I have had fairly clean hands working in the design/creative industry for the last 13 years. Using a keyboard and a mouse working on large corporate accounts is an amazing job, absolutely love it. When I rediscovered how inspiring it actually is to get your hands dirty by tapping into my roots in fine arts. I have noticed that an entirely new creative arena has opened in my mind.

The downside to getting your hands covered in paint is the big meeting the next day. Oh well, I told a semi-okay joke and played it off.

It’s fun to make faces, whether you are making them at people for fun or if you just draw them. We see faces in everything from food to cars. The concept was inspired with a dimensional aspect in mind to capture the detail of the painting through photography.

This is the latest face which has tended to go on the darker side from where the series started. The bold red and orange against the cold metal give this piece a  powerful presence on any wall. This piece will be mounted and hung in the next few days. Face it, there’s more to come on this series. . .

detail photo of painting — photography by Kevin Brummer

Really it's not that big of deal, it's just a $4000 T-shirt.

Painting a T-Shirt, has it been done before? The answer is no. This has never been done. Jeff Johns was the first to do it.

Actually, painting on a shirt has probably been done a million times, but what this particular shirt captures is the essence of fine art brought to life in an entirely different dimension. While it looks great on a canvas and an over-sized print, this study was primarily focused to capture this artwork in an unusual fashion.

So why is this a $4,000 t-shirt? Well, the answer is quite simple. The $4,000 shirt is an abstract example of the pricing strategy in the world of fine art. The more you pay for a piece, the more value it has to you as an individual as well as other consumers who see that other people have purchased these products at a high price point.

Will I sell this shirt for $4,000? Who knows, I’ll probably lose it tomorrow.