VW Bus

12"x12" oil on canvas ••• We all seem to have "going out and partying with our friends in a VW Bus" stories (don't we?). I remember trying to get to a party with some friends in a VW Bus on a steep Los Angeles street—sections of Los Angeles have steeper streets than San Francisco. Ah, San Francisco, such fond memories. Remind me to tell you about the time I once fell out of a parked car and rolled down a street in wonderful old San Francisco. On second thought, don't remind me. • Where was I? Oh yeah, stuck on an almost vertical L.A. street with a bunch of my still sober (vertical) friends. VW Bus engines are so weak and that street was so steep that the van just stopped in the middle of the street and refused to go up the hill. We all had to get out and push it to get it going again AND we had to walk to the party. As they say, nobody walks in L.A. (I think it might be a city ordinance violation to walk in L.A.) so the whole walking concept was new to us. • Actually, going down the hill after the party in the VW Bus was much more terrifying than getting stuck going up the hill.

Posted August 21, 2018

sold • private collection orange, ca

Wind Up Robot One

12"x12" oil on canvas ••• I am pretty sure I posted this painting here before, but I wanted the five robot paintings to line up over on my Daily PaintWorks gallery. • Here is a link to my DPW gallery page: 

www.dailypaintworks.com/artists/rlogan/artwork

Posted July 20, 2018

Wind Up Tin Toy Robot Five

12"x12" oil on canvas ••• (As promised, here is the second piece from my email twofer.) I promise these are the last of the little toy robots I am going to torture you with. My apologies if you do not like cute little wind up toy robots. • I wanted to finish up showing you this series of five paintings to give you some insight into the workings of this artist's brain. • Whenever my four remaining brain cells get together to form a thought (which is rare) they often lock onto the concept of painting pieces in a series. These little robot paintings are a good example: I painted one and then proceeded to stretch it out to a series of five pieces. As a matter of fact, I was thinking of taking it out to a series of nine, that would give me a nice three by three square when I display them. See how that works? I not only think of stretching the series out, but how that series will look as a shape and/or pattern. • Considering that I do not know if there are actually nine of these little toy robots in existence does pose an interesting but not insurmountable challenge. Brain cell number three (I think he is the creative one) loves such challenges. • Anyway, there you go, some insight into my thinking. Seeing as how my four remaining brain cells do not like each other, I am happy to form any thoughts at all, let alone any that are coherent enough to share.

Posted July 18, 2018

Wind Up Tin Toy Robot Four

12"x12" oil on canvas ••• This was another twofer email, so I will post the text from my email in the next blog post. If you wish to subscribe to my emails, just click on either of the two Sign Up! buttons on this blog. My emails are a little more inclusive and they usually contain detail shots that I do not post here on the blog. My subscribers are very important to me, so I throw in a little extra.

Posted July 11, 2018

Wind Up Tin Toy Robot Two

12"x12" oil on canvas ••• (As promised, here is the second piece from my email twofer.) From the moment The Spousal Unit walked through the door with these little robots, I fell in love with them. They are only about 2-1/4" tall, but it is a dynamic 2-1/4" to be sure. • Today, I present to you robots Number Two and Three. There will be a total of five of these little space invaders coming at you. • Number Two (above) is an entirely too happy space invader, but the grumpy hick Number Three (below) makes up for it with his menacing, two-toothed grimace. It is a nice contrast between "I am friendly and mean you no harm!" and "Hmmph... You kinda looks tasty!" • And for all of you new subscribers, yes, these are evidence of me painting whatever That Woman brings through my studio door. Marital bliss (and my continued access to freshly baked brownies) is of paramount importance to this artist. I am a base person.

Posted June 29, 2018

Wind Up Tin Toy Robot Three

12"x12" oil on canvas ••• This was another twofer email, so I will post the text from my email in the next blog post. If you wish to subscribe to my emails, just click on either of the two Sign Up! buttons on this blog. My emails are a little more inclusive and they usually contain detail shots that I do not post here on the blog. My subscribers are very important to me, so I throw in a little extra.

Posted June 25, 2018

sold • private collection