It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Life has been very busy. Kathy is pushing me to post more things, so I’m going to do my best. I’m currently working on a collection of paintings for my upcoming show at Barrio Cafe in Phoenix. It goes up Monday, June 7th and stays until August. Here is one of my paintings, it isn’t done  yet. It’s inspired by Kathy’s new novel that comes out next year.

Kathy and I had an art exhibit at The Heard Museum for the past 11 months. We made over 500 items for the 1,000 foot gallery space. We had a silent auction last Friday night to close the show. Everything sold! The rest we get to take home and enjoy in our house. Maybe we’ll sell some it, we’re not sure yet. Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting us and the exhibit!

I haven’t had time to blog lately, I’ve been super busy making art. The orders for fall are starting to flow in, and i’m trying to get a jump on the season. Here is what I’ve made!

… a new painting! My wife loves to eat fresh fruit slices with Pico de Gallo sprinkled on top, or sometimes Tajin seasoning. To see the plate and how she arranges the pieces, it looks very vibrant. It was ripe to be painted! This painting is dedicated to all the fruit lovers out there! I have some mantasitcally cool craft projects coming up next week for Father’s Day so stay tuned!

This is my newest painting for framed prints and my host mascott for Mantastic Comix!You wont find her in any old poolside party but you can find her only here on the most Mantastic site ever!Help me find her a name and win her print for free!!

What can I say? At least I am recycling! Acrylic, glitter and varnish – on 40 ouncers. * click on headline to leave me a comment.*

Starting to get the hang of it!

What’s up people?

Patrick here,  knee deep in clay and glue and even glitter! I’ve been working on making some merchandise for a store in L.A. called Handmade Galleries that carries our art. Our booth just got filmed on a reality show called, “The Cougar”. It’s a show about a 40-year-old woman who is on the prowl for a 20-something. On the episode, they guys competing for her had to shop for her birthday. They stood right in front of our booth! The film people fuzzed out some of the parts of my paintings, but you can still see them.

However it was still mantastic!

I am also working on a tree of life project for a tabletop or altar. I’m using some wire hangers, some clay, a lot of glue, and some found objects..its gonna be so too much! I’m still working on figuring out how to construct it. Also I am currently making a mantastic version of the old scrap book…I know what you’re thinking – and you’re right! But here it goes anyways!

I am going to post these ideas complete with the how-to’s very soon!

Stay MANTASTIC!