Above are some Holga shots of some antlers in downtown Creede, Colorado that I took this summer when it was about 65 degrees.  I wonder what the temperature up there is today!

PS I'm also running a 20% OFF sale on all my Holga images in my ETSY shop THROUGH 2/11/11. 

The coupon code is: TXVALENTINE2011

                                        St. Elmo Motel - 20" x 20" - Acrylic on canvas
                                                         

Sorry I've been slow with the posts lately.  I've been pretty busy.  I was able to get some work done on my new painting today.  I'm almost there!  I need to get it finished for a local show that starts on Sunday.

Today I wanted to share a little craft that I did yesterday.  My wife really wanted to do something with a large frame she bought at McKinney Trade Days a few months ago.  She also wanted to incorporate burlap.  We brainstormed together and thought it might be cool if we created a piece that looked like a framed burlap coffee bag. We decided to make up a coffee brand named after our town.  The Frisco Coffee Company is what we chose.  It was a cheap way to create a large piece of crafty art. 24 x 36 frame $5, spray paint $4, burlap $3, stencils $3, Masonite board $4. Total for entire project = $19.
Here is the tutorial:

I was up early Saturday morning......5:20 to be exact.  I was able to get in two solid hours of painting with no disruptions.  This is usually uncommon since I have two little ones keeping us busy.  Ryan Bingham radio on Pandora kept me company.  I was able to get some details put in on the top portion of the sign.  So far so good.

Here are few shots of my new painting.  I felt the need to kick off the New Year with a neon motel sign!  I've got tons of detail work to do on this one.  I'm just laying down the base colors now.  I'll keep you updated.

I bought a YUDU back in August and it's been sitting on the studio floor....untouched.  Last weekend I finally decided to give it a whirl.  I started simple with a text design that is inspired by my Thunderbird Motel shirt.  I printed it on one of my old undershirts so if I screwed up it would be on an old shirt. I really didn't believe that my first attempt would be this good.  I've ordered a few more supplies to take my screen printing to the next level....haha.  I plan to do more in the near future.  This is pretty fun!

It's official.  My photo was selected and altered to create a Hayes Carll concert poster for a show at Lola's in February.  I think it turned out great.  Hayes Carll is one of my favorites, so it makes it pretty cool.  Thanks to Dusted Juke and Spune for putting this together.

Here is another one of my favorite prints from the group I recently I developed.  It's an image of a Lone Star Beer sign that is on the side of an old tour bus parked in front of the Broken Spoke in Austin, Texas.  I shot it with my Holga.  I was super excited to see that it was almost perfectly centered!  This one of my favorite photos I've taken with the Holga.  I also found out that a local designer may be using one of my Holga shots for a Hayes Carll concert poster! Hayes Carll!!!  I'll let you know if it comes to be!  Prints of this Texas treasure are here.

Above is a new piece I finished a few weeks ago.  The title is Blue Skull. It was a Christmas present for my father-in-law. I drew his name this year in our family gift exchange. It is 12 x 12 on canvas with an antique yard stick frame.  I'm digging it!