Winooski Cont.

More photos from the adventure around Winooski.

Winooski Warzone

Exploring Winooski Cont.

Exploring Winooski

Bridge top

Sequence

Got a GoPro camera for the store. Been trying to figure it out and see what it can do. Thing is pretty cool for such a small & simple design. Definitely going to have some fun with it this winter. Will try to post more soon.

Dang

Colin Mckay: Vert Bangin'

Transverberation

This is my third piece for this years Art Hop. Again, acrylic on canvas 18 x 24. Inspired by Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Theresa.

Oh Roy!

This is another piece done for this years Art Hop. My tribute to Roy Lichtenstein. Its a smaller piece, 9 x 12 acrylic on canvas.

Bowl Sketch and Painting

I didn't have quite enough time to do a fourth piece for the show so I included the sketch for the Bowl painting as well. Figured it be cool to see both next to each other. The piece is roughly 18 x 12, acrylic on a piece of maple ply.

Lakefront Blues

For the ones we miss.

For the ones who pass in and out of our lives, some more briefly than others. I saw this on the world wide inter-web and thought it was fitting. I miss you a little, I guess you could say a little to much, a little too often and a little more each day.

XGames nonsense

I think things in the skateboarding world are starting to run wild. When the fuck did 75lb fourteen yr. olds start skating like its a screen shot from a fucking video game? This kid is gonna change the game like Alva did in the 70's.

Fun with CHEEZ-ITs

Nothing like some tasty cheese crackers to make you feel like a teenager again.

Randoms from camp weekend

Almost Camp Weekend...

Camp weekend is almost here... and it couldn't come at a better time. An annoyingly hectic work schedule and a troubled mind makes it incredibly easy to go run and hide in the middle of nowhere. A good long weekend with friends and family to relax and refresh. Unfortunately, my return is the start of a seemingly never ending work week. A week filled with thousands of wanna be Burton bro-mo's, no sleep, PBR and cheap Canadians. I'll really have to make this year at camp count.

Retreat

Camden, Maine

Summer Time

Heres some photos from this past weekend. Look close... you can see BeeJ's thoughts.

Nuclear

Quechee

Get in your DeLorean

Believe it or not, this fine pile of metal & plastic was born in 1972. A time where 2psi balloon tires replace suspension and simple ingenuity allow you to pack this sweet piece of machinery into the trunk of your car. When three wheels sufficed and there weren't a thousand rules governing fun.
This truly is a time machine to better times.

Busy Bees

The Epitome of a Poor Workspace

Ever try to do something and not have quite enough room to do it?

Making Your Own Frames

This is essentially my first real post. Or at least the first post that actually supports the reasoning to make this silly blog to start with. Obviously its not documenting any work in progress, but it is supporting work, and as far as I'm concerned any real artist should be able to frame their own artwork.
So, this will be a relatively quick step by step procedure to make a frame for a canvas. ( Keep in mind that there is hundreds of different ways you can do this. You can simplify it even more or you can completely over complicate any project, so if you don't like my way, then go shit in a hat.


First, figure out what you want it to look like and all that before you start so you're not fumbling around wasting a bunch of wood. Then, go get some wood and rip it down to the size you prefer. I just got some pine because it's cheap as fuck, easy to use and you can get it at any weekend warrior workshop. The next part you can do a few different ways. You can essentially run a dado along the edge of the board giving you a lip to sit the canvas in. Again, you should have already figured out what the depth of the lip you want prior and adjust the dado accordingly. If you don't have a dado blade you can just give it a couple extra passes over the table saw to do the exact same thing.
Once you get the lip desired for the piece then cut to length. I'm doing a 45 but you can do a butt joint as well. I don't know if I have to say this, but I want to... measure twice, cut once, don't be an asshole.



Once you get the pieces you need cut, lay the sides out and make sure you did what you were supposed to and they all fit together well. Then glue together, clamp and wait. Once dry and strong, do any finish sanding you need done. Using pine you'll need to do a little more touch up because its such a soft wood.



From here its pretty easy. Its all aesthetics so choose a stain/paint/poly that will look the best for whatever piece the frame is intended for. For these frames I'm just going to use a stain which is super quick and easy. Pictured above is first coat, second coat and the fourth frame is actually the fourth coat. I wanted it as dark as I could get it... and yes that is a sock, they're not just for clean up.
I also add 'L' brackets to the corners for added integrity of the joint. Using a biscuit in the miter joint will strengthen up the joint if you don't want to use brackets.



From here you're pretty much done. You just need to attach a wire or something so you can mount it on the wall. I also add little rubber knobs to the corners so it doesn't mark up the wall but its completely unnecessary.



Done.
Now I just have to paint more, but I think I'd rather just make the frames.

SkateSkateSkate

Still can't skate so I took a few shots of Clinger killing it.

SkatePhoto

Hurt myself the other day so I haven't been able to skate but went out on lunch and snapped a few photos.
Perfect day to skate.

SkatePhoto Cont.

Around the bowl

Meant to upload this yesterday.
Couple pumps around the bowl.
First drop in of the season, kind of nauseating but stoked to be skating again. (It was actually like the third drop in, but fuck you I'm getting old. Almost dropped my phone the first time)

Winter is officially over

Shoveled out the bowl and chipped away the ice last night after work.
Swept it and had a mini sesh when I got out today.
Skate season has officially started.

Stowe

One more reason why I still snowboard.
cell phone pic.

2009 Burton Seven

Has anyone noticed how the base graphic on last years Seven resembles something you'd see in the pages of a 1994 edition of Hustler?

Snowed in at Stratton On-Snow

Didn't get the chance to pull the camera out much this year at Stratton. We were a little busy shredding the 30+ inches of snow that unexpectedly fell during the two days of on-snow. I did manage to take a couple crappy photos of nothing, this being the coolest of them.

Bolton Parking Lot BBQ

Rallied up a big crew for Bolton.
Fresh snow, good turns and good friends.

Waterfront Ducks