"The Kiss" finished!

The finished surfboard is currently at the glasser getting its final gloss polish, but you can see it in person at one of my upcoming events!

October 8 & 9: Sacred Craft Surfboard Expo in Del Mar Faigrounds

Oct. 15-16 & 29-30: Open Studios Tour, 546 first st., Avila Beach, CA

Love Conquers All

Here I am adding the finishing touches to "The Kiss." Is it a statement on interracial relationships, an example of forbidden love? Or is she luring him to his death? You decide. Pretty soon, you will be able to drink a bottle of Kelsey Wine that this image will adorn, and contemplate it further...

It goes off to the glasser this week, and then I will be able to display her!

"The Kiss" is about halfway done...

Here's an update on the progress of my latest surfboard. I plan to be done by the end of next week, have it photographed, then off to the glasser for the final coat of gloss resin, so it could actually be surfed (don't know anyone who would want to, though).

"The Kiss"

Here is the latest surfboard I am working on. It's about halfway done and is a somewhat modern take on the ancient stories of fishermen being lured and seduced by sirens. I've painted a weathered old-growth redwood finish on the top and bottom.

It's titled "The Kiss," and will eventually be the wine label for a pink bubbly at Kelsey See Canyon Vineyards. This awesome 70's singlefin shape was created and glassed by Greg Webster.

Make sure to swing by Open Studios in October to see the finished product in person!

After almost a year of work (off and on), here is the finished painting. It is based off of a photo taken by Joe Quigg back in 1949. I was initially attracted to this image because the woman in yellow resembles my mother. When my mother was a teenager, she and her sisters worked on the beach every day, renting surfboards and canvas mats for my Grandfather's surfrider rental stand under the pier in Avila Beach. My mother told me many stories about this era and this painting is my interpretation of these times.

I will have giclées, prints and cards available very soon.

It's funny how I have been painting this scene off and on for a year, and I just noticed that there is a guy playing washtub bass. I keep finding new things in this painting...one could look at it for quite a long time and find something different each time.

Arrrgh!