Last Post / Long Cat

I wont be posting on here anymore please visit me on: www.jamesjosephswartz.com for any updates...

I leave you with a picture of Long Cat...

Don Van Vliet/Captain Beefheart

The Artist Don Van Vliet died just recently, on the 17th of December. Many know him best as Captain Beefheart.

His music always made me want to go paint and listen to the grass grow; I always think of the lyric he composed: "Somebody's had too much to think", quite often.

Somehow the downpour we have been having seems appropriate...

John Paul Jones In Laguna

Art

I finally got a chance to go see the John Paul Jones show at the Laguna Beach Art Museum and had a good time over there. I didnt care much for the other art that was there though, here are the pictures of it...

Little Red Riding hood stop motion is done!

Film

Finished it ahead of schedule before Wednesday; i still want to go back and reshoot some scenes later, mostly on live action scenes. still shots wont load, ill get them up later...

Album cover

I might be doing an album cover if this particular band likes my ideas I have for the cover, fingers n toes crossed...(no Pix yet)

Paintings

i got three done in the past month, here a snap shot of them and some others...

Shoes

I got some custom VANS shoes thanks to Liz, check out her site at: http://myfootprint.weebly.com

Little Red Riding Hood/Ron English

-I have finished the wolf and lil' red riding hood puppets; I now have two weeks to finish my stop motion movie...

-I haven't been able to do any silk screening :(

-Went to Ron English opening and helped pass out posters, it was fun. I briefly chatted with Mr. English about UFO's...

Golden Dawns, not showers...

I rise early in the mornings now and for those who don't have the time: A golden dawn is upon us, purple light fades rather easily into various shades of blue sky. The moon (in the southwest) looks like a sickle or a smile and is perched between the purple and blue portions. Ducks and various birds float around the crisp-cold-arid-air. Orion is in the east and It is no longer raining.

People look dark brown/ burnt orange with hints of prussian blue at this hour. Shadows scatter about rhythmically and I try to capture what i can with my pencil...

Rat Bastard Fink Running T-Shirt

After much issues with the transparencies and the color registration; I was able to pull a somewhat decent pull of rat finkesque design. I didn't include the text that goes with the shirt. it is for a running team: Crazees on the Run. The thunderstorms provided a nice soundtrack for most of the entire time...

Also moved into new room that I was able to paint "neptune" color; It makes me feel more productive.

I made some progress on Bp prints, I am using Permaset ink which is ideal for paper but it dries very quickly, in fact it started to clog the screen on some prints--need retarder!