life on Mars - False Color

My online buddy Mac Tonnies and I have been blogging since before they called it that. I have long since re-engineered my site to run Wordpress, and "broke the link" to these old images, but the Internet never forgets and the relentless programmatic "spiders" that cataloge the Web for "relevance" came looking for them.

A long time ago, in Internet time, Arthur C. Clarke made an offhand email remark about "tree-like" objects on Mars, which appeared to have no geological explanation. He might have known better, because once they’re on the network your words can be cross-referenced endlessly. At that time I thought, "Wouldn’t it be fun to show what organic life on Mars might look like?" (Keep in mind that these Mars things are really, really huge, and that this image was "colorized" by nothing but my imagination.)

Lowell Maps the Canals of Mars

Here we see astronomer Percival Lowell, as he meticulously documents the so-called canals on Mars. If you go in for high-tech, scientific "what-if" speculation, Mac Tonnies over at Posthuman Blues offers up the best around. But I am warning you, Mac, that anything you say (or imagine) could come back to haunt you.

iTours Booth at Convention and Trade Show

eWarrior digital art prints dominate a room. Silicon Valley’s 2007 Real Estate Trade Show and Convention was themed "Shoot for the Stars." Three of my rock icon paintings were there to honor famous celebrities.

Immaterial Girl?

Popularity comes and goes like the tide, doesn’t it? Is this famous blonde the Immaterial Girl? One attendee confided that she liked the painting technique, but didn’t particularly care for “her.”

Classic Rocks

Another guy, commenting on the artwork seen in and around high tech offices, said he’d rather see these any day.

Cafe LA

If Los Angeles isn’t actually glowing with heat these days, then it sure as heck feels like it! A transition from sun-streaked patio to unrelenting blue sky got me on my feet and on the street, to snap these photos of a coffee shop on Ventura Blvd. in Encino CA.

Lattice Detail

Blue Sky Detail

The photos, on-the-spot layout, and Photoshop finishing (back home) are all about working as quickly as possible to capture the "Look & Feel" of the place. I don’t know if the composition "works." I’ll leave that to you.

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