Most Recent Sharpie Art drawings: April 2018 Winston-Salem Gallery Hop

 My sister asked me to do this one for her husband, they're both REM fans going back to high school.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24", sold.

 James Brown - "It's a Man's World"  Just finished this one last night, and the couple who ordered it picked it up today.  Thanks again C&I!  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24", sold.

I love this song.  I did Lana Del Rey - "Old Money" as a request for a young lady's 16th birthday.  Her mom said she was, "over the moon," when she opened it.  That probably stokes me out more than her.  I love to give people a great and original version of their favorite artists or athletes that they love.  Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24". 

Latest drawing: REM

My sister Cheri has talked about me doing this one for quite a while, for her husband Nathan.  They've both been REM fans since high school.  I've been working on it in bits and pieces around the other drawings I've been doing.  I just finished it the other day and took it over to them yesterday.  I never listened to REM a lot when I was younger, except for all their songs I heard on the radio over the years.  "End of the World" has always been my favorite, and I put the lyrics of that one in the background of the letters R-E-M.  It was cool listening to a bunch of their music as I drew it.  They have a lot more really good songs than I remembered. 

Sharpies on paper, in my unique scribble style.  There's a little bit of paint pen in this one, as well.  Pretty stoked on how this one came out.  18" X 24."

Jerry Garcia Sharpie drawing

After my three days in jail a couple months ago, I wound up staying at my mom's apartment for a while.  When the money crunch hit, as it always does there, she wanted me to put some stuff on Craigslist to sell.  I know posting on Craigslist isn't hard, but it had been a while, so I did a test post, advertising my artwork, just to make sure my account was still active.  Then I put my mom's items on as well. 

Much to my surprise, I got an email right away, asking if I could do a drawing of Jerry Garcia.  I've never been a serious Dead head, but I do like their music.  We traded a few emails, and settled on the photo for me to draw.  Like I usually do, I listened to a whole bunch of The Grateful Dead's music while drawing this one.  I wasn't sure what to do for the background.  I was thinking about the dancing teddy bears, but didn't have enough space.  I've never done hallucinogenics, no acid or mushrooms back in the day.  But my brain's pretty weird naturally, so I just hand drew designs to make a trippy background.  I channeled an old friend I worked with on the American Gladiators crew named Lico.  Lico was a 300 pound vegetarian Mexican American with a huge afro, and a diehard Deadhead.  He's one of the greatest characters I've ever met.  One night while hanging with his family, he decided I needed to see The Grateful Dead play.  So Lico, his wife, two kids, and me piled into his little car about 2 am and drove to Las Vegas.  The dead were playing there, but we couldn't find a room or tickets.  So we drove back to L.A. about noon.  And I never got to see The Dead play live.  While drawing the background, I asked myself what Lico would see while trippin' at one of their shows.  All in all, it came out pretty good. 

Coming from Generation X, my introduction to The Grateful Dead was their music video for "Touch of Gray."  But listening to a bunch of singles, and several live shows on You Tube, "Scarlet Begonias" is now my favorite Dead song.  This drawing is done in my unique scribble style, Sharpies on paper, 18" X 24".  None of my mom's stuff on Craigslist sold. 

Michael Jackson Sharpie Drawing

I was never a huge Michael Jackson fan.  But this was a fun drawing to do.  This one was a request from a guy who's bought three other drawing recently.  I wanted to capture MJ both singing and dancing, and I liked the way these two images worked together.  The background is titles of songs from his six, solo, studio albums recorded while he was alive.  It's done in my unique scribble style with Sharpie markers.  18" X 24", Sharpies on paper.  With every musician drawing, I listen to a lot of that artist's music while drawing it, and I always come across songs I didn't know about.  My favorite Michael Jackson song I found doing this drawing is "They Don't Care About Us."