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.

Want to start painting? You may ask yourself the question, where do I start. . . Should I just pick up the brush and start painting?

Yeah, I guess that can work for some people, but, I’ll tell you what. I’ve been trying that approach on and off for the last few years and never seemed to get anywhere. “FireBull” is one of my first pieces that is actually worth sharing. The process that I used was to limit myself to just a few colors and let them dry before applying others to limit the “dirty feel.”

Start your painting with a brief plan in mind. Let the artwork come to you through out the process. If you map out the entire piece before starting, the there is really no sense in painting it. Is there?

I had a simple plan in mind with this series and it was to bring to life a series of abstract designs which were created in a  style similar to a graphic tattoo.

Looking forward to sharing the rest of this series. Don’t know why it goes sideways when you click on it. “Oh well.”