Just Beyond My Front Door

These are a few images from my children's book. I always talk about it, but never show anything so here is proof that it actually exists. They are drawings on watercolor paper, painted with water color (and oil on some of them).



"I can stroll around the neighborhood and never notice a thing, but if I look, I mean REALLY look, I will notice EVERYTHING.

'It's all just beyond my front door. Do you want to see?"

Customer Sunshine video

Here is a video I made for our band. It is my first video, so it's really cheesy, but I love it, I hope you enjoy it!



As you can see, it's all photos. I made all of the props and the painting.

J.R. wrote the song, and the band recorded it at WonderRoot Studios.
http://www.wonderroot.org/
One of our favorite places in Atlanta.
J.R. entered this song into a contest to play for a skateboarding thingy. We made runner up and celebrated before realizing that he had entered us into a contest for musicians 18 and younger. hee hee. We had to let them know.

The old and New

above 16" x 12" oil on Canvas
I like to think the t.v. head series are Imagination Head paintings. www.myspace.com/jranderin
This one in particular, I think is a good candidate for an album cover for our next album: Mannequin Zombie Sunshine Park. I have enjoyed painting borders lately and here is good example of a cityscape border.

below: 16" x 12" oil on canvas

I have not painted a border on this yet. I haven't decided if I want to do more of an electronic border or the city shapes. This is Mr. T.V. head in the morning (sold). Drinking his cup of coffee and taking his sculpted tree out for a walk.

Below are some old comic strips I found while cleaning out my studio. It's about a heart shaped head named Charlotte and her unfortunate experiences at various jobs. J.R. and I came up with the idea when we realized we both had more jobs in the past then your average person.



Here is an old painting I just got back. We couldn't fit it when we moved to Atlanta, so it was left behind and not taken very good care of. There are grease smudges on it. But I love it and am happy to have it back. I painted this right after college. I think I felt like I was growing up too fast.

24"x 47" oil on wood
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detail of lost sock
So, I saw some stickers I wanted to put on my cabinets from ikea, but they sold out of them when I finally decided to spend the money on them. So I designed my own shapes, Ikea inspired. Paper shapes, cut, laminated and taped onto the cabinets. I would have painted them on, but my landlord won't let me paint. Take THAT IKEA!






Some pictures of my garden. Herb garden in front includes Basil, Mint & Cilantro.
Strawberry plant
I can't remember what this is called, I'm trying to train it to climb up my mailbox.
marigolds, I tried to transplant a jasmine bush behind it, but it died.
Vegetable garden, just made it bigger, but haven't planted anything on the other side. Right now, just growing pumpkin and tomatoes.

Compost pile with lots of pumpkins growing out of it.
A painting I did in Memphis and gave to Sam before I left. I did a series of paintings of what I could see out of my windows of that first apartment in Memphis. This painting is of the playground/school. 3D & 2D. Small, I can't remember the size, oil on canvas.
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Here is another old painting at Sam's house. I painted this in art school during my vulture series. Based on a childhood memory. Probably around 2' x 3' oil on canvas.
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That's it! I finished the art on my children's book and am going to start the graphic design soon, with my friend Jenny. I'll post when finished!

back into drawing

I apologize about the quality of these photos. I can't seem to take good pictures of my art.

This painting is unfinished but I was told that it looks finished so I decided to post it since the background is so detailed and I will lose some of that when it is painted on. I took pictures of trees in Atlanta, mainly in the morningside area and then did quick sketches of them with mixed media on paper bags (there are a few pictures I found and used, but most are pictures I took). The size: 41" x 47" (Sold)


Detail of middle right section:
I found some VERY old photo albums at a yard sale that house some B & W portraits from the late 1800's. The pages have beautiful borders that surround the photos. I want to put my own drawings in these borders, but have had trouble finding the right style. The following 6 drawings are a few of my attempts. I can't wait to have the epiphony of what to put in the albums, but I don't think these will work. I like the drawings, though, so decided to post. Size: 4.5" x 6.5"






A drawing I did of my band, Imagination Head.
Here is the finished table, seen in a previous post without the curtains.
This painting is a collaberation. J.R. had the idea and I painted it. The writing reads "Maybe one more fruit painting will change things" Size: 12" x 16" (sold)
My 29th birthday!