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!

My December posting.

So, I started this table at the beginning of the summer because I wanted something to hold my record player, records, t.v. & movies. I ran into many problems but overcame them all (such is life) over the last few months and am pretty proud of myself. All done with a jigsaw and drill. I decorated it with some children's books, some favorites, some just visually pleasing (Heidi, Pinocchio, Little Women & a 1946 copy of Through the Looking Glass). I use old books as backgrounds to my paintings sometimes. I just LOVE how it looks. Following are a details of the book pages:
Front view of table. The last step is not finished. There are curtain rods in those sections, waiting for their curtains.
Another view, notice the napkins under the leg, to keep the table from wobbling. Hey, I'm a novice.
Here is a picture of J.R. wearing a mask from Chucky Cheese that we found, but I have a feeling that the name used to be different. Reagan, help me out on this.
This is an old painting I found at my friend's house while playing a show in Knoxville a few weekends ago. When my family lived in D.C. we used to climb on this Einstein statue. I had to paint it for some reason. The little kids on it look really crazy, like scary movie sort of creatures. It was one of those paintings that just came out really fast. I think I finished it in two days which is very uncommon.

Some random photos of J.R's garden, the city, Lion cubs at the zoo and Halloween. I am a broken china doll and J.R. wore a wig. That's about the most dressed up he gets.