Oh, Lazy Summer

June 30th, 2010
by gideon

Well, not really. I’ve been frantically busy…but most of it has been work I’m getting little or no $ for. Anyway, I HAVE been lazy when it comes to this blog, and since finishing the work for my show with Julie, I haven’t made any more garbage bag paintings. Hopefully I will soon. In the meantime, here’s another illustration from Elliot & The Goblin War:

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Lulu, RIP

June 22nd, 2010
by gideon

This past weekend we had to put our beloved kitty, Lulu, down. She hadn’t eaten or drank anything for a week, and after blood tests and X-rays were inconclusive, the only remaining options were very expensive and not even guaranteed of curing her. We are very sad. She was a good sweet cat and not even four years old yet. She was just starting to turn into a cuddly lap cat. Things hadn’t been easy for her, going from being an “only child” to having all the attention that used to be bestowed on her going to a shrieking hairless “kitten” that rapidly outstripped her in size, strength and intelligence. It must have been terrifying for her, and disheartening. Despite that, she was very tolerant of Milo for the most part. I hope she can forgive us for our shortcomings as “parents”, and that she is happy wherever she is. Goodbye, Lulu.

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“Family Trash Collection” opening, Saturday night 6-8!

June 18th, 2010
by gideon

I will resume posting new paintings next week. In the meantime, please come see the show!

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Did you ever get the feeling…?

June 16th, 2010
by gideon

…that there were Goblins in your room waiting to strangle you in your sleep???

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Summer Vacation, part 1

June 7th, 2010
by gideon

Off to Oklahoma with the wife and kid to visit family and eat BBQ! Just finished illustrations for the forthcoming Elliot & The Goblin War…here’s another sneak peek:

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Waste of Time XVII (Associated)

May 27th, 2010
by gideon

This one is mostly bathroom garbage. You can see the toilet paper tube on the right (hmmm, that should have been recycled). Click here to see the eBay auction. Last week’s painting is also still available.

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Seed pod

May 20th, 2010
by gideon

It’s that time of year when the weary old tree in front of our house sprinkles our front yard with thousands of hopeful little tree-sperm. I drew this while Milo frolicked in the dirt.

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New garbage bag painting: Waste of Time XVI

May 19th, 2010
by gideon

This is an original oil painting, number 15 in a series of works that depict and document my household waste. It is both a way of acknowledging my culpability in the destruction of our environment, and a symbolic act of recycling.  And, should you win the auction, it would look lovely on your wall.

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Waste of Time XV

May 11th, 2010
by gideon

The second oil painting in the Waste of Time series, now up for auction.

This series depicts and document my household waste. It is both a way of acknowledging my culpability in the destruction of our environment, and a symbolic act of recycling.

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Goblins in a cave

May 10th, 2010
by gideon

This is for a forthcoming middle-grade novel to be published by Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky.  Tomorrow I will post the next painting for auction in the Waste of Time series.

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