Horses for Courses

This painting took me a while, I wanted a good mixture of images again and I worked for a while on getting them right and underpainting everything. The words are from 'Lief Eriksson' from the album 'Turn Off the Bright Lights' by Interpol, as are most of the quotes I use. I was trying to paint what I picture when I listen to that song. Like Windows Media Player when you put on that image randomiser thing, but more specific to me, lol

Off the canvas

Back to the actual paintings and the reason anybody reads this blog, cos it ain't the witty social commentary. This is an idea that developed fairly quickly, I dont even know if it qualifies as a painting, I didn't want to do it in my usual hypercolours as I thought that'd make it look too much like somehing from Art Attack, but I spent a lot of time giving it a really rough texture, so it looks like the mooooooooooon, except it's not made of cheese

Life's a beach

When university is far too boring to handle me and my friends go to the beach nearby. This is the first photo of me on the blog, see if you can make out the funny face I'm pulling. Not. Anyway, its just a cool picture, so obviously I didn't take it and full credit goes to DC

System 3 is the shizz

When I paint, I only ever use Daler Rooney System 3 acrylics, I'm not fussy about paint really, I don't really know what's good and bad, I'm self taught, I just know what I like and thats how I paint. Anyways, I was running a bit low and couldn't find any paint at a good price in Belfast, so I some online, and I didn't realise how much paint I'd actually got, it made me very strangely happy to have this much paint :D

Robot Cakes

So a while ago it was a good friend of mines birthday, and she had a cupcake party (which is high up the list of manly activities) and of course it was inevitable that I made a robot cupcake. Only problem was, I tried to take a picture of it before it was dry and it all dribbled :s oops

Don't Dance on the Paisley Print Please

Here's a comission I popped out a while ago for someone, they wanted it for their sisters birthday. A TRT original is a great gift for a birthday. Or Christmas. Or Hunnica. Or a wedding present. Or a barmitzvah. Or a batmitzvah. Or an anniversairy. Or Valentines Day. Or whenever I'm low on cash from buying too many sweets and comics and need the money

I tried to bring together a lot of my usual elements, in a way that was more gentle than chaotic. By the way, I don't paint a new picture every day here, I'm working through a backlog of stuff here, lol, I paint quick, but not that quick, plus I have 2 jobs, and (nearly) a social life and an unhealthy addiction to my playstation (she'll never leave me)

Wear your robot on your heart

So after my wee post the other day about how I love it when people send me robot things I got a wee tag on the old Facebook in this picture, apparently its in a well known shop where boybands dress themselves (ok yes, and sometimes me too)

I must get one and then I can wander around like Snoop Dogg... Ok maybe I won't be exactly like him, granted, it may take a little more than that, but I'll get there in the end