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Kreepy Kids ’04 pinup illustration for 1313 magazine. PAGE OPPOSITE: Abandon Hope ’07 acrylic on plywood 20" x 24" Painted this for a friend of mine who digs Halloween the most...to say the least! Private collection of Billy Messina.
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Rummy McBoozer’s Goodtime Gizmo ’07 acrylic on plywood 22" x 30". My salute to the ingenuity of the American lush, painted for a show at the Harold Golen gallery in Miami.
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LEFT: Whistlebait ’07 acrylic on plywood 23" x 24" men are pigs. ABOVE: Real Gone ’08 acrylic on plywood 15" x 22".
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LEFT: One for the Road ’08 acrylic on plywood 22" x 31". RIGHT: Mr. Peepers ’07 serigraph 12" x 15" “I really dig these campy kinda’ gags…This image also exists as one of my favorite paintings.”
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LEFT: Here’s to it… ’08 acrylic on plywood 15" x 21" “Drunks are funny!” ABOVE: Pink Elephant ’06 illustration for Mr. Retro “Invitation Kit” clip art set. RIGHT: My 3 Drunks ’08 acrylic on plywood 21" x 25" This painting represents a detailed analysis of the paradox one finds oneself in when trapped in an ongoing cycle of alcohol abuse, or more simply put… “Drunks are funny!”
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My 3 Drunks ’08 acrylic on plywood 21" x 25".
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BEAT ’08 acrylic on plywood 24" x 43".
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Ban the Bra ’07 acrylic on plywood 15" x 22".
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LEFT: Beatnik Flophouse ’05 serigraph 10" x 20". I’ve always gotten a real charge out of the whole beatnik vibe, but not the true beats like Ginsberg or Kerouac but the cheesy way they were portrayed on TV and by cartoonists of the day…That flat out does me in, man! BELOW: Dig Them Crazy Treats ’06 illustration used for signage at Atlanta’s historic Plaza Theater snack bar. RIGHT: Wildsville, Man ’06 serigraph 12" x 14". Tiki slams smack-dab into Beat! My friend Rory swears there’s a dirty word hidden in this piece…I think he’s totally gassed.
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Pearl Hotel ’07 illustration used for a print to commemorate the grand re-opening of the Pearl Hotel in San Diego.
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Up with Miniskirts ’07 acrylic on plywood 18" x 24". Inspired by every 50s men’s magazine cartoon I’ve ever eyeballed.
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